Napping pilots, cloned polo horses & Zuckerberg "impersonator"👀🍿🧃
Hi Wrecklings!
Missed me? Let’s catch up" on the last two weeks:
“Lawyer named Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta after repeated account shutdowns over claims he’s impersonating billionaire founder: ‘It’s offensive’”
“Salesforce CEO confirms 4,000 job cuts ‘because I need less heads' with AI”
“4 hikers rescued after suffering ‘debilitating psychedelic mushroom high’ while in mountains”
“Uber gouging US Open riders with $200 rides, frequent cancelations and chaotic wait times: ‘Worst nightmare’”
“Oregon man won ‘$5K a week forever’ in 2012, spent cash like he was set for life — but Publishers Clearing House went bankrupt. Now he might lose home”
“‘Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout’ On Paramount+, A Docuseries About William White’s TikTok Fame And The Fallout Among His Biggest Fans”
“Switch modder who represented himself in piracy case ordered to pay Nintendo $2 million”
“‘We cannot charge $300 for this, it's f***ing insulting’: Bethesda's Pete Hines says Fallout 76's infamous Collector's Edition was ‘probably the dumbest thing I ever did at Bethesda’“
“Cornell students found skinning bear carcass in campus residence hall”
“'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop'“
“Almost all German pilots admit to napping during flights in union survey”
“1,200 undergrads hung out to dry after jailbreak attack on laundry machines”
“UK doctor left in the middle of surgery to have s3x with nurse: Reports”
“Alexandria housing authority CEO fired after he was found living in affordable unit”
“Lawsuit says Musk’s Tesla hires visa holders instead of Americans so it can pay less”
“Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal”
“'Missing' U.S. husband reveals how he faked his own death, ran off to Europe to meet a woman”
“Public transit in America is so underfunded it’s relying on sports gambling companies”
“Robinhood CEO says the majority of the company's new code is written by AI, with 'close to 100%' adoption from engineers”
“'African tribe' camping in Scottish woodlands vows to stay put despite court order”
🔏“Eurovision Crisis Looms as the Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Iceland and Slovenia Threaten Boycott if Israel Participates”
More Serious Stories
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“Ala. Dog Has Been Bringing Home Human Bones for Nearly a Year, Baffling Investigators”
“Hot Mic Captures Putin, Xi Discussing Organ Transplants And Immortality”
“Erin Patterson sentenced to life with 33 years non-parole for mushroom murders — as it happened”
“Lions kill Bangkok zoo keeper in front of horrified visitors”
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