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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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Here’s the savage meme that rocked the flat Earth community to its core

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

Why Benedict Cumberbatch’s career choices are making people hate him

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Hermit crab uses doll’s head as its shell—and it’s terrifying

Here are all the bonkers items you can buy on Donald Trump’s website

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

Minecraft player looking down with the word 'frick' over their head

The latest Minecraft meme is frickin’ hilarious

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

Chris Dunn gives weather forecast weatherman farts

Weatherman tries to pull off stealthy fart on live TV—and totally fails

Here’s the real reason the distracted boyfriend ditched his girlfriend

Houston grocery shelves empty, aside from vegan food

The only thing left in Houston grocery stores now is vegan ‘meat’

Did the mysterious fanfic author behind ‘My Immortal’ just resurface?

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Markus "Notch" Persson pushes pizzagate conspiracy

Minecraft’s Notch thinks bogus Pizzagate conspiracy theory has some merits

Pepe the Frog creator wins copyright fight over anti-Muslim novel

Hey demons meme Shane Madej saying "Hey there demons, it’s me, ya boy.”

‘Hey demons’ is the most fearless meme on the internet

Andrew Wyrich is the former newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He previously served as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has written for USA Today, NorthJersey.com, and other newspapers and websites. His work has been recognized by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Andrew Wyrich

Donald Trump's tweet about Obama during Superstorm Sandy haven't aged well.

Trump’s old tweets about Obama visiting a hurricane disaster zone are going viral

This dog went viral for carrying a bag of food during Hurricane Harvey

Chris Illuminati is an author and reporter whose work for the Daily Dot focused on meme culture. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, FanSided, BroBible, Penthouse, and AskMen.

Chris Illuminati

Chuck Norris in "Way of The Dragon" with "When Chuck Norris turned 18, his parents moved out" caption