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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

woman lost in thought (l) cracker barrel store (m) screenshot of the words "canadian was a code word for black people"

TikToker says servers used code name to talk about Black customers at Cracker Barrel

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

Tricia Crimmins

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‘Kim K out here scamming the public’: TikToker finds Skims dupes via the company’s manufacturers

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TikToker appears to leave date with $200 bill at Red Lobster after she admits to having a man

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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‘We’re just understaffed’: Restaurant worker praises tables that don’t order salad or soup in viral TikTok

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

Laiken Neumann

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‘Consent flew right out the window’: Customer forces kiss on restaurant server after he sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to their table

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‘I can’t stand people who leave their dogs loose while your just trying to do your job’: DoorDash driver gets attacked by dog in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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‘I just spent $20 to get this delivered, and I have no coffee’: TikToker says her Uber Eats Starbucks order was delivered with refund note instead of coffee

‘Take them to court’: Popular TikToker says she was racially profiled while trying to deposit rent money at Citibank

burger king drive thru (l) "Coochieman B" doordash order page (c) drive thru window from car (r) all with caption "why are men like this? i work in mental health but also doordash"

‘Not delivering to you at night bro’: DoorDash driver refuses to deliver to customer who calls himself ‘coochieman,’ sparking debate

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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‘Anyone know if an NDA still holds up if the company no longer exists?’: TikToker speaks out about allegedly working at Theranos

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

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‘When you get raw cookies once you don’t want to get them again’: TikToker says she received undercooked Crumbl cookies

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

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I shouldn’t need to ask for an extender’: Model calls out Delta for short seatbelts in viral TikTok

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‘She’s giving me the extra LBs’: TikToker calls out Southwest agent for leaning on baggage scale, sparking debate

USPS logo (l) USPS sorting machine caption " Stop sending coins, cards, keys, and jewelry through letters. This machine will rip them out." (r)

‘Envelopes are meant for mailing paper’: USPS worker urges people not to send ‘small rigid items’ with letters in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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