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Mariam Sharia is a writer and editor at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

Photo collage of Bryan Johnson in front of X posts from his account.

Culture

Bryan Johnson is playing the internet like an improv stage

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

Restaurant cup(l) woman sharing her restaurant collection(c) Restaurant utensils(r)

‘I know I’m not the only one’: Woman’s ‘restaurant collection’ goes viral—but critics have another word for it

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

Photo composite of Sam Altman with a tweet from @katienotopoulos that reads "Impressive. Humans typically require at least two bad situationships and an insufferable habit picked up on a semester abroad to produce such awful drivel"; Background: Pixelated ChatGpt Text

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks this short story by company’s new model is ‘so right,’ but everyone else thinks he’s so wrong

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

Left: screenshot of a text from disgruntled in-laws, Right: Caption from Reddit: "AIO for getting upset with my in laws?"; Photo of a woman holding a newborn baby in a hospital room

‘I’m very disappointed’: In-laws guilt-trip new mom for missing a text during childbirth

Reader’s insistence it’s ‘weird’ not to imagine yourself as the main character in every book sparks heated debate

Rebecca Leib

Man talking with text "fanum's classic bacon, egg and cheese sandwich"(l), Text "LMGABEAC = Lemme Get a bacon egg and cheese (x3) On everyone's soul we all love BEAG"(c), Dog dancing "Bacon egg and cheese"(x3)(r)

The viral ‘bacon, egg, and cheese’ meme, explained

Screenshot of Tiktok user @gothwhereswaldo with the caption "yall couldn't mention joni mitchell being mega rac!st when she took her music off spotify??"; Photo of Joni Mitchell performing in 1983

‘A little yikes’: TikTok discovered Joni Mitchell’s blackface era and now Gen Z is torn over her legacy

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

Left: Screenshot of @xiaoxin3711 in Y3k-styled outfit; Center: Screenshot of @rowisingh applying makeup with the caption: "very demure Y3K makeup"; Right: Screenshot of @pitayaq in a Y3k-styled outfit. Background: A futuristic dystopian city.

Y3K fashion is rising—here’s why Gen Z is dressing like the world is ending

3 panel image: on the sides a person explains and in the middle is an empty gym scene.

Woman shares her terrifying stalking experience at the gym: ‘I literally haven’t left my house’

Split image. Tesla cybertruck in showroom on left. Sneak peek of Reddit response on right.

‘We don’t agree with Elon’: Couple who disguised their Cybertruck defend themselves after a photo goes viral

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

four split of man's body exterior and interior with text over "Doctors of reddit, what do we *not* know about the human body?"

‘Have you ever had a muscle knot?’: 20 doctors on the biggest mysteries about the human body that science still can’t explain

A tweet over Southwest airplanes on the airport runway. Text reads, "That was a nasty move for Southwest Airlines. They even could have dropped the free bag allowance down to 1 . But snatching both free checked bags is just greed."

People are unhappy Southwest Airlines canceled their popular ‘two free bags’ policy: ‘This won’t last long’

Captions: From u/Anonymousdisaster_: "People who knew a killer, did you ever suspect they would do it? What happened?"; Caption from u/Dreamfinder82: "One hundred percent."; Background: Photo of a gritty crime scene.

‘No one believed me when I told them’: 15 people who knew a murderer before they killed share their stories

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Split image. Kyle Machlachlan sitting outside on left. Kyle Machlachlan at SXSW on right.

‘Level 10 gyatt’: Kyle Maclachlan has taken over Gen Z’s feed. Now he wants to talk to them

2 panel image: on the left is the Vinted logo on a smartphone and on the right a person explains.