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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

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“10/10 would recommend”: TikTok swears by the “potato bed” sleep hack

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

Left: Woman looking into camera under text reading "What happened to me while I was doing my job doordashing. I'm being punished as a victim by all sectors involved rn. The police, doordash, and tiktok are all punishing me, a victim."

“This is crazy??”: A DoorDasher posted video of a customer with his pants down during delivery. Now she’s been charged with felonies

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

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Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

Left: Beautiful view on a lake with reed and trees thickets. Right: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney speaking into a microphone on Lex Fridman's podcast.

“Even he prefers no build”: Fortnite creator and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney quietly bought over 40,000 acres of U.S. wilderness to keep it untouched

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“I see dead people”: 20 unforgettable movie scenes that still give people chills

Left: Man screaming under text reading "POV: The worst punishment of all time." Right: Rendering of the tripod fish under text reading "Alone."

The tripod fish is TikTok’s latest tragic-little-guy fixation because it’s entire existence sounds like a punishment

Apple just rolled out a “digital ID” passport feature. The skepticism is loud

Left: Tweet reading, "During her pregnancy, my cousin developed diabetes so her mom & bros created entire frozen meals for her to eat in 2 weeks so she could focus on her health & her husband ate it all. Her bros beat that man so badly each time they delivered new food that he begged for a divorce." Right: Woman in glasses looking into the camera under text reading, "weaponization of food. He's NOT a 'growing boy,' he's an inconsiderate gluttonous person."

“He ate my entire meal prep”: Women say men keep sabotaging their food—and the stories are blowing up online

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“Uneducated, uncultured”: Author Joyce Carol Oates is dismantling Elon Musk’s entire personality, and the memes won’t stop

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Influencer Brenay Kennard sipping on a soda in the car.

“It’s expensive to take somebody else’s man”: Influencer ordered to pay $1.75 million for breaking up a marriage

Left: Tweet text reading "Christian churches talking about there’s a war on Christianity in response to the baby formula social experiment lady." Right: Dark-haired woman underneath text reading, "Testing your church to see if they would feed a starving baby."

Pastors are crashing out after woman tests churches pretending to need baby formula to see who actually helps (most refused)

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The “56” meme is trying to replace “67”—and it’s not going great

Left: Mother applying face mask on smiling child. Comment overlay reads, "How the F are we supposed to raise our girls differently when you’re selling 3 year olds a face mask?" Right: Actress Shay Mitchell on the Jennifer Hudson Show.

“Disappointing and dystopian”: Shay Mitchell’s child skincare line has parents asking, what in the self-care hell is this?

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