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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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shaking hands with Elon Musk onstage.

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Viral Politics

“Department of War AI will not be woke”: Pentagon moves forward with Grok military integration despite global backlash

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

Left: Logo for social media app X- white on black. Right: Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during the Atreju convention in Rome.

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Culture

“This is actually worse”: Grok limits its disturbing “undressing” feature to paying users

Left: Elon Musk dining in a fancy restaurant with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump: Tweet from Elon Musk, since deleted, reading: "Time to drop the really big bomb," the CEO posted on X. “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!"

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Elon Musk bragged about dining with Trump and everyone immediately remembered one thing

Several Waymo robotaxis seen frozen near a pedestrian crosswalk in San Francisco during a power outage.

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Waymo robotaxis block traffic citywide during San Francisco power outage

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“Capitalism final boss”: MrBeast’s bogus theory about the Neuralink “infinite money glitch” is going viral again

Autopilot and Self-Driving Features in Tesla Electric car; Man sitting behind the wheel of a Tesla car while on his phone.

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California may suspend Tesla sales after judge flags “autopilot” as misleading

x turns on user location most ironic maga accounts no based in usa

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Irony overload hits X as new location feature reveals many pro-Trump MAGA accounts are actually based outside of America

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“Second-hand embarrassment”: X users notice Grok is overly positive about Elon Musk—to a ridiculous degree

Man asleep at the wheel of a Tesla Robotaxi in San Francisco, POV from backseat.

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Rider says Tesla robotaxi says “safety driver” fell asleep repeatedly—and the company ignored their report

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Elon Musk responds to Billie Eilish calling him a coward, among other things, for hoarding his money

Meme depicting author Joyce Carol Oates knocking on doors, the three open doors behind her showing beheaded Elon Musk. Text overlay reads, "history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting."

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“Uneducated, uncultured”: Author Joyce Carol Oates is dismantling Elon Musk’s entire personality, and the memes won’t stop

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Elon Musk just launched “Grokipedia.” Users say it’s a biased Wikipedia clone

Musician Grimes looking into the camera. Text overlay reads, the way she's still trying to play with the whole "teehee maybe i'm a fascist maybe i'm not."

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Grimes put Charlie Kirk on her new album cover and people have some thoughts

Left: Woman looking into camera under text overlay reading, "Trading in my Tesla for a Rivian R1S Tri???" Right: Tesla EV electric vehicles display. Tesla models include the Model 3, Model Y, Model X and Model S.

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“Help! Should I do it??”: Woman asks if she should trade her Tesla for a Rivian after it loses “a lot, a lot” of value

Elon Musk saying "“The left wanted to make comedy illegal. You couldn’t make fun of anything so comedy sucked. Legalize comedy!" at a CPAC event in February 2025.

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Elon Musk’s old “comedy is illegal” clip resurfaces as Jimmy Kimmel is pulled from ABC

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