👍 12 stories we were proud to publish in 2023

Happy New Year! Curating the best and worst of the internet Monday January 1, 2024 Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.  Happy New Year!  Today I asked our section editors—David Covucci, Kris Seavers, and Eilish O'Sullivan— to look back on the year and select four stories that they were particularly proud of publishing in 2023.  You might have missed some of the stories, so scroll down below to check them out!  Tomorrow, we'll share with you the top 10 stories that were the most popular on the Daily Dot in 2023. So stay tuned for that.  See you tomorrow!  — A.W.  Did a friend forward you this? Subscribe here. Share a link with a friend here.  ⚡ Today's top stories 🚘 VIRAL 'EVERYONE. NEEDS. A. DASH CAM': Driver says there's a new 'trend' of people getting intentionally hit by cars. Here's why A TikToker claims there's a new variant of insurance fraud in which people are intentionally being hit by cars to collect insurance money. ➤  READ MORE  🖼️ WTF 'This was an awful experience': Hijabi woman and daughter say they were racially profiled at museum A woman says she and her mother were racially profiled at an art museum in Scotland. ➤  READ MORE 👍 12 Stories We're Proud Of From 2023 Selected By David Covucci Senior Politics and Technology Editor Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida  ➤  READ MORE U.S. airline accidentally exposes 'No Fly List' on unsecured server ➤  READ MORE Air conditioning and twisted mask straps: Inside the dubious excuses cops make when they 'overdose' on fentanyl ➤  READ MORE Modi's Internet ➤  READ MORE Selected By Kris Seavers IRL Senior Editor and Training Director Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X? ➤  READ MORE How a viral bean soup recipe stirred up the 'what about me' effect ➤  READ MORE Meet the drag queens spending thousands to impersonate Taylor Swift ➤  READ MORE 'Never funny and never will be': Indigenous people are calling out the smallpox line in 'Barbie' ➤  READ MORE Selected By Eilish O'Sullivan Associate Managing Editor Walmart shopper says they couldn't buy $4 battery locked in case because worker never came after they pushed call button ➤  READ MORE 'You're going to tip us 20% today, right?': Cheesecake Factory server demands to know why customer didn't tip after ordering cheesecake to-go ➤  READ MORE 'Tell me when': Olive Garden customer goes in for never-ending pasta and discovers you can take home a cheese grater ➤  READ MORE 'The silence was so loud': McDonald's customer orders 5 Grimace shakes. Drive-thru worker doesn't respond for 17 seconds ➤  READ MORE How did you like this newsletter? Click an icon below to give us a rating! Loved it! Meh... Hated it. Copyright © The Daily Dot, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to get the inside scoop on internet culture from the Daily Dot. Questions? Feedback? Contact us at newsletters@dailydot.com. Daily Dot 3112 Windsor Rd, Ste A-391, Austin, TX 78703 Unsubscribe