They're quite bony
that's what they tell me
The slatepitch is back. Journalism is good again. Awoouu (wolf Howl)
In @Slate, I offer a vigorous defense of one of America's most despised institutions: Spirit Airlines. slate.com/business/202...
You might never get on its planes—but it’s already done more for you than you know.
The formula is simple: 1) Post a screenshot of a supposedly genuine text message, 2) express outrage, 3) ask if it’s true without really caring whether it is, and 4) do no further investigation into the matter.
When a guy you know texts you, it has to be real.
I wrote about the impulse to ban deepfake pornography and why that's a difficult proposition in the United States. My latest column for GZERO Media: www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-ai/sou...
On Sept. 26, South Korea revised its law that criminalizes deepfake pornography. Now, it’s not just illegal to create and distribute this lewd digital material, but also to view it.
Right-wing influencers don't trust "the media," but they do trust any dude who texts them about FEMA's response to Hurricane Helene or hundreds of election ballots stuffed into a California mailbox. I wrote about viral text-message tweets for @Slate:
When a guy you know texts you, it has to be real.
10 years ago, a podcast called Serial debuted. For Fast Company, I wrote about how it was a singular moment when the fates of the true crime genre and the podcasting format became inextricably linked.
Ten years after its premiere, the story of Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee stands as the moment when a genre found its medium.
I am begging you. Whatever you do, do not make me wear Mark Zuckerberg's ugly-ass augmented reality-powered, $10,000-to-make "smart glasses" that seemingly turn any human wearer into a SpongeBob SquarePants cosplayer. My latest for Slate:
Smart glasses are bulky, ugly, and pointless.
There's a very simple reason that the Golden Bachelorette is set up to fail. Not one of these senior citizen dudes lives anywhere near her—and that's exactly what damned Gerry Turner earlier this year. Back on the Bach beat for Slate: slate.com/culture/2024...
Someone on this show is going to have to put family second.