$6M banana, kayaker's faked death & a mass Slack firing 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

Lots of chaos in the news this week, so here’s a fun pre-Thanksgiving roundup!

• “Wisconsin kayaker who faked death reveals how he staged drowning, fled US: Sheriff”- THIS STORY IS INSANE.

• “Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s”- In this economy??

• “The Justice Department is trying to make Google sell off its Chrome browser”- Wild but not unsurprising.

• “Alleged 'potato cartel' accused of conspiring to raise price of frozen fries, tater tots across U.S.”- Today I learned that Big Potato is a thing.

• “Insurance Providers in Canada are Refusing to Cover Tesla Cybertrucks, Saying ‘We Don’t Cover Armored Vehicles’”- That’s an excellent out.

• “Logan Paul accused of misleading fans over crypto investments”- wait…“…a Logan Paul lookalike turned up in the YouTuber’s place…”. What?!?

• It feels like it’s been 100 years since Taylor Swift has been doing her Era’s tour…

  • “Taylor Swift fans slam the quality of her holiday merch collection, including $120 jacket and $85 hoodie”

  • “Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Security Allegedly Cost $1 Million of UK Taxpayers’ Money”

• “High Court rules calling a man bald is sexual harassment”- I’m so over men right now.

• “Delta’s ‘Premium’ Promise Falls Apart: First Class Passenger Told ‘You’re Entitled To A Seat, Not A Tray Table’”- We’re treated like cattle at this point.

• “Elton John’s $25m Broadway musical is to close, with announcement coming just days after it opened”- Elton, what happened!

• ““Get the f**k out of my business right now”: The Musician’s Club CEO under fire after laying off 99 freelancers for not attending a meeting”- That’s one way to completely clean shop.

• “Government auctioning off 'rare' Pokémon card from surplus list”- Probably forfeited by some crypto bro.

• “Court of Appeal of Singapore rules that Parmesan and Parmigiano Reggiano are not the same cheese”- How very champagne of cheeses.

• “Are Tradwives Luring Women To The Right?”- Personally, this looks super unappealing.

• “Oops! OpenAI just deleted important legal data in a lawsuit from The New York Times”- Whoopsie daisy!

• “Pokémon Go Players Have Been Training an AI to Auto-Complete the Real World”- Is anyone really surprised at this point?

• “New Linkin Park Singer’s Secret Life as ‘Hardcore’ Scientologist Revealed”- This is wild.

• “Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.”- A really fascinating read.

• “Radical Jaguar rebrand and new logo sparks ire online”- I don’t hate the concept of the new brand but it feels like a really random pivot from its old branding

• “Car dealer Christopher Schwartz pockets customer’s $15k refund, sends them pictures of faeces”- He what.

• “Viewers continue to bolt from Morning Joe amid fallout over hosts ‘kissing the ring’ at Mar-a-Lago”- Probably important to know your audience.

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