~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1128)

The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.

DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in its independence from politics—for now.

Unlike an army of human bureaucrats, an army of AI agents could, almost on a whim, be redirected.

Sun City offers evidence that Americans’ widespread isolation began long before they became absorbed in their phones.

Slime-covered capybaras in Argentina, a chaotic fireworks festival in Taiwan, the day of the patron saint of beekeepers in Bulgaria, a Buddhist prayer ceremony in Thailand, and much more