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Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘Can someone please f*cking help me? Like, I’m crying right now’: Dunkin’ worker says she’s all alone a week into job, sparking debate

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‘Decided a day before payday that they didn’t want to pay me’: TikToker says job falsely accused her of stealing day before payday

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

Laiken Neumann

‘Should’ve kept my damn mouth shut’: TikToker shows how her history professor switched up after she revealed she was a woman

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera.

‘The look in her eyes when she realizes what she just did’: Anti-abortion protester accidentally doxes herself on camera

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘Agreeing with whatever unhinged thing my Uber driver says so I make it home’: TikToker films Uber driver making pro-Russia comments

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

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‘When a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app’: Starbucks workers joke about making items ‘sold out’ on app

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

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‘Is this how you guys train your employees to deal with homeless people?’: Ben & Jerry’s worker accused of throwing water on unhoused person with disability (updated)

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

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‘Feel like this could’ve been avoided by not going out with white conservatives’: TikToker says ICE showed up after he agreed to date with Hinge match

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‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

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‘That’s on influencer culture’: TikToker inputs ‘common girl names’ to get discount codes when making online purchases

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‘I still give the drinks to them if they’re nice and this lady wasn’t’: Starbucks worker drinks customer’s drink after their card declined

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‘Was scared for my life for multiple reasons’: Gay TikToker films her Uber driver allegedly sending homophobic video to a friend while driving

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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‘It costs nothing to look the other way. Food is essential’: Senior citizen takes down alleged shoplifter taking groceries at Walmart, sparking debate

young woman working in walmart with caption "Y'all really buy Walmart vests on eBay to steal so they made us get new horrid vests" (l) walmart logo (c) two employees in yellow walmart vests (r)

‘Y’all really buy Walmart vests on eBay to steal’: Worker puts ‘new horrid vests’ on blast in viral TikTok

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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