Seagulls vs. Googly Eyes, Barbie's Fyre Fest & spying cars 👀🍿🧃

Apr 01, 2026

Hi Wrecklings!

Lots & lots of chaos for y’all this edition:

“Taylor Swift Sued For Trademark Infringement Over ‘The Life of a Showgirl’”
“Polymarket Bar Opens, Sucks”
“Sofia Franklyn Is Releasing a Memoir About Her Call Her Daddy Exit and Falling Out with Alex Cooper”
“Barbie Dream Fest “nightmare” compared to Fyre Fest by disappointed attendees”
“Five Guys CEO Says He Gave $1.5 Million Bonus to Employees Because ‘I Didn’t Want Anybody Shooting Me’”
“A real possum appears among plush toy animals in Australian airport gift shop”
“BBC Breakfast in chaos as surreal news segment leaves hosts in hysterics”
“Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027”
“Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party Light-Mare”
“DoorDash is now letting its drivers train AI on the side”
“Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to Flash Shortage”
“Millions of grill brushes pulled from market over risk of ‘serious internal injuries’”
“Kit confusion: US and Belgian players can’t tell which team’s jersey is which from distance”
“Officer reportedly leaks location of French aircraft carrier with Strava run”
“Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting the footage on s3x sites”
“Episcopal priest accused of stealing baseball cards resigns as Pittsburgh cathedral dean”
“Composer of iconic ‘Lion King’ chant sues comedian over ‘Circle of Life’ translation”
“Man alleges wife used home CCTV to steal $172M in Bitcoin; he says he bugged the house to prove it”
“The vacations Canadians are no longer taking in the United States”
“CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court”
“The Games Industry Reacts To Valve’s Misleading Boast About How More Games Are Making Money On Steam”
“Cinnabon Cuts Ties with Taylor Frankie Paul Bachelorette Collab: ‘No Longer Aligns with Our Brand Values’”
“Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone”
“Popeyes Is Closing Dozens of Restaurants After One of Its Biggest Franchisees Filed for Bankruptcy”
“Florida hospital sues to evict a patient who won’t leave room 5 months after discharge”
“Afroman prevails in cops’ music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial”
“Baywatch star Alexandra Paul arrested for breaking 30 beagles out of breeding facility”
“Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns”
“California biotech company lays off almost half of staff after 78% stock drop”
“Singer-songwriter Michael Smith pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI in first-ever case of its kind”
“DoorDash rolls out emergency relief as surging pump prices hit US gig workers”
“Second delivery robot crashes into bus shelter, this time in Old Town”
“I Decompiled the White House’s New App”
🔏“RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted”
🔏“The Race to Evacuate the World’s Elite Horses From the Iran War”
🔏“The Fake Cartier and the Fake Rockefeller”

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