DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)
A Family’s Disappearance Rocked New Zealand. What Came After Has Stunned Everyone (longform). (slate.com)
The title of this piece is very clickbaity but the article is quite interesting....
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
How Quora Died: The site used to be a thriving community that worked to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing. (slate.com)
How Quora Died (slate.com)
“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most...
It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription (slate.com)
The author canceled their Amazon Prime subscription on a whim and realized they didn't really need it....
How Cars Turned Into Giant Killers (slate.com)
Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students (slate.com)
Tech disrupts the school bus — A Silicon Valley start-up promised to modernize school transportation. Instead, it stranded thousands of students::When disruption is just disruptive.
Tesla owners are expressing buyer’s remorse - if not by selling their Teslas, then at least with an apologetic bumper sticker. (slate.com)
The Cult of Bike Helmets: The history—and danger—of a modern safety obsession. (slate.com)
spoiler alert: drivers. it's all drivers' fault
One Day 10 Years Ago, I Stopped Paying My Taxes. I Don’t Regret a Thing. (slate.com)
I ignored the IRS for an entire decade and got away with it. I think....
