Newsletter: Security camera spying nightmare
Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: A woman issuing a warning about security cameras after sharing a terrifying experience, MAGA fans spitballing sexist new nicknames for Vice President Kamala Harris, 10 Olympians you can follow on TikTok, and a customer finding something unusual in her Starbucks order.
After that, our Senior Politics and Technology Editor David has a "Deplatformed" column for you.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
???? 'IVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED'
‘You could hear a man’s voice coming from our cameras’: Woman issues warning to everyone who has security cameras
A user on TikTok has sparked discussion after revealing her own frightening experience with her home security system.
????️ WTF
MAGA fans frantically spitball sexist new nicknames for Kamala Harris
Right-wingers online unveiled a series of sexist nicknames and memes for Vice President Kamala Harris as attacks ramped up following President Joe Biden’s endorsement of her as the 2024 Democratic nominee.
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10 Olympians to follow on TikTok
The 2024 Paris Olympics are almost here. The best way of getting all the inside scoop? Following the biggest athletes at the games on social media.
☕ SHOCKING DISCOVERY
‘I would sueee’: Customer orders caramel frappuccino from Starbucks, notices something strange inside her drink
A woman found more than just caramel in her Starbucks frappe and people are telling her to sue.
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By David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor
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⛽ In a viral video, a gas station customer accidentally filled up their car with "racing fuel." What is it?
????️ Another internet user has sparked a discussion after claiming they were priced out of a potential apartment after signing up to tour it just one week prior.
????️ Listen up in case you’re also committing this dining-out faux pas and secretly getting hated on by restaurant staff.
???? This secret shopper went to a Five Guys location recently, and even though the staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean, she still ultimately gave it a failing grade and shared why in a viral TikTok.
????️ Dumpster divers regularly catch companies throwing away good items.
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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.
Our top stories today are about: A woman issuing a warning about security cameras after sharing a terrifying experience, MAGA fans spitballing sexist new nicknames for Vice President Kamala Harris, 10 Olympians you can follow on TikTok, and a customer finding something unusual in her Starbucks order.
After that, our Senior Politics and Technology Editor David has a "Deplatformed" column for you.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today in Internet Culture
???? 'IVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED'
‘You could hear a man’s voice coming from our cameras’: Woman issues warning to everyone who has security cameras
A user on TikTok has sparked discussion after revealing her own frightening experience with her home security system.
????️ WTF
MAGA fans frantically spitball sexist new nicknames for Kamala Harris
Right-wingers online unveiled a series of sexist nicknames and memes for Vice President Kamala Harris as attacks ramped up following President Joe Biden’s endorsement of her as the 2024 Democratic nominee.
???? SOCIAL MEDIA
10 Olympians to follow on TikTok
The 2024 Paris Olympics are almost here. The best way of getting all the inside scoop? Following the biggest athletes at the games on social media.
☕ SHOCKING DISCOVERY
‘I would sueee’: Customer orders caramel frappuccino from Starbucks, notices something strange inside her drink
A woman found more than just caramel in her Starbucks frappe and people are telling her to sue.
We crawl the web so you don’t have to. Sign up to receive web_crawlr, a daily newsletter from the Daily Dot, in your inbox each day.
By David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor
Incels are upset that Joker has a girlfriend
Deplatformed is a weekly column that looks into the nether reaches of the internet—outside the big few that everyone already covers—to tell you the political discourse online. It runs on Thursdays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where you’ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
????️ Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the 'net.
⛽ In a viral video, a gas station customer accidentally filled up their car with "racing fuel." What is it?
????️ Another internet user has sparked a discussion after claiming they were priced out of a potential apartment after signing up to tour it just one week prior.
????️ Listen up in case you’re also committing this dining-out faux pas and secretly getting hated on by restaurant staff.
???? This secret shopper went to a Five Guys location recently, and even though the staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean, she still ultimately gave it a failing grade and shared why in a viral TikTok.
????️ Dumpster divers regularly catch companies throwing away good items.
???? From the Daily Dot archive: Meet the users fighting NFT-based hate speech on the new internet.
???? 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.
DO YOU USE SECURITY CAMERAS?
To answer questions like this in the future, sign up for web_crawlr here.
???? Today's Viral Video
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