EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1686
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Money

Money Jul 8, 2026

Her employer accidentally paid her twice for six months. She has not told them.

A woman in Minneapolis discovered in her second month at a new job that HR had set her up on two payroll systems simultaneously. She has been receiving her salary twice, every month, for six months.…
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Money Jul 2, 2026

Her Zelle memos to her sister have become the funniest thing in her sister’s group text.

A woman in Cleveland has been sending her sister thirty-seven dollars a month for seven years. It has never been for the same reason twice. The Zelle memos have accumulated into what her sister's friend group…
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Money Jun 23, 2026

She has been anonymously paying off her ex-boyfriend’s student loans for three years.

A woman in Atlanta has been sending an anonymous $200 a month to the servicer of her ex-boyfriend's student loans for three years. He does not know it is her. He does not know it is…
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Money May 28, 2026

The startup pivoted to vibes. The Series A came through anyway.

A San Francisco company quietly changed its mission statement from "AI workflow automation" to "vibes-as-a-service." Six weeks later, they closed a $14 million Series A. Two of the lead investors did not appear to notice the…
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Money May 26, 2026

His robotic vacuum has a better credit score than he does

A Brooklyn man discovered that his robot vacuum had been quietly building credit history under its own name for two years. The vacuum has a 740 FICO. He has a 612. The bank had questions for…
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