🏛️ The YouTube prankster trial

Happy Saturday! It’s October 7 — people are talking about the “Classified Goons” prankster trial, the “quiet luxury foods” trend, and more.

As always, we’ve summarized and organized the different shades of perspective, so you can see the big picture quickly.

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🏛️ In the news: YouTube prankster trial

The jury acquitted a delivery driver after he shot a YouTube prankster who targeted him in a mall. Did they make the right decision?

🏛️ The Guardian: Alan Colie nonfatally shot the “Classified Goons” YouTube prank channel creator during a prank-gone-wrong inside of a mall near Washington, DC. Colie argued self-defense to the jury and got off.

🏛️ Outkick supported the acquittal: The prankster is lucky to be alive, and was in the wrong. He harassed a man minding his own business to get clicks.

🏛️ Fox News: The prankster's lawyer said her client's behavior might've been in bad taste, but it wasn't threatening. The shooting was unwarranted.

🏛️ But Hot Air thinks this case shouldn’t have gone to trial at all. The prankster’s behavior was totally unsettling and threatening.

🏛️ @s1apsh0es says this acquittal just confirms that the universal hatred of YouTube prank channels runs deep.

💎 Cultural trend: “Quiet luxury” foods

There’s an ongoing debate over which foods can be considered a subtle status symbol, and which foods are just plain gaudy.

💎 Taste Cooking says pistachios are the ultimate “quiet luxury” food — a low-key way to signal wealth and prestige. Pistachios are used in perfumes, and “pistachio” is frequently used to describe green tones in fashion.

💎 @itsneetie agrees: Pistachios are a quiet luxury food. Saffron, oysters, prawns, and olives are as well.

💎 @joannaleachen added more foods to the “quiet luxury” list: mortadella, yuzu, and gooseberries. They're hard to find, but delicious.

💎 But @avocado.dan thinks scarcity isn’t a factor. Quiet luxury foods aren't necessarily inaccessible — they just give off a fancy vibe, like whole carrots.

💎 @tariromakoni says that if quiet luxury isn't your style, you can go for “loud luxury” foods, like caviar and Wagyu steak.

Quick hits

⚫ Hamas militants fired rockets at Israel, and Israel launched a counter-offensive. Israel’s PM Netanyahu declared the country "at war". (AP News)

🏛️ Rep. Steve Scalise said he would support anyone the House nominated to be the next Speaker — even if he isn’t nominated himself. (NY Post)

🇦🇫 An earthquake in western Afghanistan killed at least 15 people and injured at least 78. (BBC)

⚽ Megan Rapinoe played her final NWSL match in front of a record crowd in Seattle. (Reuters)

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