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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
There’s been an uptick in people dressed in frog costumes at the Portland ICE protests, a man on TikTok went on a deep dive into women’s health in America and doesn’t like what he saw, and a UK bakery was trolled after calling out men for their purchasing history (or lack thereof) in their shop.
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⚡️ Today in Internet Culture
More frogs (and other creatures) join in the Portland ICE protests: “New characters have been unlocked”
The frogs protesting ICE in Portland are multiplying. The original Portland Frog continued to show up and protest even after the incident with the air intake valve, confirming that they were okay and even making light of the situation.
But now, their existence appears to have encouraged others to show up in similar costumes to continue their quest to push back against President Donald Trump’s narrative that Portland is a crime-ridden wasteland that needs federal intervention.
“Women should be madder”: Man spends 2 weeks researching women’s healthcare and can’t believe how broken it is
TikToker René Jay recently began a deep dive into women’s healthcare and, more specifically, how women are ignored and brushed aside by medical professionals.
After hearing stories from women and looking into research done on the subject, he started sharing his discoveries with his followers. His recent videos showed him questioning why women’s health issues often go overlooked or dismissed.
“Astonishingly rare”: Bakers trigger a bunch of men by revealing the “most popular” cake dudes buy for their partners
Certain men are very angry with a U.K. bakery after its bakers revealed the most common cake designs dudes order for their partners. Don’t worry, it’s not in the shape of any body part, although this particular shop, called Rude Cookies, does do that.
The reveal may actually be worse than that, and the reactions from men in the comments was quite telling.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
🥊 Tallulah Willis, daughter of actor Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, is confronting one of Hollywood’s most notorious gossip bloggers over years of public humiliation: Perez Hilton.
🌭 A family visiting Coney Island says their New York vacation turned frightening after allegedly finding a razor blade inside a Nathan’s Famous hot dog.
🔐 Following viral deepfakes made with OpenAI’s new Sora 2 text-to-video generator, one TikToker suggests making a password to prevent scams.
🍰 A family’s so-called prank on TikTok has sparked widespread outrage as viewers saw a five-year-sober man realize he had unknowingly eaten rum cake.
🎞️ Steven Universe and Adventure Time alum Rebecca Sugar is set to direct a Moomin animated film, and fans are thrilled.
👗 A vintage fashion content creator is speaking out against what she describes as a troubling trend of conservative ideology within the vintage clothing community.
🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday: