The American Addiction to Speeding

The lifesaving law that nobody wants. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

TikTok Couch Guy writes about the experience of being investigated online

The invasive TikTok sleuthing I experienced was not an isolated instance, but rather the latest manifestation of a large-scale sleuthing culture. | Continue reading


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Plush Life: Why did people lose their minds over Beanie Babies? (2015)

In July of 1999, I traveled with my family to Tenby, Wales. The town is said to be picturesque, but I have no memory of its scenery—except for a small... | Continue reading


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Traditional Chinese medicine origins: Mao invented it but didn’t believe in it

In case you missed it, Oct. 7–13 was designated Naturopathic Medicine Week, according to a Senate resolution sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski and... | Continue reading


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The real takeaway from the court’s rulings on the Texas abortion cases is that the chief justice has lost his influence. | Continue reading


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Jimmy Wales Is Auctioning the “Birth of Wikipedia” as an NFT

Christie’s reportedly expects the unofficial Wikipedia NFT to sell for millions. | Continue reading


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Don't Fear Starbucks (2007)

The first time Herb Hyman spoke with the rep from Starbucks, in 1991, the life of his small business flashed before his eyes. For three decades,... | Continue reading


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Saudi Arabia Apparently Objects to .Catholic, .Gay, .Bible and More (2012)

In June, ICANN, the organization that wrangles Internet addresses, announced that almost 2,000 applications for new top-level domains—like .com, .edu,... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Trader Joe Has a Brother. He’s Even Better. (2013)

Chances are that you have never set foot inside the best grocery store in America: Aldi. And even if you are lucky enough to be in one of the 32 states... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

“Try, If You Can, to Remember Everything”

The uncanniness of rereading Lucky now that the man Alice Sebold identified as her rapist has been exonerated. | Continue reading


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The most senior liberal justice showed why it’s time for him to retire. | Continue reading


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He Created the Oregon Trail

He didn’t make a penny. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Real Point of Reddit’s Antiwork Sub

"I mean, antiwork isn't just telling your boss to go f--- off,” says one of the sub’s founding moderators. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Risk compensation: theory that got everything frm bike helmets to vaccines wrong

A concept that took hold in the ’70s has haunted everything from seat belts to masks—and experts won't let it die. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Strange New Trend That’s Enraging Hiring Managers

My, how the tables have turned. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Fragility of Solitude

The gifts of Walden Pond aren’t so freely given to everyone who visits. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Anger of Tesla Fans Is Becoming a Problem

They’re mobilizing to stop a needed crackdown that’s barely begun. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

A History of Hijacking and the Evolution of Airport Security

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Time to get worried about Tether, the “stablecoin” at center of cryptocurrency

The stablecoin Tether appears to be neither stable nor especially tethered. | Continue reading


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The 20-Lane Highway Texas Wants to Force Through Austin

The city has other ideas. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The DHS Office That Found “No Major Incidents” on Jan. 6 Needs to Be Disbanded

This report might be the most damning review of government work in memory. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Stop Equating “Science” with Truth (2017)

Evolutionary psychology is just the most obvious example of science’s flaws. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Reason Southwest Airlines Had an Epic Meltdown This Weekend

Republicans blamed vaccine mandates, but the truth is stranger. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

By throwing cold water on real reforms, the commission has embraced the dangerous status quo. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Instagram Triggered My Eating Disorder

The platform could be doing so much more to protect its users. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

I Found a Creepy List on My Son’s Laptop

Parenting advice on social justice, domestic abuse, and Covid. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

U.S. Has Lost AI Race to China, According to Former Software Chief at Pentagon

Nicolas Chaillan, who spent three years as the first chief software officer for the Air Force, resigned in protest. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Facebook banned me for life because I help people use it less

Facebook’s behavior isn’t just anti-competitive; it’s anti-consumer. | Continue reading


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Online Ordering Is Ruining Lunch for the Rest of Us

There are two lunch lines, and one of them is moving much more quickly than the other. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Moneyball Effect: Our Fetishization of Data

Baseball may have fueled our unhealthy obsession with predictive analytics. It can also help guide us out. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Richard Blumenthal Was Right to Ask Facebook About “Ending Finsta”

Despite the mockery from experts, the senator knew what he was talking about. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Subreddit That Catalogs Anti-Vaxxer Covid Deaths

This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

What’s the point of an insurrection when you’re rewriting the rules of politics? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Alex Murdaugh investigations explained, murder and fraud for 111 years

The Murdaugh family crime saga in South Carolina continues to get weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder. Really, it's wild. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Liberation of Paris from Cars Is Working

The French capital is quickly cutting automobiles out of daily life. David Belliard is the deputy mayor behind it. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The Most Expensive Internet in America (2012)

Thanks to fiber to the home, high-speed cable service, and 4G wireless broadband, most Americans enjoy access to all the 21st century has to offer. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Scammers Are Using Deepfake Videos Now

Recent scams in Russia and India make it clear that deepfakes are part of the fraudster’s toolkit. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The screens in cars are becoming a problem

"Infotainment” systems are increasingly flashy and distracting—and the auto industry is just getting started. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Latin America’s First Millennial Dictator

The self-described “coolest president in the world” is developing a new form of authoritarianism that may soon attract imitators. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The city got its first-ever flash flood emergency as record rainfall pounded Central Park. | Continue reading


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Subway Passengers in Moscow Will Be Able to Pay for the Ride with Their Faces

Is it a convenient payment option, just another tool to track citizens, or both? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Too Good to Be True

Are women three times more likely to wear red or pink when they are most fertile? No, probably not. But here's how hardworking researchers, prestigious... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

In a threadbare, unsigned order released at midnight, five justices functionally abolished the right to abortion. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language

Until recently, a small Wikipedia edition said Dianne Feinstein was San Francisco's mayor. This project could help avoid that sort of out of date info. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

Against Pepper: Salt needs a new companion

In another lifetime, I worked briefly for Spago Beverly Hills, where one of my jobs as the lowest ranking member of the fish station was to prepare the... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

The mystery of the “short” cappuccino. (2006)

Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

If the conservative majority lets Texas’ new abortion ban take effect on Sept. 1, it will very likely have overruled Roe. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 years ago

OnlyFans banning new policy: what’s happening with nudity on the site now

“I have the same sinking feeling I have felt many times over the last 15 years.” | Continue reading


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