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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: How Kamala Harrisā€™ VP pickĀ Tim Walz has become an instant meme, why theĀ conspiratorial far-right was making apocalyptic predictionsĀ amid U.S. stocks falling earlier this week, a Costco shopper warning aboutĀ facial ID at the entryway of stores, and a look at the rise of the ā€œPanera girlie.ā€

After that, weā€™ve got a ā€œDeplatformedā€ column from our Senior Politics and Technology EditorĀ David.Ā 

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See you tomorrow!Ā 

ā€” A.W.Ā 


āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸ˜‚ VIRAL POLITICS
ā€˜Balz to the Walzā€™: Itā€™s Tim Walz meme time

Vice President Kamala HarrisĀ announced her running mate, andĀ the memes were instantaneous.Ā 

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šŸ“‰ CONSPIRACY
Stock market sell-off sparks fears of societal collapse among conspiratorial far-right

Conservatives areĀ making apocalyptic predictions on social mediaĀ in reaction toĀ U.S. stocks falling sharplyĀ earlier this week.Ā 

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šŸ›’ WTF
ā€˜If itā€™s not you, you donā€™t get inā€™: Costco shopper warns of new facial ID entry point

Costco shoppersĀ areĀ outraged that their identities are being tracked.

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Panera BreadĀ has enjoyed a serious resurgence in the last few months. In part,Ā they have TikTok to thank for that.

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Deplatformed, a web_crawlr column

ByĀ David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor

Tim Walz over Somalian and Minnesotan flags

A random white dude designed Minnesotaā€™s flagā€”but Tim Walz is being blamed for turning it Somalian

DeplatformedĀ is a weekly column that looks into theĀ nether reaches of the internetā€”outside the big few that everyone already coversā€”to tell you theĀ political discourse online.Ā It runs on Thursdays in the Daily Dotā€™s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this columnĀ a day beforeĀ we publish it,Ā subscribe to web_crawlr, where youā€™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 ā€˜net.

šŸ• AnĀ Instacart driverĀ claimedĀ dogsĀ were the reasonĀ why they ā€œstopped doing Instacartā€ in a viral video. PeopleĀ didnā€™t understand their fear.Ā 

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āœˆļø This TikToker is using her platform toĀ call American Airlines out for poor customer serviceĀ after she saysĀ her 15-year-old brother was left stranded at the airportĀ forĀ almost 24 hours.

šŸ¤‘ GoogleĀ users areĀ getting an extra 12 centsĀ for tech giant violating their privacy.Ā Cool.Ā 

šŸ§ Talk aboutĀ hitting the jackpot. A TikToker has gone viral afterĀ a Wells Fargo ATM seemingly gave him free money.

šŸ§³ In a viral video, aĀ doctorĀ warned againstĀ unpacking your suitcaseĀ as soon as youĀ get home from trip.Ā 

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šŸ” A woman in HoustonĀ tried to get Whataburger in the aftermath of a hurricane.Ā It backfired.Ā 

šŸ–„ļø From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Can we ever get backĀ the excitement of logging on?


šŸ“ Question of the Day

Everyoneā€™s got opinions, andĀ we want to know yours. JustĀ click a button belowĀ to answer the question, and tomorrowĀ we will let you knowĀ how fellow web crawlers like you answered.Ā 

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šŸ¤³ Todayā€™s Viral Video

This yearā€™s Olympics are already the most iconic ones in history šŸ”„

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