Hi Wrecklings!
This week has me recovering from a stomach bug so any lack of wit has been brought to you by crackers and ginger ale. And shockingly, it had nothing to do with the Barbie snub.
âPastor Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud Said God Told Him to Do Itâ- Sounds legit.
âCustomers discover 'fatal' design flaw in Tesla's $80,000 Cybertruck that could lead to passengers' fingers being CHOPPED OFF - and it's been named the 'guillotine effect'â- Iâm getting less and less excited about being on the Cybertruck listâŠ
âA Kiwi startup Blackbird backed with $7 million in its Seed round just pivoted to WTFâ- The hubris of men is never not impressive.
âChicago-area man who sued women for badmouthing him on dating site convicted days later of tax fraud involving mob-connected sweepstakes kiosksâ- When thereâs smokeâŠ
âParcel delivery firm faces PR nightmare after AI-powered chatbot cusses and mocks the companyâ- This poem is beautiful.
âTikTok Is Being Suedâ- Just another day for TikTokâs legal department, Iâm sure.
âWhy Does Ballerina Farm Make Moms So Mad?â- A father in law like that definitely makes for a slightly comfier lifestyle.
âX Flooded With Bizarre Ads Smearing TV Chef to Promote Crypto Platformâ- Besides having no idea about the woman involved in this, it feels incredibly dystopian.
âLeaving The Real World: How I Escaped Andrew Tateâs Get Rich Quick âCultââ- This article led to his channel being yanked by Youtube
âStylish 'influencer' wanted for jewelry thefts in El Cajon, two other citiesâ- Itâs certainly easier to be stylish when money is no object.
âSouthwest Airlines flight attendant mistakes ordinary passenger for Snoop Doggâ- Whoops.
âSwift's Fast-Fashion Fumbleâ- With her jet usage, anything else would feel unsurprising.
âX appears to be juicing MrBeast's views as Elon Musk tries to woo the YouTuber to the platformâ- Gross.
âGoogle Discloses That Incognito Mode in Chrome Isn't Entirely 'Private'â- I suppose this isnât surprising.
âKentuckyâs ex-Survivor lawmaker rues âembarrassingâ cousin gaffe in incest billâ- Ok I refuse that this dude is the same one in that Survivor pic.
âUber shutting down alcohol delivery service Drizlyâ- Interesting, I always opted to order through Drizly > Uber.
âTrader Joe's Sued Its Union Over Tote Bags. A Judge Just Threw the Case Out.â- Trader Joeâs, say it ainât so!!
âStudy finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populationsâ- Oh, so theyâre best friends!
âMost New Yorkers try to avoid rats. NYCâs 'rat daddy' goes looking for them.â- NYC rats get a surprising amount of features.
âExplorer Finds 16-Foot Shark Haunting Empty Exhibit. Watch the Video.â- This would have scared me SO badly oh my gosh.
âNovelist Scoops Literary PrizeâThen Reveals She Used ChatGPTâ- Because of course she did.
âAnna Wintour Kept Her Sunglasses On the Entire Time She Was Telling Pitchfork Staffers They Were Getting Laid Off, Writer Saysâ- Itâd have been better for her not to have been in the room at all.
đâFrom cocaine to psychedelics, traders and bankers take us inside Wall Street's underground drug cultureâ- This certainly wasnât unusual in the PR/marketing world.
More Serious Stories
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âWayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harderâ
âKnockoff Iranian Drone Sold on Alibaba Was Meant for War, Documents Showâ
âTwo Men Jailed After âEunuch Makerâ Website Owner Chops His D1ck Offâ
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