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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

3 panel image: on the left a person talks into their phone, in the middle 2 people stand in the center aisle of a completely empty airplane, and in the right the same 2 people sit in the cockpit of the plane.

Culture

‘The announcements were the best part’: Two friends get a rare Southwest flight all to themselves

Rebecca Leib

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‘Married men HATE glitter’: Single woman’s sneaky dating hack is exposing cheaters

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

“Most emotionally immature age bracket I deal with”: Millennial exposes “Boomer panic” after witnessing older folks’ failure stay calm when they’re upset

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

2 panel image: on the left is a picture of a round bottom cup and on the right a person explains. Text over: called colombuszation.

‘We need to bring back deinfluencing’: Emma Chamberlain’s coffee shop accused of ‘whitewashing’ boba cups

Tiktok comment from @wayne cavic that reads "Costco is head over heels better company than Target!!" over three screenshots from Target's Tiktok

‘Why do the sheets come with eye holes?’: Target posts video about bedding. Then the comment section turns into a boycott

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‘Subway is now charging by the vegetable’: Subway customer spots surprising charge, sparking backlash

Woman talking(l), Different drinks in grocery refridgerator(r)

‘Out of season, it can be a problem’: Expert warns against 5 ‘toxic’ drinks to ‘never consume’

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

3 panel image showing different TikTok users discussing the February 26th trend.

February 26 is ‘Slime Your Homeboy’ Day—why TikTok is freaking out

Caption: "Do you know (of) someone who ruined their life in just a matter of minutes ? If so how did they do it ?"; Photo of a police car with flashing lights.

‘He made out with his work wife’: 20 people who ruined their lives in minutes—and how they did it

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Finneas calls out TikToker for AI slop video of Billie Eilish: ‘You killed a forest for this’

‘What could possibly go wrong?’: Fyre Festival 2 is happening, so grab the popcorn

‘You escaped’: Woman calls off engagement after fiancé won’t stop saying she’ll ‘give him a baby’

A pendulum swinging over a Reddit post with floating ChatGPT symbols in the background. Caption: " A Little Context: A few months ago, I quit nicotine. Not with willpower. Not with patches. Not with therapy because I was too broke for that lol. I used ChatGPT."

Reddit user says they quit smoking with a custom ChatGPT prompt built for ‘conversational hypnosis’

Screenshot of Tiktok user @vivllainous with the caption: "Storytime, I found out I had a half brother via r/rupaulsdragrace".; Screenshot of Tiktok user @vivllainous with the caption: "Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half siblings through Reddit, I'd have two nickels...which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?".