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November 1, 2020

The Weekly Whatever: 100% of your recommended weekly doomscrolling in one convenient dose

If you send someone a link to a file in Facebook Messenger, Messenger will download the entire file so it can preview it — even if the file is gigabytes in size. Facebook says this isn't a bug.

Comcast warns that it might have to pull cable TV channels it owns from its service, if it can't reach an agreement with itself.

Costco drops coconut milk over allegations of forced monkey labor.

Florida Trump supporter steals bulldozer, goes on rampage knocking down Biden signs.

Police officer raiding illegal cockfight gets killed by rooster.

Arctic methane deposits are being released, setting up positive global warming feedback loop.

Self-cloning crayfish take over cemetery in Belgium.

New online game "pre-bunks" people by teaching them how to spot misinformation techniques.

Facebook have been charging Biden more money than Trump to run ads, and allowing pro-Trump groups to ignore the rules.

Scientists propose a bold new alternative to meat: maggots.

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Sidewalk sinkhole opens in New York, man falls 15' into a pit of rats — and there's video.

Man pays for "full contact experience" with a leopard, gets it.

CDC says cruises can set sail again, as long as there aren't any passengers.

Black people march to the polls, so North Carolina police pepper spray and arrest them.

Kentucky State Police training slideshow quotes Hitler and Robert E. Lee, and advocates "ruthless violence".

Republicans have already packed the supreme courts at state level.

The Internet is destroying boomers' brains; hatred and "othering" of political foes has spiked to extreme levels.

Meet MyMilitia, where right-wing extremists find friendship and fantasize about violence.

ICE have been sterilizing women in custody.

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