"We might need to reframe 'American exceptionalism.' Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for white-collar crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind."
Super Bowl halftime shows should be in English—period. I want lyrics I can understand, such as bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy
I have one of these clocks (found it on the street) — does that make me Good or Bad according to STUFF
Compromise position: Lifetime appointments, but under the Zeke rule
When did everyone (including Brad Pitt in F1: The Movie) start saying "That tracks" instead of "That makes sense" or "That checks out"? Where does it come from?
A federal judge ruled last year that Google had cheated publications out of ad revenue. Now those publications want their money back, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes.
I don't think people realize how much the use of academic disability accommodations has exploded over the past decade—especially at the most elite schools. More than 20 percent of Harvard and Stanford students apparently receive some form of accommodation:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
With all due respect to Brussels sprouts — give it a rest. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Numbers are simply too big now: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Email in 2010: Long heartfelt letter from your study abroad pen pal
Email in 2025: "Reminder to please give feedback on your experience using our platform to pay your dentistry bill"
Companies like OpenAI say their chatbots are optimized to be useful, not to keep you hooked. Totally coincidentally, they pose endless follow-up prompts to keep the conversation going. By @lilashroff.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
I would really like to know what editorial judgments led to the choice of wording here
Ground meat implies the existence of sky meat
Can you please leave the Nets out of this? We've been through enough
Seems like a bit of a constitutional issue to suppose that the sitting president can sue people and news organizations in his individual capacity in federal district court.
It's interesting how some people act as if breaking up a company (say, Google) is akin to a death sentence, but out in the real world, corporate juggernauts choose to break themselves up all the time
🧵 Earlier this year, I traveled to East Asia for a story about whether South Korea and Japan will pursue nuclear weapons as China continues its nuclear build-up and the U.S. becomes a (much) less reliable ally.
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The greatest freestyle rapper of all time is a YouTuber named Harry Mack, who had the misfortune of coming up at a time when people don't really care about freestyling anymore. But he has essentially perfected the form.
I enjoyed MATERIALISTS aside from the acting, writing, and directing.
"Listen: Blake Masters is a creepy weirdo," Chris Murphy told me, "but a lot of the stuff he was getting into in 2022—about the emptiness of American life when all that matters is how much you buy and how good a consumer you are—really, it spoke to me.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Weird to think, as I approach middle age, that I have spent just over 50 percent of my adult life living in the Trump era www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"My article, titled 'Year of the Pigskin,' was natural Hollywood bait," Christopher Beam writes. "Now a Chinese studio appeared to have simply lifted the idea":
This is quite the yarn by @chrisbeam.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It seems bad that higher interest rates, a tool meant to reduce inflation, mechanically cause inflation to increase in certain very important categories www.axios.com/2025/06/02/a...
One of many things I learned from this article: one of Trump's phone backgrounds is an image of HIS OWN FACE www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
What would we do without philosophers?
Accusing our opponents of "ignoring tradeoffs" is really hot right now — I wonder when we'll go back to just saying they're wrong?
"A critical mass of the nation’s politicians, news outlets, and major brands regularly post content for free to the exclusive streaming platform for the Ye song 'Heil Hitler.'"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/stop-using-x/682931/
