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Two of Our Most Lovable Stars Made a Delightful Movie This Year. Then It Disappeared. Justin Chang

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Tech Companies Love Using This Tiny Symbol. It's More Insidious Than You Think. -- Alex Kirshner

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He's Hot. He's "Dangerous." He Never Stops Talking. Is the Answer to Trump Hiding in Plain Sight? -- Luke Winkie

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No One Goes to Happy Hour After Work Anymore. The Reason Why Is Grim. -- Luke Winkie

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The World's Deadliest Addiction Is Popping Up on Brain Scans. And It's Not Even a Drug. -- James Kimmel Jr.

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I Secretly Spied On My Cheating Wife. She Might Be a Lesbian. Well, Good. -- Rich Juzwiak

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Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 28, 2025 -- Kaitlin Hsu

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How Starbucks Came Undone -- Steffi Cao

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The Real Reason the MAGA Coalition Is Breaking -- Jill Filipovic

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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau Deserve Each Other -- Scaachi Koul

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With Rob Reiner Dies a Whole Tradition of Hollywood Filmmaking - Dana Stevens

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It Used to Be the Coolest Band in the World. How Did It Get So Cringe? -- Luke Winkie -- Watching the set at the Knockdown Center, I became aware that my favorite band had become unfathomably lame.

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Our Year of Brain Rot and Tech Dystopia -- ICYMI

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The Best Movies of 2025 Were Oddly Prescient -- Sam Adams

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The Year in Music, From Bad Bunny's Imperial Phase to Gaga's Mayhem to the Ascendance of Geese. -- Hit Parade

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The Horniest Show on TV Actually Has a Weirdly Conservative Message. Don't Fall for It. -- Jim Downs -- Why do we keep skating in circles?

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A Unified Theory of What the MAGA Justices Are Thinking -- Amicus

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true - The Very First Things the Next Democratic President Needs to Do After Taking Office - Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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