Stone-skipping cheating, paywalled reclining & 60 pugs in tuxedos 👀🍿🧃
Hi Wrecklings!
I’ve been living a life straight out of Silicon Valley as we just wrapped presenting Goblins at a Demo Day last week (surreal!). But worry not, I’d still been assembling all the juicy headlines over the last few weeks:
“Tesla Bros Attempt Coast-to-Coast Trip in Self-Driving Mode, Crash Right Away”
“And just like that, the Carrie Bradshaw of San Francisco got a boyfriend”
“N. Korea cracks down on ‘I love you’ as decadent expression”
“Starbucks announces significant store closures and layoffs”
“EMS team under fire for treating man with antivenom after he was bitten by a mamba snake”
“Ex-Oakland youth boxing gym director sentenced for stealing donation delivered by Stephen Curry”
“Jury convicts Michigan veterinarian of theft for refusing to return dog to homeless man”
“Ryanair flight diverted after passengers ‘eat passports’ and try to flush them down toilet”
“MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for $500,000”
“Charlie Javice sentenced to seven years in prison for fraudulent sale of her startup to JPMorgan”
“Staten Island woman redefines celebration with ‘solo wedding’ featuring 60 pugs in formalwear”
Video games-related drama:
“Xbox Game Pass Cancel Subscription Page Crashes After Price Hike”
“Nintendo seeking $4.5 million in damages from Switch piracy Reddit mod”
“Not Only Is the New PlayStation 5 More Expensive, It’s Also Worse”
“Video gamer Electronic Arts to be bought in largest-ever private equity buyout valued at $55 billion”
“Woman damages Little Caesars restaurant after being charged $1 for extra sauce, authorities say”
“Man spends months convincing Costco to give him iconic $1.50 hot dog sign”
“‘Red Flag’: Analysts Sound Major Alarms As AI Bubble Now ‘Bigger’ Than Subprime”
“Newsom signs bill giving 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize”
“News about AI ‘actress’ has actors, directors speaking out: ‘It’s such a f--- you to the entire craft’”
“Man who was ‘missing’ for two years found after family spot him in TikTok”
“After Disney Cease-and-Desist Letter, Character.AI Says It Removed Media Company’s Characters From Its AI Chatbot Platform”
“Cracker Barrel dumps the design firm behind its disastrous logo change”
“Foster Poultry Farms recalls nearly 4 million pounds of chicken corn dogs due to wood in batter”
“Rite Aid closes all remaining stores after 63 years in business”
“Bay Area’s landmark saint statue is torn down; church says it wasn’t warned”
“Washington Post opinion staffers fired while observing Yom Kippur, sparking outrage: report”
“Disney hikes theme park ticket prices across the board — as passes double to over $200 in past decade”
“Stay-at-home ‘hub-sons’ are the tradwives of 2025 — and their moms couldn’t be more thrilled”
“Asahi forced to take orders by fax as Japan races to avoid beer shortage”
“Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid”
“WestJet now charges passengers to recline seats on new Boeing 737 flights”
“University wrongly accuses students of using artificial intelligence to cheat”
“Love is Blind Housed Couples in Recently Uninhabitable Denver Apartment Building”
“US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party”
“AI enabled Klarna to halve its workforce—now, the CEO is warning workers that other ‘tech bros’ are sugarcoating just how badly it’s about to impact jobs”
🔏“Lawsuit alleges secretive plot to evict King Richard’s Faire, start rival kingdom by former landlord”
More Serious Stories
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“Pokémon company urged to sue over US government’s shocking ‘gotta catch them all’ ICE raids video”
“Victim celebrates arrest of alleged BD$M s3x trafficker Howard Rubin: ‘Breath of relief’”
“Inside the Secret Machine That Shapes Your Opinion of Celebrities”
“Iowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip, officials say”
“Delta jets have ‘low-speed collision’ on ground at LaGuardia, injuring 1”
“Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival”
“Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to s3xually abusing a child”
“Emerging climbing star Balin Miller, 23, dies in fall from El Capitan”
“Hackers say they have deleted children’s pictures and data after nursery attack backlash”
“Adult who allegedly posed as high school student for 19 days calls situation a ‘misunderstanding’”
“Scam kingpins who ran billion-dollar criminal empire sentenced to death in China”
“US Postal Service mail carrier shot by driver delivering Amazon packages”
“Campbell’s Soup Co. admits to dumping waste into an Ohio river, violating law 5,400 times”
“Firefighter dumped 75 ‘possibly used’ tampons on ex’s lawn for dating new girl: police”
“Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein”
“Driver accused of mowing down 4 Pepperdine sorority sisters wants murder charges dropped”
“Palisades firebug Jonathan Rinderknecht listened to disturbing French song repeatedly before setting ‘malicious’ fire: court docs”
“High school teacher and cheer coach who’s a mom of 2 allegedly had s3x with student”
“Top RI Realtor Threatens to Call ICE on Buyer, Then Offers $20,000 to Kill GoLocal Story”
“Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival”
“Crypto trader found dead in Lamborghini as authorities release tragic details”
“Cough Syrup Kills 2 Children In Rajasthan; Doctor Takes It To Prove It’s Safe And Faints”
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