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The Squirrels Keep Beating My Family’s Expensive “Squirrel-Proof” Bird Feeders. I Figured Out Why.
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (646+ words) Walk down the birdseed aisle in any hardware store and you'll find an entire product category promising "squirrel-proof" solutions. Weight-triggered shutters. Spinning perches. Metal cages. They range from $40 to $80, with some running as high as $140and each defeat makes you wonder…...
The TikTok Deal Is Awful
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (96+ words) The app itself still faces an uncertain future'one that might result in a platform that is far more right-leaning, more hostile, and less secure. After a year of nonstop backtracking, whiffed self-imposed deadlines, and straight-up Supreme Court defiance, it seems…...
What Term Is Used for Any Angle of More Than 90 Degrees but Less Than 180 Degrees?
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (93+ words) What Term Is Used for Any Angle of More Than 90 Degrees but Less Than 180 Degrees?Slate More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 159: Jan. 22, 2026 Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 22, 2026 Slate Crossword: Pizza Named After an Italian Queen, According to Legend…...
Greenland Is a Lot Smaller Than You—and Trump—Probably Think. Allow Me to Explain.
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (390+ words) If he gets it, would that really triple this country's square footage? No. Greenland is very big'it is considered the largest island in the world'but it is not nearly as big as maps make it appear. That's because the global…...
Why artificial intelligence companies are pushing into healthcare.
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (108+ words) Why artificial intelligence companies are pushing into healthcare.Slate Silicon Valley wants you to upload your medical records to chatbots. Should you? Choose your preferred player: Get Your Slate Plus Podcast Thanks! Check your phone for a link to finish…...
Which Metal Is Isolated From Ores Through the Patio Process?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (90+ words) Which Metal Is Isolated From Ores Through the Patio Process?Slate More Games From Slate Slate Mini Crossword for Jan. 15, 2026 Slate Crossword: Person Whose Peers Might Consider Them a Class Traitor? (11 Letters) Slate Pears Game 151: Jan. 14, 2026 Slate Crossword: Wanna Go…...
Get In Loser, We’re Friction-Maxxing
1+ week, 4+ day ago (99+ words) How technology ruined our tolerance for inconvenience, and how to build it back. Get In Loser, We're Friction-Maxxing Technology has ruined our tolerance for inconvenience. Here's how to fix it. Choose your preferred player: Get Your Slate Plus Podcast Thanks!...
Good News: You Probably Don’t Have a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Your Brain After All
1+ week, 4+ day ago (801+ words) Good News: You Can Relax About Microplastics'Slate Remember hearing that you have a spoon's worth of plastic in your brain? That's what a study published last February in Nature Medicine suggested. Researchers at the University of New Mexico analyzed samples…...
I Made My Dating Profile Weird on Purpose. It’s Surprisingly Effective.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (468+ words) If my dating app profile were made with A.I., my nose would be smaller, my teeth whiter. My eyes would be equally hooded, or not hooded at all, and my skin smoother. Men wouldn't make a game out of guessing whether…...
Elon Musk’s Chatbot Is Making Child Sexual Abuse Images for Users. Why Aren’t Lawmakers Doing Anything About It?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (754+ words) Elon Musk's Chatbot Is Making Child Sexual Abuse Images for Users. Why Aren't Lawmakers Doing Anything About It?Slate As this alarming trend earned worldwide attention and outrage, reaching everywhere from the United States to Brazil to Malaysia, the A.I. aggression…...