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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: Protestor in front of Chicago's The Bean statue holding a sign reading "Cloud gate is locked." Caption overlay reads "The man in the bean must stay." Right: Protestors holding signs in front of Chicago's The Bean statue. Caption overlay reads "Chicago, there's a man trapped inside the bean?"

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Protestors claim there’s a man trapped inside Chicago’s Bean sculpture. Why?

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: Middle: Jeffrey Epstein. Left and Right: Grainy orange shape seen ascending stairs to Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell

Viral Politics

New Epstein video shows unexplained “orange blob” before his death, and everyone’s making the same joke

conspiracy pyramid image next to ID of Shane Tamura and the number 33

“Holy psyop”: Conspiracy theorists fixate on “Masonic” 33rd floor after deadly Manhattan shooting

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“As someone who needs a new kidney, this is horrific”: The internet’s organ donor conspiracy theory turns out to have some truth to it

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

Braden Bjella

“America, something’s up”: Walmart shoppers mystified by widespread in-store outages nationwide turn to social media

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Lindsey Weedston

Jay-Z standing next to P Diddy wearing a black ring and holding a glass of rose wine

“He’s recording people”: Conspiracy theory claims Jay-Z wore a camera ring at a party with Diddy

Left: Labubu plushie impaled on a stick under caption reading DO NOT BUY LABUBUS "They are cursed with a demon that almost ruined my life" Right: Labubu on fire

“There’s its soul leaving”: Labubu dolls are causing a new Satanic Panic on Christian TikTok

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Military officer eats a steak and lobster dinner out of a styrofoam to-go container in her car.

“It’s giving last meal”: Military soldier’s steak and lobster meal sparks viral rumors. What does it really mean when the military serves surf-and-turf?

2 panel image a of a person explaining and text that reads: Ryo Tatsuki. The Future I See is predictive dreams she had between 1985 and 1999.

The internet believes a 1999 manga is predicting a massive July earthquake—and it’s tanking tourism to Japan

New spherical object with UFO beams coming out

Is it art or aliens? Buga, Colombia “UFO sphere” draws conspiracy theories

3 Panel Image of man in purple shirt and Wikipedia logo

We already know what the last-ever Wikipedia article and edit will be, claims viral theory

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Pro mariner shuts down Brooklyn Bridge boat crash conspiracies, explains what likely went wrong

2 panel image. Couple in car with ice cream sandwich box and caption that reads: "Real ice cream" on left. Walmart on right.

“Part of the agenda”: Walmart shoppers test theory that Great Value ice cream doesn’t melt

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

Nina Hernandez

2 Panel Image, Amazon Prime and Russel Crowe

Amazon Prime Video accused of censoring ‘Robin Hood’

3 panel image: on the sides are examples of people posting about the theory and in the middle is a picture of Zendaya wearing the infamous hat.

Conspiracy Theories