āāWe Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Gameā: The Ultimate Oral History Of BuzzFeed News''- My favorite related story was sitting in the middle of a lake in a kayak when a friend who worked as a food writer at Buzzfeed realized thereād been a typo in a recipe sheād authored and instead of Jello shots, readers were basically making giant alcoholic Jolly Ranchers. We paddled back to land so quickly.
''Maple & Ash Investors Claim PPP Fraud in Lawsuit''- In trying to figure out what comes with the āI donāt give a f*ckā $200/pp order (it just says ālet us take care of youā)ā I noticed their 3 tiers of seafood towers are āĆ la,ā āProā and āBallerā.
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Superfake handbags, baller seafood towers & Boohoo... a settlementššæš§
Superfake handbags, baller seafood towers & Boohoo... a settlementššæš§
Superfake handbags, baller seafood towers & Boohoo... a settlementššæš§
Hi Wrecklings!
Weāre over here rooting for Hollywood writers this week.
āLulu who? A cult brand takes on the booming culture of ādupesāā- Apparently this marketing initiative was so popular, these lines have been over 7 hours long.
Influencers and F1 apparently just donāt mix:
āMiami F1 News: Fans In Outrage Over Influencer Invites - āNever Seen A Race In Their Livesāā
''Beauty brand Tarte apologized for a 'miscommunication' after a TikTok influencer claimed she was treated like a 'second-tier person' on a proposed brand trip''
''How Did 500 Pounds of Pasta End Up in the New Jersey Woods?''- ā¦I still have so many questions.
āLiz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabethā- An incredibly well-written essay thatās worth a read.
āShareholder files lawsuit against Allbirdsā- Ouch, thatās quite the fall in stock price.
āāWe Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Gameā: The Ultimate Oral History Of BuzzFeed News''- My favorite related story was sitting in the middle of a lake in a kayak when a friend who worked as a food writer at Buzzfeed realized thereād been a typo in a recipe sheād authored and instead of Jello shots, readers were basically making giant alcoholic Jolly Ranchers. We paddled back to land so quickly.
''Inside the Delirious Rise of āSuperfakeā Handbags''- A wild must-read for anyone into fashion.
''Big-Name Twitch Streamer Amouranth Got Banned Again For Some Reason [Update]''- This is like the time one of my roommates told another roommate sheād tapdance on her headā had no idea what it meant but it sounded like a threat.
''Maple & Ash Investors Claim PPP Fraud in Lawsuit''- In trying to figure out what comes with the āI donāt give a f*ckā $200/pp order (it just says ālet us take care of youā)ā I noticed their 3 tiers of seafood towers are āĆ la,ā āProā and āBallerā.
āLawsuit alleging North Texas influencer scammed fitness plan customers settled with stateā- So curious about the settlement details.
''Yeezy Shoes Still Stuck in Limbo After Adidas Split With Kanye West''- Really curious about what decision is made here.
Unexpected tech havoc:
''Popular IKEA Chair Turns Computer Monitor Off, Baffling Everyone''
''The Pixies vs. Pixels: 'Where Is My Mind?' Is Turning Off Alarms on Google Phones''
''Paramount Canāt Say No to the Man Behind āYellowstoneā: $50,000 a Week for His Ranch, $25 Per Cow''- The amount of money discussed in this article is mind-boggling.
''Boohoo to pay $197 million settlement in class-action lawsuit alleging the retailer advertised fake discounts on PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal sites''- This feels like the stores in NYC that have been open for years with āGoing Out Of Business Saleā signs.
''Samsung bans use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT after April internal data leak''- Weāre undoubtedly going to see a ton of these situations.
''Statue Is Defaced in England After Children Were Given Crayons''- Bold move to trust that wouldnāt end badly.
''Angry Users Want DoNotPay to Pay Up''- However this ends up, itāll likely set up some interesting precedents in the law x AI space.
More Serious Stories
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''Jenny Craig Tells Employees It Will Shut Its Doors''
''TikTok reportedly monitored users who watched gay content''
''There's an epidemic of loneliness in young people, and they're calling out for connections on TikTok''
''Christmas Tree Shops ā the Beloved New England Chain āFiles for Bankruptcy: Report''
''Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy''
āInfluencer Hadley Claire accused of giving up dog to kill shelterā
āThey Helped New York Bounce Back. Now Their Rents Are Surging.ā
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