Adrienne LaFrance
@adriennelaf.bsky.social
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Human, executive editor of The Atlantic
Six-seven is over. Long live six-seven.
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âSix-Sevenâ Is Over
Grown-ups killed it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/six-seven-meme-over/685231/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR79A23LdbvK1X9J2HEi-ezQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Adrienne LaFrance
Ian Bogost
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I have written an elegy to Six-Seven, which is dead, or at least dying. It is not a memeâmemes are the purview of greedy adulthood attention thirstâbut a case of Childlore. Though irritating, it should have been left alone.
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âSix-Sevenâ Is Over
Grown-ups killed it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/six-seven-meme-over/685231/?gift=xg-ooB7bz_Y1iPLiLEmPNmFLw0oBAY8wqDcOvnDSM-M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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One of the most fascinating aspects of this
@kait.bsky.social
story is how much the debate over AI mirrors the debate over political violence and violent rhetoric more broadly. Must-read:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist
Sam Kirchner wants to save the world from artificial superintelligence. Heâs been missing for two weeks.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/
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"Hegseth has a point: Maybe Kelly shouldnât be in Congress."
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
argues that Kelly, not Hegseth, should be Defense secretary:
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Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/mark-kelly-military-trump/685065/
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Brb going to put cabbage in a soup.
@giladedelman.bsky.social
's latest:
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The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/thanksgiving-food-vegetables-cabbage/685047/
29 days ago
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Everyone should read this. @michaelscherer's latest is The Atlantic's new cover story:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced Heâs Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/rfk-jr-public-health-science/684948/
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Must-read Sophie Gilbert on âPresident Piggy:â
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/11/trump-quiet-piggy-women-journalists/684982/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR21K8tDkcaJcyzonLXmTfYI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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"Burger King and Kraft Natural Cheese each do an advent calendar, as does Red Bull, though I gotta say, that one looks suspiciously like a normal 24-pack of cans."
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Advent Calendars Are Totally Out of Control
What began as a form of religious expression has morphed into a brand-a-palooza.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/11/peak-advent-calendar/684971/
about 1 month ago
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This made me laugh.
@caity.bsky.social
is hilarious.
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Pennies Are Trash Now
The government has no plan for Americaâs 300 billion pennies.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/pennies-circulation-mint/684935/
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What is everyone reading over Thanksgiving break! I need to assemble a stack of excellent books. To start, I just bought George Packer's new novel, The Emergencyâvery excited about this one:
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The Emergency: A Novel
A Novel
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-emergency-a-novel-george-packer/6c7ebb964a78d74d?ean=9780374614720&next=t
about 1 month ago
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đ Forty-one days until Christmas. A perfect day to buy someone a gift subscription to The Atlantic:
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The Atlantic
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about 1 month ago
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Helicopter parents are now following their kids to college. (Yikes!)
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When Helicopter Parents Touch DownâAt College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/11/trailing-helicopter-parent-kids-college/684768/
about 1 month ago
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Too many quotable lines in
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
âs latest to pick one. Just read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Inside the Sandwich Guyâs Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/dc-sandwich-guy-jury-trump/684898/
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These photos are wow
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Photos: The Northern Lights Put on a Show
A powerful geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to night skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with sightings of pink, red, and green lights as far south as Florida and Oklahoma.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/2025/11/photos-northern-lights/684901/
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What happens when law enforcement starts masking all the timeâimportant reporting from the great
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Why They Mask
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But theyâre not coming off anytime soon.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/ice-immigration-masks/684868/
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Believe me when I say you have to read this:
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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 2 months ago
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Adrienne LaFrance
Damon Beres
about 2 months 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/
about 2 months ago
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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/
about 2 months ago
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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:
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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:
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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
about 2 months ago
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Today is a great day to read about Patti Smith.
@amyweissmeyer.bsky.social
's latest:
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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."
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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
about 2 months 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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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/
about 2 months 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/
about 2 months ago
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Here's
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
on the Pentagon's Propaganda Corps:
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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
about 2 months ago
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Adrienne LaFrance
Anne Applebaum
about 2 months 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
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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
about 2 months ago
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There is no one more fun to read than Caity Weaver
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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/
2 months ago
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First the pythons and now this? Florida, y i k e s.
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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/
2 months ago
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This is an astonishing essay by
@nxthompson.bsky.social
. Really really worth reading:
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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/
2 months 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/
2 months 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
2 months ago
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Why, yes,
@helenlewis.bsky.social
did go to the Riyadh Comedy Festival
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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
2 months 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).
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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/
2 months ago
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I wrote about Diane Keatonâfeaturing spectacular photos that Jill Krementz took of Keaton in 1977:
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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
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Havenât felt the shutdown yet? You will. Important reporting from Toluse Olorunnipa:
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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
3 months ago
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Stop everything and read Caity Weaver
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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/
3 months 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
3 months 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:
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âIt Only Tuesdayâ is still my favorite Onion article but this is a pretty close second:
3 months ago
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Some of the details in
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
âs dispatch from Portland are truly đ
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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/
3 months ago
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âDisturbingâ doesnât even begin to describe itâŠ
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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/
3 months 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)
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This is very important, by
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social
. Free to read with this link:
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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
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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
3 months ago
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What to know if a recession is coming?
@elcush.bsky.social
on what to watch (and what to ignore):
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I hope everyone reads George Packer's latest. He has thought deeply about these issues for a long, long time.
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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/
3 months ago
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