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Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Culture

“Ooooh boy do I hate this!”: Sabrina Carpenter receives backlash over new album cover

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

Braden Bjella

Carnival cruise tyler stands on karaoke stage with a microphone

“He just single-handedly ended racism”: Why is everyone talking about Tyler, the 20-year-old who sang Keith Sweat’s “Nobody” on a Carnival Cruise?

Christian Zamora

Entertainment

Calum Worthy has a group chat with his former “Austin & Ally” co-stars and it’s very active

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: President Donald Trump before boarding Marine 1 Right: Trump and Melania Trump booed at Kennedy Center video screenshot

Viral Politics

Video: President Trump booed at “Les Mis” performance at the Kennedy Center

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

“You just can’t be a silly goose in America anymore”: 16-year-old California track star stripped of title after celebrating her win. Here’s why the CIF disqualified her

Woman in the passenger seat of a car, an older woman visible behind her, below a caption reading: "Self-deporting my mom, 5:00am, 6/7/2025"

“I’d rather see her leave than live here in fear”: After 36 years in the U.S., this mom self-deports with grace

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

Susan LaMarca

3 Panel: Left: screenshot of a text reading "If you died I'd probably be creating my tinder profile at your funeral" below a caption reading "MAN OF THE YEAR!!!" Middle: Woman's selfie under caption reading "let's hear it for the an of the year!!!" Right: Woman putting lipliner on under caption reading "let's hear it for the an of the year"

Women are exposing their toxic exes in brutal “man of the year” TikTok trend

“Crisp martini” fans say it’s the drink of the season—maybe their life

Woman holds up blue Harbor Freight shears. Red Harbor Freight storefront.

“Is this real?”: Woman buys $8 shop shears from Harbor Freight. Then the worker tells her something about the return policy at checkout

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

Nina Hernandez

“So they want Kings then?”: Walmart heiress funds “No Kings Day” ad. Now MAGA wants to boycott

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

Doctor tends to woman's large third-degree burn on her leg; woman holds red hot water bottle up to her abdomen, a woman sits in a wheel chair in the hospital, with a white bandage wrapped around her thigh. She holds her head in her hand.

“Did you put lava in there babe?”: Woman learns hot water bottles have an expiration date after it sends her to the hospital

3 panel: BlackBerry phones. Left: Woman in sunglasses underneath caption reading "Quick how do I tell work I can't lock in today becasue I'm too busy starting a Blackberry summer revolution" Middle: BlackBerry phone under caption reading, "POV: You bought a blackberry in 2025 bc iPhone is ruining your life" Right: 12 blackberries in a row

Gen Z wants a digital detox, and BlackBerries are suddenly cool again

photo of Donald Trump in front of an American Flag, and a photo of Elon Musk. An X post from Elon Musk states, "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far."

“Back to defending someone you said is on the Epstein files?”: The internet slams Elon Musk after he walks back criticisms of Trump

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

Skincare trends are reportedly doing more harm than good

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

Left; back half of Silver Airways plane. Right; man sits in airport with his hands over his face, visibly upset.

“It wasn’t unusual for Silver to leave people stranded in Bahamas”: Florida-based Silver Airways abruptly halts operations, tells passengers “do not come to the airport”

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