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Social Media Broke Slang. Now We All Speak Phone.

The irony: Online is where we most need the identity cues that idiosyncratic language used to provide. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.

The Doctor Tom Brady and Leonardo DiCaprio Call When They Get Hurt

If you spend enough time in certain circles in Los Angeles, you might get the impression that the most popular person in town is Neal ElAttrache. Officially, ElAttrache is an orthopedic surgeon at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute for sports medicine.

Can Greece's new six-day workweek be a model for others?

Greece is moving toward a six-day workweek, while several other countries are experimenting with shorter office hours. The government hopes to make up for missing workers and fight black market labor. Can it work? For most people, labor law can be boring.

How to turn your side hustle into your career

While serving as vice president at a non-profit, I spent over three years building my side hustle as an executive coach and career strategist. Eventually, I decided to take the leap and make my side hustle my full-time focus. I’m delighted I made the change.

Why People Really Quit Their Jobs—and How Employers Can Stop It

High employee turnover remains a key problem facing many organizations across a broad range of industries. For example, despite making high salaries, 66% of senior product managers and 58% of IT program managers say they are planning to quit their jobs.

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The Olympians Who Eat Entirely Vegan

For some athletes competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a plant-based diet makes them feel fitter, faster, and stronger.

Donald Sutherland’s 10 Best Movie Roles

Few actors were as naturally iconic as Donald Sutherland over the course of their careers, while also delivering such a wide range of performances across all genres.

100 Frugal Habits to Live By, If You’re Trying to Save Money

Specific, actionable changes you can put into practice to improve your financial outlook.

The Best Places to Go When You Don't Want to Be Around Kids

There are a lot of reasons someone might choose to be child free, either for a short time or permanently. Some folks just don’t have any desire to be parents, some can’t afford to be parents, and some parents just need a break from their kids from time to time (which is totally normal and okay).

Is Boredom An Emotion? Not Exactly, But It's More Important Than You Think

Animated children’s films have long endeavored to teach young viewers how to manage their emotions. Disney Pixar’s Inside Out (2015) made this task of emotional regulation literal.

12 Literary Plagiarism Scandals, Ranked

From Hellen Keller to Jonah Lehrer, some more legitimate than others.

Billy Zane on Larry Ray Story abuse scenes: 'Actors should get emotional stunt pay'

After inspiring multiple true-crime podcasts and documentaries, the wild story of the Sarah Lawrence "sex cult" has reached the necessary next phase of its pop-culture evolution: The Lifetime movie.

11 Packaged Cookie Brands That Use The Lowest Quality Ingredients

It turns out that cookies shaped like animals don't have the best luck when it comes to quality ingredients.

Why America’s New Apartment Buildings All Look the Same

Cheap stick framing has led to a proliferation of blocky, forgettable mid-rises—and more than a few construction fires.

Welcome to Hot Brat Summer

The sound of right now, according to Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX? Seeming a little selfish, and very self-assured.

Religious Leaders Are Pleading for the Life of a Death Row Inmate. In Texas, Mercy Is in Short Supply.

Ramiro Gonzales was not a good person 23 years ago—even the lawyers fighting for his life acknowledge that. On January 15, 2001, Gonzales, who was 18, kidnapped, raped, and murdered Bridget Townsend in rural Medina County, outside San Antonio.

What it’s like to go on a mum and baby retreat

The butterfly is a symbol of transformation and hope in spiritual circles. It’s unsurprising, really, when you consider that these beautiful creatures come into being after cloaking themselves in protective cocoons and reemerging into the world newly changed from caterpillars into butterflies.

How a Huguenot Philosopher Realized That Atheists Could Be Virtuous

Christians long held a monopoly on virtue—until Pierre Bayle made the case for moral atheists, using comets and aliens.

I Think I’m Ugly—and It’s Getting in the Way of My Life. What Do I Do?

Ask A.J. is Slate’s new advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! I’ve hated myself in and out since I was a child.

Stop Calling My Daughter Pretty

The other week, my four-year-old daughter and I were going to her swimming lessons, when a man came up to us in the gym and exclaimed: “What pretty girls!” “Mama, what did he say?” my daughter asked, her strawberry blonde hair falling in her face. “He said he likes your hat,” I lied.