Record store hipster madness with trance music and animal-sound applause, reflections on going “Amazon clean” and resisting impulse buys, Lay’s logo rebrand and chip addiction confessions, Foo Fighters reviving deep cuts for a “Back to the Beginning” nostalgia event, UPS destroying undeliverable packages including an Iron Maiden calendar, Billie Joe Armstrong’s surprise Dua Lipa duet, and OpenAI’s eyebrow-raising announcement that ChatGPT may soon sext with consenting adults.