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Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

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‘This was like a giant meme to him’: Elon Musk had sandwich made for him, talked about aliens during all-hands right before laying off workers

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

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‘It’s really goofy-looking’: Expert shares the top 10 technologies set to change America in 2024

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

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Cybertruck owner deletes post praising Tesla after vehicle’s ‘catastrophic failure’ while driving with his family

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‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’: OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s old emails after he sues

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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Posters freakout after X voice calls reveal your IP address

X Calling

‘dox by default’: Musk’s new calling feature for X automatically reveals personal info

Tricia Crimmins is a 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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Musk Brazil MisGender

Elon Musk blames Brazil for misgendering policy change that outraged far-right

Tesla Bro Praises Musk After Cyber Truck Nearly Kills Him, His Family

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‘Literal cult’: Tesla driver says he still ‘loves’ his Cybertruck after steering wheel, brakes fail with wife, child in the car

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Elon Musk freaks over Google AI’s ‘woke’ refusal to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to avert nuclear war—doesn’t realize his own bot Grok does the same

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Account that outed Musk’s alleged alt says he left site over suspicious threats

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Breakdancing dad hits back after TikTok influencer daughter says he 'abandoned' her family

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Breakdancing Bitcoin dad speaks out after TikTok comedian blew up for saying he ‘abandoned’ her family for career

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Elon Musk Big Rockets

‘You’re an amazing father, Elon’: Musk accused of running burner on X again—and nuking account who outed him

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‘Juicy burger’ is a ‘perfect meal’—but who is advertising that on X… and why?

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‘Free speech on X doesn’t exist.’: Hitler-stanning verified account nuked by Musk—appalling site’s extreme far-right

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