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2026-06-12 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-06-12 283 words 2 minutes #social

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El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires (r/news)

S1DC: Is that all? Guess I’ll add it to the pile of catastrophic events occuring at the moment.
Kneph: If we only had decades of data warning us of rising global temperatures, we could have seen all of this coming.
BreweryRabbit: I’m tired of unprecedented times, could really go for one nice precedented time.

US authorities investigate huge ‘8647’ marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington (r/news)

PM_ME_YOUR_EYELASHES: If they didn’t use seashells I’m gonna be pissed
MountainlessBiking: Tbh it’s only funny because it seems to really get under his skin. Otherwise it’s pretty innocuous.
Gentle_method: A message we can all get behind.

Trump cancels strikes against Iran planned for Thursday evening (r/worldnews)

fizzaz: This is beyond all parody now
Venat14: More insider trading
Garionreturns2: TACO as expected. Trump has turned the USA into a laughingstock.

What used to be a sign of being poor, but is now a luxury or status symbol? (r/AskReddit)

lee24k: Lobsters, oysters and caviar
Future-Cry5734: Champion branded clothing
HenriDeToulouse: olive oil on rustic bread

‘Doctor Who’ Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That’s Failing To Spark Early Enthusiasm Among Producers (r/television)

2026-06-12 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-06-12 267 words 2 minutes #social

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sickkk: Pinterest, Airbnb, Google
TGxH11 (Qualtrics): Costco
gkidx (Snap): Apple

KbiC01 (Marvell): Take it and never look back.
FghLkz1565 (NVIDIA): how it compares to current TC?
reggg (Qualcomm): Role?

Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung after firm offers \$330 refund for defective SSD while selling the drives on Amazon for \$949 — spat over 4TB 990 Pro SSD is headed to court (r/technology)

OpenAI Execs Are Panicking (r/technology)

OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true (r/technology)

yuval_3: r/nottheonion
FuklzTheDrnkClwn: Isn’t that technically just “raising awareness” if it’s true lol
mrwrrrmwrmrmrmrw: That’s what they said when people dared to protest the Vietnam War.

2026-06-10 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-06-10 315 words 2 minutes #social

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US military says it began launching strikes against Iran (r/news)

No-Armadillo-7248: I think I’ve seen this one before.
SoLongSaulGood: And it’s TOTALLY not a war guys!
ram_fl_beach: Wait I thought a concept of a deal was done?

Karmelo Anthony: Verdict reached in the trial of a Texas teen charged with murder in school track meet stabbing (r/news)

Ukraine Plans Massive Daily Barrage of 600 Drones and Missiles Against Russia, Zelenskyy Said (r/worldnews)

TuckerCarlsonsOhface: If only there was something Russia could do to avoid this
WulffenKampf: A refinery a day keeps the Russians away
Sarcastic_Crab0420: Bro drones are so easy to make, russia is cooked.

McDonald’s workers of Reddit, which menu item would you NEVER eat? (r/AskReddit)

PureAlpha100: The ice
DopeMasterGenera1: Former health inspector here, the food is fine. Drink machines and ice chutes at fast food restaurants are where you don’t want to look too hard.
Flylatino24: Ok so I learned no fish or ice lol

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ & ‘The Patrick Star Show’ Renewed For More Seasons By Nickelodeon (r/television)

2026-06-10 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-06-10 266 words 2 minutes #social

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LLMbotomy (Meta): And then everybody clapped
frogelord (OpenAI): lmao hi dario
uAVz08 (HubSpot): No one wants your slop bro 🙄

AIAIOalso (Expedia Group): Haha
axyz789 (Marvell): Lmao
AzQF40 (Meta): 😂

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case (r/technology)

limbodog: So… Can you sue your lawyer if they fuck up so badly that the judge throws them off the trial for using AI rather than doing the job they agreed to do?
Severus-Snape-DaGod: They should be disbarred.
schrodingers_bra: Just make chatGPT the judge. Saves time.

Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene (r/technology)

Reddit ads pose as news stories to promote AI investment scams (r/technology)

2026-06-09 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-06-09 258 words 2 minutes #social

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Phoenix police fire sergeant who brought gun to ICE protest (r/news)

13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’ | US military (r/news)

Texas hospital to launch youth ‘detransition clinic,’ fire doctors to settle state probe (r/news)

What’s something attractive at 18 but embarrassing at 30? (r/AskReddit)

tjpoe: Dating someone in college
DaNiOO6: Getting drunk every weekend, getting into drama over stupid shit
huncho-mohammed: staying all night up just watching movies (or wasting time in general)

Which kids’ shows had the best finales? (r/television)

jgemonic: Gravity Falls
myowngalactus: Adventure time, or maybe Steven Universe
pishposhpoppycock: Power Rangers: In Space.

2026-06-09 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-06-09 256 words 2 minutes #social

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fue63 (Snowflake): HR doesn’t create value for the company
vvyrbj (Meta): Caring about the company you work for is the stupidest thing ever.
tachus (Twilio): They already laid you off! What you are taking your hands off from?

NyYs67 (Amazon): This is really day 2
tTyW77 (Meta): This is a perfect recipe for unions
LzmV65 (Meta): A slave doesn’t question the master’s orders.

After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban / A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits" and “a total termination of all internet services." (r/technology)

QuirkyResort8099: town should ban that councilmember, too.
Both-Reserve-4678: Sounds like Texas has another elected moron
Timmers2017: This is awesome! Like a 4 yr old throwing a tantrum! No candy for you!

The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah (r/technology)

Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI (r/technology)

righteouspower: Here’s a thought, reform our tax system to not be needlessly complicated.
SamuelYosemite: My Intuit-ion tells me this is dumb
Kreiri: Bullshit machine and filing taxes, what could possibly go wrong.

2026-06-08 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-06-08 356 words 2 minutes #social

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Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars: ‘I didn’t promise anything’ (r/politics)

genericusernamehere6: Note how he makes sweeping bold statements but never elaborates on them. This is because he has the mental aptitude of a 5 year old.
Whole_Inside_4863: That FiFA peace prize is looking pretty meaningless right about now.
Limp-Pomegranate3716: I’m literally surprised he didn’t just state the Lionel Hutz meme out loud at this point.

Voters sour on Trump’s handling of inflation and grocery prices — FT poll (r/politics)

Putin warned former Soviet republic of “Ukrainian scenario” over EU ties. Its pro-EU party wins elections with 49.81% anyway (r/worldnews)

michelb: So the concerning part is that ONLY 49.81% does not want Putin.
tired514: The trick to remaining free is never, ever surrendering.
ZasdfUnreal: I don’t think Putin can afford to open up another front at this time.

Does Monarch Season 2 get better? (r/television)

What are some good movies that got overshadowed by a much bigger release? (r/movies)

xarcastic: Master of Disguise would have been excellent, except every other movie ever released overshadowed it.
Silly-Power: Dredd and The Raid.
natguy2016: “Bumblebee” was released the same week as the first “Aqua Man.”

2026-06-08 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-06-08 473 words 3 minutes #social

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robolifr (Amazon): That’s a top of the line L6 offer
nothxboss (Meta): Typical vest schedule (38% first year) and 20% bonus right? Then tc is higher than 722. Very good offer. Non-Deepmind?
Altrata (Meta): Any sign on? Overall I think its a great offer, RSUs could be more like 1.5M-2M

Nvidia’s Huang calls AI job fears ’nonsense’ (r/technology)

Interesting_Pain37: No shit he’d say that
click-monster: Nvidia’s Huang calls CEO leather jacket cringe ’nonsense’
thewindows95nerd: Oh really, please enlighten me why I and so many of my peers got laid off over the span of the past year and have a hard time finding our next job.

The Notification Trap: How a Text on WhatsApp Could Have Controlled Your Phone’s AI (r/technology)

Saw this on Linkedin, do devs often read blogs from these companies? (r/webdev)

2026-06-07 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-06-07 405 words 2 minutes #social

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International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak (r/news)

ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees (r/news)

Zelensky Says Putin Does Not Want Peace After Rejecting Meeting Proposal (r/worldnews)

TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not (r/todayilearned)

Who is an actor that only gets 5-10 minutes of screen time but completely steals the entire movie? (r/movies)

2026-06-07 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-06-07 383 words 2 minutes #social

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EVxB36 (The Home Depot): We started hiring a bunch a few weeks ago, mostly ML people. Brutal layoffs not seen since 2008 just a few months prior, but yeah.
IBYh04 (HPE): Who’s rehiring exactly?
_abcdeffff (UiPath): Rehiring has begun in India*

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development (r/technology)

Brave is charging \$60 to remove features it added in the first place (r/technology)

Zwemvest: Oh hey, what a weird surprise. Brave being sketchy again.
bazza_ryder: Laughs in Firefox
ExF-Altrue: Daily reminder that, unlike to the Mozilla Foundation, Brave is a for profit company.

‘Big Tech is desperate’: Amazon engineers criticize tech giant for its \$200 billion in data center spending amid slashing 30,000 corporate employees (r/technology)

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El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires (r/news)

US authorities investigate huge ‘8647’ marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington (r/news)

Trump cancels strikes against Iran planned for Thursday evening (r/worldnews)

What used to be a sign of being poor, but is now a luxury or status symbol? (r/AskReddit)

‘Doctor Who’ Set To Be Off Air For Years Amid A Creative Regeneration That’s Failing To Spark Early Enthusiasm Among Producers (r/television)

Companies that are still humane places to work (Blind)

Evaluate Nvidia HW offer (Blind)

Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung after firm offers \$330 refund for defective SSD while selling the drives on Amazon for \$949 — spat over 4TB 990 Pro SSD is headed to court (r/technology)

OpenAI Execs Are Panicking (r/technology)

OpenAI says China ran a covert campaign to turn Americans against data centers, but used facts that happen to be true (r/technology)

US military says it began launching strikes against Iran (r/news)

Karmelo Anthony: Verdict reached in the trial of a Texas teen charged with murder in school track meet stabbing (r/news)

Ukraine Plans Massive Daily Barrage of 600 Drones and Missiles Against Russia, Zelenskyy Said (r/worldnews)

McDonald’s workers of Reddit, which menu item would you NEVER eat? (r/AskReddit)

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ & ‘The Patrick Star Show’ Renewed For More Seasons By Nickelodeon (r/television)

SWE Extinction Event Just Happened Today (Claude Mythos 5) (Blind)

Time to start talking to managers like AI talks to you? (Blind)

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case (r/technology)

Man jailed for a month despite Flock showing he was 5 miles from crime scene (r/technology)

Reddit ads pose as news stories to promote AI investment scams (r/technology)

Phoenix police fire sergeant who brought gun to ICE protest (r/news)

13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’ | US military (r/news)

Texas hospital to launch youth ‘detransition clinic,’ fire doctors to settle state probe (r/news)

What’s something attractive at 18 but embarrassing at 30? (r/AskReddit)

Which kids’ shows had the best finales? (r/television)

Uber laid off 23% of my division (Blind)

7 mandatory hours in office rumor at Amazon (Blind)

After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban / A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits" and “a total termination of all internet services." (r/technology)

The biggest data center ever is becoming a huge problem in Utah (r/technology)

Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI (r/technology)

Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars: ‘I didn’t promise anything’ (r/politics)

Voters sour on Trump’s handling of inflation and grocery prices — FT poll (r/politics)

Putin warned former Soviet republic of “Ukrainian scenario” over EU ties. Its pro-EU party wins elections with 49.81% anyway (r/worldnews)

Does Monarch Season 2 get better? (r/television)

What are some good movies that got overshadowed by a much bigger release? (r/movies)

Anthropic to pause AI development - Wtf is this new drama!? (Blind)

Rate my Google L6 offer (Blind)

Nvidia’s Huang calls AI job fears ’nonsense’ (r/technology)

The Notification Trap: How a Text on WhatsApp Could Have Controlled Your Phone’s AI (r/technology)

Saw this on Linkedin, do devs often read blogs from these companies? (r/webdev)

International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak (r/news)

ICE will stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees (r/news)

Zelensky Says Putin Does Not Want Peace After Rejecting Meeting Proposal (r/worldnews)

TIL Half of people who claim they have a food allergy do not (r/todayilearned)

Who is an actor that only gets 5-10 minutes of screen time but completely steals the entire movie? (r/movies)

WTF happened to Meta (Blind)

AI Layoffs Are Backfiring And Rehiring Has Begun (Blind)

Anthropic calls for global freeze in AI development (r/technology)

Brave is charging \$60 to remove features it added in the first place (r/technology)

‘Big Tech is desperate’: Amazon engineers criticize tech giant for its \$200 billion in data center spending amid slashing 30,000 corporate employees (r/technology)