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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

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Viral Politics

Fans and former contestants praise “Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings after he got political on Bluesky

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: Matt Damon during an interview. Right: Matt Damon in costume as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey."

Entertainment

“I stopped eating gluten”: Matt Damon details the intense diet and training that helped him drop 30 pounds for “The Odyssey”

Bad news if someone calls you a “choppelganger”—Gen Z’s favorite new diss

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

Susan LaMarca

Memes

Debunking the “Franklin will eventually show up” brainrot meme from “Grand Theft Auto”

Left: Tweet reading "When I learned about "lowkirkenuinely" I had to just sit with it and process it for about two days." Yellow background of repeating "thug life" meme black glasses pixel art. Right: Man with dreadlocks looking into the camera underneath text reading "lowkirkenuinely."

Culture

“Lowkirkenuinely” is the latest example of meme language going too far

“He needs to RUN”: Fiance’s mug gift sparks massive relationship discourse

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

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“I don’t care about Instagram”: Maya Hawke’s comments about casting directors requiring a specific amount of “collective followers” in a movie resurface

Samsung Galaxy Ring painfully swelling around a man's index finger. Tweet text overlay reads, "Samsung Galaxy Ring – Update #3 It’s been just over three months since my last update, and I can finally share where things stand."

“Corpo slop”: Owner of Galaxy Ring that caused ER visit shares Samsung’s investigation results. Users aren’t reassured

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

“It makes me just want to leave America”: Fans say iShowSpeed’s Africa trip is opening their eyes. One viewer broke down crying

RFK unveils a new upside-down food pyramid. “South Park” saw it coming over a decade ago

Left: Woman sitting in her car with KFC's new $5 poutine bowl. Middle: Canadian chef Matty Matheson holding a KFC $5 poutine bowl. Right: Woman sitting in her car holding KFC's new $5 poutine bowl, text overlay reads, "New KFC cheese curds and 'poutine.'"

“That’s a war crime”: KFC brings poutine to America (Canadians are judging)

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“The resistance can be subtle”: Clever solution for National Park passes with Trump’s face on them goes viral

Left: Woman wearing glasses looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Story about how my passport was marked lost/stolen mysteriously." Middle: Woman looking into the camera wearing earrings and a scarf on her head, text overlay reads "American passports have been marked lost/stolen while traveling abroad!" Right: Brunette woman speaking into the camera, text overlay reads "Somebody else voided my passport without me knowing."

“3rd voided passport video I’ve seen”: Americans are landing abroad only to learn their passports were quietly canceled

Left: TikTok screenshot of a 2026 punch card. Text overlay reads, "How I made my 2026 punch cards" above a card reading "self date." Middle: Text reading "2026 punch cards" above a woman holding little cards reading, one of which reads "consistence @ gym." Right: Punch card reading "Drink 2 water bottles."

Forget bingo cards—2026 punch cards are how TikTok is tracking goals now

Left: An American Airlines Airbus A320 sits on the ramp at Ronald Reagan National Airport. Right: Birds eye view photo taken of passenger sitting in an airplane seat, his neighbor's bare feet nearly touching his thigh.

“What would you have done???”: Passenger asked to switch plane seats, ends up next to the worst neighbor possible

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