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Dear How to Do It: It didn’t feel right not to say something, so I told him right away. slate.trib.al/FVn10Dh
I Just Realized Where I Know the Man I’m Dating From, So I Told Him. His Response Stunned Me.
Well, that was hypocritical.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Surely this is the deal-breaker to end all deal-breakers?! slate.trib.al/wXrwe3s
Help! My Mother-in-Law Did Something Utterly Unforgivable. But My Wife Still Wants Her at Thanksgiving.
Surely this is the deal-breaker to end all deal-breakers?!
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Can you ace the quiz and beat the average? slate.trib.al/sWwZ9m5
Haloclasty Is a Type of Physical Weathering Caused by Which Substance?
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Nov. 27, 2025.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can you solve our mini in under a minute flat? slate.trib.al/z9iVyad
Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 27, 2025
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Many of these specials are selling out faster than you can say “gobble gobble.” slate.trib.al/0c9Jq3x
America’s Favorite Post-Thanksgiving Tradition Is in Danger of Disappearing. You May Be Part of the Problem.
All these “specials” ought to leave you feeling empty.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
How on earth does a person start saying grace from scratch? slate.trib.al/dPQ54rE
I’m a Career Food Professional. But There’s One Part of the Thanksgiving Meal I’ve Never Mastered—Until Now.
Something to consider before you take your first bite.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation announcement is just the latest schism on the right. slate.trib.al/kpQzFIL
MAGA Factions Fracture as Leaders Excuse the Inexcusable
Everything’s a joke, until it’s not.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
From What Next: Flipping from “don’t expose kids to allergens too early” to “expose kids to allergens early and often." slate.trib.al/KNc1akH
From What Next: Is the Peanut Allergy Dead?
It’s nuts how effective these new guidelines are.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Greetings, I have traveled through time from the year 2016 to remind you of something that has become increasingly difficult to believe in your time: Stranger Things used to be good.
It Might Be the Most Popular TV Show in the World. It Keeps Getting Worse and Worse.
There’s a pretty glaring problem with Stranger Things’ final season.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Zootopia 2 is totally about colonialism. slate.trib.al/zfbST7o
Disney Made a Kids Movie About Racial Profiling. It Made $1 Billion. The Sequel Goes Somewhere Different.
Zootopia 2 brings a new message to this surprisingly evolved franchise.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Whoever leaked this clearly had an agenda. slate.trib.al/pd6FRRp
A Stunning Leak Just Shed New Light on How Cozy the Trump Admin Really Is With Russia
It confirms that the 28-point Ukraine peace plan was largely a Kremlin product.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
By Wednesday morning, the court had withdrawn the opinion from its website and replaced it with a partial correction—without publicly acknowledging the mistake. slate.trib.al/YUTum92
Why Did a State Supreme Court Justice Put a Fake SCOTUS Quote in a Major Dissent?
It is not clear how Ziegler’s misquotation wound up in the published opinion of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Dear How to Do It: Recently, I realized I’m bisexual, and the time feels ripe to do … something. slate.trib.al/tkMvsgz
I Know People Tend to Lose Their Virginity in a Tamer Way. But I Have a Wild Idea.
I know it’s a big jump.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear How to Do It: Then one day I came into our room and noticed the drawer where she keeps it was open, and the little bag she stores it in was hanging out. slate.trib.al/qLvDMUy
I’ve Started Secretly Checking My Wife’s Bedside Drawer. She’s Keeping Something Big From Me.
I feel cheated.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Anna Sale from Death, Sex & Money is joining forces with Selected Shorts at Symphony Space for an unforgettable night of literature and performance with readings by Richard Kind, Phoebe Robinson, Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg, and more!

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Selected Shorts: Death, Sex & Money with Anna Sale
Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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wrote about Cheryl Hines' new memoir, the ongoing RFK Jr. scandals, and the mental compartmentalization needed to double down on your most questionable choices: slate.com/culture/2025...
A Beloved Sitcom Actor Went Conservative. Her Memoir Tries to Explain Why.
Her new memoir, Unscripted, is an interesting and often frustrating look into the actress’s life, work, and relationship with RFK Jr.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It kills half as many people a year as drunk driving. You might not even realize you’re doing it. slate.trib.al/mJbBtzq
It Kills About Half As Many People a Year As Drunk Driving. You Probably Did It This Morning.
“I’ll sleep when I’m dead” has a whole new meaning.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tig Notaro talks about the moment her film won at Sundance—and why she was afraid to hear the news.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Can you ace the quiz and beat the average? slate.trib.al/0eTIf8w
Who Held the Post of U.S. Secretary of State for a Record 11 Years?
Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Nov. 26, 2025.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
8-Down: Deity who’s probably not big on conflict resolution (four letters) slate.trib.al/0oS7kaA
Slate Crossword: Big Name in Cups and Puffs … and Book Clubs (Five Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Nov. 26, 2025.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Seroconversion is when a person goes from being HIV negative to HIV positive. In the mid-90s, Rev. Jim Mitulski seroconverted – in a moment when everyone knew how you got it and how to prevent it. And then he preached about it. slate.trib.al/kOsixSu
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it. What do you preach about when you first learn you have AIDS?
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November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Kate Lindsay and Emily Kirkpatrick take a tour through the recent influx of celebrity Substack newsletters. slate.trib.al/xyLDtNn
Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack?
Charli xcx, Dolly Parton, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are the latest to join the newsletter platform.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This week, the panel follows the yellow brick road into the good/bad dialectic of Wicked: For Good, wanders through the primeval forests of Train Dreams, and cozies up for a conversation between friends in Peter Hujar’s Day. slate.trib.al/CJ4pqVj
Elphaba/Glinda: A Hegelian Dialectic of Our Time?
No good film goes un-sequeled. Wicked: For Good concludes the Ozian saga.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It’s a frustrating read—but at least fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm will appreciate the anecdotes. slate.trib.al/eyOY6NW
This Celebrity Memoir Shows One Star’s Surprising Slide to the Right
Her new memoir Unscripted is an interesting and often frustrating look into the actress’s life, work, and relationship with RFK Jr.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Trump administration says it didn't kill Elon Musk's DOGE. It just sent it to live on a nice farm upstate. slate.trib.al/sQlqSDb
The Most Humiliating Failure of the New Trump Administration Has Come to a Sad, Fitting Close
It failed at every one of its stated goals while still managing to do tremendous damage to millions of people.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM