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The surfer wasn’t hurt. Otter 841, raised in captivity and released in 2020, has a history of chasing surfers and kayakers off their boards. Despite efforts to capture her for evaluation, she's managed to avoid officials.
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 12h
Otter 841 went viral in 2023 for stealing surfboards and harassing surfers, but hadn’t been spotted in two years. Officials say they can’t confirm it was the same otter because her tracking device is no longer working.
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 12h
A surfer in Santa Cruz says an otter bit her foot and refused to get off her board for 20 minutes, leading some to wonder if the infamous Otter 841 is back. 🧵
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 18h
Staff were encouraged to report any symptoms they thought might be related to bedbug exposure and to notify the facilities team if they spotted anything suspicious in the office.

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As a result, employees were asked to stay home while the space was treated. By Monday, they were allowed to return, though Google announced it would continue inspecting its other New York offices, including those in Hudson Square, just to be cautious.
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 18h
Over the weekend, employees received an email from Google’s environmental, health, and safety team warning them of a possible infestation. Exterminators brought in a sniffer dog that found bedbugs in the office.
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A bedbug scare forces temporary closure of Google’s NYC office. Here's what we know 🧵
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Daniel also wrote chess books, contributed to magazines, and had a big online following with hundreds of thousands of fans. He taught many people about chess and inspired players worldwide. The chess community is mourning his loss, and his family has asked for privacy.
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By the time he finished high school, he had already earned the grandmaster title.
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He was a beloved figure in the chess world, starting to play at age 6. He became the youngest player to win the California K-12 Championship in fifth grade and later earned the under-12 World Youth Chess Champion title.
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Daniel Naroditsky, a 29-year-old American chess grandmaster known for his online teaching and livestreams, has died. 🧵
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 1d
Grant reached out to Debbie’s daughter, Jennifer McNutt, through Instagram and later visited her in person to bake the biscuits and honor her mother's memory.

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One recipe belonged to Debbie McNutt, a teacher and mother from Nova Scotia who used to joke she'd only share her famous tea biscuits "over her dead body." After she passed away from cancer in 2019, her family engraved the recipe on her headstone.
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1440 @1440daily.bsky.social · 1d
Rosie Grant started collecting gravestone recipes after discovering one during the pandemic and deciding to bake it. The experience inspired her to visit cemeteries across the US, searching for recipes etched into headstones and sharing their stories online. 🧵
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Before games, each ball is rubbed with special mud from the Delaware River in New Jersey to give players a better grip. This mud is the only substance allowed on pro baseballs. Then, the ball is ready for use.

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They have to meet strict rules: a cork or rubber center, yarn from New Zealand sheep, and a leather cover from Tennessee cows, all stitched together with exactly 108 stitches.
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A baseball used in the major leagues only lasts about seven pitches, but making one is a long and careful process. Each of the 2.4 million baseballs used each year is handmade at a Rawlings factory in Costa Rica. 🧵
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Rivers also worked as a music producer during a break in the band’s career. His bandmates described him as the soul of their music.

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Rivers started playing music in middle school and helped form Limp Bizkit in the 1990s with singer Fred Durst and drummer John Otto. The band became a major part of the "nu-metal" movement with hit songs like “Nookie” and “Break Stuff,” and albums that topped the charts.
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While the exact cause of death wasn't shared, Rivers had struggled with liver problems in the past due to alcohol abuse. He had left the band in 2015 for health reasons but later revealed he had undergone a liver transplant and returned in 2018.
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Sam Rivers, bassist and founding member of the band Limp Bizkit, has died at the age of 48, the group announced on Saturday. 🧵
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Topics that have placed him in the American mainstream.

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Bad Bunny is a Latin music star known for his song "El Apagón," which talks about Puerto Rico's power outages after Hurricane Maria. Bad Bunny’s music mixes reggaeton beats with important messages about culture, gender, and life in Puerto Rico.
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