Titter, RIP Squish Alert & Fyre Festival II 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

I don’t know why but the other day I remembered this very, very old Eater article covering two reporters eating at Dans Le Noir (In The Dark) and documented chaos is just absolutely so well done. Down to the embedded photos of absolutely nothing. Well, well worth a read.

• Quick check-in on two of the most famous grifters:

  • “Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to stay out of prison”

  • “Billy McFarland, a year out of prison, says Fyre Festival II is 'finally happening'“

• “An American got high in the middle of a poker tournament and went on to win the $666,000 jackpot”- Dang.

• “Work From the Office, Get Laid Off at Home”- Getting laid of IRL sucked but there are so many ways to make a virtual layoff feel worse, not sure which one I’d want to go with.

• “Silicon Valley Bank’s chief risk officer is out, months after taking the job”- Not surprising there’s continuing to be a changing of the guard.

• “The “Dude With Sign” Instagram Account Sure Does Sue A Lot Of Brands”- Seems like suing others has become another revenue stream for some creators.

• “Pet influencers are hotter than ever. But how do dogs do taxes?”- TL;DR- a lot of expensing of pet clothing and chicken.

• ''Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire''- I’m sure him hanging out with this billionaire and his bronze gnomes statues doesn’t influence anything in the slightest.

• ''Metaverse Fashion Week had big brands but few people''- For those of y’all that want to take a deeper look, this documentary is a good watch.

• ''Rupert Murdoch’s engagement with Ann Lesley Smith is called off''- Nice to see that you can still have whirlwind romances at 92 years old.

• ''This Viral, Fruit-Headed Doll And Its Tiny P3nis Is Everyone’s Emotional Support Crutch''- …I’m not judging but I’m also very worried about how we’re all doing.

• ''Tesla Lets Old Age Get the Best of Its Most Expensive Models''- I’m sitting here just waiting on my CyberTruck to finally get released.

  

• Keeping an eye on sneaky tech:

  • ''Flipper Zero banned by Amazon for being a ‘card skimming device’''

  • ''YouTuber Proves ChatGPT Can Manufacture Free Windows Keys''

• Kanye West Donda Academy Sued ... You Only Feed Kids Sushi!!!- …Kanye is… afraid of stairs?

• ''SpaghettiOs releases new flavor aimed at millennials''- 1) I’m a little mad that I want to try this 2) WHAT? Millennials make up A THIRD of SpaghettiO sales? This has to be that they’re buying it for their kids… right?

• Twi… er, Titter is up to shenanigans:

  • “Elon Musk Painted Over the ‘W’ on the Twitter Headquarters Sign, Which Now Reads ‘Titter’”

  • “Twitter Circles Is Broken, Revealing Nudes Not Meant For The General Public”

  • ''Twitter won’t let you retweet, like or reply to Substack links''- In case y’all were wondering why I’m linking screenshots of tweets this week.

• ''Chipotle sues Sweetgreen for trademark infringement over 'chipotle chicken' bowl''- I think Sweetgreen was shady for naming their bowl this but Chipotle also shouldn’t own claim to a name of an actual spice…

• ''The Beer Business Is Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This''- This one’s a bit niche but interesting if you’re into the whole beverage space.

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More Serious Stories

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• “Anti-‘Groomer’ Republican Accused of ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With Intern”

• ''Don Lemon’s Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and ‘Diva-Like Behavior’''

• ''Update: Cash App founder, MobileCoin CPO Bob Lee stabbed to death in San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood''

• ''Hype Around Weight-Loss Drugs Shows No Signs of Abating. Neither Do the Ads.''

• ''Peter Thiel’s Instagram model boyfriend plunged to his death WEEKS after witnessing messy showdown between the billionaire mogul and his husband when he crashed couple’s New Year’s bash''

• ''Caitlyn Jenner slams ‘woke’ Nike for partnership with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney''

• ''YouTuber Shot After Trying To Prank Man In A Mall [Update]''

• ''Why These Men Are Risking It All to Grow Bigger D1cks''

• “The Disney Channel Is Facing Backlash For Seemingly Hiding Comments About Demi Lovato’s Claim That A Fellow Disney Alum R@p3d Her When She Was A Teenager”

• 🔏 ''The rise of reality star documentaries''

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