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It’s a bug’s life

🦟 Patio season is here. I’ve got secret weapons to fight back.

Set up a fly trap ($10) outside to lure those pests away.
Plug in an electric bug zapper ($46), so they buzz straight into the light.
Take matters into your own hands with an electric fly swatter (11% off).
This magnetic screen door ($29) lets in the breeze but not insects.
An ultrasonic repeller (17% off) is like an invisible shield for your home.
Use Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap ($9.99 for a two-pack). Bugs hate it and won’t come near you!
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WOW! Amazon is clearing out these older MacBook Airs. You can snag one for up to 33% off its original price.

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Apple is folding

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is finally on the way, but with a $2k price tag, this futuristic flex might just break the bank and the internet.

Chinese pump and dump stocks: Scammers are sliding into DMs and WhatsApp chats, posing as financial advisers. They’ll hype up shares in small Chinese companies listed on the Nasdaq that look promising. The twist? Insiders are manipulating the price. Once you buy in, they cash out, and you lose thousands (paywall link).

$41,000

That’s the retail price of a stolen Bobcat, and no, it’s not a house cat. These guys tried to snag it with a fake rental, a U-Haul and a $380 cash “deposit.” Too bad they didn’t know about the victim’s secret weapon: an Apple AirTag.

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Psychiatrist falls for $500K pig butchering scam

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A doctor who lost half a million says greed got the best of him. Melinda Gates finally talks Bill, Epstein, and trust. Plus, an Uber driver drives off with a sleeping child, and my go-to tip to lock in the lowest hotel price.

Secret Amazon page for cheap stuff

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Want to buy tech at a fraction of the price? Here’s where to look for Amazon’s hidden deals.

$795

The new price of feeling fancy with a Chase Sapphire Reserve card. Sure, they’re throwing in some bonus points and credits, as long as you swear loyalty to the Chase portal like it’s your digital deity. Points nerds sighed a collective “meh” on this one.

$1.8 million

Shaq’s price tag for promoting a crypto collapse. Unlike Brady and Curry, Big Diesel stayed on the hook thanks to a wild goose chase to serve him legal papers. He pitched FTX as legit, then claimed he didn’t get crypto at all. Now he’s settling, no guilt admitted, but the check clears just the same.

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$2.25

The nightly fee Hawaii’s tacking onto a $300 hotel stay, for climate karma points. It’s barely the price of a sad airport coffee, but multiplied by millions of tourists, it adds up, with some estimates as high as $100 million annually. Hawaii just became the first U.S. state to hit tourists with a climate tax: a 0.75% hike. Mahalo.

$287,000

That was the average price for a starter home in 2024, and you’d need to earn over $100K a year to afford it. Why so much? Land, permits and labor aren’t cheap, and building materials have gone through the roof. Oh, and you’re getting even less for more. In Colorado Springs, new homes have shrunk by 14% in size (paywall link).

14 months

How long you’ll sit in prison for faking an ID and hijacking the SEC’s Twitter. Eric Council Jr. SIM swapped his way into the SEC’s X account with a bogus ID, dropped a fake Bitcoin ETF approval tweet and briefly spiked and tanked the Bitcoin price. The feds didn’t LOL. Now he’s got over a year to think about it.

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$29.99

The monthly price of ESPN’s new all-access streaming app. It comes with access to all ESPN live games, documentaries, fantasy sports and enough studio programming to make you forget you haven’t gone outside since football season started.

Psychiatrist falls for $500K pig butchering scam — April 26th, Hour 2

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$3.4 million

Price tag of the world’s most accurate clock. The Aether clock OC 020 is as big as two refrigerators and weighs over 440 pounds. Let it tick for 10 billion years, and it would only be off by a second. That’s better than atomic clocks and could help predict earthquakes. No word if it has a snooze button.

Nintendo Switch 2 update: Preorders are set for April 24, and the price is holding at $449.99. Accessories are getting more expensive. The Joy-Con is $94.99, the Pro Controller is $84.99, and the Switch 2 Camera is $54.99. Launch day’s locked for June 5. By the time I finish buying accessories, Nintendo is legally allowed to claim me as a dependent.