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Daily Dot Newsletter: A babysitter’s nightmare goes viral

Daily Dot Newsletter: A babysitter’s nightmare goes viral

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Kira Deshler

Posted on September 30, 2024 at 10:30 am CDT


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Hello, dear web crawlers! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.

Today top stories concern: one woman’s horror story of abuse Rover dog care apptech YouTuber embroiled in controversy because of his iPhone wallpaper hustlea town in Maine that became a target MAGA conspiracy theorists who are obsessed with animalsand how the crypto brothers are trying to do it cash in on Moo Deng’s fame.

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Until next time

— K.D


Today in Internet Culture

ECONOMIC DISASTER OF CONCERTS
‘It’s not a safe place’: Woman claims Rover dog sitter gave their dogs to someone else

AND A rover user’s nightmare ended with lies and the loss of two dogs.

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DRAMA ON YOUTUBE
Why are people mad at tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee?

Who knew iPhone wallpapers can be so controversial.

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CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Conservatives are trying to turn a Maine town into the new pet-eating capital of America

While neighbors wait for answers, MAGA continues to do so spread baseless conspiracy theories.

READ MORE

CRYPTO BROS
Meme creators are trying to get rich quick from Moo Deng

Capitalism maybe get involved in anythingeven the internet’s favorite cute hippopotamus.

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This TikTok joke Is annoying cashiers everywhere.

A Customer Dutch Bros I found out difficult road Why small chain coffee means better bang for your buck– if you buy coffee to get caffeine.

This employee it went viral for saying so The destination turns off the air conditioning during the hottest times of the day Down save money.

the woman told viewers Don’t buy cases of water that have been left out in the sunwarning exposure to plastics in a now viral video.

Next time you want order 60 boxes of spaghetti from InstacartPlease NO.

Z Daily Archive Re:: These students they drop out of school to run an NFT business.


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Today’s viral video

Eva Mendes talks about her and Ryan Gosling’s children


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