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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

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Culture

‘Put him in a pool and delete the ladder’: People think Elon Musk’s gestures are giving off serious Sims NPC vibes

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

Gen Z is crocheting giant worms. Sure, why not

Woman talking(l), Elon musk giving nazi salute(r)

‘To everyone defending Elon, I want you to do it’: Woman challenges people to do Musk’s controversial ‘salute’ publicly — and one woman does

Ilana Gordon is a culture and entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. Ilana&#8217;s writing has been featured in places like: the A.V. Club, the Takeout, Atlas Obscura, Huffington Post, McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency, the Belladonna Comedy, Reductress, Mashable, the Second City Network, RedEye Chicago, ART + marketing, the Muse, Dose and OMGFacts.

Ilana Gordon

photo collage of Gracie Abrams in front of a screenshot from her Instagram story.

‘Shady business’: Demi Lovato and Gracie Abrams blast Meta for automatically refollowing Trump and Vance

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

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Screens, space, or woke friends? People are debating the decline of dinner parties

text "the extended cut of "nosferatu" is only 4 minutes longer. Read our review" and four screenshots from the movie

Fans speculate what’s in 4-minute longer ‘Nosferatu’ extended cut—while the girlies thirst over life-size Count Orlok cutout

Mariam Sharia is a senior editor and reporter at the Daily Dot.

Mariam Sharia

The world’s first babygirl-edgelord: Jack Schlossberg responds to backlash after calling his grandmother ‘hot’ with ‘I’m a literal pervert’

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

‘I keep asking the same thing’: Lip reader theorizes what Obama and Bush were joking about at Trump’s inauguration

3 panel imae showing Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk, and Grimes.

People are lighting Grimes up for defending Elon Musk’s video game skills

Photo of writer Paul Schrader touching his glasses pensively at a film festival.

Paul Schrader, writer of ‘Taxi Driver,’ admits AI is better at generating film ideas than people

Adrien Brody smoking cigarette in The Brutalist(l), Spider man looking distraught meme with text "the brutalist used ai to fix actors accents and for the architecture design... when it's a move about an architect"(R)

Culture

‘Put him in a pool and delete the ladder’: People think Elon Musk’s gestures are giving off serious Sims NPC vibes

Gen Z is crocheting giant worms. Sure, why not

‘To everyone defending Elon, I want you to do it’: Woman challenges people to do Musk’s controversial ‘salute’ publicly — and one woman does

‘Shady business’: Demi Lovato and Gracie Abrams blast Meta for automatically refollowing Trump and Vance

Screens, space, or woke friends? People are debating the decline of dinner parties

Fans speculate what’s in 4-minute longer ‘Nosferatu’ extended cut—while the girlies thirst over life-size Count Orlok cutout

The world’s first babygirl-edgelord: Jack Schlossberg responds to backlash after calling his grandmother ‘hot’ with ‘I’m a literal pervert’

‘I keep asking the same thing’: Lip reader theorizes what Obama and Bush were joking about at Trump’s inauguration

People are lighting Grimes up for defending Elon Musk’s video game skills

Paul Schrader, writer of ‘Taxi Driver,’ admits AI is better at generating film ideas than people

‘I am no longer a Brady Corbet stan’: Fans are so upset ‘The Brutalist’ used AI, they’re calling for it to be disqualified from the Oscars

Soup you can suck on? Progresso soup drops are the soup-flavored candies nobody seems to know what to do with

What will David Lynch be reincarnated as? The Nintendo Switch 2, according to social media

‘I did absolutely cry reading this’: Kyle MacLachlan’s touching tribute to David Lynch leaves people in tears

‘I’m getting sued?!’: Kai Cenat reacts to Drake dragging him into his lawsuit against UMG