~best-of-the-atlanti | Bookmarks (1136)
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How the Ski Business Got Too Big for Its Boots
A recent strike at a major resort has put the spotlight on what a bad deal...
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Reckless Driving Isn’t Just a Design Problem
Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary.
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The Easiest Way to Keep Your Friends
It’s a little boring, a little type A, and a lot better than letting relationships fizzle.
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How Well-Intentioned Policies Fueled L.A.’s Fires
The disaster can teach California how to rebuild, if the state will listen.
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What the H-1B Visa Fight Is Really About
Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders agree on how to reform the suddenly controversial immigration program. But...
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Altadena After the Fire
The pain of one of the last middle-class towns in Los Angeles
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It’s Time to Evacuate. Wait, Never Mind.
I have received 11 alerts. As far as I can tell, they were all sent in...
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Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World
After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe.
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The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a...
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Is Anyone Shocked by Babygirl?
Don’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like.
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These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone
Societies that scapegoat foreign powers for domestic problems erode their ability to solve those problems.
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The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
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Why We Celebrate When Copyright Expires
Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a...
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Can Generative AI Uncover the ‘Language of Biology’?
Scientists have collected troves of DNA and microscopic imaging data from human cells—and now they have...
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The Reason ‘The Brutalist’ Needs to Be So Long
The three-and-a-half-hour film asks a lot of its audience, but it mostly pays off.
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The Unfightable Fire
The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.
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The Saint America Needs Now
Kindness has become countercultural. Perhaps Saint Francis can help.
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Photos of the Week: Siberian Tiger, Frosty Foliage, Snowball Fight
A snow-and-ice festival in northern China, destructive wildfires in Los Angeles, Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas celebrations in...
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What to Read When the Odds Are Against You
Literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted.
