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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today’s top stories are about: a Subway customer who found something sharp when he bit into his sandwich, new evidence that shows the jacket worn by Luigi Mangione is on sale at Macy’s, a handy roundup of the best Monday memes, and the response to John Fetterman’s first post on Truth Social.
After that, Mikael has a “One Dumb Conspiracy” column for you,
Until next time,
— K.D.
🥪 WTF
‘I cut my tongue’: Subway customer tries to return sandwich after finding this inside his sub
This kind of occurrence isn’t as uncommon as you might think
🧥 VIRAL FASHION
‘With the discount code of…’: Man claims Macy’s is promoting jacket worn by Luigi Mangione. He’s not wrong
The apparent jacket worn by the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson last week is now on sale at Macy’s.
☕ MEME ROUNDUP
28 of the funniest Monday memes
somehow it’s monday…again…
🇺🇸 POLITICAL POSTING
John Fetterman calls for Trump pardon in Truth Social debut, cementing progressive pariah status
“Terrible take,” one user said of Fetterman’s post. “Can’t believe I ever liked this dude.”
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By Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter
The QAnon crowd thinks they know why Trump loves ‘YMCA’ so much
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🕸️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
😱 A man in Knoxville, Tennessee, claims to have entrusted $375,000 worth of trading cards for GameStop to assess. However, the store allegedly misplaced the package, and he is suspicious enough about it to have involved the police.
📱 Does Apple AI learn banking info from your apps? An internet privacy expert says you should be concerned about how the new tech interacts with your banking information.
📖 A Goodwill shopper bought a book… and was shocked at what he found inside of it.
🚗 Getting scammed is one of the worst feelings in the world. Even losing $20 to someone who tricks you can leave a bad taste in your mouth. But what if you tried to sell your Corvette only for it to get stolen?
👀 This Walmart shopper says she accidentally committed crime due to poor packaging. It could also happen to you.
🤖 From the Daily Dot archive: Distorted TikTok sounds hurt marginalized creators—and AI is making it worse.
📝 Question of the Day
Everyone’s got opinions, and we want to know yours. Just click a button below to answer the question, and tomorrow we will let you know how fellow web crawlers like you answered.
HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING YET?
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🤳 Today’s Viral Video
Here are some simple tricks to boost your phone’s privacy.
🎶 Now Playing: “Fury of the Storm” by Dragonforce 🎶
