Evan McMurry
@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
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Senior Editor, Audience -
@theatlantic.com
, things of that nature
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Porting over my pinned tweet: I write short stories! Some of which get published, a few of which win awards. (Don't worry, plenty get rejected, too.) "Nothing Kinky":
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"Nixon in Heaven":
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"After the Water":
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"The Fall of Rabbi Gold":
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Nothing Kinky | Evan McMurry
A soldier hellbent on getting himself honorably discharged, and the waitress who changed everything when he saw the way the sun itself tried to reach her with its gaze. Nothing kinky here… ju…
https://bit.ly/2IFUYsY
about 1 year ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
3 days ago
The release of the Epstein files left many of his victims disappointed with how the Justice Department handled it, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. “America is getting a look tonight into how we have all felt for years,” one survivor said.
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‘They’re Delusional If They Think This Is Going to Go Away’
The Trump administration’s release of long-awaited files didn’t provide what survivors were looking for.
https://bit.ly/3Y1Pc87
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“As individuals who received their vaccines up to six decades ago reach old age, they’re becoming the unwitting subjects of a natural experiment: Researchers are nervously watching to see just how long their immunity might last. “
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Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait
Most cases are mild, obscuring the disease’s worst outcomes.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/12/measles-elimination-outbreaks/685303/
4 days ago
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NEW: Donald Trump is considering announcing onetime bonus checks of $1,776 for many military members,
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
and
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social
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$1,776 Checks for the Military
The president is considering bonuses for many service members.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/1776-military/685304/
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“Inside the agency, officials describe Bhattacharya as a largely ineffectual figurehead, often absent from leadership meetings, unresponsive to colleagues, and fixated more on cultivating his media image than on engaging with the turmoil at his own agency.”
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The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/12/nih-cuts-memoli/685282/
5 days ago
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We've lost Ely and Todd Snider in under a month.
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Joe Ely, Texas-Born Troubadour of the Open Road, Dies at 78
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/obituaries/joe-ely-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
7 days ago
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@dgraham.bsky.social
: “The simplest reason Trump posted this is the same reason he posts anything: The man cannot resist making everything about himself, even if it’s the heartbreaking murder of a beloved artist in an alleged domestic dispute.”
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Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder
This morning’s Truth Social post was nauseating even by the president’s standards.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2025/12/trump-derangement-syndrome-rob-reiner-murder/685268/
7 days ago
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@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
: American anti-Semitism is not primarily a partisan phenomenon, “but a generational one.” “Jews constitute just 2 percent of the American population, but they’ve assumed much larger and more sinister proportions in the imagination of the country’s youth.”
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‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’
Anti-Jewish prejudice isn’t a partisan divide—it’s a generational one.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/american-anti-semitism-youth/685261/
7 days ago
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NEW: A right-wing influencer claims USAID is a secret spy organization. He’s been brought into the agency to prove his theory,
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
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USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
http://theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/usaid-mike-benz-cia/685195/
13 days ago
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serious question: what is impressionism as a musical genre
15 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
19 days ago
Last night’s Tennessee special-election results gave both Democrats and Republicans something to worry about, Marc Novicoff argues:
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A Cautionary Tale for Both Parties
Last night’s Tennessee special election gave Democrats and Republicans something to worry about.
https://bit.ly/3MEZ8Sg
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Breaking: Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
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Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/hegseth-signalgate-trump-defense-pentagon/684997/
19 days ago
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NEW: The U.S. strikes off of South America may be compromising its larger efforts against drug cartels, experts tell Missy Ryan and Marie-Rose Sheinerman.
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A Counterproductive Counter-Narcotics Campaign
The Trump administration’s lethal strikes on suspected traffickers may compromise, not advance, America’s battle against cartels.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/12/war-drugs-venezuela-trafficking-trump/685094/
21 days ago
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@jonlemire.bsky.social
: “Lack of regular voter contact has contributed to a growing fear among Republicans and White House allies: that Trump is too isolated, and has become out of touch with what the public wants from its president.”
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The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/12/trump-white-house-travel-rallies-isolated/685073/
21 days ago
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100% serious question: why do toaster/toaster ovens have such short cords, rendering them unusable in all but the most absurd kitchen configurations? Is there a voltage thing specific to toasters? Did the toaster guild rule on this 80 years ago and you mess with them at your peril?
23 days ago
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Evan McMurry
The Atlantic
25 days ago
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.”
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Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia
Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks
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EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks. Via Simon Shuster:
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Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia
Ukraine’s chief negotiator, in an exclusive interview, says conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2025/11/ukraine-zelensky-russia-trump-peace-land-red-line/685090/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvVXtWY8zt0SmlLlrQZL70oQ
25 days ago
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“In focusing too much on what was popular, critics began to write about culture like sports, concentrating most on the major leagues.”
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Make Culture Weird Again
Even failures and half steps will be more interesting than the boring stuff.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/11/blank-space-book-excerpt-culture/685037/
27 days ago
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“Sending $2,000 checks to most American households would demand more than what the government has collected in tariff revenues so far.”
27 days ago
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“The shutdown showcased the fragility of the social safety net ... The shutdown may have provided a glimpse of what millions of Americans will face when the government opts for a reduced role in society.”
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The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not
Its effects will linger for some time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/government-shutdown-costs-damage-trump/685017/
28 days ago
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Extensive profile of RFK Jr., including many fascinating interviews, from
@michaelscherer.bsky.social
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The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/01/rfk-jr-public-health-science/684948/
29 days ago
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Annual reminder that the reporters covering Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral ended up burying him because they were the only ones besides his family to show up. Even the minister skipped it.
about 1 month ago
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“Through a representative, Rollins ‘declined with great enthusiasm’ to an interview request for this article.”
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Black Flag’s Latest Reboot Has Everyone Talking (Even Greg Ginn)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/arts/music/black-flag-greg-ginn.html
about 1 month ago
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NEW from
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
: “The emails offer a portrait of Maxwell’s relatively comfortable life as the scandal that put her behind bars has gripped Trump in a political vise.”
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The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails
The longtime Epstein associate reveled in her privileges after the Trump administration moved her to more comfortable surroundings.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/ghislaine-maxwell-emails-prison-trump/684993/
about 1 month ago
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Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back,
@jonlemire.bsky.social
reports:
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The Trump Steamroller Is Broken
Infighting. Bad polls. Party divisions. Midterm fears. It’s all back.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trump-has-lost-control/684987/
about 1 month ago
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between me and
@ibogost.com
, your holiday shopping list is complete!
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about 1 month ago
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This will always be one of the great short stories of the English language. This should have won the O. Henry Prize:
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Bill Elliot Story
https://open.spotify.com/track/3LCWOWccGsMxvC3wghgCln?si=Zt8Qip48Q625Kmf85L5-UQ
about 1 month ago
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“Squarespace for scams.”
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The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text
Beware the smishing triad
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/smishing-scams/684905/
about 1 month ago
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A year-long pasta investigation! Long-simmering pasta tensions! This story has everything:
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America’s Best Pasta Is Slipping Away
Stock up on fancy noodles now.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/pasta-bronze-cut-tariffs-italy/684904/
about 1 month ago
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I've never been more serious: you gotta reach this ostrich story.
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All the Ostriches Must Die
How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/11/ostriches-canada-bird-flu-rfk/684836/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvXlMkmZmqRGrMUeMf2MlAUc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
about 1 month ago
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@russellberman.bsky.social
: “Even if the GOP’s gerrymandering advantage nets the party a few additional seats, Democrats will have a narrower gap to overcome next year than they did eight years ago.”
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‘None of This Is Good for Republicans’
Gerrymandering efforts look different after Election Day.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trumps-gerrymandering-war-stalled/684833/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvTou_pZ_gMOxtPPu6GjPr9w
about 2 months ago
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New! Show! From
@cwarzel.bsky.social
! Go get it:
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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“Get used to these kinds of subscriptions, regardless of what kind of car you drive.”
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Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/apple-carplay-general-motors/684799/
about 2 months ago
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social
: “Of course, another possibility is that Trump’s announcement means nothing.”
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Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-nuclear/684758/
about 2 months ago
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@ashleyrparker.bsky.social
on Rahm Emanuel? Click:
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Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d 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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@gcaw.bsky.social
: “Right now the 20-point plan is in effect halted while Trump’s deputies make efforts to determine which of its deficiencies are remediable. It’s not clear when the plan will be implemented, who will implement it, or how.”
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Why the Gaza Peace Deal Is Like an Anglican Wedding
Many parties have pledged to support the plan. But no one knows how to implement it
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/10/gaza-peace-deal/684688/
about 2 months ago
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“A centaur goes in circles if the human half doesn’t know what it’s doing.”
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The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/ai-deskilling-automation-technology/684669/
about 2 months ago
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When the president of the United States decides to demolish the East Wing of the White House to construct a ballroom, all that stucco and molding and wood has to go somewhere. So Nancy Walecki tried to find it.
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My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble
An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/east-wing-rubble/684703/?gift=zOlqwqJNRAGWtWIVaYuBvWvb9lrVNG9XK4S5EcN1jyU
about 2 months ago
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@qjurecic.bsky.social
: “The extravagance of Trump’s attempted theft may itself be part of the point. The goal is not just dictatorial power, but the ostentatious performance of dictatorial power.”
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Trump to DOJ: Pay Up
The goal is not just dictatorial power, but ostentatious performance.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-doj-corruption-shakedown-unitary-executive/684655/
2 months ago
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great read from
@kait.bsky.social
trying to solve the conundrum of why America's most exciting train keeps hitting people:
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A ‘Death Train’ 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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NEW: More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test,
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
reports. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
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A Third of ICE-Academy Recruits Are Failing Out
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/ice-recruits-fitness-test-trump/684625/
2 months ago
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@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
: “Protests can only create enthusiasm, spread goodwill, and inspire people to dedicate time and energy to real political change. And the people who created the sewage video knew that too.”
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Why Trump Turned to the Sewer
The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-no-kings-day-protest-ai-poop/684621/
2 months ago
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@shaneharris.bsky.social
: “Donald Trump has derided NATO as an obsolete bunch of freeloaders for so long, it can be easy to forget that the transatlantic alliance remains the most powerful combined military force on Earth. And right now, it’s really acting like it.”
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Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge
Members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/10/nato-putin-trump-europe-ukraine/684592/
2 months ago
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Phenomenal Riyadh dispatch from
@helenlewis.bsky.social
: “By the end of the night, I was, somewhat unexpectedly, annoyed on behalf of the kingdom. You drop six or seven figures to fly in Louis C.K., and he won’t even write some new material? Disrespectful.”
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I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/fear-laughing-riyadh-comedy-louis-ck/684527/
2 months ago
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@nickmiroff.bsky.social
from Chicago: “I realized that no one from the federal government had gone to the building after the raid to check on the elderly Americans who lived there, to see if any of them needed help, or to apologize for handcuffing them in the middle of the night.”
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The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/chicago-immigration-national-guard-trump/684575/
2 months ago
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Robert Worth: “It is impossible to spend more than a few minutes near the front line without being confronted by Ukraine’s greatest vulnerability: lack of soldiers. Yet I came away from a recent trip to Ukraine believing that the country may actually be able to achieve its military goals.”
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Ukraine Might Be Winning Its War of Attrition
Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/10/ukraine-russia-drone-war-attrition/684419/
3 months ago
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Take a wild ride with
@matteowong.bsky.social
as he tours the NYC subways looking at the defaced Friend posters with the Friend founder who says he loves it all:
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The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters
Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/friend-ai-companion-ads/684451/
3 months ago
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@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social
: “Trump successfully bullied Netanyahu—and if this latest round of talks is going to get results, he’ll need to do more of it.”
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Trump Is Successfully Bullying Netanyahu
The more the president puts the prime minister in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/trump-netanyahu-gaza/684462/
3 months ago
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Despite a huge boost in funds, ICE’s buildup stalled over the summer. Good new reporting from
@nickmiroff.bsky.social
:
3 months ago
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@annielowrey.bsky.social
: “The shutdown won’t cause a nationwide recession, provided it is over soon. But it could certainly worsen some smaller ones already gathering force.”
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The Everything Recession
First Washington, then the nation?
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/10/everything-recession/684450/
3 months ago
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@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social
went to Portland: “What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat.”
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Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online
There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at 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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