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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

Left: Hailey Bieber from her Instagram story with the caption "currently have 2 ovarian cysts. if you deal with ovarian cysts I'm right there with ya!"

Culture

Hailey Bieber shows body changes from 2 ovarian cysts—fans thank her, Selena stans attack

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

Image of the twins talking to a reporter with a tweet overlaid.

‘Nothing can prepare you for this’: Everyone’s obsessed with the Australian twins speaking in perfect sync about a carjacking

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

‘I went through a lot of the same things’: Second woman accuses influencer Evan Johnson of domestic violence following his arrest for assaulting ex-girlfriend Kayla Malec

person holding new iphone(l) Man using iphone camera feature(c) Iphone app scanning shoes(r)

This slept-on iPhone hack IDs any outfit piece: Here’s how to do it

the Google logo and a Google search screen

‘Banana slurp’ and ‘Cyclops vibing’: We fed Google Search’s AI nonsense phrases and it pretended to know them

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Historic Brick house, colorful green and wood kitchen, and Basement with cage

‘God forbid a girl be an architect’: The dream home trend where girls just want a big sink, a cat room, and a dungeon for men

Pope Francis Covering his eyes with X Response overlayed on top

‘She’s collecting world leaders’: Pope Francis is dead, Trisha Paytas is pregnant—coincidence? The internet says no

Green Day mocks Charli XCX’s ‘Should Be Headliner’ Coachella sash—her reply is very Brat

woman looking shocked(l) Woman holding up popeyes new pickle menu(c0 Woman holds up take out bag from popeyes(r)

‘My stomach bubbling after I ate that’: People are loving Popeyes’ new pickle menu—but there’s one item they’d change

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

Katy Perry in red background with wendys logo

Wendy’s tries to soften the blow after dragging Katy Perry, but fans aren’t buying it

Rebecca Leib

Three screenshots of Instagram user @inspiredmediaco with the captions "changes tone 21", "What a 1 minute video actually looks like [skull emoji]; fixes top 1", and "*is glitching**

‘I feel this in my soul’: Raw footage of what filming a 1-minute video for social media is actually like resonates deeply with struggling creators

Social worker exposes dangerous alt-right rabbit holes for young women, including ‘tradwife content,’ ‘skinnytok,’ and ‘soft living’

3 panel image of people talking on camera and one person getting doused with water.

USC Speak Your Mind: The new viral challenge that’s part ice bucket, part emotional breakdown

Left: Screenshot of RFK Jr.,; Right: Screenshot of Tarik El-Abour; Caption: Tweet from @Dandy_Roddick "Autistic people will never play baseball, the sport where 90% of players have an insanely-complicated, completely unique pre-game routine that cannot be altered or interrupted in any way."

From Tarik El-Abour to Rube Waddell: Baseball fans clap back at RFK Jr.’s autism remarks

Left: Screenshot from Tiktok user @kfesteryga of Kim Kardashian's grape display; Center: Screenshot of Tiktok user @kfesteryga with the caption "Kardashian's using food as a prop to prop up luxury food"; Screenshot from Tiktok user @kfesteryga of Khloe Kardashian's birthday cake on top of a structure of cake mix boxes.