Messy TikTok drama, $110k pettiness & a cucumber influencer 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

This week we have a healthy mix of all kinds of scandal and drama:

• “Founder, CEO of Telegram arrested at French airport on multiple charges”- This feels entirely unsurprising given he’s the founder of Telegram.

• “Love triangle drama breaks out between rich influencer girls as fans brutally roast man at center of their spat: 'Imagine fighting over... him'“- I love messy TikTok drama.

• “Peloton to ruin the secondhand market by charging a $95 ‘used equipment activation fee’”- Wow, that’s super annoying for folks looking to buy a bike off of Craiglist or FB Marketplace.

• “Meet the cucumber influencer”- I’d never shut up if I managed to accomplish this.

• “Influencer who loves to show off her freebies on social media learns VERY harsh lesson while vacationing in Paris”- I thought this was social media 101 but guess not.

• “Mass. couple says pickleball noise keeping people from buying Sagamore Beach home”- Very curious about what they’re still asking for in terms of price.

• “Martin Shkreli ordered to surrender his copies of rare Wu-Tang Clan album”- This dude once popped up on my OkCupid back in like 2013 and I’m mad I didn’t keep the screenshot

• “US sues RealPage over rent-setting software that allegedly drove up prices”- Well-deserved.

• “Ex-Vitol Trader Pleads Guilty To International Bribery Scheme”- It still delights me when people actually use code words.

• “‘Megalopolis’ Trailer’s Fake Critic Quotes Were AI-Generated, Lionsgate Drops Marketing Consultant Responsible For Snafu”-Ooof, I don’t really understand how this got green-lit to publishing.

• “Indignant shopper in China makes Louis Vuitton staff count $110k in cash for 2 hours, then leaves”- Assuming it was the same shift staff, I applaud this level of pettiness.

• “Airbnb's struggles go beyond people spending less. It's losing some travelers to hotels.”- Ok, I knew HotelTonight had been acquired but I didn’t realize by Airbnb?!

• “Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest”- I love that this librarian now works at the Brooklyn Library, I want to shake her hand.

• “2023’s Magic: The Gathering heist spawned 2024's best Gen Con cosplay”- A super fluffy story but pretty funny.

• “Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason”- What. Why.

• 🔏“I Took a Ride in a ‘Self-Driving’ Tesla and Never Once Felt Safe”- Alarming but not at all surprising.

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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.

• “Will a ‘Rush Hour’ Sequel Resurrect Brett Ratner?”

• “‘No warning, no heads up’: Hundreds of Subway employees blindsided, left without final paychecks after sudden closures”

• “US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she’d died”

• “Apartment complex bills woman who died $15,000 for breaking her lease”

• “Missing Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch's Business Partner Dies After Being Hit by a Car Days Before Yacht Sinking: Police”

• “Taliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public”

• “16 Handles Founder Was ‘Very Healthy’ Before His Death at 44: ‘Nobody Saw This Coming,’ Says Friend”

• “Man Arrested for Creating Child Porn Using AI”

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