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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

Culture

‘We’re such a sad, sad excuse for a country’: Woman records her culture shock over affordability of Chinese groceries

Megan Johnson is a writer and reporter in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a frequent contributor to People Magazine, Architectural Digest, The Boston Globe, and a variety of other publications. When she was 5, her parents cut her hair short and an old man said “Move along, son.” She was also left on the school bus once. Follow her on Twitter/X and Instagram.

Megan Johnson

Woman with comment "dibs"(l), Detroit Lions logo(r)

‘Give us a few years’: This mom showed off her 31-pound baby, and the Detriot Lions are eagerly awaiting the draft day

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

Fake, ai generated images of a person resembling actor Brad Pitt in a multiple hospital room scenes. All contained within a large heart shape.

‘Brad Pitt is having surgery and you’re laughing?’: French woman cyberbullied after Brad Pitt catfish scams her out of $850K

MrBeast next to a phone with tiktok on it

‘I’ll take him over Musk’: MrBeast’s surprise offer to buy TikTok has everyone in the bargaining stage of grief

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

Post with text "xiaohongshu at the top of app downloads today, and "tiktok refugees" are already finding a home among the chinese luigi mangione stands. they're joking about sending their data directly to xi jinping in a red envelope. you know the american tech lobby is pissed right now lol. and posts

Chinese RedNote users are obsessed with Luigi Mangione—who they’ve affectionally dubbed ‘Lulu’

Post with text "the chinese people on Xiaohongshu are now asking americans for help with their english homework lmaoooo" and screen shots of the appp

Chinese people are asking American ‘TikTok refugees’ for homework help on RedNote

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

Woman ‘legit hung up mid convo and blocked’ first date after he immediately said he loves her, starts a debate about love bombing

A screengrab of a tweet on a movie theater background.

‘Nosferatu’ fans are crashing out over teens ‘laughing at poignant scenes’

2 panel image showing scenes from the 2025 Golden Globes awards via TikTok.

Demi Moore’s daughter responds to accusations the actress snubbed Kylie Jenner at the Golden Globes

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl with Sinister Background

Declaration that ‘Uptown Girl’ brought ‘sinister vibes’ to the Uber ride has everyone worried about Gen Z

Jack Schlossberg faces backlash after  trolling the media by claiming he’s Justin Baldoni’s new lawyer

‘What the actual what?’: Fable app’s AI uses ‘very bigoted, racist language’ telling user to read more white authors

Rebecca Leib

The Vexbolts mass unfollowing event (and its failure), explained

Tweet over crawling babies "this gotta be the most unfortunate name for a generation ever- starting january 1, all children born between 2025 and 2039 will be part of the demographic group 'generation beta'"