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Senior Editor at The Atlantic.
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i augustus durham
3 months ago
Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. baduâs Mamaâs Gun with a public listening session + discussion. Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of
@mahoganybooks.bsky.social
(8/20) and Chuck Levinâs (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
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Come through, yâall!
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The Atlantic
8 months ago
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chatâand accidentally included The Atlanticâs editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didnât think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
https://theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
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The Atlantic
9 months ago
The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual,
@katherinejwu.com
reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants:
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agencyâs own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
https://theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj
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âWe are now in the second decade of a years-long temper tantrum sparked by the election of Barack Obamaânot to mention the failed attempts to elect a woman to succeed him...â
@adamserwer.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Great Resegregation
The Trump administrationâs attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/trump-attacks-dei/681772/
9 months ago
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lila pearl
10 months ago
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse.
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
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There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html
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The Atlantic
10 months ago
Ashli Babbittâs mother and the wife of a notorious insurrectionist moved into a townhouse near
@hannarosin.bsky.social
âs home in deep-blue Washington, D.C. Getting to know them proved to be a revealingâand surprisingâexperience.
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The Insurrectionists Next Door
Ashli Babbittâs mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/10/jan-6-capitol-attack-ashli-babbitt-dc-residents/679563/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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Hanna Rosin
10 months ago
Love this: "A quiet monologue runs through my head at all times. It is this: dinner dinner dinner dinner. The thing about dinner is that you have to deal with it every single night."
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Youâll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill
Thereâs no such thing as an easy weeknight meal.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/weeknight-dinner-never-easy/681210/
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Lauren McGaughy
11 months ago
"The courtroom is not designed to be the arbiter of scientific truth." But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from
@pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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www.propublica.org/article/shak...
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He Frantically Called 911 to Revive His Infant Son. Now He Could Face 12 Years in Prison.
Exonerations and new science continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: âabusive head trauma.â Critics say the name deflects scrutiny whi...
https://www.propublica.org/article/shaken-baby-syndrome-abusive-head-trauma-controversy
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The Atlantic
11 months ago
"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time." Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
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Why Reading Books in High School Matters
Youâll understand when youâre older.
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2024/12/the-books-we-read-in-high-school-part-1/681086/?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_campaign=instagram-story
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Adrienne LaFrance
11 months ago
Every year on this day I think of this man, his family, and every person I met in Newtown in December 2012
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Is Anywhere Safe?
None
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/is-anywhere-safe/625620/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oRwb9gYxbRq_qvFn5dzS5fKQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Ken Armstrong
11 months ago
âIâm a big fan of the blues not because they are sad, theyâre not, but because they give us a rhythm to keep moving.â From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to
@jenishawo.bsky.social
, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on."
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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What Nikki Giovanni Wouldnât Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/12/poet-nikki-giovanni-taught-us-keep-moving/681000/
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The Atlantic
11 months ago
As an editor,
@jenishawo.bsky.social
worked with Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday. The poet's most important lesson: Never stop moving forward.
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What Nikki Giovanni Wouldnât Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/12/poet-nikki-giovanni-taught-us-keep-moving/681000/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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The Atlantic
11 months ago
More than a century ago, the United States backed a coup that destroyed Hawaiâiâs sovereign government. What does America owe the Islands now?
@adriennelaf.bsky.social
reports on the Hawaiians pushing for self-determination:
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I loved writing this piece with the perfect editor
@boriskachka.bsky.social
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What Nikki Giovanni Wouldnât Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/12/poet-nikki-giovanni-taught-us-keep-moving/681000/?gift=AxhcPWsPE7pTN2SnnXjEoaCY6F7EmxS1hYlls2NYMdQ&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
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omg. thank you for everything, Nikki
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Scott Stossel
11 months ago
"Why would a girl with such a wonderful father ever need a second one? Because someone must have dropped Tom on his head as a baby." Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/01/poet-seamus-heaney-berkeley/680757/
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Always read ADAM SERWER!
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Jason
11 months ago
Iâm in the middle of about 6 other books, including at least 2 essay collections and a stack of recent magazines Iâm behind on, but I couldnât resist this when I saw it at Kramerâs Books yesterday⊠edited by Wesley Morris!?
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I am forever grateful whenever anyone takes the time to read my work. Thanks again, Jason.
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12 months ago
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The Atlantic
12 months ago
Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it, the sociologist Matthew Desmond told Annie Lowrey last year.
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Julie Beck
about 1 year ago
important clarification in the kicker icymi đ
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Julie Beck
about 1 year ago
popped up from book leave for a moment to write about the election, American individualism, impulses toward self-care, and how we need each other
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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Donât Turn Inward
After a bruising election, many Americans may feel an impulse toward solitude. Thatâs the wrong instinct.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/11/donald-trump-election-resist-solitude-individualism/680639/
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Ian Bogost
12 months ago
I am posting on Bluesky the piece I wrote about Bluesky for the
@theatlantic.bsky.social
. The short version is that it seems very nice here but also it is bad that it seems nice because social media is bad and we need to abandon it. Further thoughts follow đ
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Bluesky Bubble
This is a relapse, not a fix.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/bluesky-bubble-twitter-replacement/680679/
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Iâm really up ⊠ready to watch this fight. Who am I becoming!? đ€Ł
12 months ago
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)
about 1 year ago
"When universities like Harvard shifted their definition of ability, large segments of society adjusted to meet that definition," David Brooks writes, The effect was transformative:
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How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isnât working. We need something new.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/?gift=NX91pXe_h9-jpMCTAKKnducArnNpwOPffLJTD6SFUm0&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
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The Atlantic
about 1 year ago
âWhen people vote with their feet, theyâre sending a clear signal about which places make them optimistic about the future,â Jerusalem Demsas writes. âWhat does it say about liberal governance that Democratic states cannot compete with Florida and Texas?â
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The Democrats Are Committing Partycide
In the future, even winning the former âBlue Wallâ states wonât be enough for the partyâs presidential nominees.
https://theatln.tc/iVE307pQ
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