~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1076)
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How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
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How Americans Drink
Perspectives on moderate alcohol consumption have flip-flopped over the decades.
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Emergency Powers Are About to Be Tested
Trump’s potential use of extraordinary authorities may be the first signal of how he intends to...
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What David Lynch Knew About the Weather
The filmmaker’s COVID-era L.A. forecasts found the eerie in the everyday.
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The End of L.A.’s Magical Thinking
The fires around Los Angeles are getting under control. But, inevitably, another fire will start.
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Soda’s Rebound Moment
Discouraging soda drinking has been a public-health aim for decades. But the beverage is still embedded...
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That’s Not How Constitutional Amendments Work
The president’s declaration that the Equal Rights Amendment is “the law of the land” doesn’t make...
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The Secretary of Hard Problems
Bill Burns has played an unusual role for a CIA director.
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Where Biden Turned the Battleship
The outgoing president’s legacy of revived antitrust enforcement won’t be easy to undo.
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How Does a Real Person Become a Character?
Two novels take different approaches to bringing the dead back to life.
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The GoFundMe Fires
For now, Los Angeles has no choice but to crowdfund its way out of destruction.
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L.A. Isn’t Ready for What’s Next
Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit, and deadly mudslides and debris flows will likely...
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What Are the Puzzles of 'Severance' About?
In Season 2, the show’s abstract and surreal elements make more sense.
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David Lynch Was America’s Cinematic Poet
The director’s death, at 78, is shocking only because it seemed he’d be with us forever.
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Photos of the Week: Frost Flower, Fox Pounce, Shelf Cloud
A bull-taming festival in India, snow-covered desert dunes in China, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, continued...
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How Biden Destroyed His Legacy
The president’s accomplishments are considerable, but on his signature issue of preserving democracy, he failed spectacularly.
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The End of the DEI Era
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, a newly emboldened anti-DEI bloc has gained powerful...
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‘I Won’t Touch Instagram’
TikTok users are searching for a new home. Are there any good ones left?
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What Elon Musk Missed About England’s Grooming Gangs
The world’s wealthiest man revived an argument that the right already won.
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The Right Way to Look for a New Job
Being miserable at work is definitely a good reason for change. But how you go about...
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Milk Has Divided Americans for More Than 150 Years
The raw-milk debate is but one flash point in the nation’s ongoing dairy drama.
