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Slate’s open thread for the week of August 10
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (115+ words) The True Heir to King Solomon, in This Week’s Open Thread slate.com On this day in 1270, the Ethiopian Emperor Yekuno Amlak overthrew the reigning Zagwe king and gained the throne, establishing a dynasty that persisted into the 1970s. Amlak, who…...
UFO files: Catholic exorcist fired over declaring UFOs demons.
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (363+ words) A Catholic priest got fired from his job as an exorcist last week because he claimed that UFOs are, in fact, demons. Rossetti, a licensed psychologist and unusually prolific exorcist, has “led hundreds of exorcism and deliverance sessions,” according to…...
SchadenFriday: Is the Pope Girlbossing AI?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (147+ words) Our postmodern pope’s meta-callback to another papal deep-cut. It’s a bit of an overstatement to say “the Pope came out as anti-A.I.” with last week’s encyclical—after all, Anthropic’s cofounder was there for the release. So what did the…...
My Mother’s New “Spiritual Practice” Is a Total Scam. She Won’t Listen to Reason.
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1072+ words) Aging parent advice: My mother’s new “spiritual practice” is a total scam. She won’t listen to reason. Slate Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. My mother is in her mid-60s and has become fixated on psychic readings....
It’s a Common Pastime That’s Often Considered Harmless Fun. One Woman’s Story Should Serve as a Warning.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (266+ words) But not so for Sally’s mother, famed astrologer Linda Goodman. Born Mary Alice Kemery, Goodman became, with the publication of Sun Signs in 1968, the first astrologer ever to climb the New York Times Best-Seller List. The paperback rights for her…...
An Ex-Mormon Podcaster Is Getting Sued by the Church. It’s Made Him More Popular Than Ever.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (382+ words) The color blue. Images accented by light rays. A sketch of Bertel Thorvaldsen’s marble Christus statue. These are images and designs trademarked by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to distinguish its educational, broadcasting, and religious services and…...
We’re Taking This “Mormon” Trend Too Far
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (113+ words) The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, Trust Me: The False Prophet, and influencer culture are giving Mormonism a dangerous rebrand. We’re Taking This “Mormon” Trend Too Far Why are we so obsessed with making Mormons famous? Choose your…...
There’s a Reason MAGA Figures Can’t Seem to Stop Talking About Aliens. It’s Much Darker Than It Appears.
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (1260+ words) The scary part is where these beliefs are coming from. There’s no question: Gregg Phillips, a top Federal Emergency Management Agency official, believes he was teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House in Georgia. When CNN first reported the story on…...
Pope Leo has a message for Vance, Hegseth and Rubio
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (126+ words) As a White Sox fan, this pope deeply understands Jesus’s teachings about loving the least of these. Trump Vs The Pope The Trump administration is happy to couch its actions in religious imagery. The pope doesn’t find its attitude very…...
Our Culture of Excess and Distraction Is Making Us Sick. But I’ve Found a Cure, and It’s Delicious.
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (677+ words) And somewhere along the way, all of it made us tired and sick. Psychologists call it information fatigue syndrome, data overload that disrupts sleep and degrades concentration. We are overspent, overstimulated, exhausted, and we know it. About half of Americans…...