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2026-08-22 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-08-22 374 words 2 minutes #social

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At least 55 sickened in salmonella, E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts (r/news)

Lucid_Insanity: This is insane. That’s what? 5 outbreaks in the last couple weeks or month?
B-Z_B-S: RFK Jr. is Pestilence, the First Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Ancient_Spite_725: It’s almost like firing a bunch of people at the CDC and the FDA makes things less safe. Who could guess?

Court slashes \$50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax (r/news)

Fit guys who let themselves go, what was the most surprising thing about getting fat? (r/AskReddit)

What’s a tv commercial that everyone your age remembers but no one younger has any idea what you’re talking about? (r/AskReddit)

Feisty_Time7875: “My bologna has a first name…”
devospice: Where’s the beef?
Furgems: Clapp on! Clap off!

Parents of twins, when they were newborns, in the 1st few weeks, did you ever lose track of who was who? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-22 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-08-22 273 words 2 minutes #social

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agiforall (OpenAI): I think technical depth is very helpful and it makes on boarding much easier
Not.Indian (Uber): You need divine intervention
apple145 (Meta): Get an interview first

Ayiyeiyuo (itana): Thought you were going to say you cheated lol
Subarui: Blind tax
Ekjuiop (Pinterest): Thanks for the insight OP

zbjjw (Waymo): What level makes \$800k?
tik-tock (Walmart): Which level and yoe at G?
tzoR76 (Google): What is near offer stage

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera (r/technology)

Walmart finally adding Tap to Pay after years of shoppers asking for it (r/technology)

2026-08-21 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-08-21 526 words 3 minutes #social

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US retail giant receives \$1bn boost from tariff refunds (r/news)

US to end summer blend gasoline requirement early in attempt to lower prices (r/news)

What hobby do you secretly judge people for having? (r/AskReddit)

What do you think is the single most terrifying photograph in history? (r/AskReddit)

What’s a horrible thing that a famous person did that everyone forgot about but you? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-21 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-08-21 383 words 2 minutes #social

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typhoonie (Amazon): constantly getting/hearing about down leveling even with good YOE
YNBQ33 (OpenAI): I 5.5x’d my TC this year.
rn17d (Discord): Couple years? The peak was mid 2022 for pay unless you’re in the ML field. The market has shifted downard since then with all the layoffs the last 4 years.

Zuckerberg Knew. A Whistleblower Has the Emails to Prove It. - Gadget Review (r/technology)

Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers (r/technology)

2026-08-19 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-08-19 402 words 2 minutes #social

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Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight (r/news)

Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claiming retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ (r/news)

OhNoIBoffedIt: Oh God we are in the end times. They have me rooting for Disney’s legal department.
Successful-Medicine9: Mouse money is nothing to be messed with.
AMouthBreather: Not a fan of Disney. But the mouse can and should fuck the FCC here and put them in their place. Just wish it wasn’t on all of our dimes.

What “unskilled” job would humble most people after just one shift? (r/AskReddit)

What is a skill that looks completely effortless when an expert does it, but is ridiculously difficult when you try it yourself? (r/AskReddit)

mrclean2323: Drywall finishing
CoffeeGrinder999: Close up card magic. Looks effortless. Really hard to do.
SensualEnema: I had a voice teacher who said, “Singing is easy; learning to sing is hard.”

You wake up tomorrow and suddenly find yourself back in 1990. You have \$500 in your pocket — what would you buy with it? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-19 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-08-19 411 words 2 minutes #social

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OSeeEye (Oracle): You guys are getting 1%? I should move to Microsoft
MSFTbleed (Microsoft): Even a promo is like a 5% raise. Who gives a crap
whyking (Bloomberg): People might be treating their increment % as an alternative metric to gauge their standing in the team. When layoffs are going on every year, this is meaningful data point. Especially for those whose managers never provide any meaningful feedback all year.

brzz007 (Autodesk): It took gemini 20 minutes of back and forth to read a pdf with events and add them to my calendar yesterday. I could literally do it the caveman way in 3.
ssupbitxh (VMware): Gemini is crap and I hate that I bought one year subscription
natcha (Walmart): Ishan trying to promote with Twitter/xitter account. Obviously.

riddle_ (Meta): Yes, it’s all about right place right time
agr3ter (ByteDance): getting rich is mostly about luck period
Shrike22 (Meta): Maybe you’re just too stupid to pick the rocket ships from the rest.

Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum (r/technology)

Remote work benefits are much bigger than a paycheck (r/technology)

2026-08-18 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-08-18 363 words 2 minutes #social

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US gas prices reach highest ever recorded for August amid stalled talks with Iran (r/news)

CDC: U.S. kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record high as coverage falls nationwide (r/news)

PlacebosForALL: Cultists would rather listen to their orange god and brain worm buddy than actual experts
thegooddoktorjones: Abortion is bad and illegal, but letting your kids die of measles is a-ok, apprently.
zer04ll: And measles is back, polio is back, tb is spreading

What’s a physical object from 15–20 years ago that disappeared so quietly that nobody even noticed it left? (r/AskReddit)

What major gets mocked as “easy” but actually requires serious intelligence? (r/AskReddit)

ScottRiqui: I have degrees in engineering, applied physics, and law, and some of my wife’s readings for her philosophy degree made my brain want to run out of my ears.
Sensitive_Blood1469: Anything with music
Miggus_amogus: 90% of humanities if you actually want to be really good at it

Millennials, what’s something our generation was taught to accept that you’re glad younger generations are rejecting? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-18 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-08-18 465 words 3 minutes #social

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Coworker uses AI to write all his messages (Blind)

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility / The shipment was found at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books (r/technology)

Honey loses over 7 million users and 7,000 stores following YouTuber’s viral expose (r/technology)

2026-08-17 Social General Briefing Summary

2026-08-17 532 words 3 minutes #social

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US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years (r/news)

DarkPetitChat: Are you great again america?
Muzi5060: If they could feed us shit, they’d feed us shit.
SidneyMacdonald: 15 years of lobbying just so grocery chains dont have to track where tainted lettuce came from while thousands of people get parasites. corporate greed at its finest

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions (r/news)

What’s a habit you picked up purely out of laziness that turned out to be surprisingly genius? (r/AskReddit)

What medical procedure or test turned out to be far more painful or uncomfortable than you expected? (r/AskReddit)

Gym goers, what’s the dark side of the gym life that no one ever admits? (r/AskReddit)

2026-08-17 Social Tech Briefing Summary

2026-08-17 441 words 3 minutes #social

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Txsp46 (Cisco): I have not used AI a single time since ever. All hand generated. I’m happy that my coding and cognitive skills are as sharp as ever.
VhAc71 (Apple): Pretty sure interviews and interview prep is the only context where I’ll ever write code by hand.
hlfvjcbj (JPMorganChase): I am not even enjoying this tbh. Dont get the same satisfaction when I finish task

ctf98Ht (Meta): I use google AI search, so whatever you have posted is just your opinion with one datapoint.
abababcd (Western Digital): Meta being pessimistic on google is the highest level of disillusionment , world needs google and the world is a better place without meta.
uneal (Palo Alto Networks): I agree , these AI agents are eating up goog lunch

cQfh64 (Intuit): Everybody only works for money, period. People who say i want to focus on mission and problem solving already have millions in the bank to take care of their expenses.
boredddddd (Microsoft): Obviously. They work for the mission lol
4599f332 (PayPal): I believe they don’t _only_ work for the money.

Bernie Sanders calls out Sergey Brin for spending over \$100 million to defeat California’s billionaire tax — ‘If California passes its one-time 5% wealth tax, Brin would owe \$14 billion and still be worth \$270 billion’ (r/technology)

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At least 55 sickened in salmonella, E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts (r/news)

Court slashes \$50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax (r/news)

Fit guys who let themselves go, what was the most surprising thing about getting fat? (r/AskReddit)

What’s a tv commercial that everyone your age remembers but no one younger has any idea what you’re talking about? (r/AskReddit)

Parents of twins, when they were newborns, in the 1st few weeks, did you ever lose track of who was who? (r/AskReddit)

What exactly does one need to prepare for a role at Anthropic and OpenAi? (Blind)

Failed an anthropic interview. Passed a staff Loop six weeks later with AI (Blind)

What is it like working at OpenAI? (Blind)

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera (r/technology)

Walmart finally adding Tap to Pay after years of shoppers asking for it (r/technology)

US retail giant receives \$1bn boost from tariff refunds (r/news)

US to end summer blend gasoline requirement early in attempt to lower prices (r/news)

What hobby do you secretly judge people for having? (r/AskReddit)

What do you think is the single most terrifying photograph in history? (r/AskReddit)

What’s a horrible thing that a famous person did that everyone forgot about but you? (r/AskReddit)

Anthropic’s coding bar is fucking ridiculous (Blind)

Senior Engineers Can’t Do BFS Now? (Blind)

Is everyone getting am massive paycut in 2026? (Blind)

Zuckerberg Knew. A Whistleblower Has the Emails to Prove It. - Gadget Review (r/technology)

Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers (r/technology)

Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight (r/news)

Disney sues FCC over challenge to broadcast licenses, claiming retaliation over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ (r/news)

What “unskilled” job would humble most people after just one shift? (r/AskReddit)

What is a skill that looks completely effortless when an expert does it, but is ridiculously difficult when you try it yourself? (r/AskReddit)

You wake up tomorrow and suddenly find yourself back in 1990. You have \$500 in your pocket — what would you buy with it? (r/AskReddit)

Everyone at Microsoft needs to chill the fuck out about rewards (Blind)

Well done Deepmind folks! (Blind)

Getting rich in tech is all about luck than anything else. (Blind)

Viral De-Flock America campaign urging people to destroy AI cameras on Halloween night gains momentum (r/technology)

Remote work benefits are much bigger than a paycheck (r/technology)

US gas prices reach highest ever recorded for August amid stalled talks with Iran (r/news)

CDC: U.S. kindergarten vaccine exemptions hit record high as coverage falls nationwide (r/news)

What’s a physical object from 15–20 years ago that disappeared so quietly that nobody even noticed it left? (r/AskReddit)

What major gets mocked as “easy” but actually requires serious intelligence? (r/AskReddit)

Millennials, what’s something our generation was taught to accept that you’re glad younger generations are rejecting? (r/AskReddit)

Coworker uses AI to write all his messages (Blind)

Don’t come to Bloomberg I think we’re doomed… (Blind)

Genuinely why would anyone want to work at Microsoft at this point? (Blind)

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility / The shipment was found at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books (r/technology)

Honey loses over 7 million users and 7,000 stores following YouTuber’s viral expose (r/technology)

US law to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks has been delayed for 15 years (r/news)

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions (r/news)

What’s a habit you picked up purely out of laziness that turned out to be surprisingly genius? (r/AskReddit)

What medical procedure or test turned out to be far more painful or uncomfortable than you expected? (r/AskReddit)

Gym goers, what’s the dark side of the gym life that no one ever admits? (r/AskReddit)

I have not typed a single line of code since January this year. All Claude generated. (Blind)

More and More Convinced future isn’t great for Goog (Blind)

Do you believe Anthropic employees really don’t work for the money? (Blind)

Bernie Sanders calls out Sergey Brin for spending over \$100 million to defeat California’s billionaire tax — ‘If California passes its one-time 5% wealth tax, Brin would owe \$14 billion and still be worth \$270 billion’ (r/technology)

3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights (r/technology)