‘Starbucks Corporate Is Leaving Mobile Orders on When Workers Are on Strike’
Starbucks Workers United posted on TikTok about the company leveraging mobile orders and customer frustration at an actively striking location.
Viral Content
I-80 Wyoming, ‘Highway to Heaven’
A September 30 2022 Facebook image of a “highway to heaven” in Wyoming spread virally in late September and early October 2022; the attached image looked like this: No links to additional information or a source for the image appeared alongside the image, which showed two directions of a two-lane highway, taken from an apparent vantage …
‘Florida Female Student Athletes Have to Report Their Menstrual History to Play’
Claims that Florida’s female student athletes were made to report their menstrual histories appeared in October 2022.
Study: ‘Registered Republicans Had Far Higher Excess Death Rates Than Registered Democrats’ in Ohio and Florida
Research shows how partisan views influenced pandemic mortality rates in two states.
‘Iranian Women in the 60s’
Protests in Iran in late September and early October 2022 led to the circulation of images purportedly showing Iranian women in the 1960s and 1970s.
‘Dennis Prager Wrote a Whole Essay Whining About Men Having to Respect Women’s Sexual Boundaries’
An “essay” attributed to PragerU founder Dennis Prager was excerpted to Twitter in September 2022.
Russian Consulate in New York City Vandalized?
Images of red paint spattered across the front of the Russian consulate in New York City circulated via a popular submission to Reddit’s r/ukraine.
Publix Hurricane Cake (Ian Edition)
As Hurricane Ian strengthened over Florida in September 2022, purported images of Publix “hurricane cakes” circulated.
‘Most Intense Weather Broadcast Ever’
A 2016 “doomsday” forecast came back to light as Hurricane Ian barrelled toward Florida.
‘Microbiological Culture of an Eight Year Old’s Handprint After Playing Outside’
A compelling image of a handprint in a petri dish circulated across social media again and again.