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My Son Has a Passion for Scaring My Daughter. He Thinks It’s Hilarious. I’m Disturbed.
26+ min ago (198+ words) A little kid dressed in clown costume, making a face. My husband and I have a 5-year-old daughter, "Noel, and an 8-year-old son, "Dustin. Within the last couple of months, Dustin has discovered a favorite new hobby of tormenting his…...
Jeff Bezos Knows Which Way the Wind is Blowing
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (798+ words) The Washington Post guts its newsroom while owner Jeff Bezos and Amazon lavish unheard-of sums on Melania "documentary;" Trump calls for "nationalized elections;" and DOJ releases over 3 million new Epstein files. Here are some notes and references from this week's…...
Slate Crossword: Wisconsin End-Zone Dive (11 Letters)
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (50+ words) Read about it in Slate: Aymann Ismail went to see Mamdani's first big speech as mayor and found something else entirely. Which Is the SI Unit for Work? Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 5, 2026 Slate Pears Game 172: Feb. 4, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword…...
Beer Is Declining in America. The Saga of One Tells Part of the Story.
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (268+ words) This is part of'Wet February, a series about America's increasingly muddled relationship with drinking'and how to sip your way through it wisely and well. When it comes to a modern brewer charting a meteoric rise, it's hard to think of…...
Help! I Just Discovered My Husband Has a Truly Horrifying “Theory” About the Toilet Plunger.
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (443+ words) I did not wake up this morning expecting to defend the concept of sanitation to another adult, and yet here we are. My husband apparently believes it is perfectly acceptable'reasonable, even'to use the bathroom toilet plunger in the kitchen sink…...
Which Is the SI Unit for Work?
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (85+ words) Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 5, 2026. More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 5, 2026 Slate Pears Game 172: Feb. 4, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 4, 2026 Who Ran for President on the American Independent Party Ticket in 1968? We need…...
Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 5, 2026
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (79+ words) Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid. You did it! Solved in . Challenge your friends to today's puzzle! More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 172: Feb. 4, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword for Feb....
Everyone Should Have One Vice That Doesn’t Kill Them. But if These People Don’t Shut Up About Theirs, I Might Turn Homicidal.
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (1076+ words) A bunch of hands offering blunts to a person holding a cocktail. This is part of Wet February, a series about America's increasingly muddled relationship with drinking'and how to sip your way through it wisely and well. Alcohol is my…...
An Eating Disorder Almost Killed My Daughter. This Is What I Wish I’d Known.
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (742+ words) I missed so many warning signs. Sometimes my daughter (I'll call her Olivia) wasn't hungry. Fair enough'one less meal for me to cook or otherwise produce. (I hate producing meals.) She wanted to make her own lunch for school instead…...
Bad Bunny Has Already Won The Super Bowl
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (98+ words) Bad Bunny decided to perform only one show in the U.S.and it's a biggie. The halftime show could feel like a partyand a protest. What Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show means for Puerto Rico, Latin Americans in the U.S., and…...