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Chris Illuminati is an author and reporter whose work for the Daily Dot focused on meme culture. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, FanSided, BroBible, Penthouse, and AskMen.

Chris Illuminati

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16 trippy facts about the Double Rainbow guy

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.

Chris Tognotti

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The L.A. Clippers put Blake Griffin on a T-shirt alongside Ali, Gandhi, MLK, and Obama

Dan Marcus is a geek culture reporter based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in First Showing and Trek Movie.

Dan Marcus

13 intergalactic facts about ‘Starship Troopers’

Elijah Watson is an internet culture and entertainment reporter. His work has been published by the Daily Beast, Vice, Complex, Bustle, Uproxx, and Okayplayer.

Elijah Watson

16 awesome facts about Nyan Cat, the meme that will outlive us all

Keith Reid-Cleveland is a Chicago-based writer who has been covering geek culture, streaming entertainment, and politics for more than five years. His work has appeared in Uproxx, the Undefeated, Black Nerd Problems, and the Black Youth Project.

Keith Reid-Cleveland

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Here’s how fast the Flash really is

Vanna Vasquez is a former intern at the Daily Dot whose work focused on viral news, politics, and YouTube. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she has also published bylines with BuzzFeed.

Vanna Vasquez

Owl City’s emo standby ‘Fireflies’ is back—as a meme

Jeff Umbro is the founder of Podglomerate, a New York-based entertainment company that creates, curates, and distributes podcasts. He’s also the host of Writers Who Don’t Write, a podcast about writing. Find more at www.jeffumbro.com or tweet him @JeffUmbro.

Jeff Umbro

‘Part-Time Genius’ takes encyclopedic adventures into weird, wild stuff

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

David Britton

Man gets hit by bus, calmly walks into bar

Jay Hathaway is a former senior writer who specialized in internet memes and weird online culture. He previously served as the Daily Dot’s news editor, was a staff writer at Gawker, and edited the classic websites Urlesque and Download Squad. His work has also appeared on nymag.com, suicidegirls.com, and the Morning News.

Jay Hathaway

National flag memes mercilessly mock every country on Earth—and get a load of Greece

Snapchat’s new map feature has already inspired some truly offensive memes

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.

Michelle Jaworski

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland just confirmed a long-standing Peter Parker fan theory

Use the sleepy snake meme to let people know they’re never gonna get laid

Sarah Jasmine Montgomery was a Daily Dot contributor whose writing and criticism covering all things pop culture, with an emphasis on how communities of color impact physical and digital cultural spaces. Her writing and photography have also appeared in Texas Monthly, the Fader, Complex, and Billboard.

Sarah Jasmine Montgomery

New Snapchat map feature is exposing cheaters left and right

Monica Riese is the Daily Dot’s former director of production, and she previously served as the publication’s entertainment editor and assistant managing editor. She is Raleigh, North Carolina, and formerly contributed to the Austin Chronicle, where her breaking news work was recognized by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

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