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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayâs edition of web_crawlr.Â
Our top stories today are about: Why MAGA is big mad about vaxxed chickens, a woman who went on a date and was slipped a note by two other women, a hacker finding a backdoor into Elon Muskâs AI, and a DoorDasher being bribed for someone elseâs order.Â
After that, our Senior Politics and Technology Editor David has a âDeplatformedâ column for you.Â
See ya tomorrow!Â
â A.W.Â
⥠Today in Internet Culture
đ MAGA-RAGE
âThe chickens are vaxxedâ: MAGA ditches poultry over new plan to fight bird flu
âIf the chickens are vaxxed, I wonât eat them,â rebuked one person.
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đŽ VIRAL
âWhat does it mean?â: Woman goes on a date with a man. Then 2 women at the restaurant slip her a note
A woman shared her ambivalence after receiving a note from strangers while she was out on a date.
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đ» TECH
Hacker finds Grok 3 backdoor day before launchâas Muskâs DOGE feeds government data to AI
Elon Musk is getting mocked online after coders found a backdoor into Xâs AI chatbot, Grok.
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đ WTF
âBought someone elseâs pizzaâ: Man sees DoorDasher with Papa Johns Pizza for a customer, bribes it off of him
A DoorDasher put the dash in DoorDash after giving away a customerâs order to a man sitting in a hotel lobby.
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By David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor

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đžïž Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ânet.
đ TikToker Ashley Spicy Mama asked for advice after a recent trip to Samâs Club went sour. âThe audacity of some people literally just blows my mind,â Ashley says as she kicks off the video.
đș This customer got a popular new TV for free. But then she read the fine print.Â
đ„€ A former server issued a PSA on restaurant cutlery after stating she always drinks with a straw. Others online agreed with her assessment.
đ What is grass-fed beef, anyway? If you think âgrass-fedâ cows are all being fed in a nice meadow somewhere, you may be in for some surprising news.
đ¶ From the Daily Dot archive: The many lives of the Dancing Baby, cyberspaceâs first cringe meme.
đ Question of the Day
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