Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: Orca memes making a comeback in a big way, a ransomware group threatening to release pictures of patients from a plastic surgery clinic in Beverly Hills, former President Trump being left speechless during a recent interview, and how the internet is reacting to Elon Musk appearing to accept a challenge to fight Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match.
After that, our Senior Culture Editor Tiffany has her “This Week on the Internet” column for you.
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⚡ Today’s top stories
🐋 INTERNET CULTURE
‘Debate me, boats’: A Photoshopped image of an orca with a microphone gives killer whales a new voice
With orca attacks continuing, a perfect storm of events led to the orca memes gaining new momentum as a now-viral photo shows one of them getting the microphone.
🥊 CRINGE
Choose your fighter: Internet divided over who would win a Musk-Zuckerberg cage fight
The internet is reacting with shock, awe, and memes after Elon Musk appeared to accept a challenge from Mark Zuckerberg to fight head-to-head in a cage match.
🗳️ POLITICS
‘Huh?’: Trump doesn’t realize his new call for executing drug dealers would kill a woman he pardoned
Former President Donald Trump bragged during an Fox News interview about pardoning a drug dealer, but was left speechless after being informed that his new proposed drug policy would see them executed.
💻 TECH
Ransomware group threatens to leak ‘pictures of patients’ from Beverly Hills plastic surgery clinic
A notorious ransomware gang is threatening to release “pictures of patients” it claims it hacked from a plastic surgery clinic in Beverly Hills, California.
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🗣️ This Week on the Internet
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
✈️ One family’s attempt to go on vacation apparently ended in serious disappointment after their passports were allegedly stolen aboard a flight.
🤖 This worker used AI to create her resume, and got a callback from every single company she applied to.
🚗 A Tim Hortons drive-thru customer found themselves an inadvertent eavesdropper on a private work conversation during her recent trip to the restaurant.
⛔ A recent TikTok video has a clear on-screen message for online sellers: “BEWARE OF SCAMMERS IF SELL ON DEPOP.”
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👀 In an era where more and more people are concerned with their digital privacy, a recent video has shed light on the extent to which employers can spy on their workers using apps like Microsoft Teams.
☕ A former Starbucks worker’s recounting of a time when a customer’s response to a simple mistake caused a physical manifestation of her anxiety is resonating with viewers.
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📺 A new teaser trailer for Zoey 102, Paramount+’s Zoey 101 sequel movie, shocked longtime fans with its debut.
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