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<p>Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.</p>


Laiken Neumann

Black Twitter: A People's History documentary

Black Twitter Film

‘How do you take the feeling of our Twitter and put that in a documentary?’: Hulu traces the origins and impact of Black Twitter

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‘They aren’t getting paid’: Eve 6 guitarist calls for artists to drop out of SXSW over Penske

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‘I am the sexiest man alive!’: Adam Sandler accepts the wrong award at People’s Choice Awards

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customer canceled 125 item order after cart was filled

‘This shouldn’t be allowed to happen!’: Instacart shopper says a customer cancelled a 125-item order after she collected half of it—and Instacart paid her $7 for it

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Unclick

‘Just raise the base pay’: DoorDash driver says declining orders with minimum base pay and low tips can threaten ‘Top Dasher’ status

intentional park management

‘They’re gonna get evicted’: Man says trailer park management is trying to run residents out with unaffordable new rules

court seating with people sitting man sitting holding paper caption "got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?" (l) Woman face caption "got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?" (c) court room with judge and people seated caption "got a speeding ticket in a town that's 75% white but the court is full of POC?" (r)

speeding ticket

‘We all know why’: TikToker says she got speeding ticket in town that is 75% white—but the courtroom is ‘full of POC’

Woman dancing outside caption "the most ablest thing I've ever seen is this Reddit page" (l) Woman pointing to comments "you're not even diagnosed" (c) Woman dancing caption " This page on Reddit out to expose people with 'fake disabilities' with photo above (r)

reddit page

A woman called out a Reddit page dedicated to outing people with ‘fake’ disabilities. TikTokers are aghast

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dumpster diver makes meal

‘I eat healthier than I did before’: Dumpster diver creates meals out of food she finds in trash, sparking debate

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elevator greatest fear

‘My heart DROPPED when no one picked up the phone’: People get stuck in elevator, no one appears to answer the elevator’s emergency phone

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chilis is stealing from us

‘I am finally gonna quit’: Chili’s worker says restaurant is ‘stealing’ from her and customers in viral TikTok

Starbucks barista with apron on making drink (l) Starbucks barista finger on screen caption "me calculating why a grown white man told me he wanted his iced chai tea latte the same color as my skin" (r)

starbucks latte

‘Excuse me what’: Starbucks barista says customer asked for their drink to match the worker’s skin color￼

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dennys karen

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car￼

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20 items or less dude

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

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why people get drunk at chilis

‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas