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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.

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Tennessee senator who peed himself during DUI stop got frequent campaign cash from booze industry

Kyle Calise is a video producer, writer, and storyteller from southern New England. When he’s not crafting explainer and culture videos, he’s usually out on a nature trail admiring trees.

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Meme History: Yanny or Laurel?

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

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Woman dines and is hospitalized by viral sushi restaurant in Seattle.

‘If you have it be careful’: Woman dines at viral sushi restaurant. Then she’s hospitalized for a week

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.

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Meme History: Corn Kid

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Hackers taunt Internet Archive in new breach as it reels from DDoS attack, data leak

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