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Amusement Parks Are Getting Very Creative in Their Reopening Plans
Dan Kois
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1:07 PM
Pantry Cocktails, Backyard Oyster Bars, and DIY Olympics: The Slate Guide to Quarantine Summer
Slate Staff
May 22, 2020
5:50 AM
Cozy Mysteries! Epic Fantasies! No Viruses! A Quarantine Summer Reading List.
Laura Miller
May 22, 2020
5:49 AM
I Really Can’t Overstate How Riveting This Video of a Guy Solving a Sudoku Is
Ruth Graham
May 20, 2020
6:00 AM
Rating the Trendy Twitter Account That’s Rating Everyone’s Living Rooms
Heather Schwedel
April 28, 2020
2:44 PM
Have You Been Playing “F, Marry, Kill” Wrong Your Entire Life?
Slate Staff
April 21, 2020
1:23 PM
An Interview With the CEO of a Luxury Swiss Hotel Company About Its “Quarantine Package”
Christina Cauterucci
April 15, 2020
1:58 PM
Coronavirus Anxiety Insomnia Is Real
Rebecca Onion
April 14, 2020
3:57 PM
What Is Your Fantasy Celebrity House to Quarantine In?
Ruth Graham
April 13, 2020
2:10 PM
Your Pets Are Ready for You to Get Out of the House Now, Please
Heather Schwedel
April 11, 2020
5:56 AM
The Ingenious Ways People Are Playing Board Games Like Codenames on Zoom
Heather Schwedel
March 31, 2020
2:09 PM
An Interview With the Woman Who Teaches Downward Dog to Your Kids
Willa Paskin
March 27, 2020
4:29 PM
Minions Are Tiny Yellow Agents of Chaos. So Why Have They Also Become Religious Icons?
Jessica Gentile
March 20, 2020
3:53 PM
Some Creative Tips for Socializing Distantly
Ruth Graham
March 20, 2020
3:49 PM
Want to Indoctrinate Your Kids With Cutthroat Capitalist Values? Give Them Choose Your Own Adventure Books.
Rebecca Onion
Feb 27, 2020
5:27 PM
Sisters of the Groom Have No Official Role in Wedding Etiquette. I’m Obsessed With Finding One.
Elizabeth Held
Feb 26, 2020
5:10 PM
The NYT Spelling Bee Gives Me L-I-F-E
Laura Lippman
Feb 19, 2020
1:01 PM
Struggling With Writing or Other Creative Pursuits? Take Comfort in TV Tropes.
V.S. Wells
Feb 14, 2020
1:13 PM
How to Passive Aggressively Convey Your Displeasure at a Reclined Airplane Seat
Slate Staff
Feb 13, 2020
1:10 PM
How the Early Internet Nurtured a Hair Care Revolution for Women of Color
Shannon Shelton Miller
Feb 06, 2020
3:52 PM
