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Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘Don’t have to sit there and worry about being charged $150 for $30 in gas’: Customer shares the safer way to pump gas

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Tucker Carlson delivers weird diatribe about ‘vigorously spanking’ 15-year-old ‘bad little girl’ in Trump ‘daddy’ comparison

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

3 panel image showing a dutch oven being cleaned and restored to full beauty.

‘These things are like $400’: Woman finds Le Creuset Dutch Oven in dumpster behind Pottery Barn. Workers thought they ‘damaged it out’

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

Woman sipping coffee with text that says "Hey ho, wake up. I died when I was kidnapped 18 years ago and was never found by the police"(l), Two women hugging with text that says "Yo Wake up, i died a year ago. No one believed me when I said I was getting stalked"(c), Woman looking at camera with text that says "Heyy wake up. This isn't real! i died 4 years ago while on a 9pm walk back home, remember?(r)

‘Hey wake up. I’m dead, remember?’: A spooky, controversial social media trend from beyond the grave

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘Look at what the starter’s doing’: Expert shows damage on 2018 Chevy Traverse—and warns why you shouldn’t trust cars that auto-start

Natasha Dubash is a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles. She loves reporting on entertainment, television, and pop culture.

Natasha Dubash

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‘McDonald’s… Seriously?‘: Customer slams McDonald’s for feeding her Quarter Pounder after the E. coli announcement

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

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‘I am scared to open another book’: Reader issues warning to people who buy used books

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

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‘I got a call from a Wells Fargo number’: Woman finds Zelle charges on her bank account. She warns scammers drained it all

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‘At Walmart we get 1 hour lunch’: Target worker reveals which breaks during 8-hour shifts are paid vs. unpaid

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘Why would they make this optional?’: Driver blasts this feature on new cars after spotting it on a Hyundai

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‘Court states I still need to show up’: Woman says deceased husband is suing her from ‘beyond the grave.’ How is that possible?

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‘NDA is expired’: Ex-barista says there is a ‘secret Starbucks’ only for the ‘elite.’ Here’s what we know

Two panel image showing a pile of months next to a calculator in panel one, and panel two features young woman from TikTok who has just purchased a car. She is holding up her phone she holding in her hand and pointing to the camera.

‘Bro bought a house’: Woman buys 2025 Toyota Camry for $0 down. Then she reveals how long she’ll be paying it off

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘You better than me’: Texas Roadhouse customers never receive their food. Then the server asks them how everything is tasting

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

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