I genuinely think this entire thing is about that “weak men makes hard times” quote that they’re all obsessed with— it runs through their head constantly, they think the whole world is about top dogs and bottom dogs & no other information is necessary
What Heather said.
There. Is. No. Plan.
Atlantic cover story: Will Iran Be Next? Iran wants nukes. A Pentagon-style war game shows why military strikes would invite disaster. By James Fallows
Time is a flat circle.
(Cover of the Atlantic, 21+ years ago.)
Logan Webb pitched well, but his bullpen is giving up runs and making the game close. This will not happen again all season.
The story of slavery we tell in the United States is Black and White. But Europeans also enslaved Indigenous people of the Americas. And our enslavement, spanning over four centuries, helped build the institution of slavery itself. www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
This sounds silly but it is the emotional core of maga. You don’t like me? Obviously some vast conspiracy is responsible bsky.app/profile/ster...
This is the good news I've been needing.
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
Just want to note that 3am in Washington is like 11:30am in Tehran. The American people are the ones he snuck up on in the dead of night to conduct this illegal attack, not the purported enemy.
It would be rad if every time a car charged on one of these it would make an AI center shrivel like a crushed aluminum can.
After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
State of the Union Fact Check: Nope, none so far
20+ years ago, I did a long article based on a simulated Pentagon "war game." Topic: how things might go if US decided: Hey, we've already invaded Iraq, why not Iran too?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Some of the details have changed. Not the main point: WHAT THE HELL, ARE YOU CRAZY??
Just two hours until I share some behind-the-scenes insight from my reporting on federal education grants.
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The Forgotten Occupation, an amazing documentary about the American occupation of Haiti, is now available to rent or buy; you can find it on Vimeo, Google Play, Amazon, YouTube, and pretty much anywhere you like to watch films : tv.apple.com/us/movie/the...
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
even putting aside the existential crisis of climate change, it's forever wild that people old enough to remember Los Angeles smog and flaming Ohio lakes are saying, "That ruled. Let's bring it back. And why come there isn't any more lead in the paint?"
"The first person to be executed for treason in the US was not a spy or someone who sold secrets to a foreign government. It was not a Confederate general who took up arms against his government. It was an abolitionist named John Brown." from @nhannahjones.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
What made it such a great show is that it was entertaining and layered and explicitly political with excellent music, delightful surprise guests, stunning sets, a clear narrative, a shout out to ALL of the Americas and a cameo from Belcalis.
The Pow Wow Grounds Cafe, across the street from the original headquarters of the American Indian Movement in Minneapolis, has become a key gathering place for Native people in the city amid ICE violence.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
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