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Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Woman receives ad from gas company with a natural gas scratch-and-sniff

Scratch and Sniff

‘Marketing goes wild in 2023’: Electricity company sends peel-and-sniff mailer that smells like gas

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Woman orders Taylor Swift pajamas on Amazon, receives hilarious knock-off

Taylor Swift Pajamas

‘Folblorr is my favorite album’: Woman orders Taylor Swift pajamas on Amazon, receives hilarious knock-off

Santa actor gives little girl a lesson on body autonomy

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‘If you don’t want to, you say no’: Santa actor gives little girl a lesson on bodily autonomy

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‘An inflationship’: Man wants to share a bedroom ‘platonically’ to make rent

Jackie Ibarra is a former intern for the Daily Dot. The San Antonio native was previously a podcast host for the Drag. She has previously reported for Latinitas magazine and the Daily Texan.

Jackie Ibarra

Christmas tree with oppossum in it(l+r), Woman talking(c)

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‘I don’t understand how this thing is in my house’: Woman finds opossum in her Christmas tree

Jasmine Valentine is the managing editor of Filmhounds Magazine and a freelance entertainment journalist. She has a soft spot for critiquing dating profiles, quoting &#8216;Drag Race,&#8217; and always forgetting to bring a jacket.

Jasmine Valentine

obsession

In 2023, TV surgeons were hotter than ever

Sarah is a multi-platform editor and writer who has been covering various topics—lifestyle, health, and entertainment—for more than a decade. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Tracy Anderson, Vital Proteins, Healthline, Diply, and more.

Sarah Kester

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‘Next level genius’: Woman sprays herself with glitter before going out to deter cheating men

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‘This has never happened before’: Amazon employee cyberstalks customer using info on her package label

Woman shows texts from landlord "trying to force" her out

Tenant Heat

Tenant shows texts from landlord “trying to force” her out

Restaurant-goer says soy sauce is 'gentrified' in dropper bottle

Gentrified Soy Sauce

‘They gentrified soy sauce’: Restaurant serves soy sauce in dropper bottle

Elmo Fire

The flaming history of the ‘Elmo on fire’ meme

Sasha Rogelberg is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist and author of Inboxbox, a Formula 1 newsletter.

Sasha Rogelberg

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For women in motorsport, making TikToks is as important as racing cars

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Influencer shamed for holding up an ‘I’m Single’ sign at a rally in support of Israel (updated)

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Boat of tourists capsizes in the ocean, killing a passenger

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Fake ABC News Pro-Israel ad stomps out ‘Stand with Ukraine’ banner (updated)

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