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YouTube’s Karmin savaged by “SNL” critics

Who is Bonnie Bear?

Jeremy Lin inspires word generator and Linterest

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

Buzz Bissinger wants to verbally assault your LinkedIn profile

Mapping Panem from “The Hunger Games”

A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Kevin Collier

Bradying is the new Tebowing

The eerie beauty of Pakistan’s cocooned trees

Owen Thomas was the founding executive editor of the Daily Dot before becoming the editor in chief of Read Write. A former managing editor for Valleywag, Thomas also was an executive editor for VentureBeat and now serves as business editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Owen Thomas

How celebrity breakups rank on Twitter (infographic)

Justin Franz is a Montana-based reporter and photographer who wrote about web culture for the Daily Dot. His work has more recently appeared in Flathead Living Magazine, Trains Magazine, and Travel + Leisure.

Entertainment

YouTube’s Karmin savaged by “SNL” critics

Who is Bonnie Bear?

Jeremy Lin inspires word generator and Linterest

Buzz Bissinger wants to verbally assault your LinkedIn profile

Mapping Panem from “The Hunger Games”

Bradying is the new Tebowing

The eerie beauty of Pakistan’s cocooned trees

How celebrity breakups rank on Twitter (infographic)

Frosting is the new icing

Costume designer turns play into work with cosplay

Pop vs soda—illustrating the debate

Lawrence O’Donnell’s words spread on Facebook

Exclusive interview: Reddit’s most famous homegrown celebrity speaks!

He’s just a normal guy

Moses went to Japan in a spaceship