~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1095)
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My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex
Online conspiracy theorists turned me into “CIA Renee.”
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The Quest to Make Flying More Comfortable
Being on a plane is not likely to feel great—no matter what you bring aboard with...
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The Humbling of Narendra Modi
Indian voters handed him a victory that feels more like defeat.
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An All-American Hot-Dog Controversy
What happens when you combine franks, the Fourth of July, a sponsorship dispute, and a Netflix...
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The Era of Inescapable AI
Apple’s latest move normalizes the controversial technology.
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A Generation of AI Guinea Pigs
AI is quickly becoming a regular part of children’s lives. What happens next?
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You Have Every Reason to Avoid Breathing Wildfire Smoke
The hazards are only becoming clearer; what the U.S. will do to protect people is not.
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For Hamas, Everything Is Going According to Plan
Why accept a peace proposal when the goal is “permanent war”?
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What Writer’s Block Feels Like
Being stuck is a regular affliction when you do this work for a living, though it...
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One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern Life
The Big One in orbit might take many forms. All of them could be disastrous.
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Americans Are Mad About All the Wrong Costs
Don’t complain about the price of a Big Mac. Complain about the price of a house.
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The Most Influential Climate-Disaster Thriller of All Time
Twister captivated America and sparked a subgenre. Its director thought it could never be remade. Can...
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Rachel Cusk’s Lonely Experiment
First she abandoned plot in her fiction; now characters must go.
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Photos of the Week: River Violin, Stuffed Bear, Laser Run
Blackout conditions in parts of Ukraine, whale watching on the Australian coast, flooding in parts of...
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Boston Should Rename Its Airport for Bill Russell
It’s high time the city properly recognized its greatest sports champion, a civil-rights hero who endured...
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The ‘Jimmy Clean Hands’ Election
Criticizing Trump without trying to stop him is meaningless.
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'Bridgerton' Faces the Limits of Romantic Fantasy
The result is a wittier, more biting show in Season 3.
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What Children Remember About Their Fathers
A reading list on fatherhood and the memories that stick
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The Golden Age of Streaking Is Over
Naked runners used to disrupt events seemingly all the time. Why’d they stop?
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Is There Any American City Donald Trump Won’t Insult?
“Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city,” the former president reportedly told...
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The Paradox of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling...
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When Anxiety Is Not a Superpower
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has more emotions, and more blobs representing those emotions.
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American Women Are at a Breaking Point
In the U.S., government support for families seems transgressive. It shouldn’t be.
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How to Take—And Give—Criticism Well
Being able to accept a bad review and use it constructively is not just an essential...