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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: Anna Wintour attends opening night for revival of Plaza Suite by Neil Simon at Hudson Theatre Right: Meme reacting to Anna Wintour leaving Vogue with caption reading "Me trying to explain to my husband how big the Anna Wintour stepping down news is…"

Culture

Social media floored by Anna Wintour leaving Vogue: “Recession indicator”

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

Travelers are stuck in 130-degree heat on airplane with no air conditioning. The flight attendant tells them to “meditate”

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

Braden Bjella

Woman walks up to local artist at bar, asks to sing. When he tells her no, she does it anyway

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

Susan LaMarca

3 panel: Woman pointing at baby formula prices at the grocery store

“And they wonder why people aren’t having babies”: New mom stunned by baby formula prices

“Explain yourself”: Woman takes Samsung Frame TV down and sees what it did to her wall

jeff bezos dummy floating in venice canal holding on to amazon boxes

“People are starving”: Activists float Jeff Bezos dummy in Venice Canal amid outrage over $76 million wedding

3 panel: Left: Woman biting into a raw red onion Middle: Woman eating the viral onion snack Right: Woman holding prepared plate of viral raw onion snack

People on TikTok are eating raw onions and arguing over who did it first

Strava Fridge Trend: 3 panel: Women taking beverages out of a fridge then posting their Strava run stats

From top run times to top drinks: Inside the viral Strava fridge trend

Left: Woman holding seashell under caption reading "Be careful with pretty shells" Right: Same woman picking up the deadly cone snail under caption reading: "She doesn't know it yet but she's about to pick up the world's deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes"

Woman picks up a pretty seashell. Then she learns it’s poisonous enough to kill 700 people

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

Left; hand pumps gas into their car. Center; woman looks to the left with a subtle smile. Right; Digital odometer shows a red car and reads

“It usually takes me $60 to fill my tank”: Woman fills up her car’s gas tank “the slow way.” Then she sees how much further it’ll take her

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Red Lobster signage outside a restaurant location. A Red Lobster server in a black shirt makes a concerned look on her face. Her text reads, "Y'all not trying the seafood boil at Red Lobster?!"

“Let me run over to Red Lobster”: Red Lobster launches seafood boils as part of “Crabfest”

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

Left: Shake Shack Dubai Pistachio Chocolate Shake under caption reading "I'd recommend going by early in the day." Middle: Man holding two Shake Shack Dubai Pistachio Chocolate Shakes Right: Woman holding Shake Shack Dubai Pistachio Chocolate Shake

“Everything I ever dreamed of and more!!”: Shake Shack’s viral Dubai Chocolate Pistachio Shake is finally back nationwide

Left: "Babyface" JD Vance meme showing the Vice President with a shaved head in a blue suit: Right: Norwegian tourist Mads Mikkelsen

EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian tourist says he was barred from entering the U.S. over a JD Vance meme, interrogated for hours, then had his records falsified

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

Benson Boone sings on stage. Crumbl Cookies signage at storefront. Benson Boone's Moonbeam Crumbl cookie floats above a pedestal, with a colorful yellow and purple icing.

“I was expecting to hate it”: Benson Boone now has his own Crumbl Cookie. Here’s what fans think about it

Left: Woman walking on a treadmill under caption reading "Attention my 12-3-30 girlies" Middle: Woman walking on treadmill wunder caption reading "Doing 12, 3, 30 every day of my pregnancy" Right: Woman on treadmill under caption reading "day 1 of 30 of doing 12 x 3 x 30 every day"

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