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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

design with the days of the week on a notebook with the weekend highlighted, over an image of surgery in process

Culture

‘The weekend effect’: If you’re planning surgery, doctors say you should think twice about Fridays

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

Cyber truck with Toyota logo(l), Tesla with other car logo(r)

‘How do you do, fellow trucks?’: Tesla owners are trying to pass their cars off as other makes in growing trend

Rebecca Leib

Woman talking(l), Cruise ship and text "i could list so many things, but here's the main reason I will never go on a carnival cruise ship ever again...."(c), Little hand with bandage(r)

‘This is unacceptable’: Child gets injured by a Carnival Cruise elevator door. Then they hit her with a $506 charge

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

Tesla cyber truck with back banner text "hello. i am cyber truck."(l), Message continues "please don't *redacted*"(r)

‘Cybertruck hunters’ are following Cybertrucks just to roast Musk with light projections

2 panel image showing screen grabs from TikTok posts.

AI-generated ‘doctors’ are scamming TikTok with fake credentials and bad advice

Two panel design with a man looking at the camera in one, next to an image of a Lululemon sign

‘The Lululemon strategy never fails’: Traveler maps out new cities using one trick. Then the internet calls him out

Painting of a crowd running. Reddit prompt over asks, " What's the most terrifying 'we need to leave now' moment you've ever experienced?

‘Something was hunting us’: 10 people share their scariest ‘we need to leave NOW’ moments

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

2 panel image: showing two menus that show an item named Canadiano. Text over says, "Who wants a Canadiano?"

Baristas are rebranding the Americano to ‘Canadiano’ in protest of Trump tariffs

two panel design with a man looking from behind a tree, next to an image of a man looking upset with his hand out front

SCOTUS ruling could make U.S. water more poopy. We’re doing memes about it

Screenshot from Tiktok user @chercheur_de_verite of a cybertruck being pelted with beads during Mardi Gras; Photo from X user @JEHazel75 of a broken Cybertruck window

‘I couldn’t believe my eyes’: Cybertruck owners report damage, shock after Mardi Gras appearance is met with beads, boos, and backlash

Tweet that reads: "maybe I'm not on that side of twitter but as someone who's on the job hunt for the 2nd time in as many yrs, I'm seeing a lot of despair and desperation on job seeking-related forums that not many people here seem to be talking about. People want to kill themselves over this" on left. Reddit post that reads: " Am I the only one that can't find a job no matter what I do???" "Literally no one will hire me. It's really destroying my soul. Almost an entire year of being unemployed. It especially hurts when it's places like McDonald's and Walmart sending me the dreaded 'unfortunately we have chosen to pursue other candidates who more closely align..." I can't even get a job--" on right.

‘600 rejections in 6 months’: Desperate job seekers are flooding forums with stories of despair. What’s going on?

Three images: Mischief sleeping on pet scale (left), map showing all of Mischief's locations (center), Mischief sitting on grocery cash register (right)

‘God forbid cats have hobbies:’ Mischief the cat is so chaotic, his town had to make a map to track him

couple in parking lot(l) Facebook logo on phone display(c) Woman looking shocked(r)

Woman pulls into parking lot for first date with man from Facebook who wrote his last name backward. Then she gets a frantic call from her mom

2 panel image of a person explaining on TikTok. On the left text over says, "Practicing now because if Trump dont win today I'm hitting the pole to be able to afford life. #Trump2024" and on the right text over says, " my ebt card was just declined. They took everything. no food stamps, disability, cash benefits, and childcare. what am I gonna do?!

‘I LOST MY JOB!’: 12 Trump voters who didn’t expect his policies to affect *them*

Goodwill sign(l), Woman talking(c), Vera Wang wedding dress(r)