If You Need a Laptop, Buy It Now Electronics are getting more expensive and worse. Blame the AI boom.

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

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

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.

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

"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."

Super Bowl halftime shows should be in English—period. I want lyrics I can understand, such as bawitdaba da bang da bang diggy diggy

I have one of these clocks (found it on the street) — does that make me Good or Bad according to STUFF

Compromise position: Lifetime appointments, but under the Zeke rule

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?

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.

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.

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

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:
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The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable Embrace cabbage.

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

Humans Can’t Wrap Their Minds Around This Economy And that’s a problem for American society.

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

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"

Chatbait Is Taking Over the Internet How chatbots keep you talking

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...

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

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

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

Ground meat implies the existence of sky meat

Can you please leave the Nets out of this? We've been through enough

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

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double As American power recedes, South Korea, Japan, and a host of other countries may pursue the bomb.

🧵 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.

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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.

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.

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

I enjoyed MATERIALISTS aside from the acting, writing, and directing.

What Chris Murphy Learned From the New Right The standard-issue Northeast progressive wants to take the Democratic Party down a populist path.

"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...

A Decade of Golden-Escalator Politics It was here that Donald Trump descended into American politics.

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...

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.

"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":

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.

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

Why rents are rising again U.S. renters face higher costs as construction stalls, Redfin says.

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...

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.

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...