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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

screenshot of a Tweet from @notcapnamerica that reads "LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"; a highlighted caption "Heads up if you order from SHEIN they are going to hold your package until they make you pay the tariff! I ordered".

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‘DHL is holding my package hostage’: Trump supporter learns about SHEIN tariffs the hard way

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

Screenshots from Blue Sky user @crimebird of Philadelphia after the Superbowl; The Eagles Logo; Screenshot of a Blue Sky post from user @katflandermeyer that reads "funniest highlights of the Philly police scanner, a thread". Go Birds.

‘There’s an illegal DJ on the highway’: The wildest Philly police scanner highlights after the Eagles’ victory

Rebecca Leib

2 panel image: on the left a pilot speaks to camera, on the right an airplane lands on a runway.

‘I wouldn’t feel comfortable with my pilot wearing braids’: A Black pilot is facing backlash for his appearance

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‘All you’re missing is foundation on your lips’: Conservatives are crashing out over mocking ‘Republican makeup’ tutorials

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

Travis Kelce with text "he went all the way to turkey to get that hair and couldn't get a drop of juvederm in the upper lip"(l), Man pulling hair off with text "travis kelce in the locker room rn"(r)

‘Priorities all messed up’: Fans blame Travis Kelce’s hair for the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss

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Woman asks if she’s overreacting after boyfriend skips abortion, then blames her for bad timing

2 panel image: on the left is a missing child poster and on the right is a person smiling and holding the missing child sign.

‘How many times did I go missing?’: Man finds missing child flyer with his face on it. Then things get weirder

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

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‘I am BEGGING these men to leave us alone’: Guy’s dating rant backfires spectacularly

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

2 panel image of a person explaining. Text over says: The Death of the Millennial brand.

‘Rest in peace, the Millennial Brand’: People are arguing over the death of the Millennial brand—and what comes next

3 panel image of different moments from the TikTok video. Text over says, "I can roast you too" (audience member) and "you're putting negative energy out there" (comedian).

To laugh or to cringe? Comedian flips out on heckler and exposes his texts—now the internet is divided

Screenshot of Tiktok user @andoej's living room; Screenshot of Tiktok user @haleys.turn's living room with the caption "boy and girl home"; Screenshot of Tiktok user @annaredman with the caption "I think I have the best boy/girl apartment".

The youths are rebranding cohabitation as ‘boy girl apartments’

Side by side photos of McDonald's mascots Grimace and Uncle O'Grimacey with a tweet from @BokononsProphet that reads "Uncle O’Grimacey was just released from prison after his sentence for bombing British soldiers."

‘Justice for O’Grimacey’: The Shamrock Shake is back—and so are the wild rumors about Uncle O’Grimacey

‘Look at the 3-fingered man’: Marvel says AI wasn’t used in ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ posters, but fans point to ‘obvious’ signs

Screenshot of Tiktok user @te_erika in front of a photo of Onijah Robinson in Pakistan; Screenshot of Onijah Robinson from a press conference in Pakistan; Screenshot of Tiktok user @shey.luh in front of a detailed whiteboard ; A screenshot of a tweet from user @DefiantLs that reads "NY woman allegedly flown to Pakistan to meet and marry a teenager. She now wants $100,000 from the government after the teen’s parents objected."

Everyone’s obsessed with Onijah Robinson, the American woman who flew to Pakistan to meet her teen lover, got dumped, and held a press conference demanding $100K

two panel image: on the left young models interact and on the right is a social post in front of a rainbow pattern.