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- Facebook Has a Plan to Crush Slack http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2017/10/facebook_s_plan_to_crush_slack_is_starting_to_work.html 3 comments
- Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/phineas_gage_neuroscience%5Fcase_true_story_of_famous_frontal_lobe_patient.html 6 comments
- Woman Gives Her Autistic 9-Year-Old Marijuana http://www.slate.com/id/2251174/ 38 comments
- I'm quitting the Internet. Will I be liberated or left behind? http://www.slate.com/id/2249562/entry/2249563/ 41 comments
- The most common navigational mistakes we all make http://www.slate.com/id/2249565 5 comments
- Facebook expanded the “Like” to “Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry” so that their AI can learn from our reactions http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/02/24/facebook_s_5_new_reactions_buttons_are_all_about_data_data_data.html 36 comments artificial
- The U.S. Might Not Have Enough Construction Workers to Rebuild Houston After Harvey http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/08/28/houston_might_not_have_enough_construction_workers_to_rebuild_after_harvey.html 160 comments politics
- Trump and the Alt-Right Are Not the Real America http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_good_fight/2017/08/take_it_from_a_german_american_we_can_t_let_neo_nazis_define_our_countries.html 13 comments politics
- Maybe What Russia Wants From Trump Is Permission to Launder Its Dirty Money http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/07/20/robert_mueller_don_jr_s_russia_meeting_and_money_laundering.html 5 comments politics
- The Controversy That Finally Killed the Senate Health Care Bill http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/07/18/the_controversy_that_finally_killed_the_senate_health_care_bill.html 4 comments politics
- Philando Castile Should Be the NRA's Perfect Cause Célèbre. There's Just One Problem. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/17/after_jeronimo_yanez_acquittal_philando_castile_should_be_the_nra_s_perfect.html 29 comments politics
- Kamala Harris Got Shut Down After Asking an Incredibly Important Question. Again. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/06/13/kamala_harris_got_shut_down_after_asking_an_incredibly_important_question.html 126 comments politics
- According to Game Theory, the Senate Is Already Lost http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/science/2017/04/game_theory_suggests_forgiveness_is_the_only_way_to_avoid_nuclear_winter.html 66 comments politics
- House Republicans Have Failed Again http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/house_republicans_are_not_happy_about_failing_at_health_care_again.html 8 comments politics
- We Need a Special Counsel to Investigate the Trump Administration http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/02/how_congress_can_pressure_trump_to_appoint_a_special_counsel.html 6 comments politics
- Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Are Vaccine-Skeptical Soulmates http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2017/01/what_unites_trump_and_rfk_jr_is_a_scary_denial_that_they_re_anti_vaxxers.html 10 comments politics
- A New Piece of Research Shows—Once Again— the Global Warming “Pause” Never Existed http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2017/01/05/new_research_confirms_global_warming_pause_never_existed.html 12 comments worldnews
- The Theme of “African-American Issues” Day at Trump Tower Is “but What About Black on Black Crime” http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/13/african_american_issues_day_at_trump_tower.html 51 comments politics
- I Participated in the Russian Intelligence Plot to Elect Donald Trump and I Guess I'd Do It Again http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/12/the_entire_media_is_complicit_in_russia_s_alleged_operation_to_elect_trump.html 17 comments politics
- Key Bipartisan Senators: Reports of Russian Election Meddling Should “Alarm Every American” http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/11/russian_election_meddling_reports_should_alarm_every_american_says_group.html 6 comments politics
- Why the Ruling Against Wisconsin’s Gerrymander Could Change Redistricting in America http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/11/22/wisconsin_partisan_gerrymander_the_supreme_court_could_take_the_case.html 24 comments politics
- North Carolina Is Engaging in “Insane” Jim Crow-Style Voter Suppression, Says Federal Judge http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/11/03/federal_judge_slams_north_carolina_voter_purge.html 2861 comments politics
- Trump Doubles Down on “Rigged Election” Rhetoric http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/10/19/trump_doubles_down_on_rigged_election_rhetoric.html 3 comments politics
- Senate overwhelmingly votes to require women to register for the draft. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/15/senate_overwhelming_votes_to_require_women_to_register_for_the_draft.html 366 comments politics
- Marco Rubio Is the Nominee in Waiting http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/11/marco_rubio_s_debate_win_should_make_him_the_gop_nominee_in_waiting.html 15 comments politics
- House Republicans Try to Zero Out Funding for Family Planning http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/06/16/house_republicans_and_title_x_they_want_to_zero_out_federal_funding_for.html 32 comments politics
- Apple Watch trick uses less gold, gets away with it because: science. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/03/09/apple_watch_edition_the_company_found_a_trick_to_use_as_little_gold_as_possible.html 13 comments technews
- Pope Francis to Earth’s Catholics: Take Action on Global Warming http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/12/29/pope_francis_pontiff_will_issue_global_warming_encyclical.html 6 comments worldnews
- It Took 12 Trucks to Haul Away All the Cash This Corrupt Chinese General Hid in His Home http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/11/21/corrupt_chinese_general_it_took_12_trucks_to_haul_away_all_the_cash_he_hid.html 42 comments worldnews
- Times of Israel posts pro-genocide column http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/08/01/israel_pro_genocide_column_times_of_israel_publishes_then_takes_down_piece.html 21 comments worldnews
- Heartland Institute climate change conference: Optimism is the new denial. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/07/heartland_institute_climate_change_conference_optimism_is_the_new_denial.html 6 comments politics
- Not liking cupcakes is sexist http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/07/08/crumbs_goes_out_of_business_cupcakes_under_attack_by_sexist_pigs.html 4 comments nottheonion
- Anthony Weiner Favorites “Ultimate Sext Machine” Tweet, Calls it an Accident http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/06/15/anthony_weiner_favorites_ultimate_sext_machine_tweet.html 22 comments nottheonion
- Skydiving meteorite: It was a rock. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/04/08/skydiving_meteorite_it_was_a_rock.html 72 comments space
- The "artificial" light seen by the Curiosity rover on Mars is no such thing. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/04/08/curiosity_photo_light_seen_on_mars_is_a_camera_artifact_not_a_real_one.html 8 comments science
- Twitter algorithm can analyze the truthfulness of tweets to debunk rumors http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/12/social_media_hoaxes_could_machine_learning_debunk_false_twitter_rumors_before.html 21 comments programming
- Massive new surveillance program will store data on innocent U.S. citizens for up to five years, using “predictive pattern-matching,” to analyze for suspicious behavior; will also share info with foreign gov'ts. It represents a “sea change in the way that the gov't interacts with the general public” http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/13/national_counterterrorism_center_s_massive_new_surveillance_program_uncovered.html 5 comments politics
- Creepy Verizon technology would watch and listen to you while you watch TV -- using facial, voice and gesture recognition in your home to target ads. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/05/verizon_patent_would_monitor_you_as_you_watch_tv_so_it_can_customize_ads.html 6 comments technology
- Who invented the Internet? http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/07/who_invented_the_internet_the_outrageous_conservative_claim_that_every_tech_innovation_came_from_private_enterprise_.single.html 5 comments politics
- The Real Victims in the Patent Wars -- How the software industry's litigation explosion is devastating small startups. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/02/patent_wars_silicon_valley_and_diy_software_innovators_.html 91 comments technology