Michael Leibel
@michaelleibel.com
senior editor for @theatlantic.com | opinions are my own and bad | UNC 2014
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Wrote about something a lot of young/middle aged people are experiencing: Coming home for the holidays and being concerned about older loved ones being consumed by their screens www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Wrote about something a lot of young/middle aged people are experiencing: Coming home for the holidays and being concerned about older loved ones being consumed by their screens www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Michael Leibel
“Frog!” cried Toad. “I am sorry for all the dumb things I do. I am sorry for all the silly things that I say. Please be my friend again!”
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Frog!” cried Toad. “I am sorry for all the dumb things I do. I am sorry for all the silly things that I say. Please be my friend again!”
“‘Given that a driver for earworms is the unexpected, an AI system trained on existing earworms may not be able to create a new one’” by following what has worked before”
God Save the Jingle
Could AI possibly write “I’m Lovin’ It”? Or create the Netflix tudum sound?
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“‘Given that a driver for earworms is the unexpected, an AI system trained on existing earworms may not be able to create a new one’” by following what has worked before”
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Happy holidays!
Sent from my iPad
Sent from my iPad
The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy holidays!
Sent from my iPad
Sent from my iPad
I got a “2025 Wrapped” from an EV charging station I frequent last week. Who needs that?
Companies’ ‘Wrapped’ Features Keep Getting Weirder
Metro stops, LinkedIn DMs, and other mundane data points are being packaged for the end-of-year trend.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I got a “2025 Wrapped” from an EV charging station I frequent last week. Who needs that?
“A version of the problem exists on the opposite side of the age spectrum, too: instead of a phone-based childhood, a phone-based retirement.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social’s great piece in The Atlantic
@cwarzel.bsky.social’s great piece in The Atlantic
Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem?
The phone-based retirement is here.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“A version of the problem exists on the opposite side of the age spectrum, too: instead of a phone-based childhood, a phone-based retirement.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social’s great piece in The Atlantic
@cwarzel.bsky.social’s great piece in The Atlantic
Didn’t we try this already
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Didn’t we try this already
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As Americans mourn Rob Reiner, the president mocked his death, John Dickerson argues: “In moments when the country looks up for orientation, Trump does not steady the room. He destabilizes it.”
The Dead Are Not Off-Limits for Trump
The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As Americans mourn Rob Reiner, the president mocked his death, John Dickerson argues: “In moments when the country looks up for orientation, Trump does not steady the room. He destabilizes it.”
KNICKS IN THE FINALS
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
KNICKS IN THE FINALS
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Trump has entered the lame-duck era of his political career. Today’s Atlantic Daily from @dgraham.bsky.social
Trump Confronts His Political Reality
The president has entered the lame-duck era of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Trump has entered the lame-duck era of his political career. Today’s Atlantic Daily from @dgraham.bsky.social
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The odds are decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots. Which means that you, too, are Time's person of the year, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
So are you. Congrats!
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The odds are decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots. Which means that you, too, are Time's person of the year, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
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big day for me. for *us.*
I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
So are you. Congrats!
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
big day for me. for *us.*
“The narrative that college players seeking a system that recognizes their fair market value is ruining the sport is etched in stone, but it’s the coaches who wrote the playbook on how to leverage and exploit,” @jemelehill.bsky.social writes on @theatlantic.com
The Most Egregious Double Standard in Sports
For college coaches, greed is just business.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“The narrative that college players seeking a system that recognizes their fair market value is ruining the sport is etched in stone, but it’s the coaches who wrote the playbook on how to leverage and exploit,” @jemelehill.bsky.social writes on @theatlantic.com
Bidenomics and the Affordability President
Trump Is Repeating One of Biden’s Big Mistakes
Downplaying voters’ economic pain will backfire.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bidenomics and the Affordability President
“In a mere two syllables, [rage bait] captures a timeless attention-getting strategy predicated on human weakness, and it conveys the acceleration of our algorithmic estrangement from a worthier discourse of ideas.”
Wholeheartedly agree with Amogh Dimri here:
Wholeheartedly agree with Amogh Dimri here:
Rage Bait Is a Brilliant Word of the Year
In the free market of language, the most innovative and incisive words win.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“In a mere two syllables, [rage bait] captures a timeless attention-getting strategy predicated on human weakness, and it conveys the acceleration of our algorithmic estrangement from a worthier discourse of ideas.”
Wholeheartedly agree with Amogh Dimri here:
Wholeheartedly agree with Amogh Dimri here:
“The new normal for the vaccine advisory committee appears to be the appearance of vigorous scientific debate in which the experts are either not consulted or simply disregarded,” writes @tombartlett.bsky.social
The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone
RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“The new normal for the vaccine advisory committee appears to be the appearance of vigorous scientific debate in which the experts are either not consulted or simply disregarded,” writes @tombartlett.bsky.social
The new research also raises a separate concern: that chatbots and other AI products, largely unregulated but already a feature of daily life, could be used by tech companies to manipulate users for political purposes.
Could ChatGPT Secretly Tell You How to Vote?
The political manipulation machine
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The new research also raises a separate concern: that chatbots and other AI products, largely unregulated but already a feature of daily life, could be used by tech companies to manipulate users for political purposes.
Thrilled to be joining The Atlantic as a senior editor for community, building discussions between readers and journalists.
I'm excited for the opportunity to create a space that encourages smart, respectful dialogue and rewards strong, thoughtful ideas. I start Monday!
I'm excited for the opportunity to create a space that encourages smart, respectful dialogue and rewards strong, thoughtful ideas. I start Monday!
The Atlantic Announces Michael Leibel as Senior Editor
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www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Thrilled to be joining The Atlantic as a senior editor for community, building discussions between readers and journalists.
I'm excited for the opportunity to create a space that encourages smart, respectful dialogue and rewards strong, thoughtful ideas. I start Monday!
I'm excited for the opportunity to create a space that encourages smart, respectful dialogue and rewards strong, thoughtful ideas. I start Monday!
“I go to the office, and I eat slop. Kind of like cattle.”
Diners are ditching bowl lunches, leaving Cava, Sweetgreen, Chipotle and other chains to figure out the path forward.
Diners are ditching bowl lunches, leaving Cava, Sweetgreen, Chipotle and other chains to figure out the path forward.
Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Cava Stocks Lag As Eaters Shun Bowls
Diners have bowl fatigue, with some deriding them as ‘slop.’ Even Chipotle’s founder has moved on by starting a sandwich chain.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“I go to the office, and I eat slop. Kind of like cattle.”
Diners are ditching bowl lunches, leaving Cava, Sweetgreen, Chipotle and other chains to figure out the path forward.
Diners are ditching bowl lunches, leaving Cava, Sweetgreen, Chipotle and other chains to figure out the path forward.
No longer the most prominent person to leave my job today
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
No longer the most prominent person to leave my job today
After nearly eight years, I've made the incredibly difficult decision to leave Bloomberg News. I will deeply miss everyone I worked with.
More to come on my next role soon, which is still in journalism and still in New York City.
More to come on my next role soon, which is still in journalism and still in New York City.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After nearly eight years, I've made the incredibly difficult decision to leave Bloomberg News. I will deeply miss everyone I worked with.
More to come on my next role soon, which is still in journalism and still in New York City.
More to come on my next role soon, which is still in journalism and still in New York City.