Taylor Swift scams, prepaid babies & endless shrimp math 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

I maaayyy take next week off in which case have a very happy Thanksgiving but we’ll see:

• This is incredible:

  • “Fox News Claims Satirical News Site 'The Onion' Has '4.3 Trillion Daily Readers' After Falling for Satirical Description”

  • “What happens next in The Onion’s effort to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars”

• “Red Lobster CEO says endless shrimp is never coming back because ‘I know how to do math’”- As long as no one touches all-you-can-eat sushi…

• “Jenny Mollen Called 'Disgusting' After Boarding a Flight While She Had Head Lice Infestation”- Her handling of this situation is giving I-have-no-publicist.

• “Mike Tyson reminds child reporter that she, too, will die”- I saw someone comment somewhere that ever since for confusing Hasbulla for a child, he’s treating ever child like an adult.

• “RFK Jr. Says He’ll Send People Taking Adderall to Labor Camps”- Guys, do you think they’re gonna let me write this newsletter from there?

• “'How To Change My Vote' Searches Spike in States Won By Donald Trump”- Because of course.

• “FBI raids home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan”- I want to know moreee.

• “RFK Jr. Paramour’s Ex Rages ‘She Lied to Everyone’”- Messy messy.

• “American livestreamer indicted in South Korea over offensive antics”- South Korea feels like one of those places you don’t want to mess with.

• “Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby”- As if childbirth wasn’t stressful enough.

• “Influencer Eleanor Wood Makes A Bold Stand For Diversity In Brand Marketing”- This is great allyship!

• Everything related to Taylor Swift feels like a money-grab nowadays:

  • “The Eras Tour, the Friendship Bracelets, and the $150 Brunch: The Taylor Swift Holiday House Scandal”-

  • “Ottawa family heartbroken after being scammed out of more than $22K on fake Taylor Swift tickets”

• Video games are in the headlines:

  • “CEO behind GTA Trilogy calls out Rockstar's "d*ck move" for removing his studio's name, claiming that "hundreds of fixes" had "stayed out of players' hands for years"“

  • “Surprise! Nintendo Tracked Down Alleged Switch Pirate in Arizona via Reddit Posts and Repair Orders”

  • “America's Biggest Video Games Union Goes on Strike”

  • “Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew”

• “Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists warn”- This doesn’t feel like new information.

• “Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy”- Meanwhile the opposite of private jets…

• “Ben & Jerry’s sues Unilever claiming it was ‘silenced’ over views on Palestine”- I mean, that’s certainly the risk of being acquired by a large conglomerate.

• “One person dies, dozens sickened after eating carrots contaminated with E. coli”- Check your carrots!

• “Once the world's tallest, fastest roller coaster, Six Flags retires Kingda Ka in New Jersey”- I’d never be brave enough to ride this.

• “Anti-Aging CEO Injects Face With Strange Treatment, Experiences Bizarre Reaction”- Open at your own risk, and prepare to cringe.

• “Hollywood is ditching Hollywood”- Not entirely surprising…

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More Serious Stories

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• “Ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov who criticised Putin’s Ukraine invasion dies in fall from building in St Petersburg”

• “Science experiment malfunction at Berlin High sends teacher, student to hospital”

• “Diddy's attorneys want to know how prosecutors got their hands on notes he had inside his Brooklyn cell”

• “Death of 19-year-old employee found in Walmart walk-in oven was not foul play, police say”

• “The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader’s assassination”

• “UConn students arrested after reenacting viral TikTok video”

• “Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused shaft in South Africa. Here’s what we know”

• “Loyal dog helped solve owner's grisly murder as cousin is jailed for life”

• “Airlines suspend Haiti flights after plane hit by gunfire”

• And in Dallas: “Bullet strikes Southwest Airlines plane without injuries at Dallas airport”

• “North Carolina senator's office allegedly told woman to 'move to China' after she expressed concerns over abortion policy”

• “Son Of Norwegian Princess Arrested On Suspicion Of R@p3”

• “Las Vegas police kill victim of home invasion who called 911 for help”

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