AdvertisementAdvertisementThere’s no bones about TikTok’s latest viral phenomenon—literally. Every day, millions of users are checking in to see if a floppy little pug named Noodle has woken up with or without bones. The basic premise of each video is as follows: Jonathan Graziano, Noodle’s owner, opens with a greeting and an explanation. “Good morning everyone, and welcome back to yet another round of ‘no bones,’” Graziano says, “the game where we find out if my 13-year-old pug woke up with bones and, as a result, we find out what kind of day we’re going to have.”AdvertisementGraziano...…AdvertisementAdvertisementThere’s no bones about TikTok’s latest viral phenomenon—literally. Every day, millions of users are checking in to see if a floppy little pug named Noodle has woken up with or without bones. The basic premise of each video is as follows: Jonathan Graziano, Noodle’s owner, opens with a greeting and an explanation. “Good morning everyone, and welcome back to yet another round of ‘no bones,’” Graziano says, “the game where we find out if my 13-year-old pug woke up with bones and, as a result, we find out what kind of day we’re going to have.”AdvertisementGraziano...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJoe Biden’s inauguration doubled as , featuring thousand-dollar Dior Air Jordan 1s, monochromatic jewel-toned looks, and a skirt so wide it enforced its own sartorial social distancing. But the fashion icon who stole the show was, of all people, Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose casual ’fit became instant meme fodder, with special attention paid to his extremely cozy-looking mittens. Eagle-eyed observers noted that Sanders had been .Slate caught up with the mitten-maker herself, Jen Ellis, who lives in Essex Junction, Vermont. In between teaching her class of...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJoe Biden’s inauguration doubled as , featuring thousand-dollar Dior Air Jordan 1s, monochromatic jewel-toned looks, and a skirt so wide it enforced its own sartorial social distancing. But the fashion icon who stole the show was, of all people, Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose casual ’fit became instant meme fodder, with special attention paid to his extremely cozy-looking mittens. Eagle-eyed observers noted that Sanders had been .Slate caught up with the mitten-maker herself, Jen Ellis, who lives in Essex Junction, Vermont. In between teaching her class of...WW…

On election night, amid the slow trickle of results, Stephen Colbert checked in with a guest familiar to viewers of his 2016 election night show. “One thing we do know is that Donald Trump is definitely going to lose Black voters,” Colbert announced on his live special, “and here with his thoughts on why … is host of The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne tha God.” After a video collage of Trump back in 2016 asking Black voters “what they had to lose” by voting for him, Charlamagne launched into a bit called “Charlamagne tha God’s List of Things We Had to Lose”—a litany that included voting rights...…On election night, amid the slow trickle of results, Stephen Colbert checked in with a guest familiar to viewers of his 2016 election night show. “One thing we do know is that Donald Trump is definitely going to lose Black voters,” Colbert announced on his live special, “and here with his thoughts on why … is host of The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne tha God.” After a video collage of Trump back in 2016 asking Black voters “what they had to lose” by voting for him, Charlamagne launched into a bit called “Charlamagne tha God’s List of Things We Had to Lose”—a litany that included voting rights...WW…

Shortly before the AP and other news outlets on Saturday morning, the Trump campaign held a now-infamous press conference at Four Seasons in Philadelphia. That’s , of course, a landscaping company located in an industrial corner of Philadelphia, nestled between a crematorium and an adult bookstore. To find out what it was like on ground zero of FourSeasonsGate, Slate caught up with Bernie D’Angelo, owner of the adult bookstore and sex shop . This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.Rachelle Hampton: When did you find out about the Trump campaign’s press...…Shortly before the AP and other news outlets on Saturday morning, the Trump campaign held a now-infamous press conference at Four Seasons in Philadelphia. That’s , of course, a landscaping company located in an industrial corner of Philadelphia, nestled between a crematorium and an adult bookstore. To find out what it was like on ground zero of FourSeasonsGate, Slate caught up with Bernie D’Angelo, owner of the adult bookstore and sex shop . This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.Rachelle Hampton: When did you find out about the Trump campaign’s press...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisement, the short-form video streaming platform (and butt of many, many jokes), is shutting down, founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman have confirmed after the Wall Street Journal first . For many, it came as no surprise. Despite spending upward of $1.75 billion and securing contracts with A-list stars like Chrissy Teigen, Lena Waithe, and the Kardashians, the streaming service had .For some, the demise of the app was another opportunity to rag on the platform’s admittedly terrible name, which is short for “quick bites,” and its meme-worthy content, like that she...…AdvertisementAdvertisement, the short-form video streaming platform (and butt of many, many jokes), is shutting down, founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman have confirmed after the Wall Street Journal first . For many, it came as no surprise. Despite spending upward of $1.75 billion and securing contracts with A-list stars like Chrissy Teigen, Lena Waithe, and the Kardashians, the streaming service had .For some, the demise of the app was another opportunity to rag on the platform’s admittedly terrible name, which is short for “quick bites,” and its meme-worthy content, like that she...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementJohn Oliver in this week’s main segment of Last Week Tonight, turning his attention to everyone’s favorite civic duty. While the right to a trial by a jury of your peers is enshrined in the Sixth Amendment, “the truth is that people of color are routinely excluded,” Oliver said, citing a that says that “underrepresentation of the Latino and African-American populations is ubiquitous.” Lack of diversity on juries has far-ranging ramifications, not least because studies show that gaps in the conviction rates between white and Black defendants were eliminated when the...…AdvertisementAdvertisementJohn Oliver in this week’s main segment of Last Week Tonight, turning his attention to everyone’s favorite civic duty. While the right to a trial by a jury of your peers is enshrined in the Sixth Amendment, “the truth is that people of color are routinely excluded,” Oliver said, citing a that says that “underrepresentation of the Latino and African-American populations is ubiquitous.” Lack of diversity on juries has far-ranging ramifications, not least because studies show that gaps in the conviction rates between white and Black defendants were eliminated when the...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementAs protests over racist policing in America continue to play out in the nation’s streets, a concurrent reckoning with race and inequality is taking shape inside the country’s notoriously white media companies, signaled in part by the sudden departures of high-profile executives. The most notable exit so far is James Bennet, after a furor over an op-ed by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton that called for deploying the military against peaceful protesters. But in recent days we’ve also seen , after accounts of the discrimination faced by black women and other women of color...…AdvertisementAdvertisementAs protests over racist policing in America continue to play out in the nation’s streets, a concurrent reckoning with race and inequality is taking shape inside the country’s notoriously white media companies, signaled in part by the sudden departures of high-profile executives. The most notable exit so far is James Bennet, after a furor over an op-ed by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton that called for deploying the military against peaceful protesters. But in recent days we’ve also seen , after accounts of the discrimination faced by black women and other women of color...WW…