Drone-dropped steak, crawlspace grenades & quicksand can actually be a problem👀🍿🧃
Hi Wrecklings!
Here’s to adding a little chaos to the holiday shenanigans:
“‘It was really, really terrible’: Avelo passengers reflect on 11-hour tarmac delay”
“Garbage’s Shirley Manson Rages Out Over Beach Balls Thrown at Stage”
“California police find Christmas ‘free weed’ display that was anything but jolly”
“Grenades, explosives found in crawlspace of home: ‘At first I thought they were fake’”
“North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location”
“No duck, no lawsuit: SeaWorld Orlando claims woman hit by wild bird, not duck on coaster ride”
“Forbes abruptly fires dozens of contributing writers — as bosses move to ensure news site is ‘financially sound’”
“Drone drops steak, crab legs for prisoner feast but guards find it first”
“Canyon Crest Academy students outraged after gym used to film questionable content”
AI-related nonsense:
“Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI”
“Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder”
“Government employees caught using masks of colleagues to trick facial recognition & skip work”
“Advanced AI ‘robots’ at Iranian Tech Expo were actually humans in disguise”
“Duolingo posts signage of its owl at 4 shuttered Hooters restaurants”
“Report claims it costs up to $450K to show a 1-minute trailer at The Game Awards 2025”
“Male Threatens Spencer’s Employee with Gun During Possible Dild0 Dispute in Niagara Falls”
“Former Danbury nightclub owner Ian Bick sued over MrBeast challenge winnings”
“Pop Music Has Grown Darker And More Stressed Over 50 Years, Tracking With America’s Rising Distress”
“Hiker rescued after being stuck in quicksand for hours amid freezing temps in Utah’s Arches National Park”
“‘Everyone Disliked That’ — Amazon Pulls AI-Powered Fallout Recap After Getting Key Story Details Wrong”
“Man sues casino after waking up in handcuffs with $75k debt he doesn’t remember”
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.
“CNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wager on starvation in Gaza”
“Noise machines installed by LA Home Depot ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say”
“Warning against mushroom foraging in California after fatal poisoning”
“Two marathon organisers arrested in Iran over women running without hijabs”
“Woman hospitalized after Pluribus ad on smart fridge triggers psychotic episode”
“Indonesia’s Bali arrests OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue on p0rn charges”
“Royal Caribbean passenger who died after he was served 33 drinks paid for ‘top shelf’ beverage package: court docs”
“Crypto millionaire’s tragic final post about wife before they were found dead ‘tortured’ in desert”
“Wealthy realtor, 83, died in murder-suicide at her $2.8m home after son, 56, developed unhealthy obsession with his phone, lawsuit alleges”
“Elite liberal arts school Amherst College held ‘disgusting’ orientation performance — where students mimicked s3x acts”
“Mental health company founder allegedly starts fire, crashes Tesla in Bay Area winery meltdown”
“Connecticut Woman Accused of Poisoning Her Husband Previously Faked Paternity Test to Keep Him from Gaining Custody of Their Child”
“Los Angeles woman finds man hiding in trunk of self-driving Waymo”
“‘You’re Not Crazy’: A Case of New-onset AI-associated Psychosis”
“David Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour after publisher drops him”
“IU researcher charged with using women’s underwear to smuggle E. coli from China to the U.S.”
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