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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. 

Our top stories this Friday are about: Trump fans freaking out because a Gen Z person at his rally was mewing (which they thought was actually an assassination conspiracy), why the internet is mad at hackers who carried a DDoS attack against the Internet Archive, an explainer of the Smiling Dolphin meme, and a viral video where a Trader Joe’s customer found something unusual in their cheese sticks. 

After that, the trending team has got their pick for “Main Character of the Week” for you. 

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See you tomorrow! 

— A.W. 

⚡ Today in Internet Culture

🤔 CONSPIRACY
Trump fans freak over Gen Z MAGA mewing at his rally: ‘Look into this NOW’

Many thought a Trump fan ‘mewing’ at his rally was actually an assassination conspiracy. [Editor’s Note: Readers of web_crawlr would know exactly what mewing is.] 

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🖥️ HACKING
Internet Archive under siege as data breach revealed amid DDoS attack

A hacking group stirred outrage online for carrying out a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Internet Archive.

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🐬 MEMES
The Smiling Dolphin meme is actually a porpoise and he’s tired

The Smiling Dolphin meme features a photo of a Yangtze finless porpoise with a slight smile and is used to express awkwardness or frustration.

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🤢 GROSS
‘It’s inevitable.. people still make the cheese’: Trader Joe’s customer buys the cheese sticks. Then they notice something unusual about them

When you’re eating, discovering an unadvertised inclusion in your food can be a particularly distressing event. 

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A USPS WORKER WARNED PEOPLE ABOUT HOW HACKERS ARE SCAMMING PEOPLE USING WHAT KIND OF ITEM YOU MIGHT FIND ON YOUR CAR’S WINDSHIELD?

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Main Character of the Week: Is the new iPhone update a cheater’s dream? 

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🕸️ Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

🍫 Imagine enjoying a chocolate bar—and something on it *moves.*

🚚 An Amazon driver is in disbelief and considering a new profession after she got assigned a truck with a broken key and was instructed to start it using a pair of pliers.

🕹️ This Target customer says a secret shopper kicked him out of the store for testing a toy.

🛍️ A customer has gone viral after exposing the “hidden cost” of ordering DoorDash delivery via restaurant apps.

🥗 Olive Garden’s salad is so iconic that it rivals the chain’s breadsticks in infamy.

🍕 A Domino’s customer received a pizza that had no sauce on it. Workers then refused to make new one.

⚰️ From the Daily Dot archive: Is your kid attending funerals on Roblox?

🤳 Today’s Viral Video

Aubrey Plaza and Patti LuPone as roommates? That’s the reality show we deserve. ✨