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The Quasi Religion Driving Silicon Valley's Most Authoritarian Dreams - Tech Oligarchs Have a Certain Future in Mind. It Completely Misunderstands How the World Works. Tech Oligarchs Have a Certain Future in Mind. But There's a Fallacy at the Heart of the Vision. The Fallacy—and the Fantasy—at the Heart of America's Tech Oligarchy - The Disturbing Ideology at the Heart of America's Tech Oligarchy - How Tech Oligarchs Took Over America - The Key to Understanding the Disturbing Relationship Between Tech Barons and the Trump Administration - The Key to Understanding the Disturbing Relationship Between Silicon Valley and the Trump Administration - document.getElementById('cmsvs1e6s001oxdkzm54koupo@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 8)].hidden = false - The Quasi Religion Driving Silicon Valley's Most Authoritarian Dreams - Laura Miller

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Roku's Vision of the Future of TV Is Completely Tasteless - Welcome to the Uncanny Valley's 24-Hour TV Channel - Roku's New Slop Channel Finally Answers the Question: What If TV Had Even Lower Standards? I Watched Roku's New 24-Hour Slop Channel. It's So Much Worse Than You Think. I Gazed Into the Abyss of Roku's New Slop Channel and Regret Everything - document.getElementById('cmsvs1e6s001kxdkzy9adi6uh@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)].hidden = false - Roku's New Slop Channel Finally Answers the Question: What If TV Had Even Lower Standards? Nitish Pahwa

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An Extremist Won This Week in Wisconsin. It's Probably Not the One You've Read About. -- Jim Newell

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My Boyfriend Suffers From a Common Male Problem in Bed. I Don't Think He Has Any Idea. -- Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

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Her Previous Album Has Become One of the Defining Records of the Decade. Her New One Is Something Else. -- Carl Wilson

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Amazon's Show of the Summer Will Stand the Test of Time -- Rebecca Onion

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HBO's Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to Watchmen -- Sam Adams

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 16, 2026 -- Quiara Vasquez

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Starbucks and McDonald's Keep Pushing These Drinks. I Have a Distressing Theory Why. -- Steffi Cao

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The Hottest Girl in the Country Is Making Millions Off Us. To Find Out Why, I Did the Unthinkable. -- Scaachi Koul

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If You Want to Know How Trump 2.0 Is Really Going, I Suggest a Visit to the Dying Trump "Superstore" -- Jessica Pishko

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There Is No Male Loneliness Crisis. What's Actually Happening Is So Much Darker. -- Nick Keppler

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The Best New Show on TV Is on a Network You'd Never Expect -- Scaachi Koul

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Boyfriend and I Took Care of His Mother's Dog for Five Days. I'm Aghast at How She Repaid Us.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Before Giving a Risqué Wedding Gift, Ask These Two Questions

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Michelle Herman -- I Was Always the Weird Kid the Teacher Didn't Like. Now I Have a Chance to Save Someone From That Fate.

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true - Kristin Wong - I'm Almost 70 and I Have Nothing Saved for Retirement. My Next Move Could Make or Break Me.

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Laura Helmuth -- My Co-Workers Are Starting to Side-Eye Me for What I Do All Day at Work. If Only They Knew Why.

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Logan Sachon -- Other Parents Keep Giving Me the Stink Eye. This Really Isn't Fair.

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It's the Buzziest Book of the Year. Anne Hathaway Is Making It Into a Movie. It Has the Worst Kind of Twist Ending. -- Rebecca Onion -- I basically enjoyed Yesteryear—until that final surprise messed up everything.

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Look What You Made Me Do -- Gabfest Reads

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Does Hating Influencers Really Mean Hating Women? -- ICYMI

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 15, 2026 -- Kavin Pawittranon

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true - J.D. Vance Is Learning an Important Foreign Policy Lesson the Hard Way - Fred Kaplan - This must have been an embarrassing moment for the vice president.

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The Ottolenghi Conspiracy: A Dinner Party Riff -- David Plotz

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To Understand Today's Supreme Court, You Need to Understand One Particular Justice. -- Amicus

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Trump on Long-Suffering Sailors: "Not Nearly Long Enough" -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Dear (Juris)Prudence: How Can Congress Stop Trump From Sabotaging the Next Democratic President? -- Mark Joseph Stern

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Dear (Juris)Prudence: Who Cooks Up the Supreme Court's BS Originalist Ideas, Anyway? Mark Joseph Stern

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