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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

text "the extended cut of "nosferatu" is only 4 minutes longer. Read our review" and four screenshots from the movie

Culture

Fans speculate what’s in 4-minute longer ‘Nosferatu’ extended cut—while the girlies thirst over life-size Count Orlok cutout

Mariam Sharia is a senior editor and reporter at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

The world’s first babygirl-edgelord: Jack Schlossberg responds to backlash after calling his grandmother ‘hot’ with ‘I’m a literal pervert’

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘I keep asking the same thing’: Lip reader theorizes what Obama and Bush were joking about at Trump’s inauguration

3 panel imae showing Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk, and Grimes.

People are lighting Grimes up for defending Elon Musk’s video game skills

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

Photo of writer Paul Schrader touching his glasses pensively at a film festival.

Paul Schrader, writer of ‘Taxi Driver,’ admits AI is better at generating film ideas than people

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Adrien Brody smoking cigarette in The Brutalist(l), Spider man looking distraught meme with text "the brutalist used ai to fix actors accents and for the architecture design... when it's a move about an architect"(R)

‘I am no longer a Brady Corbet stan’: Fans are so upset ‘The Brutalist’ used AI, they’re calling for it to be disqualified from the Oscars

Soup you can suck on? Progresso soup drops are the soup-flavored candies nobody seems to know what to do with

What will David Lynch be reincarnated as? The Nintendo Switch 2, according to social media

‘I did absolutely cry reading this’: Kyle MacLachlan’s touching tribute to David Lynch leaves people in tears

‘I’m getting sued?!’: Kai Cenat reacts to Drake dragging him into his lawsuit against UMG

‘We’re such a sad, sad excuse for a country’: Woman records her culture shock over affordability of Chinese groceries

Megan Johnson is a writer and reporter in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a frequent contributor to People Magazine, Architectural Digest, The Boston Globe, and a variety of other publications. When she was 5, her parents cut her hair short and an old man said “Move along, son.” She was also left on the school bus once. Follow her on Twitter/X and Instagram.

Megan Johnson

Woman with comment "dibs"(l), Detroit Lions logo(r)

‘Give us a few years’: This mom showed off her 31-pound baby, and the Detriot Lions are eagerly awaiting the draft day

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Fake, ai generated images of a person resembling actor Brad Pitt in a multiple hospital room scenes. All contained within a large heart shape.

‘Brad Pitt is having surgery and you’re laughing?’: French woman cyberbullied after Brad Pitt catfish scams her out of $850K

MrBeast next to a phone with tiktok on it

‘I’ll take him over Musk’: MrBeast’s surprise offer to buy TikTok has everyone in the bargaining stage of grief

Post with text "xiaohongshu at the top of app downloads today, and "tiktok refugees" are already finding a home among the chinese luigi mangione stands. they're joking about sending their data directly to xi jinping in a red envelope. you know the american tech lobby is pissed right now lol. and posts