Archive - Slow Boring

August 2025

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Ask your questions below!

Aug 31 •

Saturday discussion thread

Bringing it back due to popular demand.

Aug 30 •

Three phases of affordable housing

A week in housing and a weekend of recommendations

Aug 29 •

What makes sense in ’90s nostalgia

Plus obviousness, Mayor Pete’s Black support, and the madness of Bluesky

Aug 29 •

Matthew Yglesias

Waning days of a dying empire

Is this what collapse looks like from the inside?

Aug 28 •

When people don’t vote, Democrats win

Everyone needs to learn the new politics of turnout

Aug 28 •

Matthew Yglesias

Chatbots may not be causing psychosis, but they’re probably making it worse

A psychiatrist argues that unregulated artificial intelligence is a public health risk.

Aug 27 •

What cash can and can’t do

My take on the ongoing U.B.I. wars

Aug 27 •

Matthew Yglesias

How will the Electoral College look in 2032?

A buzzy study predicts a rightward shift. What do you think?

Aug 26 •

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