🚨New @petridishes.bsky.social 🚨 Trust me when I say you should read the whole thing: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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." bsky.app/profile/thea...

Just now at The Atlantic Festival in New York, David Letterman to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: “You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.”

“Trump’s White House is a government by the podcasters, for the podcasters,” Helen Lewis argues. “The right might say that it’s winning in the marketplace of ideas, but that rings hollow when it’s also trying to buy the market”:

As I’ve 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...

Really worth reading Adam Serwer’s latest. He makes the point that whether companies like Nexstar/ABC/Disney are “capitulating because of fear or because they see a financial interest in aligning with the administration is ultimately irrelevant.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

From @davidlsims.bsky.social: “What’s happened to Kimmel is an escalation in every way.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

The Atlantic's @alibreland.bsky.social talked to Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys. Tarrio told him that cancel culture “sucked for us. I always said I wouldn’t do it back to anybody... I’m in a different mindset right now. An eye for an eye right now.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Before I share my latest feature story, which appears in The Atlantic’s October issue and is out today, please enjoy my favorite photo of Judd Apatow. (1/4) (Photo credit: JR)

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...

I ❤️ AI Watchdog www.theatlantic.com/category/ai-...

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.

Kamala Harris in The Atlantic today, on how Biden treated her—and the “recklessness” of those who didn’t tell him he should drop out

Spectacularly brilliant cover story—just published in The Atlantic—by the one and only Jill Lepore. To understand democracy and power in America, every American should read this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Okay, yes, you have to read this. @cwarzel.bsky.social's latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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 family’s succession fight: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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 family’s succession fight: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A really interesting essay from @cray_kate about Carlo Acutis, the first Millennial saint: www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Oh look, it's Mike Solana in The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is smart, by Rogé Karma www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

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Quite something to see this all laid out in such stark detail. Excellent reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social. Gift link here because everyone should read this: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Sooo… you pretty much just have to read this, by @michaelscherer.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is a smart essay from Nick Clegg, very much worth reading: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

America has apparently entered its cowmaxxing era. This is fascinating (and darkly hilarious) by @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

An extremely complicated story handled with grace, intelligence, and force by the great @epcalabro.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This is beyond great. A wonderful story by @nancywalecki.bsky.social, full of love (and rock stars!) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“Because so many parents restrict their ability to socialize in the real world on their own, kids resort to the one thing that allows them to hang out with no adults hovering: their phones.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

New: A MAGA Attorney Hired Epstein’s Lawyer for His ‘Valuable’ Experience www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A spectacular article by Franklin Foer, who stitches together so much so smartly. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Where to even begin with this one? ChatGPT gave The Atlantic advice and encouragement on murdering someone—also self-mutilation, devil worship, and ritual sacrifice of large animals...

HBD Albert Brooks!!! @janetmaslin.bsky.social /Real Life: www.nytimes.com/1979/03/02/a... @nathanrabin.bsky.social /Modern Romance: www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/... @scotttobias.bsky.social /LiA: www.criterion.com/current/post... More: @adriennelaf.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Brb reading all of these www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

If you've been wondering what the mood is like inside the White House right now, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social have you covered: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Everyone should read this, by @dgraham.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I guest hosted Radio Atlantic this week and interviewed @jkbjournalist.bsky.social, the reporter who knows more about Epstein than most other people on the planet. You can listen here: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc... (And don't worry, the great @hannarosin.bsky.social will be back next week.)

This is quite something. Excellent reporting from @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Schools and parents are really not ready for what’s already here. Must-read @lilashroff.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Always read @petridishes.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A lovely essay by Emma Williams, worth reading: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This is wild. Stellar reporting from @matteowong.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

The next season of "Autocracy in America" is out (today!) and it's phenomenal. @garrykasparov.bsky.social and @anneapplebaum.bsky.social are completely brilliant. Must-listen: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Simply a great headline (and a great story—everyone should read it! @radiofreetom.bsky.social's latest): www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

An extraordinary and unsettling story, beautifully written by the great @rossandersen.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This is... insane. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I wrote about political violence in America, and what the second-most-famous duel in our nation’s history can tell us about how it ends: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys to @JeffreyGoldberg: "The reason we speak out is we don’t care if we lose fans. When history is said and done, we want it known that Dropkick Murphys stood with the people and stood with the workers." www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

This @elcush.bsky.social essay portends the obvious: Sun-dried tomatoes are coming back next. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

I regret to inform Aarons everywhere that this heatwave is now known as Heat Wave Aaron. Because @andersen said so: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Protein mania is officially out of control www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...