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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here.Ā Welcome to todayās edition of web_crawlr.Ā
TodayāsĀ top storiesĀ are about: breakingĀ news about a āfurryā hackerĀ breaching Scholastic, a woman who found something strangeĀ growing in her hotel room, Mel GibsonĀ appearing on Joe Roganās podcastĀ while his house burned down, and an expert tip aboutĀ warming up you car in the winter.Ā
After that, Mikael has a āYour Password Sucksā column for you.
Until next time,Ā
ā K.D.
ā” Today in Internet Culture
š§ø HACKERS
EXCLUSIVE: Scholastic, education giant and āHarry Potterā publisher, breached by āfurryā hacker
The data includesĀ a mix of names, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses.
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šļø HOTEL NIGHTMARE
āThis is what I findā: Hotel guest checks into room. Then she opens the window shades
āIn 18 years in the hotel industry, Iāve never witnessed this before,āĀ one commenter wrote.Ā
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š CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Mel Gibsonās Malibu home burned down while he promoted ivermectin on Joe Rogan
He said theĀ drug cured three of his friendsā cancers.
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š THE MORE YOU KNOW
Expert shares the right way to warm up modern cars. Itās not how you think
A TikTokerĀ debunked a common mythĀ about warming up your car in the winter.Ā
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ByĀ Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter

Your cell phone location data is in the hands of data brokers and now hackers. Hereās how to limit your exposure
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šøļø Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ānet.
šŖ² AnĀ expert revealedĀ how you canĀ keep your windshield cleanĀ during lovebug season.Ā
š¦ A woman was shocked and upset whenĀ she ordered a Dairy Queen BlizzardĀ but theĀ worker didnāt turn it upside down.Ā
šØ AĀ Home Depot workerĀ claimedĀ her position is the āeasiest job ever,āĀ but not everyone agrees.Ā
š©ŗ A woman on TikTok discoveredĀ her insurance charged herĀ forĀ routine questions at the doctorās office.Ā
š¶ Hereās a deep dive into the āDog Closing His Eyes Halfwayā meme thatāsĀ blowing up on TikTok.Ā
š From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā From sponsorships to merch, college athletes can now use their personal brands to monetize the internet.
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