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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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Left: Children's educator Ms. Rachel in overalls waving at the camera. Right: Statement from Ms. Rachel, black text on white, reading "I am unsubscribing from The New York Times because of its biased and dehumanizing coverage of Palestinians and Palestine, and its failure to uphold journalistic integrity."

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“The precedent we need”: Ms. Rachel unsubscribes from The New York Times over Gaza coverage, and fans are following suit

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“More courage than world leaders have in their pinky fingers”: Lush customers react to the brand closing down for a day in solidarity with Gaza

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.

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Chris Martin speaking into microphone at Colplday concert at Wimberley speaking to Israeli fans.

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Chris Martin’s comments to Israeli fans at Coldplay concert ignite furious backlash

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“This is how you use your platform”: TikTok chef creates recipes using the sparse ingredients found in famine-plagued Gaza

Left: New York Rep. Ritchie Torres. Right: Adam Friedland hosting his talkshow, The Adam Friedland Show. Caption overlay reads "I’ve never seen anything like this. How is Adam Friedland making me emotional right now."

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Adam Friedland confronted Rep. Ritchie Torres over Israel. Fans are calling it a breakthrough moment

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“Every pixel equals a cry for justice”: Wplace users quickly unite in international support for Gaza

Theo Von speaking out against U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict

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Theo Von criticizes U.S. support for Israel: “We have suffering here at home”

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“I cannot express the pain”: Javier Bardem speaks out against genocide in Gaza. “The View” cuts to commercial

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“So wildly out of line”: John Mulaney calls out critics coming after Olivia Munn for not watching Ms. Rachel

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Backlash isn’t scaring Ms. Rachel—now fans are calling her “our Mr. Rogers”

Mariam Sharia is a writer and editor at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

Image from a Columbia graduation ceremony and Columbia president, Claire Shipman, in an interview. A tweet overlaid reads: the columbia college class of 2025 is booing through the president's speech.

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“You arrested us!”: Students boo and heckle Columbia president during her graduation speech

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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X screenshot of UNRWA account; Background of Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike at an United Nations (UNRWA) school in the Nuseirat camp

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New UNWRA smear claims relief agency is publicly mourning the death of Hamas leader

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Phone with gofundme app over Palestinian flag and smoke

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GoFundMe axed a group providing tents for displaced Gazans—freezing $250,000 in donations

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes near the border east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 12 2023 behind UN flags

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‘It will not make mainstream news’: Why Pro-Israel influencers pushed debunked claim that U.N. cut Gaza death toll in half

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‘Just suggested nuking Gaza on national TV’: Internet horrified by Lindsey Graham’s call for Biden to give Israel ‘the bombs they need to end the war’

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