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Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

Nate Wolf

Viral Politics

Is Tesla offering jobs and homes (but not work laptops) for Jan. 6ers? Dubious hiring post raises eyebrows

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

‘Not sure what to do now’: Best Buy customer places Samsung order for pickup. Then a stranger picks it up

Tech

Dave Portnoy’s “Greed” memecoin launch, dump leaves crypto community fuming

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

Culture

“Take your ableism elsewhere”: Adam Pearson takes down ableist trolls after being called ‘scary’

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Why is Ashley St. Clair, who had Elon Musk’s baby, being called ‘sexlaptop’?

Claire Goforth is a lawyer and investigative editor. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Al Jazeera, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, and more. She regularly appears on radio and in podcasts. Email for booking info.

Claire Goforth

“I’m considered a national hero”: A month ago Trump pardoned these J6ers. Now CPAC says they’re not welcome

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

2 panel image: on the left is the Starbucks drive thru sign and on the right is a tip jar.

‘How many people are they doing this to?’: Starbuck’s customer’s order total was $12.20. So why did they get charged $17.20?

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 Cybertruck in Brooklyn got egged and smeared with dog poop—now everyone’s making the same joke

Andrew Wyrich is the former newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He previously served as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has written for USA Today, NorthJersey.com, and other newspapers and websites. His work has been recognized by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Andrew Wyrich

A chicken next to a MAGA hat. The Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr logo is in the bottom left corner.

Newsletter: 🐔 🤬 MAGA fumes over chicken vaccines

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

3 panel image: on the left a card with a child on the cover, in the middle a hand opens the card, on the right a person has a stunned expression. Text over: my dad got this in the mail from st. jude.

‘Is this a threat?’: Woman’s dad gets Christmas card from St. Jude. Then she opens it and sees just one word

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

2 panel image: on the left the Texas Roadhouse sign and on the right a plate of macaroni and cheese.

‘Texas Roadhouse does this’: Woman orders mac and cheese at restaurant. Then she realizes they use Kraft

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Hands pulling back curtains made of 1s and 0s with x logo over it

An elaborate crypto scam is using Google Calendar invites to hijack verified X accounts

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

Still image from the music video "Denial is a River" showing the musical artist Doechii.

Memes

The internet can’t stop memeing Doechii’s ‘DENIAL IS A RIVER’—here are the best ones

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

Braden Bjella

2 panel image: on the left is the Home Depot sign, and on the right a person stands on top of 3 large piles of sand in front of a garage.

‘They’re refusing to come pick it up’: Home Depot delivers 3,000 lbs of sand in front of woman’s garage. Her Toyota Prius is trapped inside

2 panel image: on the left is a Subway Restaurant and on the right a person explains.

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