We have a hero. “The LGBTQ people I interviewed offered a different partnership model. They wanted no part of the dating scripts they saw as connected to gender inequality. “We have explicitly said we’re not normal or traditional, so we can write the script ourselves. We don’t have to buy into this belief that the guy is gonna be kinda dopey, but well meaning, and enjoy sports, and the woman is gonna withhold sex and demand to have things paid for,” one woman told me.” AMEN 🙏

I take it back; the #LGBTQ people look smart as hell and come off great in this piece 🤩

Way to show up and sound like the adults in the room, #queer people! 🤘

#pride 🏳️‍🌈 #TheAtlantic

The heterosexual men I interviewed claimed that a woman’s assertiveness took the pressure off them. While some liked paying for dates, feeling that the gesture was a nice way to show they cared, others were more resistant. One man told me he splits the cost of a date “Fifty-fifty. That goes right in line with my theory of the person I consider my equal. Just because I carry the penis does not mean that I need to buy your food for you. You’re a woman, you’re educated or want to be educated, you want to be independent—take your stance.”

Then we cut to the #men, and I’m thinking, “How bad is this guy going to make men look?” and I’d say not great 😆

“Just bc I carry the penis,” is a pretty embarrassing bit of verbiage, I reckon.

This @theatlantic.com article (Ellen Lamont) is wild. Nobody looks good in it 🙂‍↔️

#TheAtlantic #feminism

Stranger on the shore #poem #poetry #theocean #theatlantic

Trump Hitler Ballroom Comparison Debunked | Newswax Gregory Harwell III dismantles the Trump Hitler ballroom comparison the Atlantic wants you to make. The parallels collapse under serious analysis.

#TheAtlantic Wants You to Think a Ballroom Is a Reich Chancellery. #MAGA analyst explains why the Trump Hitler ballroom comparison falls apart—by carefully listing every parallel
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#satire #ballroom

Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.

Keeping it Real: It went about as well as folks knew it would. Meaning, it didn't go well at all. I suspect the markets will have a not too happy response. (Gift Article)
#sme #foreignaffairs #TheShitShow #Iran #TheAtlantic

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Maybe we just don't f*cking care #theatlantic

Every time he opens his mouth, we get a new adventure story - and every time the world becomes a more dangerous place, including for Americans
#theatlantic

Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones Ukrainian drones have made artillery and armored vehicles look obsolete. Why is the world still buying them?

I was totally shocked by #Papperger’s completely out-of-place arrogance and obvious stupidity displayed in this week’s interview by #SimonShuster in #TheAtlantic.

#Rheinmetall’s profits have bloated Papperger’s head.

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦!

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Iran Oil Infrastructure Proves Weakness | Newswax Tucker Brandish explains how Iran oil infrastructure vulnerability proves what he's been saying about strength since 4:30 AM. The math is clear now.

"The Atlantic Just Proved Iran Can’t Win the Oil War."
Fictional conservative news commentator Tucker Brandish critiques #TheAtlantic on #oil and the #IranWar.
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#satire

Thank You #TheAtlantic #2008crash , at least someone other than me is paying attention

America Does Not Need a Trimmer: A Response to David Brooks David Brooks argues that America needs “a Trimmer” — a prudent moderate who balances competing truths and resists ideological excess. But moderation is not a moral principle. It is only a tactic, and ...

David Brooks’s new Atlantic essay treats moderation as a virtue in itself. But moderation is only a tactic. Without truth, justice, and moral judgment, balance becomes not wisdom but complicity. My response: “America Does Not Need a Trimmer.”

#DavidBrooks #TheAtlantic #Trimmer

Trump Is Asking to Be Bailed Out Again The president’s eagerness to act keeps getting him into difficult spots—which he then demands that legislators and the public help him escape.

Great piece from #TheAtlantic that covers how often #DonaldTrump stumbles from one ill-considered bungle to the next farcical farrago like a drunken oaf. What a pitiful shambles for Americans and the world's embattled democracies.

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#FreeArticle #TheAtlantic ##professorKarimSadjadpour #IranPol #USPol #History #IranRevolution #CarnegieEndowmentForInternationalPeace #GeorgetownUniversity #GeorgWBush #Irak #Lebanon #RonaldReagan #Megalomaniac

Some key themes illustrated in motion on the fascinating @theatlantic.com story and pod, “Sucker: My year as a Degenerate Gambler” by @mckaycoppins.bsky.social. It makes total sense to me that America makes us primed for this: the country as a Giant Casino.

#theatlantic #msjonesnyc

#DemocraticParty #Politics #AmericanDemocracy #EconomicReform #MiddleClass #WorkingAmericans #Inequality #Healthcare #Housing #TaxReform #TheAtlantic #WashingtonPost #OpEd #2026Election #Democrats #ProgressivePolicy #PoliticalAnalysis

Very disappointed in The Atlantic Magazine.

I am 2 days late in cancelling my subscription (sorry, I can't afford it this year) and they will not refund, any part of my entire year payment ($170 CDN).

#Atlantic
#TheAtlantic
@jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
@davidfrum.bsky.social

Trump’s only true skill is the con; his only fundamental belief is that the United States is the birthright of straight, white, Christian men, and his only real, authentic pleasure is in cruelty. It is that cruelty, and the delight it brings them, that binds his most ardent supporters to him, in shared scorn for those they hate and fear: immigrants, black voters, feminists, and treasonous white men who empathize with any of those who would steal their birthright. The president’s ability to execute that cruelty through word and deed makes them euphoric. It makes them feel good, it makes them feel proud, it makes them feel happy, it makes them feel united. ~ Adam Serwer, “The Atlantic”

#AdamSerwer #TheAtlantic

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

“Donald Trump does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later.”
#TheAtlantic #April2026

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#TheAtlantic #Trump

#TheAtlantic #Trump

Nuts, dangerous, #impeachable:
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“I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory, it’s the place from which they get their energy.” ACTUALLY, IT ISN'T THEIR TERRITORY, & IT'S #THATASSHOLE'S FAULT that their energy is blocked." - #TheAtlantic

The taco dictator's daily tariff shuffle is destroying our economy. Why is the GOP congress allowing this to continue? #theatlantic #tariffs #magamafia

#SaveOurPlanet #AIDataCenters

AI has its uses but unregulated AI poses huge health risks as well as causing #JobLoss and threats to our environment.

Please read this detailed analysis from #TheAtlantic

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The maga mafia gang is a corrupt unqualified group that need to be removed from our government. Image by anonymous. #theatlantic #magamafia

OpenAI Is Opening the Door to Government Spying Whether it means to or not

Keeping it Real: I suspect we're going to find out soon that this deal is ugly, and no bueno. Especially when the investigations of the iran school bombing start to happen. (Article Gifted)

#sme #NationalPolitics #socialmedia #OpenAI #DOD #TheAtlantic

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Anthropic’s Ethical Stand Could Be Paying Off The AI company gave up a $200 million contract—and might be getting something more valuable in return.

Keeping it Real: These cats really don't like each other. Sam Altman is fighting with everyone it seems. (Article Gifted)

#sme #socialmedia #artificialintelligence #Anthropic #OpenAI #TheShitShow #TheAtlantic

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

#Trump biting off more than he can chew is certainly nothing new, nor surprising.

Inevitably however, his minor league mentality struggling to compete in the big leagues will be his downfall...

#DonaldTrump #Iran #IranWar
#TheAtlantic #FranklinFoer

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Imagine Losing Your Job to the Mere Possibility of AI The technology may not be ready to replace workers, but that isn’t stopping execs from pushing forward anyway.

#JackDorsey was wrong there are people here! ~> Imagine Losing Your Job to the Mere Possibility of AI | #TheAtlantic zurl.co/iyldp