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Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here.Ā Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

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OurĀ top storiesĀ today are about: An Amazon customerĀ finding bugs in her package, Mark Zuckerberg getting called outĀ for peeking at cleavage during Trumpā€™s inauguration, people online reacting toĀ Progressoā€™s new soup-flavored candies, and fans being upsetĀ AI was used inĀ The Brutalist.Ā 

After that, our Senior Politics and Technology EditorĀ DavidĀ has a ā€œDeplatformedā€ column for you.Ā 

See you tomorrow!Ā 

ā€” A.W.Ā 

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āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸœ WTF
ā€˜I need answersā€™: Amazon customer finds bugs in package

ā€œIā€™m freaking out,ā€ the customer said in her viral video.Ā 

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šŸ¤ CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Zuckerberg called out for peeking at cleavage during Trumpā€™s inauguration

All eyes were on President Donald Trumpā€™s inauguration on Mondayā€”except, it seems, for Mark Zuckerbergā€™s, who wasĀ seemingly caught on camera glancing at the chest of Lauren SĆ”nchez, the fiancĆ©e of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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šŸ² ā€˜SOUP YOU CAN SUCK ONā€™
Progresso soup drops are the soup-flavored candies nobody seems to know what to do with

The internetĀ reacted to the new productĀ in a lot of different ways: FromĀ excitement, disgust, and intrigue.Ā 

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šŸ¤– POP CULTURE
ā€˜I am no longer a Brady Corbet stanā€™: Fans are so upset ā€˜The Brutalistā€™ used AI, theyā€™re calling for it to be disqualified from the Oscars

No one wants to admit thatĀ AI is creeping into mainstream filmmakingĀ faster every day, but as awards season heats up, itā€™s becoming ever clearer that AI is here to stayā€”and is even being used for potential Oscar contenders.

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Deplatformed, a web_crawlr column

ByĀ David Covucci
Politics & Technology Editor

Photo collage of Dr. Anthony Fauci in front of Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

The secrets hidden in Fauciā€™s pardon

DeplatformedĀ is a weekly column that looks into theĀ nether reaches of the internetā€”outside the big few that everyone already coversā€”to tell you theĀ political discourse online.Ā It runs on Thursdays in the Daily Dotā€™s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this columnĀ a day beforeĀ we publish it,Ā subscribe to web_crawlr, where youā€™ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.

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šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ā€˜net.

šŸ§Š A man went viral after he showed how heĀ left a 12-pack of bottled waterĀ on his back porchĀ during a snow stormā€”andĀ was shocked at what happened.Ā 

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šŸ›ļø When youĀ retreat into your bedroomĀ for the night to go to sleep, do you shut the door? According to a disaster prepper,Ā this is a smart play.

šŸ“ This ā€œmystery shopperā€ has gone viral in the past, and now sheā€™sĀ revealing another experience, this time at the chainĀ Bojanglesā€”andĀ sheā€™s not too thrilled about it.

šŸž Youā€™ve been enjoying the bread rolls at Texas Roadhouse wrong all along. At least, thatā€™s what oneĀ former workerĀ says in a now-viral video where sheĀ shares a ā€œhackā€ to upgrade the appetizer.

šŸš— This man saws youĀ may want to think twiceĀ beforeĀ going to a car wash.Ā 

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šŸ” From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā Telegram isĀ supercharging conspiracy theoriesĀ across the planet.


šŸ“ Question of the Day

Everyoneā€™s got opinions, andĀ we want to know yours. JustĀ click a button belowĀ to answer the question, and tomorrowĀ we will let you knowĀ how fellow web crawlers like you answered.Ā 

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WOULD YOU TRY PROGRESSOā€™S NEW SOUP-FLAVORED CANDIES?

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šŸ¤³ Todayā€™s Viral Video

Donald Trump is probably older than you realize.

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