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Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘They’re going to bill you for it even if you leave it so TAKE THAT STUFF’: TikToker shares ‘hospital hack’ in viral video

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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TikToker says bad car from Carvana led to permanent kidney damage

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

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘Our healthcare system is a crime against humanity’: TikToker finds out her medicine is going to cost 18K for a month’s supply in viral video, sparking outrage (updated)

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‘I told you to stay home and recover sis’: Healthcare worker runs into patient in line at Ross after they tested positive for COVID

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

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Worker exposes how fast-food ice can make you sick in viral TikTok

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‘Not y’all glamorizing this’: Video of Harvard Law student fainting and still completing argument resurfaces, sparking debate

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

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TikToker films self getting treatment in parking lot because ‘hospital had no beds’

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‘I’ve had a lot of Taco Bell in my life’: TikToker shuts down argument that vaccines are harmful to fertility by showing Taco Bell’s ‘reproductive harm’ warning label

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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Viewers accurately predict that popular finance TikToker has thyroid cancer

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

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Man goes off on unvaccinated hospital patients in viral video, says wife who has cancer was released early to make room for them

A former New York Teaching Fellow, her writing has been featured in Reductress, Rolling Stone, Mic, Someecards, and more.

Nayomi Reghay

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I became obsessed with holistic face-lifts on Instagram. Then I got one IRL

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

Mikael Thalen

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Mask that has your face printed on it allows you to unlock your phone during viral epidemics

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Ex-vegan YouTuber accused of fraud after following meat-only diet

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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Fake Jordan Peterson meat-only diet book at the top of Amazon’s ‘Toxicology’ section (updated)

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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YouTubers Eugenia Cooney and Shane Dawson make a joint comeback

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