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Rebecca Leib

Three screenshots of Instagram user @inspiredmediaco with the captions "changes tone 21", "What a 1 minute video actually looks like [skull emoji]; fixes top 1", and "*is glitching**

Culture

‘I feel this in my soul’: Raw footage of what filming a 1-minute video for social media is actually like resonates deeply with struggling creators

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

Social worker exposes dangerous alt-right rabbit holes for young women, including ‘tradwife content,’ ‘skinnytok,’ and ‘soft living’

3 panel image of people talking on camera and one person getting doused with water.

USC Speak Your Mind: The new viral challenge that’s part ice bucket, part emotional breakdown

Left: Screenshot of RFK Jr.,; Right: Screenshot of Tarik El-Abour; Caption: Tweet from @Dandy_Roddick "Autistic people will never play baseball, the sport where 90% of players have an insanely-complicated, completely unique pre-game routine that cannot be altered or interrupted in any way."

From Tarik El-Abour to Rube Waddell: Baseball fans clap back at RFK Jr.’s autism remarks

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

Left: Screenshot from Tiktok user @kfesteryga of Kim Kardashian's grape display; Center: Screenshot of Tiktok user @kfesteryga with the caption "Kardashian's using food as a prop to prop up luxury food"; Screenshot from Tiktok user @kfesteryga of Khloe Kardashian's birthday cake on top of a structure of cake mix boxes.

The rise of foodcore: How fashion brands are turning groceries into luxury

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

Left: Screenshot of Tiktok user @roisintheredsetter's dog with the caption "I asked ChatGPT to turn my dog into a human"; Right: AI Image of a Red haired woman.

People are now asking ChatGPT to humanize their pets, and the results are chaotic

Left: Screenshot of Tiktok user @donnitta_renee; Right: Screenshot from Tiktok user @donnitta_renee on an airplane with the caption "I would've screamed how she stabbed me....that'll get someone's attention quick"

‘Get up lady, and get your kids!’: Passenger loses it after kid stabs her with fork with no parents in sight

Screenshots from X users @lisalee6789 and @neil778027 of TikToks from Chinese creators with the captions "has asked me about the cost of living here in China" and "They Robbed You".

‘They rob you blind and you thank them for it’: While Americans argue about tariffs, Chinese influencers are bragging about how good they have it on TikTok

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

Left side: YouTuber Ethan Klein Right: YouTuber iDubbbz. Overlaid tweet reading: idubbbz making a content cop in 2025 doesn't really work anymore because he's lost pretty much most of people's respect towards his opinions

iDubbbz brings back ‘Content Cop’ and goes after Ethan Klein—and the internet can’t believe it

Three screenshots of Tiktok user @conornoburst with the caption "straight to consumer millennial core.

Warby Parker got hit with a Gen Z insult so specific it loops back to iconic

3 panel image showing groups of people laughing.

‘Bift’? ‘Scrongle’? Fake slang trend tricks teens into thinking they said something wrong

Buy pork, get a second job: Gen Z is asking millennials for recession advice and survival tips on TikTok

2 panel image of Addison Rae holding up an ipod. Text over is a tweet saying, "it insists upon itself."

Addison Rae plugged into an iPod nano—critics say the vibe is ‘manufactured’

Screenshot of Tate McRae from her "Revolving Door" music video; Photo of Morgan Wallen.