JOkay, the internet has a new Halloween mascot, and it's a bat named Batty.
NA bat? For Halloween? Groundbreaking.
JNo, listen—this guy Luke posts that crypto still hasn't found its Halloween mascot, and he's right. Every coin tries to be some complex narrative now.
NSo his solution is... a bat.
JA simple meme, Nora. Sometimes that's all it takes. He's got a point—everyone's obsessed with AI and forcing coins to be bigger than they need to be.
NAnd Batty is the answer? A bat with a pumpkin emoji?
JIt's not about the bat! It's about the principle. The internet used to run on dumb, fun memes. Now everything's a whitepaper.
NBut that's exactly why Batty won't work. You can't just declare a mascot. Mascots happen organically—like Doge, like Pepe.
JDoge was literally a Shiba Inu with broken English. Someone posted it, people laughed, it stuck. That's what Luke's trying to do.
NBut he's not posting a funny bat. He's posting a marketing pitch for a coin. That's the opposite of organic.
JOkay, fair—the 'Meet Batty' line does sound like a product launch. But the underlying point stands: crypto's lost its sense of humor.
NI'll give you that. The space is way too serious now. But a bat named Batty isn't the fix.
JWe'll see. Halloween's creeping up. If Batty's still around in two weeks, I'm buying you a pumpkin spice latte.
NDeal. Speaking of things that aren't what they seem—there's a post claiming Disney Pinnacle just launched a new game.
JDisney Pinnacle? The pin thing?
NExactly. Margin Sports posted that the community launched a new game featuring Disney Pins, and it's 'definitely worth checking out.'
JA Disney pin game? That sounds... actually kind of fun?
NExcept it's not a game. Disney Pinnacle is a digital pin collectible platform from Dapper Labs. Recent activity is just Halloween pin drops.
JSo they're hyping a game that doesn't exist? Classic crypto.
NThe innovation in the space, as they put it, is... seasonal pins.
JI mean, at least Batty was honest about being a meme. This is just false advertising.
NAnd it's not even a new platform—it's been around since last year. The Verge covered it back in November.
JSo we've got a fake game and a bat mascot. The bar is on the floor.
NDifferent corner of the internet entirely—there's a post going after three members of Congress, accusing someone of influencing shootings at a Hindu temple.
JThat's a heavy accusation. Who's making it?
NAn account called OM, tagging Representatives Jayapal, Khanna, and Krishnamoorthi. Says this person is a 'vile, racist bigot' and influenced temple shootings.
JAnd is there any evidence?
NNone that we could find. The post provides no proof, no name, no specific incident. It's an unverified claim.
JThat's dangerous. You can't just throw 'influenced shootings' at someone without receipts.
NEspecially when you're tagging elected officials. It's designed to get attention, not to inform.
JBut hold on—sometimes people post like this because they're desperate, because they've tried other channels and nothing worked.
NDesperation doesn't excuse baseless accusations. If you have evidence, show it. Otherwise it's just noise.
JYou're right. The burden's on the accuser. And right now, there's nothing there.
NMeanwhile, in the world of Catholic internet drama—someone's calling a bishop a liar over a canceled priest.
JWhich priest?
NFather Ripperger, the exorcist. Theresa Lucio posted that the archbishop who canceled him is a liar, tagging Bishop Golka.
JWait—Golka's a bishop, not an archbishop. He's in Colorado Springs.
NLook at you with the Catholic hierarchy knowledge.
JI read. But what's the actual story here? Why was Ripperger canceled?
NThe post doesn't say. It's just name-calling and a YouTube link. No context, no explanation.
JSo it's another drive-by accusation. This segment's becoming a pattern.
NWelcome to Thursday at 6 PM on the internet.
JLast one—there's a guy calling out SteveWillDoIt, saying he's 'a piece of shit' over some DM drama.
NSteveWillDoIt? The YouTuber?
JYeah. Bill posts that a few weeks ago, when he called out KingADukes, he got a DM saying they were 'taking care of' someone named Vegastbone.
NTaking care of? That sounds ominous.
JIn context, it's probably YouTube drama—someone getting kicked from a group or a deal falling through. But the way it's phrased...
NIt sounds like a threat.
JExactly. And now Bill's connecting it to SteveWillDoIt, calling him a piece of shit.
NBut we don't know what actually happened. This is one side of a DM exchange, no screenshots, no context.
JTrue, but if someone DMs you 'we're taking care of him,' that's worth posting about. That's not normal.
NOr it's a misunderstanding blown up for engagement. We've seen that a thousand times.
JBut you can't just dismiss it. If a creator's threatening people, that matters.
NI'm not dismissing it. I'm saying we need more than one angry post before we treat it as fact.
JFair. But I'm watching this one. SteveWillDoIt's got a history of drama.
NAnd that's the thing about today's internet—everyone's got a history, and everyone's got a post. We'll keep an eye on it.