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There Is Something Very Wrong With the U.S. Navy Right Now - Fred Kaplan

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I'm a Paleontology Nerd. Anne Hathaway's New Movie Gives Us Some Real Dinosaur Boners—Sometimes Literally. -- Riley Black

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We're All Doing It. We Know the Consequences. Why Can't We Quit? -- Paola de Varona

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So About That Iranian Cyberattack on Our Water Supply -- Scott Pilutik

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Society Has One Narrative About Motherhood. Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy Are Showing Us Another Reality. -- Shannon Palus

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The Gen Z Whisperer on How Democrats Can Win the Midterms -- Mary Harris

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Trump Has Finally Wielded His Presidential Power for Good -- Christina Cauterucci

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In the '90s, It Was Still an Essential Way to Connect With People. We've Lost It Entirely. We Shouldn't Have. -- Dan Kois

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

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A Controversial Technology Is Making Me a Worse Writer. No, Not That One. -- Alex Kirshner

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We're Finally Learning How ICE Is Spending Its Unlimited Budget. It's Literally Shocking. -- Shirin Ali

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Mickey Mouse, Welcome to the Resistance -- Nitish Pahwa

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I Gazed Into the Abyss of Roku's New Slop Channel and Regret Everything -- Nitish Pahwa

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Friend Ignored Every Wedding Invitation I Sent. Now She's Back, and Her "Excuse" Hurts Just as Much.

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Jessica Stoya -- My Sister Just Told Me the Tale of Her Latest Hookup. I'm Very Concerned.

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Anne Hathaway's Nasty Little Dinosaur Movie Is Better Than Any Jurassic Park in Years -- Sam Adams -- The End of Oak Street understands that what makes Spielberg great is often something much nastier than just magic and wonder.

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Why You Need To Start Friction-Maxxing -- ICYMI

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Why Hayden Panettiere's Sudden Death Is So Devastating -- Nadira Goffe

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Tech Oligarchs Have a Certain Future in Mind. It Completely Misunderstands How the World Works. -- Laura Miller

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

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Look What You Made Me Do -- Gabfest Reads

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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 -- There's a common mistake we make in trying to figure her out.

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 19, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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Slate Crossword: Times to Undo a Tie? (Three Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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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 Great Pyramid of Giza Was Constructed as a Tomb for Which Pharaoh? -- Ray Hamel

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Is Tech Dismantling Democracy? -- What Next

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Donald Trump's Trickle-Down Misogyny -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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