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Friday, March 01, 2013

Note to Readers: The text-based Slatest PM was today's first casualty of the sequester. Kidding! The PM newsletter will return on Monday, but for now here's some of the stories you may have missed today from The Slatest and the rest of Slate's blogs.

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Should I Be Freaking Out About the Sequester Now, or Later? A Sequestration FAQ. Friday, March 01, 2013, at 5:47 PM EST

	Blog \| David Weigel The One Piece of Slightly Newsy News From Obama's Press Conference Friday, March 01, 2013, at 12:30 PM EST

	Blog \| Justin Peters Stand Your Ground Is A Terrible Law. Why Do Florida Legislators Want To Expand It? Friday, March 01, 2013, at 4:13 PM EST

	Blog \| Abby Ohlheiser What Type of Retirement Package Does an Ex-Pope Get? A Big One. Friday, March 01, 2013, at 1:08 PM EST

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees His Holiness Spent His First Night of Retirement Watching Himself on Television Friday, March 01, 2013, at 10:28 AM EST

	Future Tense \| Ryan Gallagher DHS Considers Eavesdropping Tech for Spy Drones on Border Friday, March 01, 2013, at 5:49 PM EST

	Bad Astronomy \| Phil Plait BREAKING: After Initial Problems, SpaceX Dragon Now Looking Good On Orbit Friday, March 01, 2013, at 4:25 PM EST

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Mitt Romney's First Post-Election Interview Is an Emotional Roller Coaster (Metaphor) Friday, March 01, 2013, at 10:04 AM EST

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees If You Do the "Harlem Shake" on a Plane, the FAA Will Investigate It Friday, March 01, 2013, at 10:53 AM EST

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees You Won't Believe What South African Police Did This Time (and It Was Caught on Tape) Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 3:43 PM EST

	Blog \| David Weigel "They're the Birthers of Fracking." A Conversation with Josh Fox. Friday, March 01, 2013, at 5:24 PM EST

	Blog \| Aisha Harris See the Floor Plans of Your Favorite Characters' Homes Friday, March 01, 2013, at 3:06 PM EST

	Blog \| Abby Ohlheiser Fla. Man Feared Dead After Disappearing Into Massive Sinkhole Friday, March 01, 2013, at 10:38 AM EST

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias Sequestration Is Here: Don't Expect Anything To Happen Friday, March 01, 2013, at 9:02 AM EST

	Blog \| David Weigel Congress Neuters Itself, for America Friday, March 01, 2013, at 9:17 AM EST

	Blog \| Josh Voorhees Obama Urges SCOTUS To Strike Down Prop 8 Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 4:03 PM EST

	Politics \| David Weigel The Sequester Superhero Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 6:50 PM EST Why the Republican Party's sequestration strategy only makes Obama stronger.

	OnEarth \| Jeff Turrentine Obama Will Abolish the Suburbs? Friday, March 01, 2013, at 7:33 AM EST The Agenda 21 conspiracy to "wipe out freedoms of all U.S. citizens."

	Blog \| Chris Wade and Slate V Staff USDA To Rain Death From Above on Tree Snakes of Guam Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 6:15 PM EST

	Blog \| Matthew Yglesias Don't Blame Andrew Mason, The Daily Deal Business Model Just Doesn't Work Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 5:47 PM EST

	Future Tense \| Ryan Gallagher Details Revealed on Secret U.S. "Ragtime" Domestic Surveillance Program Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 4:39 PM EST

	Blog \| Alyssa Rosenberg Good News for Female Magazine Editors: The Pay Gap Is Narrowing Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 4:08 PM EST

	Books \| Matthew Kirschenbaum The Book-Writing Machine Friday, March 01, 2013, at 10:30 AM EST What was the first novel ever written on a word processor?