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

Laiken Neumann

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‘Her boyfriend was HURT HURT’: Girl throws boyfriend’s PS5 off balcony in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

In a TikTok, a Dunkin Donuts employee is seen throwing a drink at a customer.

Video: Dunkin’ worker throws drink at customer with autistic daughter

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

A cashier (L), a woman talking into camera (C), and a woman looking into camera (R).

‘What you said was very ignorant’: TikToker confronts transphobic cashier at Dollar General

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

Video shows a man in cuffs outside the Moxy Downtown Louisville with LMPD

Police officers handcuff man for standing near an unrelated female suspect in viral TikTok

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘If your name is Laura … these girls were tearing your a** up’: TikToker films girls talking smack about possible manager, dividing viewers

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Video: ‘Karen’ tries to gatekeep community pool, blocks brown child from accessing it

Daysia Tolentino was the editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s creator economy newsletter, Passionfruit. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Bustle, InStyle, and Study Hall.

Daysia Tolentino

Mikey Angelo’s Gen Z raps are so good TikTok banned him

Kathryn Cardin is a Missouri-born writer and editor who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys cooking, and her dog and cat enjoy when she spills.

Kathryn Cardin

‘Just die’: TikTok shows Karen yelling at man for using his cellphone, telling him the ‘blue waves’ fry brains

TikToker Dre uploaded a video showing the man climbing the back of a car

‘I’ve got you on camera, buddy!’: TikToker saves woman from man attacking, climbing onto her car

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

‘Thank you for calling IHOP,  how you doing?’ Customer answers phone at IHOP after all the workers quit mid-shift (updated)

Five Guys worker reveals how the fries are made in viral video

young man behind counter with mask and caption "Karen - she's saying we need more employees... and is mad that there is a line she don't want to stand in..." (l) "You need more employees" (c) Karen: "so nobody can help" (r)

‘We have applications’: Exhausted employee offers Karen a job after she complains about line

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‘I can really mess this up’: Driver’s front axle breaks at gas station, Male Karen threatens him for not moving car

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