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Temuescent Thursday

THIS WEEK: The shock of the new

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Lucy Sweet
Feb 19, 2026
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Sometimes Temu can be quite deep. I mean, look at this perfect illustration of how it feels to be alive right now:

Mostly, though, it’s a glazed-eyed, dopamine-hungry turd machine that never stops, so this week I’m sharing a random selection of the hottest turds that have just dropped into my Temu ‘New In’ page. And when I say random, I mean ‘aquarium gravel next to a mug that says ‘RELAX, I’M A SOCIAL WORKER, I’VE SEEN WORSE’

(Spoiler: You probably haven’t seen worse.)

Before we start, I will just say that my algorithm has been severely damaged by four years of writing this tripe, and at the moment it seems to think I’m an Arabic-speaking woman in my sixties, so let’s see how this goes, shall we?

Hey, Temu - what’s new?

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