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Michael Leibel
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senior editor for @theatlantic.com | opinions are my own and bad | UNC 2014
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This @tyrangiel.bsky.social story has everything: the importance of the BLS, the one tech leader that worried CEOs will talk with candidly, and the deepest challenge AI poses outside of jobs
America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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The Bad Bunny halftime show immediately chased by the AI slop Svedka ad was incredible whiplash
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Starting him young
January 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Hell yeah
Caption that says “Axios CEO Jim VandeHei shares the blunt…”
January 26, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Incredible paragraph in Robert F. Worth's excellent reporting from Minneapolis:

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Text that says: Inside the schools, many administrators have been making their own preparations over the past year. Amanda Bauer, a teacher at a Minneapolis elementary school that has a large portion of immigrant students, told me that administrators informed parents last fall about their emergency plans for ICE raids by phone or in person, because they were already concerned about leaving email chains that could be mined by a hostile government.
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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I’m at the hospital
I’m at the cafeteria
I’m at the combination hospital and cafeteria
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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We have a goalie fight!
Sergei Bobrovsky skates all the way down to challenge Alex Nedeljkovic (h/t @msmambo.bsky.social)
January 20, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Caleb Williams makes a play that no one has ever seen before every two-three weeks
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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They named him Owen because the Bears were 0-2 when he was born... WHAT 😂
January 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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@jonbois.bsky.social you know what to do
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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“If audiences haven’t been enjoying sex scenes, well, maybe that’s because most sex scenes haven’t been doing their job.”
A Romance That Actually Takes Sex Seriously
Heated Rivalry understands how relationships develop through physicality.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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So proud of my Carolina Panthers
January 11, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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The protein-maxxification of America has gone too far
America Has Entered Late-Stage Protein
This has gone too far.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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👀
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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A story in which @petridishes.bsky.social navigates a hot-air balloon to predict the weather and lands in a random person’s backyard (who turns out to be an Atlantic subscriber)
I’m Not From the Government but I’m Here to Help
The Trump administration is trying to eliminate federal services? Fine. I’ll do everything myself.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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In Drew Goins’ newsletter course for @theatlantic.com, you’ll get eight weeks worth of advice on how to add a little joy to your life.

The first step? Eat a chicken parm for breakfast

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January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Trump "could have tried to persuade Congress or the public to give him permission to use force. He didn’t bother. He chose war despite polls that found a large majority of Americans opposed it." From Conor Friedersdorf

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Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela
The president has violated the Constitution and is showing contempt for the will of the public.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Incredible reporting. Stories from India, where the push for digital IDs has led to an increase in cybercrime, scams, and millions of rupees in lifesavings wiped out
A $9.99 Scam Put a Billion People At Risk in India’s Hyper-Digital Economy
India’s push for digital IDs has sparked a bonanza for criminals.
www.bloomberg.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM