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Hello fellow residents of the web! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Our leading stories today have to do with: A renter going viral for revealing how she discovered a snake skin on top of her kitchen area cabinet, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) declaring Georgia is promoting the capital punishment for Trump (it isn’t), a viral video sharing the trick of why ballpark hot dogs taste so good, and reports swirling that Twitter (or X) is going to need ID confirmation quickly.
After that, we are going behind-the-scenes here at the Daily Dot with a “Reporter’s Notebook” Q&A with a familiar face: Claire Goforth, our investigative press reporter. She’s showing you the reporting procedure of her 2nd story for the Daily Dot’s brand-new Hi-Res reporting department.
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⚡ Today’s leading stories
🐍 WTF
Tenant discovers snake skin on top of kitchen area cabinet. She hasn’t discovered the snake
“So I’m making breakfast, and I just woke up, and I’m like, ‘What is that? That’s weird,’” she says, describing the hanging things. She then pulls the things down, revealing it to be a molted snakeskin.
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🗳️ POLITICS
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Georgia is promoting the capital punishment for Trump—as she angles for VP slot
Trump isn’t dealing with the capital punishment.
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🌭 VIRAL
The trick to why ballpark hotdogs taste so good, revealed
In a viral video, a parent shares a simple hack for making at-home hotdogs taste like what you get at a ballpark.
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🖥️ TECH
‘NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS’: Rumors swirl Twitter is going to need ID confirmation quickly
The function would supposedly ask users to publish an image ID and take a live selfie.
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📝 Behind the Scenes
By Claire Goforth
Investigative Reporter
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is taking place throughout the ‘internet.
🍴 This Chipotle client is getting a great deal of attention online after declaring that they take month-to-month journeys to the restaurant to “restock” on forks and napkins.
☕ A user on TikTok has actually triggered conversation after declaring he received “dirty looks all morning” after taking a seat at a table at Starbucks. The factor? He was seated at the available table.
👀 A customer support employee went viral for sharing ideas on how to irritate consumers while staying expert.
🚗 This client declares that Nissan car dealerships are scamming their consumers, and she asks audiences for guidance on purchasing a car in 2023.
🪑 After a video of a client consuming alone went viral, audiences fasted to mention that there’s absolutely nothing incorrect with a table-for-one after a female was unwittingly taped looking “sad” at a restaurant.
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👋 Before you go
A user’s clip on TikTok has actually gone viral and triggered conversation after declaring that her supervisor read her personal messages and forwarded them to other colleagues.
Employers reading employee messages is absolutely nothing brand-new. Earlier this year, a TikTok user virally cautioned workers that their company can, in specific cases, read their Slack messages, even those that are thought about private.
Now, an Australian TikToker has actually declared that she experienced a comparable personal privacy infraction after providing her supervisor her personal laptop computer after her supervisor’s laptop computer broke.
“She read my messages with my boss and sent them to other staff,” says TikTok user Ocean (@oocean.e) in a video with over 883,000 views.
*First Published: Aug 19, 2023, 12:22 pm CDT
Andrew Wyrich
Andrew Wyrich is the newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He formerly acted as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has actually composed for U.S.A. Today, NorthJersey.com, and other papers and sites. His work has actually been acknowledged by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
