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Rebecca Leib

Left: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: my Muslim cat confused why everyone's up eatting breakfast at 4:54AM [laughing crying face emoji]"; Center: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "My muslim cat confused why everyone is suddenly awake eating a full meal at 4am"; Right: Screenshot of a cat with the caption "POV: the [sun emoji] is out and your confused Ramadan cat is now confused why you [sparkle emoji] did not [sparkle emoji] wake up for suhoor.

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‘My Muslim cat is confused’: Ramadan cats are sleepy, baffled, and have totally taken over TikTok

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

Rachel Zegler in red dress with X Tweet text overlay

‘Snow White’ backlash explodes: Rachel Zegler, dwarves debate, and a wild Diddy theory

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

Ashton hall(l) Cart with bananas and Saratoga water(r)

Wake up at 3:32 am. Dunk in Saratoga ice water. Rub banana on face. Get roasted by the internet. Ashton Hall’s morning routine is the biggest meme on the internet right now

Photo composite of a tweet from X user @dandouglas that reads "one of the most celebrated artists of all time who painted dozens of self-portraits and the top image is AI-generated lol" over an AI image of Vincent Van Gogh with a pixelated version of the painting Almond Blossoms by Vincent Van Gogh.

The top search image result for Van Gogh is AI-generated. It’s stirring a cultural backlash

Left: Screenshot of Jeniffer Castro from Tiktok user @antenasulfm's viral video; Right: Photo of Jeniffer Castro from her Instagram @jeniffercastro

‘No one deserves this’: Passenger filmed and shamed for not giving up her seat to crying kid—now she’s suing the airline and the bystander

Three panel design with a woman looking at her partner in one with disbelief, next to an image of a woman slipping while doing a prank with her husband, next to an image of a man with his hands up in a defensive position.

‘There was no warning’: Women are pretending they’re a random girl to shock their men

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

Toronto’s most beloved tourist attraction? A random tree named Rodney with a 4.9-star rating

Chess Dot Com Tweet with chess background

Chess.com’s joke about renaming the bishop sparks unhinged right-wing outrage—and a new copypasta

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

How do you know if you’re ugly as a woman? - askreddit roundup

‘Toddlers tell you’: 20 women share what being ‘ugly’ feels like

Two panel design with a woman talking at the camera

‘Their phone is NEVER dead ladies’: Pregnant woman checks a random setting on her iPhone. Then she uncovers her husband’s years of cheating

‘My cat’s emergency kit’: How the internet’s cat ladies are prepping for the apocalypse

two panel design with a meme that reads "I Don't know what vibe coding is and at this point i'm too afraid to ask", next to an image of a horse running in a field with a mountaIn in the background with text reading "i just VIBE CODED a critical security vulnerability into existence"

‘Vibe coding’ is everywhere—and so are the memes about its inevitable failure. Here’s what you need to know

three panel design with a man in his car listing to music, next to an image of someone skating on the beach, next to an image of JoJo singing in her car

Why are people comparing life’s little moments to the ‘Hozier Yell’? The musical online trend, explained

3 panel image all showing tiktok posts of young people in prom attire.

Millennials are sharing retro photos of their prom dresses—and being dragged on social media by Gen Z

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

Susan LaMarca

Little boy in a wheelchair pointing at a sign in a Target store showing a model in a wheelchair