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In Time-Travel Thursdays, @shansquared explores the conundrum of the female sports fan: “The question is not whether women can be fans, but whether they are seen as the right kind of fan,” she writes. https://t.co/mAtv12z4Sf 2.9K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

America would be better off if Donald Trump stopped hosting summits, @RadioFreeTom argues: https://t.co/wCOMMrlrlx 3.4K views · 9 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

“A book that once rightfully inspired devotion can simply fall out of favor, or even out of print,” Dustin Illingworth writes. He recommends six titles that are no longer fashionable—but worth reading: https://t.co/8aCD9zHFCj https://t.co/zEzdoc4Dpp

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The national media is not the “human-resources department” for Democratic staffers who “seem to believe that their role is to serve as a kind of moral check on their boss,” @jonathanchait argues: https://t.co/x7qHHosY7O 5.1K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

As their electoral picture darkens, GOP incumbents are seeking distance from their party’s leader—a time-honored midterm tradition that almost never saves anyone, @GrahamDavidA argues. https://t.co/PUlfl1s3Ba 5.3K views · 3 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Jon Ossoff is all over social media—but could his viral clips translate into a successful presidential campaign? @elainejgodfrey reports: https://t.co/LCrg43EYGs 4K views · 11 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

No president has been better at seizing public attention than Donald Trump—but there is a difference between getting attention and doing something with it, @jdickerson argues: https://t.co/hgZWBvd0Wf 3.9K views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

The American age of global dominance that followed World War II was bound to end eventually, @PhillipsPOBrien writes—“What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived”: https://t.co/nSIlFatwaK 5.9K views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Ayad Akhtar turned to meditation and mysticism in search of a language for experiences he couldn’t explain. “Without a language for speaking openly together about the inner life, what often matters most to us remains locked away," he writes. https://t.co/KbGiW4f2MR 8.8K views · 12 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

A popular self-published book features debunked advice for how to determine a baby’s sex, @OlgaKhazan writes. She explores why tens of thousands of people have bought into the “Babydust Method”: https://t.co/O6n2GhfXAI 8K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Donald Trump’s Sunday-morning Truth Social post “suggests a president who is now lost in a fantasy city in his mind—a capital where the buildings are festooned with his name, drenched in glitz, and bristling with weapons,” @RadioFreeTom argues: https://t.co/IAb1hVpbOz 2.2K views · 13 likes · 9 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Rewatching "Normal People," listening to Emmylou Harris, laughing at "Adults," and more culture and entertainment recommendations from @emmmawillliams in The Atlantic Daily: https://t.co/7vkZe0gtmg 3.5K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

The intention to ban several news outlets from the White House shows that Donald Trump “doesn’t see any disconnect between his big talk on free speech and his attempt to censor or punish the media and his political opposition,” @AdamSerwer argues: https://t.co/SSlFMtl7yX 5.6K views · 26 likes · 13 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

“A university’s athletic and academic successes are complementary, if not connected,” @gerry_cadava argues. He examines why college sports do more good than harm for universities: https://t.co/Hm23bbwHRC 8.3K views · 2 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

@TheAtlantic This new Hollywood trend of "every villain is sympathetic" is the worst 20.3K views · 979 likes · 10 reposts · 13 replies Open on X →

In James Parker’s “50 Songs That Explain America,” the British critic shares the tunes that showed him America’s soul. Read the list: https://t.co/aUdA5CZ5BR 9.9K views · 4 likes · 4 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

@TheAtlantic We have a serious, SERIOUS, SERIOUS issue with women pathologically refusing to acknowledge that women can be villainous in this country. It is getting so fucking crazy. 11.1K views · 678 likes · 14 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

D.C.’s latest rodent blitz is the city’s most aggressive yet—but it may be difficult to prove its effectiveness, Emma Marris reports. https://t.co/dawlfcnf7Z 4.8K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Panic about data centers “is leading communities to forgo massive amounts of tax revenue—largely because of threats that are inflated, confused, and sometimes nonexistent,” @AndyMasley argues. https://t.co/uZK6TU1Dlk 8.9K views · 8 likes · 6 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Previously unseen tax filings for the Kennedy Center paint a fuller picture of the finances Trump inherited—and what happened during his first months in charge, @janaykingsberry reports: https://t.co/z0rGIGniVz 16.8K views · 85 likes · 20 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

George W. Bush spoke highly of Islam after 9/11—a posture that MAGA has mostly abandoned, @LuisParrales_ argues. He explores how the right’s hostility toward Muslims is at odds with Christianity's ideals: https://t.co/UUybTidDmO 74.7K views · 32 likes · 13 reposts · 84 replies Open on X →

@Kaepernick7 says some fellow NFL players “wanted to be out there protesting and wanted to be supportive,” yet feared retaliation from their organizations. “This isn't a one-player or one-team thing. This was across the NFL,” he tells @jemelehill. #TAF26 https://t.co/YHakhePBXV h

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@TheAtlantic She’s quite literally written to be a monster 13.3K views · 646 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

The new series “East of Eden” doesn’t try to make the character Cathy Ames “a monster,” Florence Pugh says. It was “my job to try and get you guys to sympathize and maybe fall in love with her a little bit,” Pugh adds. https://t.co/YN8Rjzs1aY #TAF26 https://t.co/RjNDnqI3kJ

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Cuba is ready to transform its economy, but there’s a wide gap between Havana’s proposals and the Trump administration’s goals, @vmsalama reports: https://t.co/34QZjr85XY 2K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Some of the most powerful people in AI say they are filled with dread, and are issuing statements of grave concern about the technology’s potential risks—but one influential voice is notably absent from the doomer chorus, @andersen writes. https://t.co/PV6mV4VC1a 2.7K views · 6 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

It feels like artificial intelligence is wresting higher education apart—but something bigger and more damaging has been taking place on college campuses for a long time, @ibogost argues. https://t.co/YH6pCG86BB 4.9K views · 14 likes · 4 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

“Nature’s silence is its one remark,” Annie Dillard wrote in a 1981 Atlantic essay. Dillard, who died on Tuesday at 81, spent her life listening, @IsabelFattal writes. https://t.co/TwqBsVWl7y 8.7K views · 17 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →