~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1099)
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Jimmy O. Yang Was Stuck Playing Asian Stereotypes. Then Everything Changed.
In Interior Chinatown, he’s become the main character.
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Search the Hollywood AI Database
Use this search tool to see how writing from 139,000 movies and TV shows has trained...
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There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and...
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The Many Sides of Charli XCX
On SNL, the singer who popularized the “brat” ethos showed that she can be goofy and...
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Even Worse Than ‘The Da Vinci Code’
Conclave treats Catholic theology as mere policy, like the membership rules at Augusta National.
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A Classic Blockbuster for a Sunday Afternoon
Culture and entertainment musts from Jen Balderama
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Trump’s New York Sentencing Must Proceed
An election is not a jury verdict, and winning an election doesn’t make you any less...
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Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?
Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.
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The Inner Lives of Musicians
Learning where famous artists sleep and what they eat is like finally glimpsing the unknowable.
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Nick Cave’s Revised Rules for Men
On his new album, he seems to want to help men cope with feelings of insecurity...
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A Film Impossible to Have Mild Feelings About
Emilia Pérez is messy, excessive, and manipulative—and spectacular because of it.
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Making Government Efficient Again
An incoming Trump administration plans to ransack the civil service. But it needs reform, not demolition.
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The Perverse Logic of Trump’s Nomination Circus
The sheer quantity of individually unqualified selections might make blocking any of them harder.
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The RFK Jr. Effect
His views could damage Americans’ trust in public health—whether he is confirmed or not.
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Alex Jones Just Went Somewhere Else
The Infowars founder is already broadcasting his conspiracy theories on a new site.
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AI’s Fingerprints Were All Over the Election
But deepfakes and disinformation weren’t the main issues.
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RFK Jr. Collects His Reward
The conspiratorial and chaotic independent is poised to join the government that he claims is lying...
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Get Ready for Higher Food Prices
Trump vowed to lower food prices. His policies will almost certainly do the opposite.
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No, That Wasn’t an ‘Onion’ Headline
The satirical site’s announcement that it is acquiring Alex Jones’s Infowars created confusion—and perfectly captured the...
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What the Internet Age Is Taking Away From Writers
Authors tirelessly self-market online, but I find myself wishing that they still had the option to...
