Viral News
Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Today’s top stories are about: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s response to a recent episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ the hackers who took down the Cop City developer’s website, the three-way dance battle between Amazon, UPS, and FedEx drivers, and a viral video of a cop getting spooked by an acorn. After that, David’s …
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our top stories today are about: President Biden trolling people who believe the Taylor Swift psyop conspiracy, how people online are confused over a ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ad, a PayPal customer warning about how $500 went missing from her account, and a man going viral for sharing a …
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. I hope your weekend is off to a good start! Our top stories for you today are about: A Dunkin’ worker filming himself as he got stuck in the store’s bathroom, the internet melting down after comedian Larry David slapped Elmo on the TODAY show, why …
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: A woman confronting a DoorDasher who she claims stole a previous order from Pizza Hut she had made, how a congressional candidate is convincing people on TikTok they don’t need to pay taxes, a new-fear-unlocked moment where a man shares how …
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Back in the day, parents used to send their kids to camp to learn archery or canoeing. Nowadays, children are joining summer camps in droves to pursue their dreams of becoming professional creators. According to a 2023 Morning Consult poll, a whopping 57% of Gen Zers said they’d like to be an influencer if given …
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our top stories today are about: A former McDonald’s worker revealing secrets from when she worked there (like not being allowed to fill up fry containers), conspiracies that have popped up about Miley Cyrus’ bodyguard, Meta warning investors about Mark Zuckerberg’s “high risk” hobbies, and an …
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our top stories today are about: A worker in a pizza shop getting revenge when their ex ordered a heat-shaped pizza, a look at the (many) memes involving President Joe Biden, a woman who is going viral for sharing a hack to get TikTok Shop …
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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 server whose meltdown after quitting was captured on camera, the conspiracies on Truth Social following the shooting of a former Trump official, a viral hack about getting the aisle to yourself on airplanes, and Mark Cuban’s claim that X is now unusable. After that, check out …
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Two weeks ago, the 30-year-old music news and review site Pitchfork was folded unceremoniously into GQ, gutting its staff. Conde Nast, the parent company of GQ, which acquired the venerated music site in 2015 — had its chief content officer Anna Wintour announce the layoffs during a video call where she refused to remove her sunglasses. Classy. …
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Happy Friday! Our top stories today are about: A viral video showing a golden retriever fiercely protecting a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, people mocking a post that declared Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was the right-wing version of Taylor Swift, a video showing a woman filling a Whole Foods …
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Our top stories today are about: The X account for the muppet Elmo asking how everyone was doing (spoiler alert: not well), an Airbnb customer finding a secret door in their rental, Trumpers trying to use a ballot quirk to crush Nikki Haley’s hope for a symbolic …
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Things look a bit different today. Now, we’ll have Kira’s “Decoding Fandom” column on Wednesdays because we are introducing something new on Saturday. Stay tuned! 👀 Anyway, our top stories today are about: A woman detailing her frightening Hinge date in a viral video, a Vrbo renter sharing their disturbing interaction with a homeowner, …
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