The Weekly Whatever: Don't kiss the hamster
Business
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Better.com CEO who fired 900 workers via Zoom is back running the company.
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Amazon's firing of union activists deemed illegal by National Labor Relations Board.
Permademic
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Canadian restaurant found to be accepting photos of dogs in lieu of proof of COVID vaccination.
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COVID-infected hamsters lead to pet store cull and warnings not to kiss your hamster.
Politics
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The Trump administration drafted an executive order to the military to seize voting machines.
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Having successfully passed laws against the nonexistent threat of Critical Race Theory in schools, Florida Republicans aim to take the next step: to make it illegal to make white people "feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress" over racism.
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Biden declines to make changes at the US Postal Service, leaving Trump's Postmaster General in charge.
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Texas Democrats fight for voting rights by suing to keep Green Party candidates off of the ballot.
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UK government plans to campaign against encrypted messaging by putting a child and an adult in a glass box and having the adult look "knowingly" at the child. But hang on, says the UK Information Commissioner's Office, encryption strengthens children’s online safety.
Technology
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Roku smart TVs start showing banner ads on top of live TV; Roku claims it was a bug.
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Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from motel.
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Influencer clones her dead dog so she can keep posting photos of it on Instagram.
Crapto
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Crapto company Binance refuses to say where it's based so that it can dodge laws against money laundering.
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Ozzy Osbourne's official NFT account carried links to a fake Discord, resulting in people getting scammed even more than expected.
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Steve Bannon's new digital currency lets him freeze users' accounts to prevent them from being able to spend it.
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A group of crapto enthusiasts bought a rare copy of the novel "Dune" for $3m, apparently believing it would give them rights to produce derivative works.
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NFTs are being pushed in Marfa, TX, and actual artists are not happy about it.
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This week's $30m heist hit crypto.com.
Other news
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Missouri Highway Patrol clarify that they aren't actually looking for The Joker.
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Giant offal spill shuts down Melbourne freeway.