2026-08-05 Social General Briefing Summary

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Three lions die in zoo as Japan battles extreme heat (r/worldnews)

Man charged with setting Spokane’s largest wildfire went to prison for killing his father (r/news)

Chipotle pulls jalapenos from some restaurants amid salmonella probe (r/news)

What is a sign that someone is emotionally unintelligent? (r/AskReddit)

What is a 9/10 or 10/10 game that you’ll never play again because of one small thing or section? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-05 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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The AI bubble is POPPING!!!!!!!!!! (Blind)

I gave up on having kids while I’m at Meta (Blind)

I’m just a human wrapper for LLMs at this point (Blind)

Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (r/technology)

EA is now officially owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and private equity (r/technology)

2026-08-04 Social General Briefing Summary

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Two Deaths Linked to Cyclosporiasis in Michigan (r/news)

Iran says no talks are under way with United States after Trump calls off attacks (r/worldnews)

What hobby or job has a divorce/breakup rate that feels like it’s close to 100%? (r/AskReddit)

Coffee addicts, \$1,000 a week (tax free) for the rest of your life, but you have to sacrifice your daily fix. What are you doing? (r/AskReddit)

What was it like when Obama was elected President? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-04 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Google to Microsoft AI. 700k to 2.2M TC 🔥 (Blind)

Claude code is making all of us dumb (Blind)

The Era of High TC in Tech is Over? (Blind)

Sam Altman says a ‘cool use case’ for ChatGPT is a daily AI podcast about your kids. The replies were brutal (r/technology)

Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School. (r/technology)

2026-08-03 Social General Briefing Summary

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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak (r/news)

Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death (r/news)

For women who NEVER wear makeup, what lead you to that choice? (r/AskReddit)

Former homeless people, what were some of the places you slept at night that were safe? (r/AskReddit)

How do you feel about Trump selling early access to his social media posts for \$100K per month? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-03 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Failed Google L7 loop (Blind)

Leetcode Interview is Dead And That Sucks For Me (Blind)

Lots of money and no friends (Blind)

New York files \$36 billion lawsuit against Kalshi, alleging it’s running an “illegal gambling operation” (r/technology)

YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’ (r/technology)

2026-08-02 Social General Briefing Summary

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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues’ racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping (r/news)

Colorado declares town abandoned amid water and leadership crisis (r/news)

Olive Garden employees, what do you do if someone doesn’t say stop when you’re grating their cheese? (r/AskReddit)

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year? (r/AskReddit)

People who lost a significant amount of weight, what piece of common diet advice turned out to be complete BS? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-02 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Has AI permanently eroded the US job market for Software Engineering? (Blind)

Bloomberg has to be best place to work in tech (Blind)

I hope everyone in tech gets laid off at least once in their life (Blind)

Mark Zuckerberg’s Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly (r/technology)

One California town found Flock’s license plate cameras were wrong 71% of the time (r/technology)

2026-08-01 Social General Briefing Summary

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Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian (r/news)

Trump backtracks from promise to let Ukraine build Patriot missiles (r/worldnews)

Do you sleep with the bedroom door open or closed, and why? (r/AskReddit)

To anyone who made a massive amount of money very quickly: What is something you thought rich people did that turned out to be completely fake? (r/AskReddit)

Anyone here hit reset on their career at 35? How did it go? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-01 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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How do you survive +4 rounds of interviews? (Blind)

Robinhood / Snowflake / Anthropic / Databricks (Blind)

The Future Of Social Networks? (Blind)

Reddit Stock Collapses 23% as AI Eats Away at User Growth (r/technology)

BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars’ Main Dashboard Control Display (r/technology)