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Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

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Everyone wants to be friends with a creepy demon called Apyr

The Band-Aid meme is here to plaster over all your life problems

Kris Seavers was the senior IRL editor and training director for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Central Texas publications, including Austin Monthly and San Antonio Magazine, and on NPR.

Kris Seavers

Twitter dunks on conservative for calling Melania Trump’s dinner menu ‘froo-froo’

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Breaking down ‘Westworld’ season 2’s terms of service

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Watch the thrilling trailer for Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’s movie

Bryan Rolli is a reporter who specializes in streaming entertainment. He writes about music and film for Forbes, Billboard, and the Austin American-Statesman. He met Flavor Flav in two separate Las Vegas bowling alleys and still can’t stop talking about it.

Bryan Rolli

This story about a Black kid getting arrested for yodeling in Walmart is fake news

Two rival computer-generated Instagram models ‘met’ this week

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

The Scully Effect is real: More female ‘X-Files’ fans pursued STEM careers

The Mirror Universe gets wild in IDW’s latest ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ comic

Tiffany Kelly was the culture editor at Daily Dot. Previously, she worked at Ars Technica and Wired. Her writing has appeared in several other print and online publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Popular Mechanics, and GQ.

Tiffany Kelly

This 18th-century painting looks like the Distracted Boyfriend meme

Where do you stand on these new political compass memes?

Infographic: Here’s all the box office records ‘Black Panther’ smashed

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

David Britton

Heinz tries introducing a ketchup and mayonnaise sauce—and instead launches a Twitter war

Everyone is mocking Neil deGrasse Tyson for explaining the word ‘awesome’

AJ Moser is a Brooklyn-based reporter who focuses on video games, movies, and internet culture. His work has appeared in Paste Magazine, Game Informer, and Big Spaceship.