Lovely appreciation by Kevin Merida www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

If you're in D.C. a week from tomorrow, there's an event at Politics & Prose honoring the history of Book World. I think the tone will likely be less funerary than you might imagine. I know my comments will be. politics-prose.com/tribute-book...

Michigan native @jonathanbchait.bsky.social explains the full history of the Detroit-Windsor bridge saga -- and how Trump's threat to block the bridge opening reflects his warped economic worldview www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Baseball is turn-based for the batter but real-time for the runner (after reaching first)

Bill Self should be national coach of the year

Tina Brown rightly puts Fred Ryan's name in the mix of what went wrong; the N.Y. Times has omitted him in recent coverage. open.substack.com/pub/tinabrow...

Peggy Noonan: “if you know you’ve got this fabulous island of broken toys, professional journalists working for a reputable news organization, you’ve got a real chance of learning what’s true” www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...

A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."

Petri: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Definitely worth noting since it wasn't announced in that way.

The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak

I'm going to frame this

i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents. and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"

Blocked

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

“Limited Edition”

Robert F. Worth on what he saw at the Arab Spring, and what he saw in Minnesota (gift link): www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Incredible lede www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

F1 receiving a Best Picture nomination over Weapons is one of the more egregious Academy Award errors

Really liked this www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, head of the Archdiocese for the U.S. military services, says Trump’s threat to seize Greenland by force “tarnishes the image of the United States”; troops can refuse “immoral” orders. The former USCCB president is seen as a church conservative (Gift link) wapo.st/45kMRJz

I like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.

Groff’s Farm. I am sad just thinking about not being able to go there www.pennlive.com/f

That was one of my best plays in Tecmo Bowl

Using a combination of glitches in Super Mario World, Yoshi can be taken into the final battle, where he can eat Peach upon Bowser's defeat. With Peach gone, the ending will not play, and Mario and Yoshi will simply stare at each other forever.

Good Roger Lowenstein piece www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It’s disgusting that Tony Kushner had to stand up to a man who was saying Renee Good got what was coming to her. But without that happening we might never have known that he needlepoints pillows with scenes from The Shining

Plato wouldn't have been surprised that he was canceled (nice Adam Kirsch piece) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This might be the best thing that happened during my first week at the office

Our profile on The Wrath of Stephen Miller—the man who is the pulsing human id of a president who is already almost pure id. W the great(s) @michaelscherer.bsky.social + @nickmiroff.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Terrible, always a total magnet. His story about getting cast in Goodfellas, basically his first movie, is so charming www.avclub.com/isiah-whitlo...

I am willing to live with merely average sweatpants

It's actually called a Laser Susan, and traditionally it was the most terrifying part of the dining experience. They had to change it because of woke.

I really liked the first two Avatars. This one almost works. Still, very watchable and totally insane in the best way. boxd.it/cc4IGR

Vince was a great guy to interview — good-natured, direct, knew exactly what kinds of games he made and why they were so much better than almost everyone else’s. RIP

This sucks. Vince was always so helpful and welcoming to me. When we talked, he would often open up and go into great detail on very personal/private things he/they did to try and what they found didn't work. Ignoring his amazing contributions to the industry, I'm just gonna miss the guy...

We’re excited to share news about several journalists joining The Atlantic in January: @henrygrabar.bsky.social and Judith Shulevitz as staff writers; @suellentrop.bsky.social as a senior editor; and Uzodinma Iweala as a contributing writer. More here: www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

I have to admit that the funniest possible answer to Chiefs fatigue is a Patriots Super Bowl title

My 14-yo-son has recreated the climax of Back to the Future in gingerbread and I thought you should know.

Too good to quote from

Still reading the VF piece now and will have some more thoughts as it relates to the rest of this thread but in the meantime, unless I missed this earlier it seems to break a bit of news that George W. Bush called Marco Rubio privately in a failed attempt to save pepfar

This thread has the (crab) juice

This is incredible

The Chiefs dynasty may be ending tonight but my posting dynasty continues

Patrick Mahomes is 20-19 (playoffs included) in games Chiefs trailed by 10+ points. Only other QBs with a .400 win % or better since 1950 (10+ opps): Tim Tebow 5-6, .455 Otto Graham 7-10-1, .417

This “name a movie you’ve seen more than six times” game is a sign that most of you are too young to have grown up watching cable

The problem with college football is that it is like figure skating, where a committee of aesthetes gets to decide who is best. Duke won the ACC! Let them play, regardless of the Russian judge’s preference for Miami.