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

Braden Bjella

Memes

Who is the “Indonesian aura farming boat kid” taking the internet by storm?

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

Woman asks suitors to name “time and place” in Hinge profile. Then a man sends her the coordinates of her own apartment

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: Guadalajara facelift lady Michelle Wood before her operation Right: Guadalajara facelift lady Michelle Wood after her operation explaining her childrens' response

Viral “Guadalajara facelift lady” shares her kids’ reactions to her dramatic new look

Denver weatherman crashes out on social media after saying “the Gulf of America” during forecast

Left: The devil wears prada meme with Hailey Bieber's lip tint waist chain Right: Hailey Bieber wearing her new Rhode lip tint waist chain

Culture

“Looks like a tampon”: Hailey Bieber’s lip tint waist chain is getting clowned on

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

Left: Screenshot of Love Island USA Season 7 star Cierra Ortega Right: Cierra Ortega's Instagram follower count

“Love Island” star Cierra Ortega faces backlash over anti-Asian slur, loses 200K Instagram followers

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

Susan LaMarca

Left: Woman doing the Whoville Nose TikTok trend Middle: Woman doing the Whoville Nose TikTok trend under caption reading "The whoville nose trend is made for me Right: Woman doing the Whoville Nose TikTok trend under caption reading "Whoville nose trend but i went as cindy lou one halloewen and someone asked where I got my nose"

The Whoville Nose trend is taking over TikTok. Here’s what it means

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

morgan spector on billionaires the gilded age

“Contradictory to democracy”: Morgan Spector of “The Gilded Age” perfectly summarizes why billionaires shouldn’t exist

Left: Man holds smartphone with DoorDash app on Google Play. Right: Screenshot of a conversation between a rude man yelling at his DoorDash delivery driver

“You’re a very unkind person”: Customer posts his own meltdown at a DoorDash driver, and it backfires in a huge way

Left: Jessica McLaughlin Right: 7-Eleven sign

7-Eleven worker passes away after her manager allegedly sat on her until she stopped breathing

“Are they going to have any customers left at this point?”: Shoppers say ASOS banned them for too many returns—company responds

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

singer of the red jumpsuit apparatus with the words "if you call yourself a christian please watch"

Viral Politics

“You are not allowed to come to my shows”: Band says anyone who voted for Trump not welcome at their concerts—then immediately backtracks

pictures of stuffed animals - jellycat pulled from small independent stores

“Heartbreaking for small businesses”: Jellycat pulls its products from independent stores, and the fandom is furious

“Please tell me I’m missing something”: Woman who spent the past month in nature crashes out over Labubu craze

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

Left: Side shot of thoughtful pensive sad young female sitting indoors leaning forward propping chin on clasped hands feeling desperate, unhappy, tired, lost, disappointed Right: Reddit comment on a post about single millennials reading: "I hate living in a world where I have to have a roommate or boyfriend to afford rent. My boyfriend dumped me and my roommate ghosted me and now all the bills are on me either way."

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