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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

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.

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“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

3 Panel image of teens in bright 2010 fashion

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

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

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

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

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

“A shift towards more functional items versus discretionary items”: Here’s why shopping at Ross stores could get a bit pricier

“Even more reason to buy more lower priced brands”: e.l.f. Cosmetics will raise the price of all products by $1, citing tariffs and inflation

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

2 panel image. Woman sitting on plane, looking upset on left. Carry-on luggage in overhead compartment on right.

“They changed the rules”: Passenger brings expandable carry-on bag aboard. Then a flight attendant intervenes

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

2 Panel Image of Person waiting at the airport and united airplane

New United Airlines policy means you have to get to the airport even earlier

2 Panel image of Arby's Logo and New menu item poster on window

Arby’s announces new steak nuggets: “They need to go back to the drawing board with this one”

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

Nina Hernandez

2 panel image, mechanic working on car and Toyota logo

“Mechanic” admits to scamming Toyota RAV4 customer out of $45K

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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