West Elm Caleb saga is a story about online privacy

If you haven’t heard about Caleb from West Elm, get ready for a mini-deep dive. His story is all over TikTok and Twitter, and it’s raising serious questions about internet culture and a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy. We’ll break it down. Plus, who knew what, when? That’s what House Democrats are asking of fossil fuel companies regarding climate change. Then, a round of our favorite game, Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Caleb From West Elm Is Bad At Dating But He Probably Didn’t Deserve Being Pushed Through The TikTok Meat Grinder” from BuzzFeed
New York Times’ Taylor Lorenz on West Elm Caleb
“House panel broadens probe into climate disinformation by Big Oil” from The Washington Post
“How the oil industry made us doubt climate change” from the BBC
“Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago” from Scientific American
Why Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion from Marketplace
“How to Order the Four Free Rapid Covid-19 Tests Announced by the White House” from The Wall Street Journal
“Amazon plans a new rival for retailers: a physical clothing store.” from The New York Times
And … the NFT Museum?

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