Ah, the magazine known for vintage Slatepitches with leftist trappings is doing a "You see, back on the prehistoric savanna" bit?
October 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Ah, the magazine known for vintage Slatepitches with leftist trappings is doing a "You see, back on the prehistoric savanna" bit?
Back in the good old days, that would have been #slatepitches.
September 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Back in the good old days, that would have been #slatepitches.
I harken back to the halcyon days of #SlatePitches
September 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I harken back to the halcyon days of #SlatePitches
In another era, strike the first two words from the hed and tag it #slatepitches
July 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
In another era, strike the first two words from the hed and tag it #slatepitches
lol this is the lady who wrote the thing in the Atlantic about how it’s gentrification and ~racial~ to hate when people are noisy. Slatepitches never went away, they just wandered off to different publications
deeply dumb, juvenile stuff masquerading as social justice-inflected nihilism www.thecut.com/article/shou...
Should We All Start Smoking Cigarettes Again?
We quit our bad habits for the sake of our future selves. How naïve of us.
www.thecut.com
April 29, 2026 at 4:11 PM
lol this is the lady who wrote the thing in the Atlantic about how it’s gentrification and ~racial~ to hate when people are noisy. Slatepitches never went away, they just wandered off to different publications
April 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
March 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
@slate.com , once again proving Slatepitches are a real, actual thing.
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 PM
@slate.com , once again proving Slatepitches are a real, actual thing.
A salute to you for actually reading the piece, rather than doing the Bluesky thing of reacting solely to a screenshot of the headline.
I gave it a shot, but about halfway through, it just sounded to much like one of those old #slatepitches, so I moved on.
I gave it a shot, but about halfway through, it just sounded to much like one of those old #slatepitches, so I moved on.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A salute to you for actually reading the piece, rather than doing the Bluesky thing of reacting solely to a screenshot of the headline.
I gave it a shot, but about halfway through, it just sounded to much like one of those old #slatepitches, so I moved on.
I gave it a shot, but about halfway through, it just sounded to much like one of those old #slatepitches, so I moved on.
Back in the day, this would have been one of the classic #slatepitches.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Back in the day, this would have been one of the classic #slatepitches.
"The new Slate is good, actually." #slatepitches
When Slate first launched, I read... probably not everything on it, but a pretty high percentage. I read it like a magazine.
I haven't really looked at it much since it went subscriber-only. Clicked over to check for something and it's depressing how much every headline sounds like clickbait slop.
I haven't really looked at it much since it went subscriber-only. Clicked over to check for something and it's depressing how much every headline sounds like clickbait slop.
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"The new Slate is good, actually." #slatepitches
he name searched to reply to this btw
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
he name searched to reply to this btw
This is the thing. There was a rough period there when coming up with the most counter-intuitive idea was a good way to get folks talking and clicking (ie, #slatepitches) but in a time of authoritarian breakthrough, that shit is simply unacceptable...
Yeah people do that to me sometimes. To the extent you are talking about yourself here, it's not some sort of happenstance, you take conservative positions on wedge issues, whether or not you believe them, for the express purpose of provoking people and get mad when it works.
I would define Blueskyism as the habit of looking at a Clinton / Biden / Harris voter who happens to be somewhat more moderate than the poster on certain issues and deciding that person should be loudly condemned as a fascist and shunned.
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is the thing. There was a rough period there when coming up with the most counter-intuitive idea was a good way to get folks talking and clicking (ie, #slatepitches) but in a time of authoritarian breakthrough, that shit is simply unacceptable...
I wouldn't have linked if it were not another one for the collection. It's like that Monty Python routine, where they just kept saying, over and over, "And now, number one, the larch. The larch." It's the sheer repetition that cracks me up.
And ah, yes, #slatepitches. Good times, good times.
And ah, yes, #slatepitches. Good times, good times.
June 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I wouldn't have linked if it were not another one for the collection. It's like that Monty Python routine, where they just kept saying, over and over, "And now, number one, the larch. The larch." It's the sheer repetition that cracks me up.
And ah, yes, #slatepitches. Good times, good times.
And ah, yes, #slatepitches. Good times, good times.
I get the sense that Bluesky is mentioned a quite deal more than Slate these days.
I mean, people don't even do joking #slatepitches anymore because why beat a dead horse?
I mean, people don't even do joking #slatepitches anymore because why beat a dead horse?
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I get the sense that Bluesky is mentioned a quite deal more than Slate these days.
I mean, people don't even do joking #slatepitches anymore because why beat a dead horse?
I mean, people don't even do joking #slatepitches anymore because why beat a dead horse?
There is a reason that during Twitter’s golden era, one of the most common games was to post the most contrarian idiot takes under #slatepitches
I’d say Slate misses the attention, but I’m pretty sure none of the writers involved here had any idea that used to be a thing.
I’d say Slate misses the attention, but I’m pretty sure none of the writers involved here had any idea that used to be a thing.
June 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
There is a reason that during Twitter’s golden era, one of the most common games was to post the most contrarian idiot takes under #slatepitches
I’d say Slate misses the attention, but I’m pretty sure none of the writers involved here had any idea that used to be a thing.
I’d say Slate misses the attention, but I’m pretty sure none of the writers involved here had any idea that used to be a thing.
back in the day we used to joke about “#SlatePitches”, and well
June 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
back in the day we used to joke about “#SlatePitches”, and well
Oh no #slatepitches were not a "no bad ideas" situation
April 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oh no #slatepitches were not a "no bad ideas" situation
nice to see you making some slatepitches
April 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
nice to see you making some slatepitches