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Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Red Lobster customers claim restaurant is hypocrite for ocean-saving straw program

Red Lobster Saving the fishes

‘Shout out to all the sea animals we saved tonight’: Red Lobster customers claim restaurant is hypocritical for ocean-saving straw program

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

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‘We are STRUGGLING’: Ohio residents attribute headaches, nausea to toxins from East Palestine train derailment

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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‘Whose idea was this? It tastes horrible’: Customer slams Tim Hortons for serving hot coffee with cardboard lid

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

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‘You think you have a choice’: TikToker shows trash and recycling at Subway restaurant goes in the same bin

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and grad student at the Pratt Institute School of Information. Their work has appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent, Huffington Post, and AsAmNews.

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There was so much product in there. The total came out to $1248.

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Unclick

‘We snuck the box into our apartment’: TikToker scores over $1,000 worth of products from influencer neighbor’s trash

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

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TikTok Coach

‘They’re all slashed’: TikToker shares how Coach destroys unwanted merchandise ‘so no one can use it’ (updated)

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Facebook suspends environmental advocacy groups days after vow to fight climate misinformation

Collyn Burke is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She previously interned for the Daily Dot&#8217;s editorial team and Two Girls One Podcast. Her work has appeared in the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer.

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Who is indigenous teen activist Autumn Peltier?

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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North West picks up trash ‘everywhere she goes’ because she loves the earth

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The Amazon rainforest is on fire–and people are using memes to cope

David Britton is a writer and comedian based in Rhinebeck, New York who focuses on internet culture, memes, and viral news stories. He also writes for the Hard Times and is the creator of StoriesAboutWizards.com.

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‘Shout out to all the sea animals we saved tonight’: Red Lobster customers claim restaurant is hypocritical for ocean-saving straw program

‘We are STRUGGLING’: Ohio residents attribute headaches, nausea to toxins from East Palestine train derailment

‘Whose idea was this? It tastes horrible’: Customer slams Tim Hortons for serving hot coffee with cardboard lid

‘You think you have a choice’: TikToker shows trash and recycling at Subway restaurant goes in the same bin

‘We snuck the box into our apartment’: TikToker scores over $1,000 worth of products from influencer neighbor’s trash

‘They’re all slashed’: TikToker shares how Coach destroys unwanted merchandise ‘so no one can use it’ (updated)

Facebook suspends environmental advocacy groups days after vow to fight climate misinformation

Who is indigenous teen activist Autumn Peltier?

North West picks up trash ‘everywhere she goes’ because she loves the earth

The Amazon rainforest is on fire–and people are using memes to cope

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