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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

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TikTok users think blocking Facebook changes their FYP—here’s what we know

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

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Conspiracy theorists think the COVID vaccine made woman’s breasts triple G’s

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

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Fake claims Diddy’s house burned down in L.A. fires keep blowing up

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

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Internet vigilantes harangue hiker who shared first videos of Palisades fire—falsely hyping arson accusation

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‘Bigger calculated warfare’: Conspiracy theory takes hold L.A. wildfires were ‘Luigi Mangione-inspired’ class warfare

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.

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QAnon cheers Los Angeles fire, except for James Woods

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QAnon thinks Hunter Biden’s house burning down amid L.A. wildfires is too ‘convenient’

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‘Fogvid-24’: Conspiracy theories about ‘The Fog’ across certain states engulf social media

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🔍 The 10 dumbest conspiracy theories of 2024

Chad Swiatecki is a 30-year journalist who relocated to Austin, TX from his home state of Michigan in 2008. He most enjoys covering the intersection of arts, business and local/state politics. He writes regularly for Austin Monitor, and has written for Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Daily News, Texas Monthly, Austin Business Journal, Austin American-Statesman and many other regional and national outlets.

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‘I don’t know where you’re gonna go’: Soldier says the New Jersey drones are coming from us. Then he says that the ‘orbs’ are the real problem

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Harriet Tubman truthers come out of hiding after ‘Civilization VII’ debuts abolitionist as character

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The QAnon crowd thinks they know why Trump loves ‘YMCA’ so much

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Fears fly over secret McDonald’s facial recognition kiosks after Luigi Mangione arrest

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The never-ending RFK Jr. misinformation cycle 

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