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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here.Ā Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

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Here's theĀ latest trending internet culture storiesĀ today: a customer whoseĀ pizza box feature several politic figuresĀ (and Jesus?), the FCC'sĀ investigation of '60 Minutes'––a huge departure for the historically neutral commission, a new mother'sĀ alarming interaction with her in-laws, and an explanation for whyĀ everyone is dancing like a rat on TikTok.

After that, Mikael has a timely "Your Password Sucks" column for you.

Until next time,

— K.D.Ā 

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⚔ Today in Internet Culture

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ā€˜I would be returning and demanding a refund’: Customer buys $200 worth of pizza. Then she sees the boxes they put them in

The pizza wasĀ much more political and religiousĀ than this customer anticipated.

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šŸ“ŗ FREE SPEECH
5 former FCC commissioners call on Brendan Carr to end ’60 Minutes’ investigation

They called Carr’s actionsĀ antithetical to the First Amendment.

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šŸ‘©ā€šŸ¼ FAMILY DRAMA
ā€˜I’m very disappointed’: In-laws guilt-trip new mom for missing a text during childbirth

A Reddit post by a new motherĀ asking if she overreacted to her disappointed in-lawsĀ is getting an overwhelming ā€œnopeā€ from readers.Ā 

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Can youĀ keep up with a rat?

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Your Password Sucks, a web_crawlr column
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ByĀ Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter

photo collage of Pete Hegseth inside the Signal app logo surrounded by question marks.
Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock, Daily Dot Art Desk

How to avoid the Signal mistakes the Trump administration made

Y0ur P@ssw0rd S*cksĀ is a bi-weekly column that answers the most pressing internet security questions web_crawlr readers have to make sure they can navigate the ā€˜net safely. If you want to get this columnĀ a day beforeĀ we publish it,Ā subscribe to web_crawlr, where you’ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.

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šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the 'net.

šŸ’ø When aĀ customer at a restaurantĀ was presented with theĀ opportunity to tipĀ at the end of their meal, theyĀ claimed there was a sticker placed over the part of the screenĀ that was home to the ā€œno tipā€ option.

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🌭 AĀ Walmart customerĀ claims to haveĀ fired up one of the store’s display grills in store. Then, he placedĀ some barbecue staplesĀ on it toĀ cook himself up a meal.

🚽 ThisĀ workplaceĀ takes the eight-hour workdayĀ a bit too literally, to the point where itĀ apparently limits workers’ bathroom breaks.

🄩 If you want to save money by purchasing a large cut of meat at Costco, one butcher explains why it might cost you more to cut it down in-store.

🐟 A pediatrician has gone viral after explaining why you should avoid buying a specific type of canned tuna.

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šŸ‘„ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Here are theĀ invisible victimsĀ of true crime content.


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