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Rebecca Leib

“An actual bat signal”: Las Vegas’ Luxor SkyBeam has its own micro-ecosystem

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.

Anna Good

Left: Screenshots of Instagram comments atop a colorful gradient background. Comments from Honeybacked Ham, Randys Donuts, Lyft, and Top Golf Vegas. Right: Rapper Flavor Flav at the 2026 Olympics cheering on the U.S. women's bobsled team.

Viral Politics

All the brands (and Flavor Flav) who rallied behind the U.S. women’s hockey team after Trump’s misogynistic “joke” to the men’s team

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

“That guy doesn’t even look like JB”: Las Vegas DJ duped by Justin Bieber lookalike shares his POV of how it went down

Left: Bride in a Vegas chapel in the middle of singing a song, caption overlay reads "When you decide to surprise your camera-shy husband with a wedding song and you had to chase him down the chapel because he disappeared on you."  Right: Bride holding groom's hand in chapel, caption overlay reads "found him."

“It’s like a car crash, I can’t look away”: Bride’s Elvis serenade gets painfully awkward when groom slips away mid-song in Vegas wedding

Makalah Wright has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

Makalah Wright

the sphere seats high vs low backstreet boys

“This is top-tier journalism”: Backstreet Boys fan attends The Sphere residency twice, shares POV from the top vs. bottom of the venue

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

“Garishly ugly”: Outrage brews over The Sphere’s “Wizard of Oz” featuring AI upscaling that erases key details of the film—and makes up others

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

Rachel Kiley

3 panel screenshots of Las Vegas locations devoid of people

Culture

Where is everyone? TikToks are painting Las Vegas as a ghost town—and the footage is eerie

2 Panel image, woman coming out of self driving car, and amazon logo

Amazon’s robotaxi company Zoox recalls driverless software after crash

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

Edge of Las Vegas View(l) Woman shares she lives at the edge of las vegas(c) Point of view of the edge of las vegas(r)

‘It’s like a Sims world’: Edge of Las Vegas videos are TikTok’s latest obsession

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

Mikael Thalen

John Pelletier and P Diddy in front of Mandalay Bay hotel

QAnon world loses it after police chief with ties to Maui fires, Vegas shooting named in Diddy case

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

Las Vegas Sign(l) Woman shares her experience at the Bellagio(c) Daylight view of the Bellagio and Eiffel Tower(r)

‘I’m obviously going to call the front’: Woman spends $1,500 for 2 nights at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Then she notices something odd on her bedding

Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

‘Humanity and well-traveled guests love it’: Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Conservatives hijack meal receipts to push servers to vote for Trump

Trump dubbed 'Orange Jim Jones' after joking about supporter choosing 'suicide before Biden'

Trump dubbed ‘Orange Jim Jones for telling supporter ‘suicide before Biden’

Man says he was banned from the Vegas Sphere for taking a bong rip

Las Vegas