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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

2 panel image of a shelf showing the old and new box designs for Sleepy Time Tea from Celestial Seasonings.

Did Celestial Seasonings replace the Sleepytime Tea Bear with AI?

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

2 panel image of a car in a car wash and a person sitting in the front seat.

Car wash cracks woman’s windshield but refuses to pay for it: “You sign an agreement saying you know this could happen”

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

photo collage image Jeff Probst the host of Surviivor announcing the cast of the 50th season.

“Survivor” fans are stumped by Jeff Probst’s selections for “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans”

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

Donald Trump speaking at a press conference. And a tweet over that reads: LMAOOO, trump just lost his (expletive) because a reporter told him Wall Street created a new phrase, TACO: trump Always Chickens Out "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."

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Wall Street’s “TACO” nickname enrages Trump at press briefing. Now everyone’s making the same joke

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The slicked back bun is making “clean girls” bald

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

A photo of the new actors cast to play the 3 leads I the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. A tweet over reads: black incel snape is going to bully a little white boy over his failed swirler fantasies and malfoy about to call a brown girl a filthy mudblood. this gonna be worse than a tyler perry production.

“Protect them from the fandom”: HBO reveals new Harry Potter trio. Fans already have strong opinions

2 panel image a of a person explaining and text that reads: Ryo Tatsuki. The Future I See is predictive dreams she had between 1985 and 1999.

The internet believes a 1999 manga is predicting a massive July earthquake—and it’s tanking tourism to Japan

2 panel image: a stock photo of a zoom call on the left and the person explaining on the right. Text over: I was let go after 69 days, as well as my coworker who’d been there for 9 months.

Woman humiliates her boss after being fired on Zoom in viral video: “My biggest frustration was working with you”

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

2 panel image: on the left is an interior car door handle covered in duct tape. On the right is Lili Reinhart riding in the car. Text over: If you never see me again, show this to the police.

“If you never see me again, show this to the police”: Lili Reinhart orders an Uber. Then she gets in, sees the door handles

A photo of the phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.

How to catch Manhattanhenge, NYC’s accidental solar event

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Gen Z is making fancams of their high school outfits on TikTok. 2017 is vintage now

3 panel image showing the Holy Airball trend.

“Holy airball” is Gen Z’s new favorite term for painfully public Ls

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

Braden Bjella

hurricane tiktok On the left is a rain-soaked parking lot and on the right a person explains. Text over: My neighbor knocked on my door and woke me up to tell me to move muy car bc it was raining.

“Wow”: Neighbor knocks on woman’s door and says to move her car. She’s so glad she did

Ross price hike: 2 Panel Image of ross store front and receipt coming out of wallet

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