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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

Photo of Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach. Tweet text overlay reads, "this is like the houston version of the waffle house index."

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Viral Politics

“Here we go again…”: Ted Cruz dismisses concerns after being spotted on a plane out of Texas ahead of rare winter storm

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

Vehicle with frosted Glass(l) Man shares trick to remove front from vehicle(r)

frosted glass trick

‘It’s gonna make your life a whole lot easier’: Man shares trick to avoid icy windshields with this one thing—and you already own it

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Two panel design with a man sitting in his car looking upset and frustrated while talking at the camera, next to an image on a Menards store

Menards_Worker_Upset_Jacket

‘Costs more than we make an hour’: Menards worker wears jacket to work. Then a manager steps in

two panel design with a close up of a rearview mirror, next to an image of someone putting shaving cream in their hand

Snow_Car_Shaving_Cream_Hack

‘This sold me!’: Driver shows little-known use of shaving cream on cars for when it snows

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

Braden Bjella

2 panel image, left is a screengrab of car interior, text over: ever since it got REAL cold lately my car has struggled to start...now this morning it straight up won't? Right is a person sitting in a car.

nissan_boujee_noise.jpg

‘Clearly your car is boujee: Woman’s Nissan starts making this weird sound in the cold. Then she discovers what it means

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

two panel design with a woman looking at the camera in one, she is covering her mouth with her hand, next to an image of Ugg boots.

Careful_Uggs_On_Ice

‘One of my biggest fears’: Woman issues warning for people who wear platform Uggs in the winter

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

don’t use this common household product in winter

‘Can be incredibly dangerous’: Neurologist says don’t use this common household product in winter. It’s not because of house fires

Customer calls out Chick-fil-A for making worker stand outside in 28-degree weather

Chick Fil A Heater

‘WHY isn’t it a drive-thru?‘: Customer calls out Chick-fil-A for making worker stand outside in 28-degree weather

Man shares hack for how to walk on ice without slipping

Ice Hack

‘I’ve been walking on ice wrong my entire life’: Man shares hack for how to walk on ice without slipping

Woman says her Tempur-Pedic Mattress froze solid

Tempur Pedic

‘My bed is frozen’: Woman says her Tempur-Pedic Mattress froze solid

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

man searching bag (l) young woman outside Verizon store with caption "When everyone tried to call out but your boss drives and picks each of you up" (c) young man looking down distraught (r)

verizon snowstorm boss

‘I was hoping he would just let the store be closed for the day’: Boss picks up every single worker who tried to call out during blizzard

snow fence ziptied to gutters caption "Our new neighbor decided to zip tie her snow fence to our gutters today" (l) neighbor's window with motion detectors caption "Update: this morning the neighbor put these two things in her window facing our house where the snow fence is" (r)

karen zipties snow fence tiktok

‘Looks like we got Karen as a neighbor’: Man says neighbor zip-tied her snow fence to his gutters

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

TikTok in Denton apartment complex shows people screaming as power goes out

TikTok power outage in Texas

These TikToks show why people in the South without power aren’t overreacting

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

Sad snowman with "how is it still january" tweet

Winter