“I fucking hate him; I think he’s a scumbag, and you can quote me on that,” one progressive said about Richard Hanania. And yet, “I think, bizarrely enough, that he and I probably share the same broad overall analysis of the American right.” Read my piece here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Anti-Populist

The writer and former white supremacist Richard Hanania was once the toast of MAGA-curious tech barons and reactionary intellectuals. Now he thinks Trumpism has broken their brains.

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This is a story about life extension for dogs, in which my own pup makes several appearances www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Your Next Dog May Live Longer

A new pill could soon extend dogs’ lives. How will that change our relationship with our pets?

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This is one of the most interesting things I've read about AI in a long time: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Secret Weapon Against AI Dominance

The future of creative labor will turn on whether AI-generated work can be copyrighted.

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What if an AI moratorium is actually pro-abundance? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

If You Need a Laptop, Buy It Now

Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.

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I think we should all agree to pronounce GLP-1s as "gulpies," in the interest of efficiency and fun

I apologize to anyone who snores and whose spouse comes across this article www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

You Don’t Have to Snore

If you snore, there’s a good chance a cure is out there for you. Good luck finding it.

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"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."

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

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.

Will Google Ever Have to Pay for Its Sins?

A federal judge ruled last year that the tech giant had cheated publications out of ad revenue. Now those publications want their money back.

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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...

Accommodation Nation

America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.

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With all due respect to Brussels sprouts — give it a rest. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable

Embrace cabbage.

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Numbers are simply too big now: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Humans Can’t Wrap Their Minds Around This Economy

And that’s a problem for American society.

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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...

Chatbait Is Taking Over the Internet

How chatbots keep you talking

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I would really like to know what editorial judgments led to the choice of wording here

Great reporting here www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...

How One Company Maintained a Monopoly on U.S. Fire Retardant

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Ground meat implies the existence of sky meat

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. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double

As American power recedes, South Korea, Japan, and a host of other countries may pursue the bomb.

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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.

ruh roh www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse

Humanity is set to start shrinking several decades ahead of schedule.

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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...

What Chris Murphy Learned From the New Right

The standard-issue Northeast progressive wants to take the Democratic Party down a populist path.

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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...

A Decade of Golden-Escalator Politics

It was here that Donald Trump descended into American politics.

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"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":

How I Accidentally Inspired a Major Chinese Motion Picture

A decade ago, I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through sports. Now it’s a movie with a very different message.

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This is quite the yarn by @chrisbeam.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Zany Sports Movie That Explains U.S.-China Relations

A decade ago, I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through football. Now it’s a major Chinese motion picture—with a very different message.

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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...

Why rents are rising again

U.S. renters face higher costs as construction stalls, Redfin says.

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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...

The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone

“Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.

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What would we do without philosophers?