10,000 daily vapes, a doomsday fish & a costly hardcore mistake 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

I went to TerrifiCon this weekend and ran into this woman cosplaying the Oompa Loompa from the failed WonkaLand misadventure. And as a result found this article on WonkaLand and other failed festivals, well-worth a read!

• “Exclusive: Watch the First Trailer for Hulu’s ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’”- Counting down until this gets released…

• “Kansas City Chiefs player offers to cover $1.5M in stolen chicken wings to free woman”- I did not know that bones rule…

• “Extremely rare "doomsday fish" found off Southern California coast”- Oh. goody, that sounds like a good omen.

• “Shocking footage shows worker testing 'up to 10,000 vapes a day' in factory”- Like the documentary maker, I also have so many questions…

• “X must pay $600K to employee who didn't click yes to work 'hardcore'“- Another costly error for Elon being Elon.

• Old, dangerous things:

  • “I own the world’s most haunted doll — she left my back burning with scratches”

  • “That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes”

• “Booking.com says 'sorry' after teacher flies to Egypt to find hotel didn't exist”- Love that they refused to acknowledge the hotel doesn’t exist.

• “Journalist Resigns After Being Exposed for Fake, AI-Generated Quotes”- Whyyy would you risk doing this.

• “This Netflix Reality Series Is Scary — and Totally Accurate”- Ok, this is going to be fascinating.

• “Luxury food influencer is slammed for outrageous behavior at all-you-can-eat Vegas lobster buffet”- Insufferable man.

• “Starbucks is sued again for alleged stealing concept for coffee-flavored lipstick”- This makes me remember how much I loved Lip Smackers

• “Influencer couple claim they were left feeling ‘vulnerable’ during their stay in a glass hotel room”- Interesting…

• “The FTC is coming after influencers and brands that buy fake followers”- Weird it took this long, honestly.

• Shady, shady company things:

  • “Google tried to give new Pixel phones to influencers. Then it backfired.”

  • “Game Science Is Reportedly Making Content Creators Promise Not To Discuss Feminism, Politics For Black Myth: Wukong Codes”

• 🔏“The Little Town Being Taken Over by Falun Gong— From stores to Kevin Sorbo, the sect runs a quiet business empire, and it’s centered upstate”- Well this is wild…

• 🔏”The Golden Age of Hackers in Vegas Is Over”- Sadly I can’t access this but it feels like a crazy read.

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More Serious Stories

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• “Paramount Lays Off 15 Percent of U.S. Employees”

• “The Twisted True Love Story of Lady Betty Grafstein and José Castelo Branco”

• “Airbnb sued after three members of same family drown on vacation”

• “Couple sues Atlanta hospital for allegedly losing part of patient's skull following brain surgery”

• “AI-powered ‘undressing’ websites are getting sued”

• “Ryan Seacrest’s ex seriously injured after swallowing shards of plastic from beverage on American Airlines flight: suit”

• “Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025”

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