A kicked robot, police love donuts & the ongoing beige battle👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

Two documentaries to have on your radar this week: Scamanda and Update On Our Family.

• “Police officers' union says man who posted video of police doing doughnuts is a ‘snitch’”- We’re officially in the upside-down.

• “See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu”- Bringing back free refills? Surprising.

• “Jesse Eisenberg Says ‘I Don’t Want to Think of Myself as Associated’ With Mark Zuckerberg: He’s ‘Doing Things That Are Problematic’ and ‘I’m Concerned’”- Ope, a role thar didn’t age well.

• “Banana mystery deepens as more are spotted in street”- It’s like the Tomato Bridge!

• “Beige Battle: Influencers Spar Over “Systematic Copying” in Ongoing Lawsuit”- Wow. It’s still going.

• “Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim”- Barely.

• “LET IT RIP: Woman charged for bombarding boyfriend’s ex with farting videos”- Imagine just always seeing a text from this woman come in and knowing what it is.

• “Twitch streamer Kai Cenat slammed for abusing $70,000 humanoid robot: 'It is disturbing to watch'“- This guy being the same one that caused a bunch of chaos in Union Square after promising to give people free Playstations.

• “United Airlines flight from Houston to New York evacuated after engine issue reported”- I’m suddenly in no rush to fly anywhere.

• “Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells”- Does this count as chick(en) lit? (I’m so sorry).

• “CT Lottery officials tried to hide findings of state investigation, documents state”- Shady, shady.

• “NYC boss with ‘creepy’ foot fetish allegedly held assistant down to touch her toes — but abuse didn’t end there: lawsuit”- This is my worst nightmare.

• “Exorcist Priest Charged After Allegedly Pulling Out a Teen Girl's Hair and Using It as Floss”- You’d have to be so creative to make that up.

• “Billion-Dollar Bank Allegedly Loses $15,500,000 To Criminals in ‘Shocking’ Display of Incompetence and Negligence”- It’s wild when folks have one job.

• “AI startup Perplexity sued for alleged trademark infringement”- This will be an interesting example of trademark protection (or lack thereof).

• “Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott”- Awww, poor Elon is mad that his actions have consequences.

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More Serious Stories

We realize some of these can be triggering for some readers, so feel free to skip! Also, sometimes we use weird letter subs so we’re not flagged as gross spam email.

• “Adult Star Emily Willis Allegedly Left "Permanently Disabled" After Rehab Stint for Ketamine Addiction”

• “National Portrait Gallery Denies Accusation It Erased AIDS Context from Renowned Queer Artwork”

• “Influencer apologizes after hurling racial slur at valet workers in Beverly Hills”

• “Anthropologist fumes after LA Times changes his op-ed to give it a pro-Trump spin”

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