Zillow changed their desktop layout and I might have an actual mental and emotional breakdown because of it.

native americans determined to not be birthright citizens; deported back to america

posting "recession indicator" on my friends' fit pics

I've gone through all the pitches and replied to nearly all of them. Please let me know if you didn't get a reply.

Maybe we have already achieved AGI—but it's actually just kind of dumb and boring?? Something to consider.

The Sora cancellation "is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year." so … yeah, OpenAI is definitely feeling the cash pinch: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

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i love combing through FEC data because how else would i have learned of Big Nut

Chappell Roan is 2 weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.

I think what folks are missing about Trump sending ICE to the airports is that he wants to attract protestors there so he can blame them for airport disruptions rather than the shutdown, which he is prolonging.

"His vanishing cultural presence also exposed another inconvenient fact—that he was hardly as godly as the memes made him out to be." @nitishpahwa.com w/ a properly thorough sendoff of super OG MAGA soldier Chuck Norris.

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

New from @slate.com Tech: One writer couldn't find a job after college—so she turned to "humanizing" AI written college admissions essays to pay rent. She made thousands of dollars, and sold her soul in the process. slate.com/technology/2...

"As soon as possible": Urgent, but low pressure. Complete the task as time allows "ASAP": Threatening, critical, must complete the task immediately or the bomb goes off and everyone dies.

Pittsburgh City Paper is back!

Hey Boston! Come see me and @maryharris.bsky.social tomorrow evening at @wbur.org, live in conversation with MIT president Sally Kornbluth and Boston mayor @mayorwu.boston.gov get your tickets here: www.wbur.org/events/10586...

Jesus fucking Christ.

Trump didn't give this contrite of a response after the U.S. bombed a girl's school and killed 170+ people. But no, for some reason this strike on a gas field doesn't require an investigation before comment.

Use of this site is having an effect on the American left not altogether dissimilar to someone taking a power drill to their frontal lobes

NEWS: The Associated Press calls Daniel Biss as the next Democratic nominee for U.S. House succeeding Jan Schakowsky, defeating Laura Fine and Kat Abughazaleh

ALL RISE FOR THE CHICAGO NATIONAL ANTHEM

Juliana Stratton wins the Illinois Senate Democratic primary, overcoming $10 million in crypto industry opposition spending. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Robin Kelly was always going to be a longshot but Stratton is far from the worst case scenario here.

Bad night to be a pastrami on rye at Manny's Deli.

Hi everyone, thank you for your pitches. I will take a bit but will try to reply to all. Keep them coming in the meantime.

How I feel when someone calls me "Mr. Tran" in a pitch email.

"Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades. Iranian officials have said the death toll was at least 175 people, most of them children." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering."

Tony's a really good editor. He doesn't let me eat or go outside until I have blogged for him, and sometimes my blood sugar gets thrown off as a result. But ultimately he's made me a stronger writer with his tough but firm tactics

CALL FOR PITCHES: I'm looking for ambitious features and and personal essays for Slate's Business & Tech section. I’m interested in stories about the surprising ways tech and business are reshaping our lives, work, and culture. Strong characters, deep reporting, and big ideas always welcome. 🧵

They should invent a home buying process that doesn't make you want to die.

I heard that the Ohio State University football program is mere weeks away from having nuclear weapons.

The Tamale Guy has been chosen as the new ayatollah.

I guess Operation Epic Fury is better branding than Operation Please Stop Talking About Epstein or Operation Maybe This Will Help Me in the Midterms or Operation We'll Work Out the Details Later.

A good rundown of where we are now and what, if any, recourse there is.

Lee Cronin's Wuthering Heights

I feel like this snowplow naming contest has been happening for 10 years. There's not even snow on the ground anymore it's taken so long. news.wttw.com/2026/02/12/d...

Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles

NEW FROM SLATE TECH: We haven't figured out phones in classrooms, and now kids might be sitting next to someone wearing Meta's AI glasses that can see, hear, and record everything in real time. Great work from @stefficao.bsky.social slate.com/technology/2...

My favorite thing about Trump's reasoning for the racist retweet is that it assumes every still believes interns are in charge of the social media. As if social media consultants aren't paid fat salaries to manage posts but rather college students doing it for college credit.

NEW: "I know a woman who went into credit card debt for an abortion... another who used her house down payment." Trump is turning Reproductive care into a debt trap. That's why personal finance writer Amanda Holden recommends saving for an abortion. slate.com/business/202...

I have finally caught up on the Moltbook news and have concluded that people need to get a grip. This is a sideshow that is interesting for 3 seconds before you just realize you're watching a sock puppet show and not a very interesting one. Quit being impressed by chatbots!

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

If you’ve been looking for a way to get Windows 7, now’s the time. slate.trib.al/wWMVzOv

New from me: People are pirating software, activating Windows, and downloading random manuals from the Epstein files. It’s absurd—and shows how badly the DOJ mishandled the release, with real, dangerous consequences for victims. slate.com/technology/2...

New from Slate Tech: People are forming support groups to recover from relationships with A.I. chatbots. Some lost jobs, savings, marriages, and their grip on reality along the way. Great story by @tanyachen.bsky.social. Edited by me. slate.com/technology/2...

What is the end goal of ICE in Minneapolis? A lawyer on the ground has an idea. Listen to @maryharris.bsky.social in conversation with @whstancil.bsky.social on this episode of What Next: slate.com/podcasts/wha...