Saahil Desai
@saahildesai.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Atlantic. Please listen closely as our menu options have changed.
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The CIA World Factbook was such an amazing revelation for geriatric Millennials like me. It's demise is part of the Trump administration's war on information—on assault not just on truth but on basic data www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The CIA World Factbook was such an amazing revelation for geriatric Millennials like me. It's demise is part of the Trump administration's war on information—on assault not just on truth but on basic data www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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New from me: I wrote about the Clicktatorship at @theatlantic.com.
"Poster brain and authoritarianism reinforce each other: They thrive on conspiracy theories, lack all restraint, and jump to extreme solutions."
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"Poster brain and authoritarianism reinforce each other: They thrive on conspiracy theories, lack all restraint, and jump to extreme solutions."
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Welcome to the Clicktatorship
In the Trump administration, even budget proposals read like Truth Social posts.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
New from me: I wrote about the Clicktatorship at @theatlantic.com.
"Poster brain and authoritarianism reinforce each other: They thrive on conspiracy theories, lack all restraint, and jump to extreme solutions."
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"Poster brain and authoritarianism reinforce each other: They thrive on conspiracy theories, lack all restraint, and jump to extreme solutions."
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One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 PM
One thing I found deeply moving about resistance in the Twin Cities was the universalism of loving your neighbor, the philosophy driving the opposition to the ICE/BP invasion. I couldn't help but notice the contrast with the blood and soil-ism of Miller and Vance. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"The road map for how Chinese cars could come to the U.S. has never been clearer." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Firewall Against Chinese Cars Is Cracking
America can't keep out China's cheap EVs forever.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"The road map for how Chinese cars could come to the U.S. has never been clearer." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Prediction markets “are supposed to be a more trustworthy way of gleaning the future than internet clickbait and half-baked punditry,” Saahil Desai argues. “But they risk shredding whatever shared trust we still have left.” theatln.tc/cOZXEIaK
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Prediction markets “are supposed to be a more trustworthy way of gleaning the future than internet clickbait and half-baked punditry,” Saahil Desai argues. “But they risk shredding whatever shared trust we still have left.” theatln.tc/cOZXEIaK
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@saahildesai.bsky.social: “A billionaire congressional candidate can’t just send a check to Quinnipiac University and suddenly find himself as the polling front-runner, but he can place enormous Polymarket bets on himself that move the odds in his favor.”
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
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January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
@saahildesai.bsky.social: “A billionaire congressional candidate can’t just send a check to Quinnipiac University and suddenly find himself as the polling front-runner, but he can place enormous Polymarket bets on himself that move the odds in his favor.”
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CNN is hawking betting odds about whether Trump will buy Greenland. Who thought this was a good idea?? I wrote about the mainstreaming of Polymarket and Kalshi www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
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January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
CNN is hawking betting odds about whether Trump will buy Greenland. Who thought this was a good idea?? I wrote about the mainstreaming of Polymarket and Kalshi www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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“The more that prediction markets are treated like news, especially heading into another election, the more every dip and swing in the odds may end up wildly misleading people about what might happen, or influencing what happens in the real world.” @saahildesai.bsky.social
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
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January 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
“The more that prediction markets are treated like news, especially heading into another election, the more every dip and swing in the odds may end up wildly misleading people about what might happen, or influencing what happens in the real world.” @saahildesai.bsky.social
CNN is hawking betting odds about whether Trump will buy Greenland. Who thought this was a good idea?? I wrote about the mainstreaming of Polymarket and Kalshi www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
CNN is hawking betting odds about whether Trump will buy Greenland. Who thought this was a good idea?? I wrote about the mainstreaming of Polymarket and Kalshi www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
“Lots of protein evangelists will tell you that this is how cavemen ate, and therefore it is good. I think the best part of being a caveman would be not worrying about protein.” Lmaooo @rtsugar.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
January 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“Lots of protein evangelists will tell you that this is how cavemen ate, and therefore it is good. I think the best part of being a caveman would be not worrying about protein.” Lmaooo @rtsugar.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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A year ago today, Arthur, a loved one of mine, died in the Palisades Fire. Thinking extra today about what a wonderful and bizarre and special person he was. Here's a tribute I wrote to him last Jan: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Place Where I Grew Up Is Gone
And so is the man who made it magical
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January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A year ago today, Arthur, a loved one of mine, died in the Palisades Fire. Thinking extra today about what a wonderful and bizarre and special person he was. Here's a tribute I wrote to him last Jan: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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NEW: Trump threatened Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez in a phone interview this morning with me: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump: Delcy Rodríguez Might Be Next
The president told The Atlantic that the interim Venezuelan president will meet a fate worse than Maduro’s unless she complies with U.S. wishes.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Trump threatened Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez in a phone interview this morning with me: “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Here’s my dispatch from a week in San Francisco (featuring cybertrucks, hibachi chefs, 22-year-old billionaires, and more):
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Would You Trust a 22-Year-Old AI Billionaire With the Global Economy?
My week partying with the young founders at the heart of the AI boom
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December 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here’s my dispatch from a week in San Francisco (featuring cybertrucks, hibachi chefs, 22-year-old billionaires, and more):
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This, by @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social, is such a banger from start to finish. Too many good lines to pull out! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?
A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This, by @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social, is such a banger from start to finish. Too many good lines to pull out! www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Genuinely spellbound by the anecdotes in @lilashroff.bsky.social's new article, such as: "one tech worker in her 20s, who asked to remain anonymous out of embarrassment ... asked Claude whether she should call 911 when her fire alarm kept going off." Google-everything culture on steroids.
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
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December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Genuinely spellbound by the anecdotes in @lilashroff.bsky.social's new article, such as: "one tech worker in her 20s, who asked to remain anonymous out of embarrassment ... asked Claude whether she should call 911 when her fire alarm kept going off." Google-everything culture on steroids.
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There is no right wing civil war. The groypers are just winning. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There is no right wing civil war. The groypers are just winning. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
This story is *really* that good www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This story is *really* that good www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"Get ready for a day when your car’s technology expenses are another line item on the credit-card statement, right next to the Netflix subscription." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Dude, Where’s My CarPlay?
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Get ready for a day when your car’s technology expenses are another line item on the credit-card statement, right next to the Netflix subscription." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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We are nearing the end stage of the groyperfication project www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Tucker Carlson Opens the Door for Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We are nearing the end stage of the groyperfication project www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Haven't been able to stop thinking about this story by @kait.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida
The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Haven't been able to stop thinking about this story by @kait.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
A decade ago, Jack Posobiec was a Game of Thrones fan blogger who then helped mainstream Pizzagate. Now he has the ear of the White House and was in a consideration for an NSC job earlier this year 👀 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Jack Posobiec Is MAGA’s Most Important Influencer
Charlie Kirk’s death left a void on the right. Posobiec looks better positioned than anyone to fill it.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A decade ago, Jack Posobiec was a Game of Thrones fan blogger who then helped mainstream Pizzagate. Now he has the ear of the White House and was in a consideration for an NSC job earlier this year 👀 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
"With Tesla’s newest cars, so many of Musk’s decisions are now catching up to him all at once." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Tesla
Elon Musk’s embrace of Donald Trump continues to haunt his car company.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"With Tesla’s newest cars, so many of Musk’s decisions are now catching up to him all at once." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Wrote about the new attempt to reimagine America as a sort of ethnonationalist blood and soil state that's starting to catch traction www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Are You a ‘Heritage American’?
Why some on the right want to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War
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October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Wrote about the new attempt to reimagine America as a sort of ethnonationalist blood and soil state that's starting to catch traction www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
What's safer, Waymo's 5,000 pound robotaxis or ChatGPT's interactive text box? I wrote about how Waymo offers a lesson to the rest of the AI industry. As one expert told me: “I like to tell people that if Waymo worked as well as ChatGPT, they’d be dead." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Move Fast and Break Nothing
Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What's safer, Waymo's 5,000 pound robotaxis or ChatGPT's interactive text box? I wrote about how Waymo offers a lesson to the rest of the AI industry. As one expert told me: “I like to tell people that if Waymo worked as well as ChatGPT, they’d be dead." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...