~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1104)
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Microsoft Is Luring Fossil-Fuel Companies With AI
Karen Hao reports on the hypocrisy of the tech giant.
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A New Front in the Meme Wars
Purveyors of disinformation are targeting Americans with tactics pioneered by the populist authoritarian Rodrigo Duterte.
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The Irresistible Pull of an Alternate Universe
It lets us explore the allure of living a totally new life.
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Men on Trips Eating Food
Why TV is full of late-career Hollywood guys at restaurants
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Nicole Kidman’s Perpetual Trick
The actor has excelled at embracing female artifice—and then demolishing it from the inside out.
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Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key
Over time, a collection of throwaway thoughts becomes a record of person’s real self.
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Has Trump Gone Soft on China?
A “grand bargain” with Beijing has obvious appeal. The question is what it would cost.
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Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The...
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The Silicon Valley Paradox
Why are tech leaders so adamant on pushing their creations on other people’s kids, while protecting...
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‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’
In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put...
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Netanyahu’s Other War
Conflict in Gaza hasn’t put an end to Israel’s constitutional crisis.
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What John Stuart Mill Knew About Happiness
The great philosopher of liberty and liberalism had the ultimate advice for how to approach your...
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Entitlement Is Not an Identity. It’s a Trap.
In Rumaan Alam’s latest novel, a Black woman’s quest for status runs up against her blind...
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The Candidates Aren’t Even Pretending Science Matters
In another election, she might have been asked.
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The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working
The conservative justices created so many avenues for challenge and confusion that the Court functionally collaborated...
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What I Saw on the January 6 Committee
The attack on the Capitol was never a single, isolated event, but the outburst of a...
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Trump’s Repetitive Speech Is a Bad Sign
If the debate was a cognitive test, the former president failed.
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The Americans Who Yearn for Anti-American Propaganda
Russian-backed influencers with an authoritarian message find a ready audience.
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The Mistake That 'The Rings of Power' Keeps Making
The mistake that The Rings of Power keeps making
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Donald Trump Can’t Stop Posting
He has begun to speak like someone who is deep inside the right-wing internet.
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Trump Blames Everybody but Himself
He can’t face the truth about his performance at the debate.