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I'm Still Trying to Process Ilia Malinin's Olympic Meltdown - Chris Schleicher

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He's Shy. He's Awkward. He's an Olympic Figure Skating Champion. -- Justin Peters

4 hours ago

A 20-Year-Old Looksmaxxer Is the Future of the Internet. We Should Be Worried About This. -- David Mack

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HBO and A24's New Show Is Hilarious, Then Jaw-Dropping, Then Terrifying -- Sam Adams

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Play Our New Game: SoundBites! -- Jenny Fey

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The Unexpected Demographic Dominating the Winter Olympics -- Justin Peters

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Faux Bon Jovi Is Just the Beginning of Olympics A.I. Slop -- Nitish Pahwa

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It Was Illegal for 50 Years. Now Olympic Crowds Are Flipping for It. -- Maddie Bender

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The Epstein Files Contain More Than 38,000 Trump References. Here's a Helpful Visualization. -- Slate Staff

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The New Wuthering Heights Is Preposterous, Proudly Stupid, and the Director's Best Film Yet -- Dana Stevens

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The Winter's Most Controversial Movie Has Revived a Decades-Old Debate. There's Still No Clear Answer. -- Rebecca Onion

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The British Are Furious at Donald Trump Over Chicken. They Actually Have a Pretty Good Point. -- Molly Olmstead

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The Ice-Dancing Judging Scandal That Has American Fans Furious -- Justin Peters

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Meta's Smart Glasses Are Wreaking Havoc in Schools Across the Country. It's Only Going to Get Worse. -- Steffi Cao

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The Price of Using Discord Might Be Your Driver's License -- Nitish Pahwa

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I've Been Using Two of the Most Hyped Tech Tools. One of Them Finally Lost Me. -- Alex Kirshner

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris and Lizzie O'Leary - Help! I Agreed to Live With My Boyfriend's Family to Save Some Money. But It's Come at an Extremely Creepy Price.

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true - Logan Sachon - My Daughter's Teacher Has Made Some Disturbing Threats in Class. They Involve His Own Son.

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Ilyce Glink -- My Ex Stopped Paying for Our Daughter's College for the Cruelest Reason. I'm Livid.

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Laura Helmuth -- I Want to See My New Business Take Off. One Person Is Holding Me Back.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Help! When My Kid Became a Teen, Suddenly the Inevitable Hit Me. There Was One Way to Recover.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Want to Be Open About a Certain Part of My Past. But Men Always Take It the Wrong Way.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- My Wife's Spending Problem Has Always Been a Mystery. I Think I Uncovered the Cause.

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Laura Helmuth -- My Colleague Told Our Job She Was Worried About My "Safety." I Understand Exactly What She's Trying to Do.

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Partner and I Are Ready to Take a Big Step. His Ex Is Definitely Going to Ruin It.

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Pam Bondi's Epstein Testimony Exposed the Whole Game -- Dahlia Lithwick

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true - It Sure Looks Like This Supreme Court Justice Is Getting Ready to Retire - A flurry of recent hints has prompted new speculation that the court's most reliably partisan conservative is eyeing the exit. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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Dating Apps Are In Their Sh*tpost Era -- ICYMI

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Nashville Turned Its Back on Two Country-Pop Upstarts. Then Hollywood Came Knocking. -- Hit Parade

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true - Conservatives Are Terrified That People Like Me Are Buying Guns Now. Maybe They Should Be. Christina Cauterucci - We're here. We're queer. Increasingly, we're armed.

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Slate Crossword: Sex God? (Four Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate SoundBites for Feb. 13, 2026 -- Jenny Fey

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Slate Mini Crossword for Feb. 13, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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A Running List of Horrific Things ICE Agents Have Said to My Neighbors - Brandon Sigüenza - Thousands of agents are still on the ground here in Minnesota.

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There's One More Thing Tearing the Trans-Atlantic Alliance Apart. It's Coming to a Head This Weekend. -- Jen Kirby

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The Epstein Files Contain More Than 38,000 Trump References. Here's a Helpful Visualization. -- Slate Staff

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Think You're Smarter Than a Slate Product Manager? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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Texas Is Planning to Put an Innocent Man to Death. Will the Supreme Court Even Take the Case? Austin Sarat

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