The Weekly Whatever: Imagine Donald Trump riding a bicycle
Spring pastimes
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Meet the Polish LARPers who pretend to be American.
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Texas man on lawnmower uses pool noodle to fend off his pet emu.
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This one time at camp, 12 kids drank floor sealant instead of milk.
Musk news
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Elon Musk shows his commitment to free speech as SpaceX fires employees for writing an open letter.
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NHTSA says it has found 16 incidents where Tesla "autopilot" disengaged less than a second before a crash, expecting the human driver to take over.
Technology
- Beaver causes major Internet outage in Canada.
Opportunities
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Pest control company will pay you $2,000 to release live cockroaches in your home.
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Gas station manager accidentally sets price to $0.69 per gallon.
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How HSBC laundered billions of dollars for a Mexican drug cartel.
Law and order
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Uvalde police hire a private law firm to argue that they shouldn't be required to release bodycam footage and other records, because they would be "highly embarrassing".
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Seattle area police chief who posted Nazi insignia on his door and joked about the Holocaust is disciplined by being given $1.5m in return for resigning.
Crapto
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Cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital is liquidated.
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Cryptocurrency lending company Babel Finance suddenly informs customers that they can't withdraw their money.
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Cryptocurrency lender Celsius suddenly informs customers that they can't withdraw their money.
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Coinbase cuts its workforce by 18%, but the CEO still has his $133m house with 10 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms.
Music
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Sonos has been inadvertently sending customers more expensive speakers than they ordered — up to 30 separate shipments.
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Behold the Floppotron 3.0 - a musical instrument built from 512 floppy disk drives.
Politics
- White Republican is very upset that Fox News helped a black Republican win a primary election against him.