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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

TikToker spends $2,500 and 60 hours fixing Ford’s most cursed diesel engine: “Let’s just tear it apart and fix it”

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: American man showing McDonald's Big Mac sitting out after 30 days, looking fresh. Right: Japanese man showing McDonald's Big Mac left for 30 days, covered in mold.

“Mine isn’t food”: American Big Mac still looks fresh after 30 days, Japanese one molds—but the reason might be boring, not sinister

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

Culture

“Foundationalizes all things”: Does every Wikipedia link lead back to the Philosophy page?

“That’s a dry spot”: Game repair man says all PS5 consoles that come in for slow performance have one issue in common

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Who are Fryboy and Archer? The spooky Hershey Park Dark Nights duo is taking over social media feeds

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

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“North be having Kim do anything”: Kim Kardashian and North West dress as Jay Guapo and Pink Cardigan for Halloween: Who are they?

Viral Politics

“Guess this Lego set is now an antique”: Lego collectors react to their White House models being made inaccurate by Trump’s demolition

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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“I’m nobody to them”: Peloton instructor Camila Ramon says a New York City fashion showroom left her in tears

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

Gamers noticed anti-homeless benches in “Pokémon Legends: Z-A,” and people are weirded out: “Indoctrinating the kids”

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“I love the cleaning stuff there”: Are Home Depot cleaning supplies cheaper than Dollar Tree?

“You just ran the light!”: Passenger films her Waymo running a red light

Left: Man looking into camera under text reading "I'm not parking next to a messed up car." Right: Honda Accord with its hood up.

Does it matter who you park next to? Man says he won’t park next to crappy cars. Here’s why

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“They know”: Left-wing TikTok adapts the “extinction burst” theory to explain right-wing male behavior

3 panel: Three different men in a Costco store.

“Zero, that’s why I’m by myself”: Husbands asked how much they “love” shopping at Costco with their wives. It’s bleak

Left: Woman standing in a doorframe, text overlay reads, "POV: survivors of Delta DL45 from Dublin to JFK." Right: Woman in an airplane, text overlay reads, "Survivors of flight DL45 with Delta."

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