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Mar 2025
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🐸 “Find Your Muppet” — Sesame Street’s ...

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A gym-fluencer did a 3:52am sparkling ice facial… and Saratoga Water’s stock jumped 6%.

Sesame Street is facing 3 major threats… Bluey, Cocomelon, and Ms. Rachel.

The Atlantic’s journalist shared more screenshots… but we got curious about the chat app, Signal.

Plus, one movie Director spent $11M of Netflix’s budget on Ferraris, mattresses, & crypto…


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