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😸 Meow you’re talking: Earn $50 and contribute to scientific research just by playing with your cat. I’m not kitten you. Researchers at the Animal Welfare Epidemiology Lab at the University of California, Davis, are looking for two-minute videos. Apply here.

Size matters: Jeff Bezos took a break sailing around in his $435 million yacht to show off New Glenn, one of the largest rockets ever built. At 320 feet tall, it’s bigger than the Statue of Liberty! Watch this vid at Bezos’ Blue Origin factory in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Lifesaving tech: This is something. The FDA just approved a tool first responders can use to save lives. Traumagel is a syringe filled with algae- and fungi-based hemostatic gel that stops bleeding in seconds. Total game-changer for gunshot wounds. 

You’re SOL … if you bought movies through Redbox. The company filed for bankruptcy, closed down the big red kiosks, and now the app is gone, too. This is your friendly reminder that when you buy digital content, you’re buying the right to watch for now.

🐓 Not the nuggets! Perdue Foods recalled 167,000 pounds of frozen nuggets and chicken tenders that might contain thin strands of metal. Check your freezer for any with a best-by date of March 23, 2025. Full list of product names here.

Your kids know what Zyn is: You need to know, too. Zyn nicotine pouches are such a popular stimulant that influencers make money promoting them to young people … even though parent company Philip Morris International legally can’t pay influencers in the U.S. Talk to your kids about not getting hooked on it.

🇷🇺 Confirm before you share: Meta says the Kremlin is the No. 1 source of AI-created misinformation ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The most common trick on Facebook? Imaginary “journalists” who write bogus news stories. Meta says they’re trying to stop the Russian propaganda. Oh, Crimea river!

X marks the spot: When Elon Musk took over Twitter two years ago, he told employees they’d need to work “extremely hardcore” with “long hours at high intensity.” Those who didn’t agree within 24 hours were fired. It turns out that not responding doesn’t legally count as resignation. A canned employee got $600,000.