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Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Military officer eats a steak and lobster dinner out of a styrofoam to-go container in her car.

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“It’s giving last meal”: Military soldier’s steak and lobster meal sparks viral rumors. What does it really mean when the military serves surf-and-turf?

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

2 panel image a of a person explaining and text that reads: Ryo Tatsuki. The Future I See is predictive dreams she had between 1985 and 1999.

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Culture

The internet believes a 1999 manga is predicting a massive July earthquake—and it’s tanking tourism to Japan

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Is it art or aliens? Buga, Colombia “UFO sphere” draws conspiracy theories

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We already know what the last-ever Wikipedia article and edit will be, claims viral theory

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Pro mariner shuts down Brooklyn Bridge boat crash conspiracies, explains what likely went wrong

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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“Part of the agenda”: Walmart shoppers test theory that Great Value ice cream doesn’t melt

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

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Amazon Prime Video accused of censoring ‘Robin Hood’

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3 panel image: on the sides are examples of people posting about the theory and in the middle is a picture of Zendaya wearing the infamous hat.

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The ‘Zendaya hat theory’ connects nothing to nothing. It’s the perfect conspiracy theory going massively viral

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Memes

‘Two college degrees, believes in the Hollow Earth Theory’: 20 times very smart people had hilariously dumb takes

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

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Trump’s first ‘new media’ briefing hosts influencer who spent 7 days convinced the moon had disappeared

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

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Deceased Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre once warned not to trust any official narrative about her death

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

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The cop who didn’t shoot Trump

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Did JD Vance get called out for not wearing a suit just like MAGA did to Zelensky?

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‘She’s collecting world leaders’: Pope Francis is dead, Trisha Paytas is pregnant—coincidence? The internet says no

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Conspiracy Theories