Fast fashion feuds, poop scoop problems & alien-inspired McDonald's 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

This week finds me refusing to believe it’s already August…

• “Sun bears are real, not humans in disguise says Hangzhou Zoo”- MMMHMMM, OKAY.

• “B.C. real estate agent fined $20K after chugging milk in fridge at showing”- Milk was a bad choice.

• “Taco Bell is sued for false advertising of Crunchwraps, Mexican pizzas”- Does anyone still expect food to look like menu photos anymore?

• “Hasbro Wants Old Transformers Games To Return, But Activision Lost Them”- Yikes.

• Remember FTX’s founder SBF? Yeah, Surprisingly he’s (ahem, allegedly) up to no good:

  • “Feds Say They Want SBF in Jail for Intimidating Witnesses”

  • “SBF Says He Leaked Ex-GF's Diary to NYT to Fight 'Toxic Media'“

  • “Bald Token Rugpull May Have Links to Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda, Data Shows”

• “MrBeast sues his fast food chain for selling 'inedible' burgers”- The first step to protecting your brand is picking your partnerships carefully.

• “They Thought MrBeast Was Giving Them Money. Instead, They Got Scammed”- Best not to trust anything on the internet, ever.

• ''Immersive Art Exhibitions Are Everywhere and They're Awful''- For anyone on the East Coast, Grounds For Sculpture is a STUNNINGLY worthwhile immersive art experience.

• ''McDonald’s is creating a spinoff restaurant brand called CosMc’s''- Alien-themed, how very trendy!

• ''Sequoia Capital Slashes Crypto Fund From $585M to $200M''- Wonder what’s after metaverses, Web3, and AI.

• “Somalia’s Nasra Abukar "breaks the record for the slowest 100m time", investigation launched”- This also feels like a representation of nepotism in the workplace. But A+ on having the regular person to put the incredible athleticism in context.

• Not scandalous— just interesting:

  • ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Trailer Brings ‘I Like Turtles’ Zombie Kid Back From the Dead, 16 Years Later''

  • ''My first walkies! Japanese man who bought £12,000 dog costume finally goes outside... and immediately makes some canine friends as he settles into his new life as a collie''

• ''Dan Haar: A property owner returns to CT, finds a new $1.5M house on his land. Now police are involved''- What a wild (unsolved) whodunit.

• ''Weight Watchers Is Pivoting to Ozempic. Influencers Aren’t Following''- Weird but unsurprising partnership.

• ''Influencer who laughed as her dog attacked two Airbnb owners sobs in court''- Gross, people like that shouldn’t have dogs.

• ''Spokane Valley poop scooping company sued by Seattle competitor''- Pooper Troopers…. incredible.

• ''Boston Market sued for $11.3 million over unpaid bills''- Having worked in food service, I finally realized that most restaurant food just comes from US Food.

• ''Shein sued Temu. Temu sued Shein. The war over fast fashion is heating up.''- Fingers crossed for mutual destruction here.

• ''Activision Sues Popular YouTube Music Critic After He Tried Charging For TikTok Clip''- Note to self— don’t earmark original sounds as being available for Commercial Use.

• ''Tennessee student suspended over Instagram memes about principal sues school district and officials''- Acting like a boy scout certainly looks different these days

• ''Alleged underpaid workers for disability services company blast boss’s designer outfits, overseas trips''- Sadly, this doesn’t seem terribly unusual behavior from the non-profit world.

• All under🔏, but worth a click if you have access!:

  • Forbes: “Desperately Faking Riches: Inside A Hong Kong Businessman’s Outlandish Efforts To Get On The Forbes Billionaire List”

  • Bloomberg: 'Influencers Built Up This Wellness Startup—Until They Started Getting Sick''

  • Bloomberg: ''Meditation App Headspace Relieved Stress for Everyone but Its Own Employees, Say Former Staff''

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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.

• ''Georgia woman arrested in Bahamas in alleged plot to k1ll former Auburn football player husband: reports''

• ''Family Died in Rockies After Trying to Live ‘Off the Grid,’ Official Says''

• ''Missing millionaire crypto influencer found dismembered in suitcase''

• “Vegan raw food diet influencer Zhanna D’Art dies of starvation: report”

• “Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says”

• “Family of Henrietta Lacks Settles With Biotech Company That Used Her Cells”

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