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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

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“Intrusive thoughts got the best of me”: TikToker Julia Hill jumps fence and runs onto the field at an Angels baseball game, goes straight to jail

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

3 Panel: Left: "Creepy" baby easter dress. Middle: Blonde woman looking stunned. Right: Inappropriate baby easter dress.

“This just broke my heart into pieces”: Mom horrified by unsettling messages on child’s Easter dress

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

“So chaotic”: A “Cake Picnic” in Lagos went viral for all the wrong reasons. What are they?

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“It used to be such a nice place”: Grace Helbig says cancel culture and commentary channels changed YouTube forever

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

3 Panel: Left: Woman's hand with red fingernail paint pointing to a Costco salmon in it's packaging. Middle: Woman in an olive shirt looking into a camera. Right: Parasites visible in a piece of salmon.

“This is why you need to freeze it first”: Costco customer thought she bought fresh salmon. Then she noticed it moving

3 panel: Left: Woman's pink fingernails pulling a yellow Walmart "clearance" tag with a price tag of $22.94. Middle: Blue Walmart retail storefront. Right. Yellow Walmart "clearance" tag with a price tag of $22.94 pulled to the side to reveal price for same product as $19.98.

“I’ve seen them do this for years!”: Customer accuses Walmart of marking items up under “clearance” tags

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

Viral Politics

MSNBC is officially changing its name to MS Now, and the internet reacted as you’d expect: with memes and conspiracy theories

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Entertainment

Anna Faris and Regina Hall are coming back for a new “Scary Movie” and horror fans are sharing what they want to see spoofed

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: Tweet from Governor Newsom Press Office reading "Thank you Nancy Mace." Right: Governor Gavin Newsom at the California and New Zealand Partner to Advance Global Climate Leadership press conference.

What’s behind Gavin Newsom’s “Thank you, Nancy Mace” tweet? Posting like Trump and misgendering the South Carolina representative

3 Panel image: Left: Woman looking into the screen with a bemused expression, caption overlay reads "Americans found Scottish black people?". Middle: Black man in glasses and black shirt looking into the camera in a car. Right: Black man with braces looking into camera, caption overlay reads "Black Scottish people on your fyp."

Culture

“The love from the US has been crazy”: Scottish Black people react to Americans only now realizing they exist

Woman looking into camera wearing a shirt inside of a Walmart aisle.

“Your shirt’s racist”: Walmart shopper complains about girl’s shirt, accidentally reveals too much

Influencers Nina Santiago and Patrick Blackwood eating burgers in a restaurant just as glass begins to shatter as a car plows into the restaurant.

Caught on camera: Food influencers capture the moment an SUV smashes into restaurant mid-bite

Left: Actor Chris Pratt smiling during the ‘THOR: Love and Thunder’ World Premiere on June 23, 2022 in Hollywood, CA. Right: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced 'No Spoiler' pledge for the upcoming elections at a campaign stop in Brooklyn, NY on May 1, 2024. Caption overlay reads: "I see that the “Least Favorite Chris” title still holds up."

“I think he’s funny…I love him”: Chris Pratt defends “great” RFK Jr. during podcast. Fans are pissed

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“That guy doesn’t even look like JB”: Las Vegas DJ duped by Justin Bieber lookalike shares his POV of how it went down

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

Susan LaMarca

Left: Woman sitting in her car dipping Olive Garden breadsticks into a gallon soup bucket. Middle: Olive Garden storefront. Right: Woman in her living room holding gallon bucket of Olive Garden soup.

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