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

Braden Bjella

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uber eats driver arrested

Black Uber Eats driver says he was arrested for trespassing after following customer’s directions to ‘leave the food at the back door’

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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Angelique Cruz

‘My PTSD suffered more after this’: TikToker says friend tried to take her fetus—and Dr. Phil made things worse

Woman on livestream man face in corner caption "watch me expose a convicted kidnapper for trying to speak on bodily autonomy" (l) Wooden gavel and handcuffs on wooden table (c) Woman livestream holding laptop up with the man's mugshot caption "watch me expose a convicted kidnapper for trying to speak on bodily autonomy" (r)

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‘No wonder you have no regard for bodily autonomy’: TikToker exposes man as convicted kidnapper during their live-stream debate about abortion

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘I legit feared for my life that day’: TikToker says she connected her co-worker to an unsolved murder case

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

Poshmark logo on red background (l) name brand luxury purse caption " this is a pretty effective scam because it takes the blame off of Poshmark and removes their incentive to help you" (r)

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TikToker exposes ‘most common’ Poshmark scam after her Chanel purse is marked ‘delivered’ but never arrives

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‘Oof the victim blaming in these comments’: Man sneaks into TikToker’s car while she pumps gas—and she got shamed by viewers

A woman laughing (L) and a person in a ski mask (R).

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‘Watch this video help solve the case’: Viral TikTok shows the moment alleged convenience store robbery begins

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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seized diapers

‘This is cruelty on display’: Cops roasted for ‘bragging’ about arresting people who allegedly stole things like diapers

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Rachel Kiley

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‘YOU ARE SOOO BRAVE’: TikToker confronts man allegedly trying to steal catalytic converter from her car

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

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Viral TikTok shows school bus crashing into multiple cars, running from cops

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

burned out apartment with caption "I told my fiance I was tired. Tired of being mentally emotionally abused. & he burned MY house down. Where HIS daughter sleeps"

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TikToker says fiancé burned down her house after she told him she was tired of being ‘mentally and emotionally abused’

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‘When you just aren’t good at stealing’: Viral TikTok shows would-be thief failing to fit stolen TV into car

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

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‘Social media is a lie’: TikTok of couple celebrating their ’drama free’ relationship surfaces after man allegedly kills wife

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

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TikTok star accused of double murder

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TikToker says she was falsely accused of dining and dashing in viral video (updated)

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