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Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Left: Autonomous van in China with its front end hiked up on a metal fence. Right: Woman pushing the front end of an autonomous van in China. Tweet text overlay reads, "In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything."

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China’s driverless vans are delivering the package, no matter what stands in their way

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

Waymo robotaxi in Austin, TX, seen blocking traffic at night as an ambulance with lights on attempts to drive by.

“Next level dystopian”: Waymo robotaxi blocks first responders reacting to Austin mass shooting

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Waymo self-driving vehicle on the side of a highway, text overlay reads, "I'm the first person in Georgia to hit a Waymo."

“Whole department didn’t know what to do”: Cop admits he doesn’t know how to handle a Waymo crash

“Yes you can!”: Venice residents cheer Waymo car stuck at a canal bridge during annual parade

Waymo self driving taxi driving in downtown San Francisco. Tweet text overlay reads, "I genuinely think anyone who voluntarily gets into one of these things is insane."

“So clearly evil”: Waymo co-CEO says robotaxi fatalities are a matter of “when” not “if”

“You just ran the light!”: Passenger films her Waymo running a red light

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

Braden Bjella

waymo pulled over by cop no one is in the front seat

Cop pulls Waymo over for a left turn in the wrong lane. No one’s driving the car getting ticketed

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

Two panel image. Inside car with caption that reads: "P.O.V. you thought it would be funny to honk the horn in the Waymo but they call you to tell you it's a violation (crying emojis)" on left. Back of Waymo car on right.

‘Any reason why you used the horn?’: Women get in Waymo, press the horn. Then they get a phone call

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

Mikael Thalen

Tech

Tesla owners are now boasting about being in the first accidents after new software updates

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Police Car(l), Image of man in review mirror(c), Person on bike(r)

‘One of the most horrific drives’: Tesla owner says self-driving feature nearly ran him into oncoming cop car

Scientists say humans will be having lots of sex in self-driving cars

Phillip Tracy is a former technology staff writer at the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s an expert on smartphones, social media trends, and gadgets. He previously reported on IoT and telecom for RCR Wireless News and contributed to NewBay Media magazine. He now writes for Laptop magazine.

Phillip Tracy

tesla orange autopilot autosteer self-driving hack

This guy used an orange to hack his Tesla into a self-driving car

Chris Tognotti is a news and current events writer based out of Berkeley, California, and a co-host of the podcast Now We Know. While he specializes in domestic politics and opinion writing, he’s also savvy on sports, video games, and film.

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