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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

Culture

‘What could possibly go wrong?’: Fyre Festival 2 is happening, so grab the popcorn

‘You escaped’: Woman calls off engagement after fiancé won’t stop saying she’ll ‘give him a baby’

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

A pendulum swinging over a Reddit post with floating ChatGPT symbols in the background. Caption: " A Little Context: A few months ago, I quit nicotine. Not with willpower. Not with patches. Not with therapy because I was too broke for that lol. I used ChatGPT."

Reddit user says they quit smoking with a custom ChatGPT prompt built for ‘conversational hypnosis’

Screenshot of Tiktok user @vivllainous with the caption: "Storytime, I found out I had a half brother via r/rupaulsdragrace".; Screenshot of Tiktok user @vivllainous with the caption: "Wow, if I had a nickel for every time I found out I had half siblings through Reddit, I'd have two nickels...which isn't alot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?".

Vivian Wilson says she learned about Elon Musk’s latest child from Reddit

‘They make it considerably worse’: McDonald’s worker makes a Big Mac. Then customers spot a new change

“Take your ableism elsewhere”: Adam Pearson takes down ableist trolls after being called ‘scary’

A Cybertruck in Brooklyn got egged and smeared with dog poop—now everyone’s making the same joke

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

3 panel image: on the left a card with a child on the cover, in the middle a hand opens the card, on the right a person has a stunned expression. Text over: my dad got this in the mail from st. jude.

‘Is this a threat?’: Woman’s dad gets Christmas card from St. Jude. Then she opens it and sees just one word

Caption from Reddit user u/DatTrashPanda "I'm done subsidizing the US economy. Who's with me?"; Photo illustration of Amazon boxes with an upside down logo in front of the Canadian flag.

‘The U.S. is canceled’: Canadians say they’re boycotting Amazon, American goods, and even travel

Former National Parks worker warns tourists ‘DO NOT visit’ after 1,000 fired

‘I voted for you, sir, three times’: Fired federal employee begs Trump for her job back—but people aren’t sympathetic

Rebecca Leib

Photo of an opossum from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, Inc; Photo of a chocolate cake with a handwritten note on top that reads "Opossum was brought in due to having eaten an entire costco chocolate cake. He was panting a lot however mobile and alert. 165"

‘Same girl, same’: Internet rallies around ‘cake bandit’ opossum who overdosed on a Costco chocolate cake

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

A deep-sea creature rarely seen by humans called the oarfish has washed ashore in Mexico

‘Why does it want to die?’: A rare doomsday fish washed up, and people think it’s a bad omen

Trump take egg with empty cartons(l), Pastries with sign that say "due to hyperinflation caused by the current egg shortage, there will be a $1.25 'egg surcharge' applied to all egg sandwiches."(r)

‘Trump Take Egg’ photos trend as shoppers call out high egg prices and empty shelves

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: on the left an AI generated screenshot of Barron Trump singing into a microphone. On the right an AI generated screenshot of Barron Trump smiling and playing the guitar