If Trump Was Trying to Intimidate the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship, It Backfired Miserably On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court arguments in person.

The results of this case are going to be a blowout against Trump's position and the president was there to witness it all.

One of the Internet’s Most Iconic Websites Just Took a Bold Stand. The Rest Should Follow. The fight to keep the internet’s encyclopedia bot-free scored a big win.

new from me (and not an April Fools thing): I spoke in depth with @ilyaslebleu.bsky.social, the Wikipedia editor who first proposed the ban on A.I.-generated text in English articles. we talked about the idea-to-policy process, the disagreements along the way, and what other platforms can learn:

4/ Do you have a dating question for Steffi? Don’t be shy, submit it here (it’s anonymous!) ⬇️ forms.gle/WeoEtCdyLWgCg1q38

3/ For our first edition, Steffi talked to six people with ghosting stories that range from depressingly familiar to fully cinematic, and then she got a reformed chronic ghoster on the record.

2/ We report out whatever the question unearths — finding real people, conducting interviews, and investigating the patterns behind the behavior everyone is complaining about.

I Hit It Off With a Guy at a Party. Then He Pulled the One Infuriating Dating Move Everyone Seems to Be Doing These Days. Here's why not everyone means what they say.

1/ New dating advice column just dropped! 🚨

Welcome to Unhinged, our new monthly dating and relationships advice column by @stefficao.bsky.social. Each edition will start with a reader question, but then we'll take it further. slate.com/advice/2026/...

Slate Crossword: Face Cards? (Three Letters) Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for March 31, 2026.

Today's @slate.com crossword is mine, with nods to a new show (that's surprisingly good!), a remake (already?!), and No Kings marches!

Go do it!

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I Hit It Off With a Guy at a Party. Then He Pulled the One Infuriating Dating Move Everyone Seems to Be Doing These Days. Here's why not everyone means what they say.

Come for @stefficao.bsky.social's interview with an IRL ghoster and stay for her funny and insightful advice on the chaos that is modern dating. UNHINGED: Slate's new dating advice column! slate.com/advice/2026/...

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It’s Taking Over the Lives of Wealthy, Elderly Men. It Could Be Coming for You Next. It involves substances “not for human use.”

It's taking over the lives of wealthy, elderly men. It could be coming for you next.

I’ve Covered CPAC for More Than a Decade. The 2026 Version Was Notable—but in the Wrong Way Entirely. Only one speaker had a standing-room-only event—and it wasn't RFK Jr.

CPAC used to be the most important event for Republicans. In 2026, it was something else entirely.

DOJ Lawyers Just Had to Make One of Their Most Embarrassing Confessions Yet Civil contempt is a real possibility, and criminal contempt may not be off the table.

They won a huge case. Unfortunately, they just had to admit that everything they told the court was a lie.

Melania Trump Just Found a Way to Unite the Right and the Left—in Hatred This response to the idea of “Plato” shows how mixed up the politics of education tech have become.

The Trump administration showed off a robot that could replace teachers. It accidentally united the right and the left.

wrote more in depth about the death of Sora and its Disney deal, the other business troubles and scuppered agreements on OpenAI's plate, and what Sam Altman's pivot indicates about the long-dreaded Tech Bubble: slate.com/technology/2...

“The Worst Neighbor Ever” Says He Was Just Trying to Do the Right Thing. What I Saw Told a Darker Story. The seven-year war between the bookstore owner and the good liberals who went rogue.

“The worst neighbor ever” says he was just trying to do the right thing. What I saw told a darker story.

"What Andrew Tate is doing is very different from two men starting a podcast together," @hankgreen.bsky.social says on What Next: TBD.

He discusses the nuances in the male loneliness epidemic with host Lizzie O'Leary.

Watch the full episode now on YouTube: youtu.be/GrDp8_Ao05U?...

Why The Internet Is Arguing About Its Favorite Feminist Lindy West is no stranger to online trolls, but something about the “Adult Braces” discourse feels different.

6/ On March 21, @scaachi.bsky.social joined Kate Lindsay on Slate’s internet culture podcast ICYMI to talk about all of it – the profile, the response, the fallout, and the emails, which Scaachi reads on the podcast. Trust us, you're going to want to hear it. slate.com/podcasts/icy...

5/ The weekend after we published this profile of West, she and her partners all emailed @scaachi.bsky.social about their displeasure with the result. Oluo’s email indicated the most dissatisfaction among the triad.

I Profiled Lindy West After Her Marriage Memoir. Her Husband Didn’t Like It Much. Here’s the Whole Sordid Affair. In Adult Braces, West wants her loyal fans to find empathy for someone who hurt her.

4/ On March 11, 2026, we published the profile by @scaachi.bsky.social. It quickly became the center of a massive discourse cycle across Substack, social media, and other media outlets. slate.com/life/2026/03...

3/ Fast forward to March 2026. West publishes Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane—a memoir about staying married to the man who told her polyamory was non-negotiable. The internet had feelings. Slate writer Scaachi Koul went to West’s cabin near Bainbridge Island to talk to her about it.

2/ In January 2022, West, her husband Ahamefule J. Oluo, and their partner Roya Amirsoleymani, announced their throuple in a YouTube video.

1/ Why is millennial writer Lindy West all over your algorithm this week? Here’s what you need to know to keep up with your group chats: ⬇️

The Situation at Airports Is an Even Bigger Mess Than You Think TSA shortages, ICE agents in terminals, and security lines stretching for hours: You might want to consider booking a train instead.

Air travel is going to be a bumpier ride than usual for the near future.

The Situation at Airports Is an Even Bigger Mess Than You Think TSA shortages, ICE agents in terminals, and security lines stretching for hours: You might want to consider booking a train instead.

new one from me—on how the circumstances fueling this week's airport chaos have been building up for a while, what it will take for air travel to smooth back out again, and why, unfortunately, you shouldn't expect things to settle back down for a few weeks yet: slate.com/business/202...

Rick Steves: "Know people before you bomb them."

On Death, Sex & Money, the travel writer reflects on the 2009 episode of his show on Iran.

Watch now on YouTube: youtu.be/MGQw7_-6uCw?...

The Alito Wing of the Supreme Court Sure Sounds Sold on Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies Democracy is resting on a knife's edge over here.

A Republican attack on mail voting finds an alarmingly receptive Supreme Court.

I Profiled Lindy West After Her Marriage Memoir. Her Husband Didn’t Like It Much. Here’s the Whole Sordid Affair. In Adult Braces, West wants her loyal fans to find empathy for someone who hurt her.

If your feed or algorithm is all Lindy West takes right now, this is the piece they're all reacting to. Scaachi Koul visited West at her cabin on Bainbridge Island for a day. The profile that started it all:

Chuck Norris Didn’t Become a Legend Until the Internet Made Him One He could slam a revolving door, make onions cry, and count to infinity—twice. Yet his real legacy is far more complicated.

"His vanishing cultural presence also exposed another inconvenient fact—that he was hardly as godly as the memes made him out to be." @nitishpahwa.com w/ a properly thorough sendoff of super OG MAGA soldier Chuck Norris.

I “Humanize” Bot-Written College Admissions Essays for a Living. I Have a Warning for Everyone. My first month, I made about $2,000. That number only snowballed from there.

New from @slate.com Tech: One writer couldn't find a job after college—so she turned to "humanizing" AI written college admissions essays to pay rent.

She made thousands of dollars, and sold her soul in the process.

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Ryan Gosling’s New Movie Is a Thrilling, Funny, Adorable Adaptation of a Megahit Sci-Fi Novel Ryan Gosling is back, and this time his job is space.

Project Hail Mary is an example of Phil Lord & Chris Miller's filmmaking at its bighearted, crowd-pleasing best: a sci-fi thriller about a lonely space traveler & his alien pal that _should_ feel overfamiliar & sentimental, but is instead maybe the year's best movie so far? slate.com/culture/2026...