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Alex Dalbey is a writer and zinester currently living in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They have written for The Daily Dot, Kill Screen, The Lingerie Addict, and Bullet Points.

Alex Dalbey

Vogue, once again, misidentifies women of color

Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

Ana Valens

Mastodon 404 animation, elephant smashing keyboard screen reads error

Mastodon is crumbling—and many blame its creator

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Congressmen held genetics meeting with Chuck Johnson, despite his past racist claims about genetics

Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

Samantha Grasso

Culture

Meet the immigrant influencers who want to sell you activism

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

Chance the Rapper apologized on Twitter for working with R. Kelly

Aquarium apologizes for using ‘thicc’ and ‘oh lawd’ to describe an otter

Sunny Kim studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She&#8217;s a former editorial intern with the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in the Daily Texan and Popular Mechanics.

Sunny Kim

Subtle Asian Traits brings wave of culture-specific memes to Facebook

The Statue of Liberty with a 'This is not who we are' meme

‘This is not who we are’ meme wants you to realize this is exactly who America is

Zara Rahman is a researcher and linguist working at the intersection of technology and social justice. She is based in Berlin. You can follow her work at https://zararah.net/

Zara Rahman

The problem with emoji skin tones that no one talks about

Tamara O'Neal and Aisha Fraser Mason, victims of domestic violence

The murders of Tamara O’Neal, Aisha Fraser show domestic violence still isn’t taken seriously

Chipotle manager fired for denying service to Black man accused of dining and dashing [updated]

Andrew Wyrich is the former newsletter editor at the Daily Dot. He previously served as the deputy tech editor. Andrew has written for USA Today, NorthJersey.com, and other newspapers and websites. His work has been recognized by the Society of the Silurians, Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors (IRE), and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).

Andrew Wyrich

There will be more diversity in the 119th Congress after last week's midterm elections, and that fact is summed up well in an emoji-Congress meme.

This one perfect tweet shows you what Congress would look like if it were emoji

White women pretending to be Black women on Instagram

White people exposed for ‘n*fishing’—living their social media lives in blackface [updated]

Steve King yelling at a man who asked him about the Pittsburgh shooting

Rep. Steve King lashes out at voter who calls him out over anti-immigration tweet

Logos for the Blexit nonprofit and Candace Owens' movement

Race