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Evening Edition

Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 8:58 PM

Crypto sees a $50 M fat-finger arbitrage, Google drops a faster image model, and AI memes dominate feeds while markets shrug at macro headlines.

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$630 K creatine heist update

Wholesaler tip led to thief trying to offload bulk powder—niche saga the timeline loves.

RT @bryan_johnson: Update on $630,000 creatine heist. A creatine wholesaler saw my post and reached out. The thief tried to sell the sto…

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Fukushima worker feeds abandoned pets

Human-interest RT shows ongoing nuclear zone impact, tugging at community heartstrings.

RT @AFP: 🇯🇵 Former Fukushima worker devotes life to pets abandoned after nuclear disaster Not far from the site of the Fukushima nuclear d…

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$50 M USDT swapped for $36 K AAVE

A botched whale trade bled $9.9 M to MEV bots in one block, highlighting on-chain execution risk.

20 days ago a fresh wallet received $50.4M USDT from Binance. Just a bit ago, they swapped the entire amount for 327 AAVE worth ~$36K routed through CoW Protocol via Sushiswap. They paid $154K per AAVE. In the same block, an MEV bot immediately flash borrowed $29M WETH from Morpho, bought AAVE via Bancor @ fair value, and dumped the AAVE into the Sushiswap pool, repayed the flash loan, and pocketed $9.9M.

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Google ships Nano Banana 2 image model

Faster, multilingual text-in-image generation lands in Gemini, upping the bar for free AI tools.

Nano Banana 2 is here. Our latest image model gives you the power of Pro at the speed of Flash. You can create images with real-world accuracy, add text in many languages, and bring your wildest ideas to life faster with vibrant lighting, richer textures and sharper details. 🧵

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AI safety meme racks up 8 M views

Viral OS analogy fuels community debate on alignment risks and meme-driven awareness.

The operating system https://t.co/j5Z3rrzVgN

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XPeng shows off remote-mark parking

Precise Chinese EV autonomy demo signals accelerating consumer self-driving rollout.

✨🇨🇳This is the customized parking feature of XPeng Motors from China. You mark where you want to park, and it will automatically park there precisely. https://t.co/vdV6x9wQJR

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Perplexity billing ‘hack’ debunked

Rumored exploit turns into async charge receipt, reminding devs to verify before hype.

TL;DR - guy thinks he hacked Perplexity. Perplexity responds with "lol, no our billing is just async. check your inbox." Guy finds his bill: *shocked pikachu*

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Macro meme mocks slow market reaction

Cartoon sums up delayed risk pricing, resonating with traders watching disjoint narratives.

The global economy right now https://t.co/RLKfd6yZJH