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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.

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TikToker Wolfie Kahletti spraying Walmart bananas with insecticide as a prank

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Influencer sentenced to a year in prison for spraying Walmart produce with insecticide as a “prank”

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.

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‘World’s first robot lawyer’: DoNotPay wants to build an AI to help people fight traffic tickets

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‘We all know why’: TikToker says she got speeding ticket in town that is 75% white—but the courtroom is ‘full of POC’

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

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Case against ‘deepfake mom’ falls apart after prosecutors backtrack on manipulated video claims

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