Hi Wrecklings!

We’re over here rooting for Hollywood writers this week.

• “Lulu who? A cult brand takes on the booming culture of ‘dupes’”- Apparently this marketing initiative was so popular, these lines have been over 7 hours long.

• Influencers and F1 apparently just don’t mix:

  • “Miami F1 News: Fans In Outrage Over Influencer Invites - ‘Never Seen A Race In Their Lives’”

  • ''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?''- …I still have so many questions.

• “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth”- An incredibly well-written essay that’s worth a read.

• “Shareholder files lawsuit against Allbirds”- Ouch, that’s quite the fall in stock price.

• “‘We Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Game’: 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 there’d been a typo in a recipe she’d 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 ‘Superfake’ 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 she’d tapdance on her head— 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 “I don’t give a f*ck” $200/pp order (it just says “let us take care of you”)— I noticed their 3 tiers of seafood towers are “À la,” “Pro” and “Baller”.

• “Lawsuit alleging North Texas influencer scammed fitness plan customers settled with state”- 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 Can’t Say No to the Man Behind ‘Yellowstone’: $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 “Going Out Of Business Sale” signs.

• ''Samsung bans use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT after April internal data leak''- We’re undoubtedly going to see a ton of these situations.

• ''Statue Is Defaced in England After Children Were Given Crayons''- Bold move to trust that wouldn’t end badly.

• ''Angry Users Want DoNotPay to Pay Up''- However this ends up, it’ll 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 — the Beloved New England Chain —Files for Bankruptcy: Report''

• ''Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy''

• “Influencer Hadley Claire accused of giving up dog to kill shelter”

• “They Helped New York Bounce Back. Now Their Rents Are Surging.”

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