Olde Ye LinkedIn, Zuckerberg's Beach Water Person & RIP Everlane👀🍿🧃

May 27, 2026

Hi Wrecklings!

Another week, another roundup:

“UK police find cocaine worth $9.3 million stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian brand underwear”
“Board Game Geek refuses to run ad campaign due to personal experience with “demonic possession””
“Beyond Plastics Tracked Starbucks’ ‘Widely Recyclable’ Plastic Cups. None Ended Up at a Recycling Facility.”
“Holy deception: Rome’s ‘sexy priest’ calendar star never set foot in a seminary”
“Driver intentionally drove Cybertruck into North Texas lake to use vehicle’s “Wade Mode”, police say”
“Shein To Reportedly Acquire Everlane For $100 Million”
“LinkedIn user hides AI prompt injection in bio to force recruitment spam to be sent in Olde English prose — bots also manipulated to address user as ‘My Lord’”
“Empty Waymos Flood Atlanta Neighborhood, Confusion and Traffic Ensues”
“Meta Tracked “Really Smart” Staff To Train AI Before Layoffs, Hints Viral Clip”
“Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says”
“Google Search as you know it is over”
“Lady Gaga and Apple are facing a design controversy, and it shows public perception of AI is shifting”
“Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores”
“Krafton Will Likely Have to Pay $250 Million Bonus for Subnautica 2 That It Tried to Avoid”
“The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a ‘Beach Water Person’”
“Baked dirt was mistakenly served to students at Maine school supper”
“The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed software faces parent, teacher and student fury”
“Sam Altman’s startup is hoping Jared Leto’s band will make you scan your eyeball”
“Chair-hogging wars heat up as cruise travelers use sneaky tactics amid crackdowns”
“Woman at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42-year prison sentence”
“Texans Hate Data Centers So Much They Are Asking Jesus for Help”
“Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport”
“’Human-Like’ Robots Are No Longer Allowed on Southwest Airlines Flights After 2 Incidents”
“Hooters restaurants are set to undergo a rebrand to a ‘neighborhood place’ for families”
“Insider Says Ubisoft Is Testing Gen AI In Far Cry 7, And It ‘Looks Like S**t’”
“Shake Shack shares crater 30% after burger chain reports operating loss”
“From blinkers to video games: California targets next-gen weed vapes”
“Colorful ‘sea piggies’ are mysteriously washing up on Texas beaches”
“California mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China”
“Staten Island deer count drops nearly 50% since start of vasectomy program”
“US homeland security put out alert on comedian who created parody ICE tip website”
“Byron Allen Is Buying BuzzFeed, Will Become CEO”
“PBR Hasn’t Actually Won a Blue Ribbon Since 1893”
“Iowa man sues Nintendo after being denied ‘Pokémon Professor’ status”
“‘Speedrunners’ rush NYC Scientology building as social trend reaches city”
“Sorry New York And Chicago, Connecticut Has A Pizza License Plate Now”
“The New Lego Batman Game Has Reportedly Been Made Playable Early By Accident”
“e.l.f. Cosmetics Co-Founder Gives Up Fortune to Become Catholic Priest: ‘I Have Never Been Happier’”
“Hospital says RFK Jr. did not operate robotic arm during heart surgery”
“Earworm Kars4Kids jingle yanked from California airwaves for false advertising”
“Qantas flight diverted after man bites flight attendant”
“Detroit: Become Human Dev Quantic Dream Kills Live Service Game 3 Months After Early Access Launch, Insists Star Wars Eclipse ‘Continues as Planned’”
“We dumpster-dived spoiled rich kids’ wasteful trash — and flew to Europe with the proceeds”
“A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell”
🔏“We tested the Trump Mobile phone. It was 9 months late and no longer ‘Made in the USA.’”

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