$50 straws, LinkedIn dating & windowless window seats

Jul 22, 2026

Hi Wrecklings!

Like this summer, the scandals are super firey this week (womp):

“Dev tells Valve to fix Steam’s exploitable 2-hour refund policy as “over 55,000” players refund his short game and even brag about it in reviews”
“Arsenic, lead and other metals in tampons aren’t harmful, FDA report concludes”
“Popular high-end shampoo sold nationwide recalled for bacteria”
“United Airlines Loses Bid To Dismiss Lawsuit Over ‘Windowless’ Window Seats”
“Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out”
“Manhattan high-rise deemed stable after columns buckled, and some evacuations are lifted”
“California Restaurant Sparks Viral Conversation Over Policy Fining Families for Disruptive Children: ‘We Don’t Tolerate Disruptive Behavior’”
“Influencers Are Promoting $50 Straws They Claim Will Protect Against Electromagnetic Radiation”
“Iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak in 5 states”
“Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities”
- “Madison Square Garden sues Wired over article alleging celebrity ‘risk scores’”
“Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free”
“Taylor Swift fans pay $32 for garbage from outside wedding”
“Tickets for Chargers QB’s girlfriend Madison Beer going for bargain price”
“Hot Air Balloon Crashes Into Parked Car During Takeoff”
“Legal fight between Circle K and employee over $12.8 million lottery ticket”
“FIFA selling the field to be used for the World Cup final in $450 pieces”
“Netflix set up a fake encampment in San Francisco. Residents called 311.”
“StubHub’s ‘marketplace for fans’ is run by a mass scalper, SEC filings reveal”
“Ashleigh Gardner’s marriage breakdown: Estranged wife Monica Wright alleges affair with Australia women’s teammate Georgia Voll”
“Family checks into Airbnb for the first time. Then find picture of themselves on the wall: ‘Spiraling’”
“Norway star Erling Haaland returns from World Cup with a bizarre souvenir”
“Investment firm’s cofounder sues after being fired for neglecting the in-person work mandate he signed, saying it applies to employees not owners”
“Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training”
“LinkedIn, a mass grave of ghost jobs, is now becoming a dating app”
“Andrew Lloyd Webber says Broadway in ‘dire danger’ as Cats musical announces early closing”
“30 beluga whales stuck at closed theme park finally rescued after 2 years”
“Flock’s Surveillance Cameras Face Another Blow as LAPD Won’t Renew The Contract”
“About 300 Netflix Titles Used Generative AI This Year, Company Reveals”
“Judge awards Hunter Biden $1.7M in defamation suit against ex-Overstock CEO”
“Inside fired meteorologist’s ‘very creepy bond’ with mentor, 60, as co-workers claim they were ‘obsessed with each other’”
🔏“I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back”
🔏“What If It All Came Out?”

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