Adrienne LaFrance
@adriennelaf.bsky.social
Human, executive editor of The Atlantic
Extremely cool job alert: atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
I will always read anything by @stossel.bsky.social—and this one is fascinating. Highly recommend: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What if Freud Was Right?
A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness.
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It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
The migration of monarchs “is a wonder of the natural world, one of the longest annual cycles of movement undertaken by any creature on Earth”—and we’re only just starting to understand these butterflies’ secrets, Vann R. Newkirk II reports.
How Do Monarchs Do It?
Somehow, they traverse an entire continent, wintering in the very same forests that their forebears did. We’re only just starting to understand their secrets.
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Check out this 1978 ad from an old issue of The Atlantic (pretty good advice in the era of social media, too…)
This is beautifully written, by @jenishawo.bsky.social, about the loss of the father she never truly knew in the first place: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Taking Care of the Father Who Broke My Heart
I barely knew him. But in the last years of his life, he needed me.
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airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
The fact that this got shipped in the first place is legitimately stunning. @matteowong.bsky.social’s latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools
Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.
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A must-read about the Roblox effect, especially for anyone who knows a young gamer. Even high-quality video games push in-game purchases nowadays—suboptimal for any number of reasons, not least of all because of the gaming-to-online-gambling pipeline: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Why Kids Can’t Quit Roblox
The mechanics of many games on the platform are nearly identical to those of slot machines and sports-betting apps.
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“Mostly, the monarch persists because life’s job is to live; because within those thimble-size bodies hides a dynamo of survival that puts our most incredible machines to shame.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Return of the Monarch
After years of decline, butterfly populations are rising—for now.
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In which @faith-hill.bsky.social persuasively argues that Americans seriously need to chill out with the puritanical panopticon: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
The Horrible Rise of the Makeout Police
A year after the Coldplay incident, another couple is going viral for PDA.
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Looking for a great read today? I still think about this @galbeckerman.bsky.social essay all the time. What if our ancestors didn't feel anything like we do? A deep look at the historians who want to know how past humans experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
What if Our Ancestors Didn’t Feel Anything Like We Do?
The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow
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Mullin swears that he and Trump are “on the same page” on ICE. “But for a secretary whose views on the department he leads are still vague, the phrasing posed a question: What page are they on, exactly?” Essential reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Secretary of Homeland
How Markwayne Mullin went from Indian Country to Trump’s immigration enforcer
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Top: Proper pull-up form, as demonstrated by a Marine Corps officer. Bottom: Secretary Hegseth’s form.
Really good scoop from @janaykingsberry.bsky.social—if the president gets his way, he’ll get his arch by pushing for new rules that would lower the bar for building monuments in Washington. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Inside Trump’s Rush Job to Build His Arch
A previously unreported regulatory change could lower the bar for new additions to Washington.
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Before sports betting was legalized everywhere, I was neutral about it, thinking that it was a personal choice. Now that it exists everywhere I have been radicalized against it like a 19th century suffragette
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · 3w agoi worked in several casinos and later for an online sportsbook. the best advice i can give you is to stay the hell away from all of it.
“Before one more member of the U.S. military is killed,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes, the president “should return to the airwaves—and stand before Congress—to explain what he’s doing in Iran and how many more lives he’s willing to risk.” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Owes Americans a Better Explanation About Iran
Two more Americans have died. Meanwhile, the president’s rationale for war keeps changing.
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“It should go without saying, though maybe it needs to be said, that it would be meaningless to have free-speech organizations if they defended only speech they agreed with.” www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
A Free-Speech Meltdown
PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after October 7.
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This @imkahloon.bsky.social article is extremely helpful for anyone trying to understand what this whole Iran situation is doing to the economy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s War-Not-War Is Doing Something Odd to the Economy
Businesses and consumers are struggling with a bizarre conflict that is simultaneously happening and not happening.
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This is really interesting and worth reading, by the brilliant and always fun-to-read @kait.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
What if It’s Not the Phones?
An evolutionary psychologist is challenging the popular understanding of kids and technology.
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New in The Atlantic this morning: an extraordinary cover story by @rosehorowitch.bsky.social. If you’re generally only reading tweets, emails, texts, and machine-generated sentences, you should really, really read this story (and after that, a novel!): www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Age of Reading Is Over
Can civilization survive the postliterate era?
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