McDonald’s fries exposed 
Musk’s AI hates him (and Trump) 
Feathers in a Wingstop order 
Fake $100 tip is a Trump ad 
There’s a mermaid eating conspiracy (seriously) 
Finding your dad on a dating app 
Social media falls for advice from AI doctors 
‘Scared’: Creepy Airbnb shower text 
‘Scary’ gym stalker warning 
‘Airport theory’ trend is causing meltdowns 
JD Vance tried to kill baby face memes—he failed 
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: Why MAGA is big mad about vaxxed chickens, a woman who went on a date and was slipped a note by two other women, a hacker finding a backdoor into Elon Musk’s AI, and a DoorDasher being bribed for someone else’s order.
After that, our Senior Politics and Technology Editor David has a “Deplatformed” column for you.
See ya tomorrow!
— A.W.
Today in Internet Culture
MAGA-RAGE
‘The chickens are vaxxed’: MAGA ditches poultry over new plan to fight bird flu
“If the chickens are vaxxed, I won’t eat them,” rebuked one person.
VIRAL
‘What does it mean?’: Woman goes on a date with a man. Then 2 women at the restaurant slip her a note
A woman shared her ambivalence after receiving a note from strangers while she was out on a date.
TECH
Hacker finds Grok 3 backdoor day before launch—as Musk’s DOGE feeds government data to AI
Elon Musk is getting mocked online after coders found a backdoor into X’s AI chatbot, Grok.
WTF
‘Bought someone else’s pizza’: Man sees DoorDasher with Papa Johns Pizza for a customer, bribes it off of him
A DoorDasher put the dash in DoorDash after giving away a customer’s order to a man sitting in a hotel lobby.
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By David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor
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Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
TikToker Ashley Spicy Mama asked for advice after a recent trip to Sam’s Club went sour. “The audacity of some people literally just blows my mind,” Ashley says as she kicks off the video.
This customer got a popular new TV for free. But then she read the fine print.
A former server issued a PSA on restaurant cutlery after stating she always drinks with a straw. Others online agreed with her assessment.
What is grass-fed beef, anyway? If you think “grass-fed” cows are all being fed in a nice meadow somewhere, you may be in for some surprising news.
From the Daily Dot archive: The many lives of the Dancing Baby, cyberspace’s first cringe meme.
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