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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: 2 positive pregnancy tests, caption overlay reads, "Mommy who was the first person to know you were pregnant?" Right: Tweet reading "We need to go back to landlines and dial-up internet until we sort this out i’m not kidding"

Culture

“Not your parents? Not the father?”: Woman says ChatGPT was the first to know she’s pregnant

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: Tweet reading "It's not lost on me that I have received a huge amount of hate from so-called "leftist" accounts since changing my pfp to include a hijab-inspired secular accessorization." Right: 'The Devil Wears Prada' meme showing Anne Hathaway saying "The hijab inspired secular accessorization? Yeah, I am."

Here’s why the internet can’t stop joking about “hijab-inspired secular accessorization”

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

Left: Uber driver holding smartphone in car. Right: Tweet reading

Should you sit in the front or back of an Uber? Riders can’t agree on what’s safer

Snoop Dogg’s “scared to go to the movies” comments about gay Pixar scene called “weird” and “homophobic”

Left: Protestor in front of Chicago's The Bean statue holding a sign reading "Cloud gate is locked." Caption overlay reads "The man in the bean must stay." Right: Protestors holding signs in front of Chicago's The Bean statue. Caption overlay reads "Chicago, there's a man trapped inside the bean?"

Protestors claim there’s a man trapped inside Chicago’s Bean sculpture. Why?

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

“Summer 2016 was fun”: Gen Z’s nostalgia for 2016 brings a flood of memories from “the last good year and the first bad year”

Left: Woman looking into camera, caption overlay reads, "I think more young men are lying about who they voted for in dating." Right: Assorted dating apps, including Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, HUD, Hickey, Wink, Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB), OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish (POF), are seen on an iPhone.

“Moderate is the new Republican”: Woman warns men are lying about who they voted for on dating apps

Sorority “cold rooms” go viral on TikTok: why they exist and how they work

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“Is that a foot long?”: Restaurant staffers are sharing the dumbest things customer have said to them

Left: Reddit post from r/teachers subreddit. Caption reads, "Here are the Ten Commandments, in language defined by 89(R) SB10, legible to a person with average vision, in the Wingdings font" above endless lines of wingding font. Right: Children raising hand in class for a question to teacher.

Texas teachers are sharing ways they’re fighting back against the Ten Commandments classroom law

“Unique baby names”: 13 modern trends people will probably regret in ten years

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Left: Woman in glasses and a septum ring talking into the camera about her grandma playing Animal Crossing on Switch. Right: Animal crossing game popular Nintendo switch with joy controllers family friend activity playing together. Caption overlay reads "Leave nana's island alone Nintendo!!!"

“This is her life”: Gamer begs Nintendo not to “brick” her grandmother’s Switch, where Animal Crossing is her whole world

Left: Tweet reading "Millennials use “lol” like STOP at the end of a telegram lol." Right: Black woman's hands texting "LOL" in a car on an iPhone.

“That’s my emotional support lol”: Millennials are crashing out after Gen Z points out they end every text with “lol”

Left: Donald Trump speaks at an event, pointing finger at the camera. Right: Two Playstation 5 (PS5) controllers at home, tv on background. Caption overlay reads "The Trump Gamer tax has arrived."

“We got the Trump gamer tax before GTA 6”: Gamers lash out over PS5 price increase

Left: Woman turning around with her hand to her face, she is wearing leggings. Right: Woman posing in navy sweatpants, text overlay reads, "uncuffed 'baggy' sweatpants>>>."