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Slate’s open thread for the week of August 10
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (115+ words) The True Heir to King Solomon, in This Week’s Open Thread slate.com On this day in 1270, the Ethiopian Emperor Yekuno Amlak overthrew the reigning Zagwe king and gained the throne, establishing a dynasty that persisted into the 1970s. Amlak, who…...
The Internet Can’t Be Normal About Weight
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (592+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate Plus Podcasts…...
Come on a Six-Week Adventure With Us to Rediscover the Lost Art of Hanging Out
1+ week, 5+ day ago (310+ words) Do you ever miss hanging out before smartphones? We have a challenge for you. Have you noticed that even though you’re more in touch with your friends than ever before, you’re not actually as close to them as you wish…...
Relationships Are Better With The Internet
2+ week, 4+ day ago (577+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate Plus Podcasts…...
I’ve Met the Perfect Guy Who Easily Commits to Me. I’m Afraid There’s Only One Heartbreaking Reason This Is Going So Well.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) Unhinged is Slate’s advice column on the wild world of modern dating. Have a dating question of your own? Send it to Steffi here. It’s anonymous! I just met this guy who checks every single box on my ultra-specific list:…...
Your Group Chats Are Now Blackmail
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (518+ words) Advertisement Listen & Subscribe Choose your preferred player: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Pocket Casts RSS Feed For questions about subscriptions or your Slate Plus feed, check our FAQ. Please enable javascript to get your Slate Plus feeds. All Slate Plus Podcasts…...
I’m About to Go on a Date With a New Woman. I Know Something About Her—and She Doesn’t Know I Know.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (517+ words) Unhinged is Slate’s new advice column on the wild world of modern dating. Have a dating question of your own? Send it to Steffi here. It’s anonymous! I’m not sure what the proper etiquette is for acknowledging that you’ve recognized…...
It Started on 4Chan, Then Went to YouTube. Now It’s One of the Most Anticipated Movies of the Summer.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) Slate Magazine How does a teenager become the director of one of the year’s most anticipated auteur horror films? The answer, of course, is the internet. The digital expanse is our foremost bridge closing the gap between opportunity and accessibility…...
The Internet Is Somehow Obsessed With the Pope’s First Major Letter. I Read It—and Totally See Why.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1257+ words) Slate Magazine The online reaction to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, a 42,000-word tome focused on artificial intelligence and published by the Vatican on Monday, has seemingly positioned the Catholic figurehead as an ally of the global resistance to automated…...