Adrienne LaFrance
@adriennelaf.bsky.social
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Human, executive editor of The Atlantic
Believe me when I say you have to read this:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Missing Kayaker
What happened to Ryan Borgwardt?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/wisconsin-kayaker-ryan-borgwardt-death/684631/
about 11 hours ago
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Adrienne LaFrance
Damon Beres
1 day ago
New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and yearsâwhat comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (đ)
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The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. Whatâs coming will be much worse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGa16Jx31Zmex1KB_fmDASe0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Robots are cool! But you definitely need real friends. Chatbots "allow you to talk forever to no one other than yourself." And the anti-social media era is only in its infancy... Must-read
@damonberes.com
:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. Whatâs coming will be much worse.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/ai-companionship-anti-social-media/684596/
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This is smart, worth reading, by @jonathanchait:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Trump Is Right: Ditch the Filibuster
The tactic is a deformed anachronism. Its demise would benefit the whole country, and Democrats especially.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trump-filibuster-democrats-senate/684826/
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Well thatâs one way to think about intellectual property⌠Common Crawlâs Rich Skrenta: âYou shouldnât have put your content on the internet if you didnât want it to be on the internet.â Must-read Alex Reisner:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
âYou shouldnât have put your content on the internet if you didnât want it to be on the internet,â Common Crawlâs executive director says.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/common-crawl-ai-training-data/684567/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRz-WPDOTZpgIC-Uo7o7Huao&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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This is astonishing reporting from Alex Reisner. You really have to read the whole thingâbut don't miss the part where the head of Common Crawl tells Alex that "robots are people too." Free to read with this gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industryâs Dirty Work
The web archive Common Crawl has been quietly funneling paywalled articles to AI companiesâand lying to publishers about it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/common-crawl-ai-training-data/684567/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRwio5mDiSRz6fc3iFjVX0D4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
2 days ago
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Today is a great day to read about Patti Smith.
@amyweissmeyer.bsky.social
's latest:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Patti Smithâs Lifetime of Reinvention
Nearing 80, the punk poet reflects on the twists in her story that have surprised even her.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/patti-smith-memoir/684613/
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Wise words from Raffi Krikorian, who has thought deeply about technology and society: "When validation is purchased rather than earned, we lose something vital."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on frictionâso why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/validation-ai-raffi-krikorian/684764/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR6AXjQvWFhu9u3KKz7vj9NA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
7 days ago
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Tremendous reporting this morning with a stunning scoop (link in next post) from
@michaelscherer.bsky.social
, Missy Ryan, and
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
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8 days ago
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Great reporting and fun to read, by the one and only
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Rahm Emanuel ⌠For President?
Heâd like you to keep an open mind.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/mayor-rahm-emanuel-2028-presidential-election/684611/
8 days ago
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Rise of the maybe-moon! This is fascinating, by
@lilashroff.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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No One Actually Knows What a Moon Is
The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/10/quasi-moon-definition/684710/
10 days ago
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Here's
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
on the Pentagon's Propaganda Corps:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Pentagonâs Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle realityâand create apathy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/pentagon-press-restrictions-new-media-propaganda/684706/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK34nRhtCE1_24NDkKntU5tuE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
10 days ago
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reposted by
Adrienne LaFrance
Anne Applebaum
10 days ago
After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Pentagonâs Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle realityâand create apathy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/pentagon-press-restrictions-new-media-propaganda/684706/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK34nRhtCE1_24NDkKntU5tuE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Extremely important reporting from
@dgraham.bsky.social
in The Atlanticâs latest cover story. (So important that we published it ahead of schedule.) Must-read, out today:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trumpâs plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/2026-midterms-trump-threat/684615/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR1DWG4oTTy-i687f8HGfvOQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
10 days ago
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There is no one more fun to read than Caity Weaver
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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In Praise of Jewel Thieves
How nice to read about a heist rather than a massacre
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/praise-louvre-heist/684677/
14 days ago
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First the pythons and now this? Florida, y i k e s.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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A âDeath Trainâ Is Haunting South Florida
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/brightline-train-florida/684624/
14 days ago
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This is an astonishing essay by
@nxthompson.bsky.social
. Really really worth reading:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Why I Run
I took up the sport to be like my father. I kept going because he stopped.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/the-running-ground-memoir/684633/
15 days ago
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A really smart exploration of the state of cultural criticism, from the brilliant
@skornhaber.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Traditional Criticism Is in Trouble. Hereâs Whatâs Replacing It.
Demand for cultural commentary is higher than itâs ever beenâbut now that commentary is coming from unconventional new sources.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/arts-criticism-future/684523/
20 days ago
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Really excellent reporting from
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
, who went to Chicago to see for himself whatâs happening there:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trumpâs ICE crackdown?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/chicago-immigration-national-guard-trump/684575/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR09TBlWJrPi9iIzZ0tx0CZM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
21 days ago
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Why, yes,
@helenlewis.bsky.social
did go to the Riyadh Comedy Festival
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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How Many Comedians Does It Take to Change a Country?
What itâs like to watch Louis C.K. do stand-up in Saudi Arabia
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/fear-laughing-riyadh-comedy-louis-ck/684527/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRzCm7WNuEY-VSv3erGpKFa0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
22 days ago
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I love this list so much. But personally would have ditched Goodnight Moon (overrated, sorry) in favor of The Velveteen Rabbit (perfection).
www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
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65 Essential Childrenâs Books
Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/10/essential-childrens-picture-books-goodnight-moon-snowy-day/684091/
23 days ago
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I wrote about Diane Keatonâfeaturing spectacular photos that Jill Krementz took of Keaton in 1977:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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The Romantic
How Diane Keatonâs quest for beauty left an imprint on American culture
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/diane-keaton-romantic-quest-beauty/684541/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR9Iwx6TUTl7-7Vuz0tHOU34&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
25 days ago
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Havenât felt the shutdown yet? You will. Important reporting from Toluse Olorunnipa:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Americans Are About to Feel the Government Shutdown
Airport delays and IRS closures are just the beginning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/week-government-shutdown-gets-real/684493/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR2ld3YWApZXdVre7OS0mfX8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
29 days ago
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Stop everything and read Caity Weaver
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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I Fought the Battle of Bunker Hill
What it takes to be a Revolutionary War reenactor
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/revolutionary-war-historical-reenactment/684317/
29 days ago
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Must-read
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/10/civil-military-crisis-trump-hegseth/684486/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR6zyqHgirnFNLG2d33fD5Ec&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 month ago
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A delightful glimpse into one of the world's great minds. Douglas Hofstadter wrote for The Atlantic about how he became obsessed with ambigrams. This one is my favorite:
about 1 month ago
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âIt Only Tuesdayâ is still my favorite Onion article but this is a pretty close second:
about 1 month ago
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Some of the details in
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
âs dispatch from Portland are truly đ
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Portlandâs âWar Zoneâ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online
Thereâs more absurdity than menace on the cityâs streetsâat least for now.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/10/portland-ice-protest-national-guard-trump/684439/
about 1 month ago
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âDisturbingâ doesnât even begin to describe itâŚ
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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A Government Shutdown, Weaponized
The president is boasting about doing things to Democrats that are âbad for them and irreversible by them.â
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/government-shutdown-weaponized/684441/
about 1 month ago
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Thereâs a reason I focused on Portland when I reported a big story on political violence two years ago. (1/4)
about 1 month ago
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This is very important, by
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social
. Free to read with this link:
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?
Pete Hegsethâs department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/09/pentagon-press-hegseth-media-policy/684383/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR8MgcyrZno4ljO2jy5NCRfQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 month ago
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Happy Friday! Here's an extremely cool thing: The Atlantic is offering public high schools in the United States free access to our journalism. Learn more here:
theatlantic.com/hsaccess
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The Atlantic
https://theatlantic.com/hsaccess
about 1 month ago
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What to know if a recession is coming?
@elcush.bsky.social
on what to watch (and what to ignore):
about 1 month ago
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I hope everyone reads George Packer's latest. He has thought deeply about these issues for a long, long time.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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American Tyranny
Free-speech hypocrisy is a symptom of the democratic decay that leads to authoritarianism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/america-authoritarian-regime-ai-suicide/684350/
about 1 month ago
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đ¨New
@petridishes.bsky.social
đ¨ Trust me when I say you should read the whole thing:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isnât Jimmy Kimmelâs show being suspended. Itâs just autumn!
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-censorship/684267/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR4Ooy-zPsHpRFcL69zrdKKg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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This is very much beside the point but I enjoyed how hard Letterman laughed when
@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
said "shit." "He said 'shit!' ... The Atlantic Monthly guy said 'shit.' Yes! There's your First Amendment, ladies and gentlemen."
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add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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Just now at The Atlantic Festival in New York, David Letterman to
@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
: âYou canât go around firing somebody because youâre fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarianâa criminalâadministration in the Oval Office. Thatâs just not how this works.â
about 2 months ago
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Adrienne LaFrance
The Atlantic
about 2 months ago
âTrumpâs White House is a government by the podcasters, for the podcasters,â Helen Lewis argues. âThe right might say that itâs winning in the marketplace of ideas, but that rings hollow when itâs also trying to buy the marketâ:
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A Government of All the Podcasters
The right-wing podcast-industrial complex is establishing new norms and taboosâand expanding the White Houseâs power.
https://bit.ly/3VlJywj
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As Iâve written before, capitulation is contagious. When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/03/washington-post-bezos-trump-cartoon-ann-telnaes/681406/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRx2NpAKZLoHD7bBvXlATgpM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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Really worth reading Adam Serwerâs latest. He makes the point that whether companies like Nexstar/ABC/Disney are âcapitulating because of fear or because they see a financial interest in aligning with the administration is ultimately irrelevant.â
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Constitution Protects Jimmy Kimmelâs Mistake
Free speech is under assault.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/this-wont-stop-with-jimmy-kimmel/684251/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR5typYGgktS8IQaNwqeKZEg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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From
@davidlsims.bsky.social
: âWhatâs happened to Kimmel is an escalation in every way.â
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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An Escalation in Every Way
Jimmy Kimmelâs suspension from late-night is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isnât swiftly undone.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspension-late-night/684250/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR3ikXM5ElrYlZwsWvV_bhYw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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The Atlantic's
@alibreland.bsky.social
talked to Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys. Tarrio told him that cancel culture âsucked for us. I always said I wouldnât do it back to anybody... Iâm in a different mindset right now. An eye for an eye right now.â
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio: MAGA Has Figured Out How to âPlay Dirtyâ
Inside the far-right network that is working to get people fired for what they say about Charlie Kirk
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/09/proud-boys-enrique-tarrio-charlie-kirk/684247/
about 2 months ago
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Before I share my latest feature story, which appears in The Atlanticâs October issue and is out today, please enjoy my favorite photo of Judd Apatow. (1/4) (Photo credit: JR)
about 2 months ago
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Most Americans do not want civil war. Anyone who is declaring it should stop. I wrote about political violence again:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Strawberries in Winter
Most Americans do not want civil war. Anyone who is declaring it should stop.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-assassination-civil-war/684181/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRz_3IEcKsP6d3ci3Oti7Hz8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 2 months ago
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I â¤ď¸ AI Watchdog
www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...
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AI Watchdog - The Atlantic
The Atlantic's coverage on AI Watchdog
https://www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-watchdog/
about 2 months ago
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Yet another very big thing from The Atlantic today! Introducing (drumrolllll) AI Watchdog. An ongoing investigation by The Atlantic to reveal the inner workings of generative AI.
about 2 months ago
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Kamala Harris in The Atlantic today, on how Biden treated herâand the ârecklessnessâ of those who didnât tell him he should drop out
about 2 months ago
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Spectacularly brilliant cover storyâjust published in The Atlanticâby the one and only Jill Lepore. To understand democracy and power in America, every American should read this:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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How Originalism Killed the Constitution
A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/constitutional-originalism-amendment/683961/
about 2 months ago
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Okay, yes, you have to read this.
@cwarzel.bsky.social
's latest:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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You Really Need to See Epsteinâs Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/09/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-conspiracy-theories/684157/
about 2 months ago
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Today is a good day to read
@mckaycoppins.bsky.social
on the mind games, sibling rivalry, and war for power that culminated in Lachlan Murdoch winning his familyâs succession fight:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/04/rupert-murdoch-family-succession-james-murdoch/681675/
about 2 months ago
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