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Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

MAGA relishes Selena Gomez’s tearful immigration plea: ‘ICE should go raid her’

Rebecca Leib

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Culture

Facial recognition for personalized prices? Kroger’s ‘patently evil’ AI plan ignites a firestorm

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

A photo of an airplane aisle next to a screenshot of @shannonella_ from their Tiktok.

‘I’m throwing hands’: Woman confronts ‘seat squatter’ on her flight. It’s becoming a big problem

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

Memes

The ‘Hello I am A Wildlife Photographer and This Is A Picture I Captured Today❤️’ meme pokes fun at AI-generated slop

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

Mikael Thalen

DeepSeek users jailbreak bot, trick it into defying Chinese censorship

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

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‘I’m here’: Man orders space heater off of Temu. Then it starts talking

Gulf of Mexico renamed America and tweet from News from Google "When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the US quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America

Google Maps will honor Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ order—when the government actually implements it

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

27 absolutely brutal memes about China’s DeepSeek winning at A.I.

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

‘I’m in the same car as them at this point’: Cadillac driver demands answers after seeing reflection in rearview mirror

3 panel image: in each panel a person is shown and text appears over them. Text over says: You're so funny. Thanks."

‘You’re so funny…thanks, my husband left me for my own mom!’: The best ‘You’re so funny’ memes turning trauma into gold

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

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Newsletter: 🦷 🍗 Tooth found in McDonald’s nuggets

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

woman wearing glasses(l) Fresh Brownies(r)

‘I don’t think they should be doing this’: Woman uses Just Egg to make brownies. Then she takes them out of the oven

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

Brooke Sjoberg

A photo of a waiter holding a plate with a burger and fries next to a screenshot of @madimccambleyy from their Tiktok.

‘The worst is chain ordering’: Server reveals the reason you shouldn’t order water after ordering a drink

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

Braden Bjella

2 panel image showing the sign at a Raising Cane's restaurant and person explaining in their car. Text over reads: This is your sign.

‘The manager laughed at us’: Raising Cane’s customer asks to buy loaf of Cane’s bread. Then the worker tells her how much it costs

Two panel image: on the left a person explains, on the right a person gives car keys to another person.

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