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During a power outage in San Francisco on Saturday, Waymo's robotaxis suddenly froze in their tracks. This won't be the last time that driverless cars go awry, writes Patrick George. theatlantic.com/technology/202…
There's no use in making the humanities relevant, @thomaschattwill argues, because "the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one:" theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…
J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” @FranklinFoer argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…
Bari Weiss was right about how to improve the “60 Minutes” CECOT report, @gcaw argues—but her “drama-detector, so refined when seeking out news stories, seems to have failed her when avoiding it in her own newsroom.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…
During a power outage in San Francisco on Saturday, Waymo's robotaxis suddenly froze in their tracks. This won't be the last time that driverless cars go awry, writes Patrick George. theatlantic.com/technology/202…
The horrific materials in the Epstein files—combined with a chaotic release and a politicized Department of Justice—are a "recipe for inspiring potent distrust and resentment," Charlie Warzel argues: theatlantic.com/technology/202…
Trump once commanded total fealty from the GOP. Now, less than one year into his second term, his political superpower appears to be fading, @JonLemire reports: theatlantic.com/politics/2025/…
Answer today’s trivia question from Shirley Li’s article on Timothée Chalamet’s full-throttle press tour for “Marty Supreme.” Check your response and sign up for Atlantic Trivia in your inbox every day: theatln.tc/lPAZDG55
Year-in-review features from companies such as UberEats, LinkedIn, and Letterboxd can be fun, “until we’re reminded just how much we’re tracked, and just how valuable our data are to companies’ bottom line,” @will_gottsegen argues in The Atlantic Daily: theatlantic.com/newsletters/20…
Parents have been expressing concern about their kids’ screen time for years—but what about their grandparents'? Charlie Warzel on the phone-based retirement: theatlantic.com/technology/202…
A new book explores how culture wars have long warped the politics of American education—but it might miss the actual danger facing schools, Jonathan Zimmerman argues: theatlantic.com/books/2025/12/…
In some podcast cultures, “being amateurish is taken as being more authentic,” Helen Lewis tells David Frum. Subscribe to listen to the full episode: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Bari Weiss was right about how to improve the “60 Minutes” CECOT report, @gcaw argues—but her “drama-detector, so refined when seeking out news stories, seems to have failed her when avoiding it in her own newsroom.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…
Timothée Chalamet is the movie star for this social-media-obsessed, parasocial-relationship-building moment, @shirklesxp argues: theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…
A new book by the murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk reflects on his practice of keeping the Sabbath. The book is often divisive and rarely humble, but has moments of seriousness, beauty, and cross-partisan appeal, Judith Shulevitz argues. theatlantic.com/books/2025/12/…
Bari Weiss has “a curiously narrow definition of free speech”—one in which free speech means whatever conservatives want to say, Adam Serwer argues.
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The announcement of a new class of naval vessel named after one Donald J. Trump is about branding, not strategy, @RadioFreeTom argues: theatln.tc/b4jz6meW
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