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Dodge poop in Mac Miller’s Blue Slide Park: The Game

Politically Correct Redneck tries to be sensitive, fails miserably

The 5 funniest boards on Pinterest

Austin Powell is the former managing editor of the Daily Dot. His work focuses on the intersection of entertainment and technology. He previously served as a music columnist for the Austin Chronicle and is the co-author of The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology.

Austin Powell

Life is music: How Pogo transforms “small sounds” into YouTube hits

Your rage comic sucks

Chase Hoffberger reported on YouTube, web culture, and crime for the Daily Dot until 2013, when he joined the Austin Chronicle. Until late 2018, he served as that paper’s news editor and reported on criminal justice and politics.

Chase Hoffberger

Blake Boston’s Scumbag Thursdays cracks “My Whip”

Lauren Rae Orsini is a web culture reporter who specializes in anime and the business of fandom. Her work has been published by Forbes and Business Insider.

Lauren Rae Orsini

Brony fandom gets its own PR campaign

Watch Delta Heavy’s breakout music video

A former senior politics reporter for the Daily Dot, Kevin Collier focuses on privacy, cybersecurity, and issues of importance to the open internet. Since leaving the Daily Dot in March 2016, he has served as a reporter for Vocativ and a cybersecurity correspondent for BuzzFeed.

Kevin Collier

YouTube’s “Trick Shot Quarterback” lands NFL tryout

Scumbag Steve speaks: “Everybody does pull scumbag moves”

A former editorial operations specialist and staff writer for the Daily Dot, Jordan Valinsky is a tech reporter and web culture commentator. His work has been published by the Week, Digiday, CNNMoney, Popular Mechanics, Vice, Mic, and Betabeat.

Jordan Valinsky

The former @MrsKutcher finally changes her Twitter handle

Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.

Lorraine Murphy

Boing Boing’s Rob Beschizza: “We’re not big on cat videos anymore”

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.