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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

Ai image of Melania Trump at computer desk with text "The greatest trader of our lifetime"(l), Hawk Tuah girl with text "Donald Trumps crypto advisor"(r)

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Memes

Donald and Melania Trump’s meme coins send the internet into a meme frenzy

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles.
Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

Screengrab of a tweet saying, "first good ai joke."

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The ‘first good AI joke’ joke is also a brilliant ethical solution to the trolley problem

Ai image of futuristic city and tweet "leaked photo of heaven is going viral on social media. No wonder christians are so determined to get there!"

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The ‘Leaked Photo of Heaven is Going Viral on Social Media’ meme pokes fun at AI-generated slop

Obi Wan Kenobi with light saber and text "Strike me down, and I will become more Chinese than you could possibly image."

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32 of the funniest RedNote memes from salty ‘TikTok refugees’

Mariam Sharia is a writer and editor at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

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‘Will Smith eating spaghetti’ is the first AI benchmark meme

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

The mysterious origins of the Locked In Alien Meme

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What’s up with the Apple Dog meme and those AI TikToks?

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

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What’s up with all those Elon Musk First Lady memes?

Aimée Lutkin is a writer for the Daily Dot.

Aimée Lutkin

Baby covered in peanut butter with text that says "a mysterious group of time travelers are interrupting every viral vine"(l), Woman talking with text that says "time travelers are interrupting every viral vine. - I need you to hand these out to every person that walks on this property"(c), Body talking with text that says "a mysterious group of time travelers are interuppting every viral vine"(r)

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Disturbing ‘Time Travelers Interrupting’ memes are freaking TikTok out

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Entertainment

Halsey fans are using AI to make ‘Great Impersonator’-style covers of their faves

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

AI images from Milton flood the internet after the storm hits

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‘Heartbreaking images out of Florida’ meme uses AI alligators, Goofy to riff on conservatives duped by fake Helene photo

AI Memes