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Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

American Airlines Karen arguing with employee

‘I’d suggest Spirit’: American Airlines employee refers ‘Karen’ to different airline after she allegedly called one of his workers a ‘b*tch’ (updated)

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

Man in floppy hat waving arms at beach with caption "This man was soooo rude. I had to lay him out!"

‘He missed out on a nice tip’: Beach vendor accuses Black women of stealing chairs, threatens to call cops

Daysia Tolentino was the editor of the Daily Dot&#8217;s creator economy newsletter, Passionfruit. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Bustle, InStyle, and Study Hall.

Daysia Tolentino

wendys employees claiming the meat is expired, azonte berry saying wendys lemonade is bad

Workers say Wendy’s uses expired meat in viral TikTok before quitting

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Family members arrested for shaving ‘GAY’ into boy’s hair in viral Instagram video

TikToker Lauren Scharf is seen being verbally harassed in public in a recent video.

Video: Man follows TikToker, tells her she ‘better not be f*cking Jewish’—then accuses her of following him

A woman allegedly punched a six year old Korean child in the neck while yelling anti-Asian slurs.

‘B*tch come back!’: Video shows mom calling out woman for allegedly punching 6-year-old

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘I need to see it all and know the history now’: TikToker enters cave under cousin’s house, calls it ‘Underground Railroad’

‘Now he’ll think twice before doing that to another girl’: TikTok shows man putting hands around woman’s neck, her boyfriend decides to return the favor

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Three panel screenshot from TikTok of ex-Carl's Jr. worker reacting to Dunkin' employees throwing out an entire tray of donuts

‘I kept doing it’: Ex-Carl’s Jr. worker says manager threatened to fire him for leaving food out for homeless people

‘They concluded that my voice was too masculine’: Trans woman says she was forced to out herself to Sephora worker (updated)

Three panel screenshot from TikTok where creator exposes TikTok for banning phrases with the word "Black" in its creator marketplace

‘Anything Black-related is inappropriate content’: TikToker exposes how ‘Black Lives Matter’ is flagged on TikTok as inappropriate content—but not ‘white supremacy’ (updated)

Three screenshot panel from a three-part series TikTok where three Black women were accused of shoplifting at a TJ Maxx in Jew Jersey

‘Racial profiling. This is what this is’: TikTok shows Black women being accused of shoplifting at T.J. Maxx (updated)

Three panel screenshot from TikTok where a girl claims that her gym outfit of a red Rutgers University crop top and black leggings were against Planet Fitness dress code

‘But guys in tank tops are OK?’ TikToker wears crop top and leggings to Planet Fitness, gets dress-coded

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

‘We can’t have the peasant making any extra money’: Chipotle app stops customer from tipping driver too much, sparking debate

TikToker captures Colorado carnival shooting on camera

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