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

Here’s the latest trending internet culture stories today: a customer whose pizza box feature several politic figures (and Jesus?), the FCC’s investigation of ’60 Minutes’––a huge departure for the historically neutral commission, a new mother’s alarming interaction with her in-laws, and an explanation for why everyone is dancing like a rat on TikTok.

After that, Mikael has a timely “Your Password Sucks” column for you.

Until next time,

— K.D. 

⚡ Today in Internet Culture

🍕 OPEN FOR A SURPRISE
‘I would be returning and demanding a refund’: Customer buys $200 worth of pizza. Then she sees the boxes they put them in

The pizza was much more political and religious than this customer anticipated.

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📺 FREE SPEECH
5 former FCC commissioners call on Brendan Carr to end ’60 Minutes’ investigation

They called Carr’s actions antithetical to the First Amendment.

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👩‍🍼 FAMILY DRAMA
‘I’m very disappointed’: In-laws guilt-trip new mom for missing a text during childbirth

A Reddit post by a new mother asking if she overreacted to her disappointed in-laws is getting an overwhelming “nope” from readers. 

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🐀 TIKTOK TRENDS
Why everyone on TikTok is dancing with a dang rat

Can you keep up with a rat?

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By Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter

How to avoid the Signal mistakes the Trump administration made

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🕸️ Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.

💸 When a customer at a restaurant was presented with the opportunity to tip at the end of their meal, they claimed there was a sticker placed over the part of the screen that was home to the “no tip” option.

🌭 A Walmart customer claims to have fired up one of the store’s display grills in store. Then, he placed some barbecue staples on it to cook himself up a meal.

🚽 This workplace takes the eight-hour workday a bit too literally, to the point where it apparently limits workers’ bathroom breaks.

🥩 If you want to save money by purchasing a large cut of meat at Costco, one butcher explains why it might cost you more to cut it down in-store.

🐟 A pediatrician has gone viral after explaining why you should avoid buying a specific type of canned tuna.

👥 From the Daily Dot archive: Here are the invisible victims of true crime content.

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