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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: left to right - two people sit, a person leans forward, and a person tries on a cowboy hat.

Culture

The comeback of lavender marriages: TikTok, taxes, and tired singles

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

Screenshot from Netflix's Adolescence Official Trailer; Screenshot of Tiktok user @rchlprker with the caption "HOW to discuss the Red Pill Pipeline with your sons.."

She ‘de-pilled’ her son: Mom goes viral for calmly dismantling her son’s red pill logic, one question at a time

Rebecca Leib

3 panel image: showing 3 people dealing with the British Tea Time alarm.

‘I’m being gaslit by an entire country’: Our friends across the pond are taking the piss with the ‘British tea time alarm’ TikTok trend

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

2 panel image: on the left is the original Distracted Boyfriend meme and on the right is an AI recreation in the style of Studio Ghibli.

Everyone’s turning memes and pics into Studio Ghibli art—here’s how it works

2 panel image: on the left a person explains, text over: and that is motherhood. On the right is a comment from a TikTok user.

‘Son hates bagels but loves bread donuts’: 20 moms share the wildest food rebrands that get their kids to eat anything

Left: Assassin's Creed screenshot, Right: screenshot of Elon Musk tweets calling Hasan Piker a 'sellout'

‘Double kill’: Assassin’s Creed ratioing Elon Musk on his own platform has social media in shambles

A tweet from Collin Rugg against a background of the Egyptian pyramids.

The underground city under the Giza Pyramids isn’t real—but AI makes it easy to believe

3 panel image showing influencer Ashton Hall's morning routine. In the left he grabs a bottle of water, in the middle he mouth washes, and on the right he runs.

Ashton Hall’s morning routine sequel is here—and the internet is already picking it apart

Left: Screenshot from Tiktok user @vsg_to_mj with the caption "She doesn't know it yet but he had a new baby with another woman 3 weeks before this"; Center: Screenshot from Tiktok user @twincrediblesfam with the caption: "She doesn't know it yet but she's about to find out both those babies on her hips have cancer"; Right: Screenshot from Tiktok user @racheljane8 with the caption "She doesn't know it yet, but in 5 minutes time, she's going to trip over a gate stopper, break her pelvis, dislocate her hip and find herself left permanently disabled".

‘She doesn’t know it yet…’: The TikTok trend about the curveballs life throws at you

LefT: screenshot from X user @kirawontmiss of a coach pulling a young basketball players hair; Right: Screenshot of the player's teammate pointing at the coach.

‘She’s a real one for stepping in’: High school coach grabs player’s ponytail—and her teammate wasn’t about to let it slide

Left: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: my Muslim cat confused why everyone's up eatting breakfast at 4:54AM [laughing crying face emoji]"; Center: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "My muslim cat confused why everyone is suddenly awake eating a full meal at 4am"; Right: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: the [sun emoji] is out and your confused Ramadan cat is now confused why you [sparkle emoji] did not [sparkle emoji] wake up for suhoor.

‘My Muslim cat is confused’: Ramadan cats are sleepy, baffled, and have totally taken over TikTok

Rachel Zegler in red dress with X Tweet text overlay

‘Snow White’ backlash explodes: Rachel Zegler, dwarves debate, and a wild Diddy theory

Ashton hall(l) Cart with bananas and Saratoga water(r)

Wake up at 3:32 am. Dunk in Saratoga ice water. Rub banana on face. Get roasted by the internet. Ashton Hall’s morning routine is the biggest meme on the internet right now

Photo composite of a tweet from X user @dandouglas that reads "one of the most celebrated artists of all time who painted dozens of self-portraits and the top image is AI-generated lol" over an AI image of Vincent Van Gogh with a pixelated version of the painting Almond Blossoms by Vincent Van Gogh.

The top search image result for Van Gogh is AI-generated. It’s stirring a cultural backlash

Left: Screenshot of Jeniffer Castro from Tiktok user @antenasulfm's viral video; Right: Photo of Jeniffer Castro from her Instagram @jeniffercastro