Supreme Court metadata reveals last-minute change in Trump ballot case. | Continue reading


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Trump immunity case: SCOTUS’ delay is not based on legal procedure, it’s to help Trump. | Continue reading


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When Media Outlets Shutter, Why Are the Websites Wiped, Too? | Continue reading


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Why Quora isn’t useful anymore

a failure of content moderation, SEO spam, bad financial incentives, and a hard pivot to AI, its shutdown is only a matter of time # | Continue reading


@slate.com | 3 months ago

The ’90s art collective that smuggled subversive art into episodes of Melrose Place

Decoder Ring's podcast version of this story is also great # | Continue reading


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Tim Scott 2024 presidential campaign: Will the senator's Christian virgin past help or harm him? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 11 months ago

Netflix’s The Ultimatum: Queer Love is the trashy, marriage-defiling reality show gays have been waiting for. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 11 months ago

OpenAI hearing: Sam Altman charmed Congress but made one slip-up. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 11 months ago

Google’s new generative-AI search engine should terrify the media. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 11 months ago

Supreme Court scandals: John Roberts’ refusal to do anything is the move of a monarchist. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Facebook recruiters were given nothing to do, and then were laid off. | Continue reading


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Clarence Thomas’ mom still lives in the house the billionaire Harlan Crow bought. | Continue reading


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Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. | Continue reading


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Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, are reviving a 1980s tactic for breaking democracy. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Father wants relationship like dog: parenting advice from Care and Feeding. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Spare Me the Joe Biden-Jon Meacham Speechwriting Bromance!

The presidential speechwriter is a delicate, hybrid creature. Torn between desire for glory, as promised by The West Wing, and the anonymity required by the job, their ambition is perpetually sublimated. Not only will they never receive spontaneous applause upon entering a room, … | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Trump Judge James Ho fights lonely battle against censorship in Texas. | Continue reading


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A single judge could outlaw the abortion pill nationwide next week. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

It’s all a game to him—but, actually, it’s also a game with no outcome that matters. | Continue reading


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Clarence Thomas conflict of interest: How the other justices could stop the violations. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Women voted on abortion. The media got it wrong. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

A Tech Lobbying Group Is Trying to Terrify Parents

It’s a rather desperate move. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Eight Days on the Gone Girl Cruise

How does this exist? Why is Gillian Flynn involved? Who is going on cruises right now? The answers awaited. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

What Happened to Rod McKuen?

He sold 60 million books and 100 million records. Then he disappeared. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

It appears that some major journalists know very little about disabilities and accommodations. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Are BAYC nonfungible tokens securities?

A new SEC investigation is just part of a broader crypto crackdown. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

What’s really going on with Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, and Donald Trump

The network does what its viewers want, not vice versa. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Wikipedia’s Fox News Problem

Wikipedia just finished another round of debate on whether Fox News should be a permitted source for science and politics. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

When an MMORPG has a stronger currency than your country

“There are times I simply can’t bear the sight of the game,” says a Venezuelan who performs tasks for other players around the world. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

A Sweeping Plan to Fix Everything Still Wrong with Student Debt

President Joe Biden’s loan plan doesn’t reform a cruel and senseless system. This will. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

I stopped reading where they say developers “fetishize” interop. Ufgh. No, people EXPECT interop. Imagine an Apple car that could only drive on Apple streets. Interop is as basic as “first do no harm” is to doctors. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

You Are Now a Guardian of Liberty (2016)

The hackers we meet in popular fiction tend to be heroes: countercultural underdogs and self-styled freedom fighters typing furiously on their laptops... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

A Home Depot “merchant” knew we all needed a $300 set of supersize bones

How a Home Depot “merchant” knew we all needed a $300 set of supersize bones. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

San Marino: The World’s Oldest Republic

In Part 1 of "Big Man, Little Countries," Josh Levin visits the smuggler's paradise of Andorra. In Part 2, he surveys the fast cars and rich folks... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

American Spaceflight Entered Its Era of Compromise

Looking back, it makes sense how much Nixon was involved. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

In defense of LinkedIn's viral crying CEO

On the social network for professionals, everyone’s personal anecdotes sound like TED Talks for robots. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

The Dramatic Failure of Buckminster Fuller’s “Car of the Future”

And how he covered for his mistakes. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

There’s a New, Chaotic Possibility in the Elon Musk/Twitter Trial

If Musk’s financiers try to come to his rescue, it’ll be “what happens when matter hits antimatter.” | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

The Dawn of AI Mischief Models: Someone Trained an AI with 4chan

Trolling can be terrible. Now imagine trolling powered by A.I. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

The rise of the keyword search warrant

Police are increasingly turning to a new tactic in their constant campaign to transform our phones and devices into evidence against us. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Line in the Sand, Head in the Clouds

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is building a fantasy city in the desert. Or is he? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Netflix’s most expensive movies keep getting worse. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Do Vending Machines Kill More Americans Than Sharks Every Year?

Is it really possible to die by … vending machine? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

What Happens If Your Roommate Steals Your $10M Lottery Ticket?

There are ways to protect your jackpot. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Donald Trump's Schedule F scheme: Purging the civil service is an authoritarian move. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

Columbia House Offered 8 CDs for a Penny, but Its Lessons Were Priceless (2015)

Aug. 10, 2015 marked the demise of one of the most storied pieces of late-20th-century cultural detritus, the mail-order CD club. The owners of... | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

If We’re Living in a Simulation, the Gods Might Be Crazy

Are you sure this isn’t all a computer simulation? Does it matter if it is? | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago

College financial aid is a sham based on what colleges think families will pay

Colleges claim to award scholarships based on merit or need. In reality, they’re just charging the most they think families will pay. | Continue reading


@slate.com | 1 year ago