Evan McMurry
@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
Senior Editor, Audience - @theatlantic.com, things of that nature
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Evan McMurry
@evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com
· Nov 26
Nothing Kinky | Evan McMurry
A soldier hellbent on getting himself honorably discharged, and the waitress who changed everything when he saw the way the sun itself tried to reach her with its gaze. Nothing kinky here… ju…
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Porting over my pinned tweet: I write short stories! Some of which get published, a few of which win awards. (Don't worry, plenty get rejected, too.)
"Nothing Kinky": bit.ly/2IFUYsY
"Nixon in Heaven": bit.ly/37VCtJp
"After the Water": bit.ly/3mg7NrP
"The Fall of Rabbi Gold": bit.ly/39WTEgB
"Nothing Kinky": bit.ly/2IFUYsY
"Nixon in Heaven": bit.ly/37VCtJp
"After the Water": bit.ly/3mg7NrP
"The Fall of Rabbi Gold": bit.ly/39WTEgB
@russellberman.bsky.social: “Even if the GOP’s gerrymandering advantage nets the party a few additional seats, Democrats will have a narrower gap to overcome next year than they did eight years ago.”
‘None of This Is Good for Republicans’
Gerrymandering efforts look different after Election Day.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@russellberman.bsky.social: “Even if the GOP’s gerrymandering advantage nets the party a few additional seats, Democrats will have a narrower gap to overcome next year than they did eight years ago.”
New! Show! From @cwarzel.bsky.social! Go get it:
Spend enough time online and reality starts to feel surreal. Galaxy Brain, The Atlantic’s new weekly podcast hosted by @cwarzel.bsky.social, is a space for conversations, explanations, and tangents to help you understand what’s going on.
Premiering November 14: theatln.tc/j9m1uT84
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November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New! Show! From @cwarzel.bsky.social! Go get it:
“Get used to these kinds of subscriptions, regardless of what kind of car you drive.”
Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can
The auto industry is at war with Apple.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Get used to these kinds of subscriptions, regardless of what kind of car you drive.”
@radiofreetom.bsky.social: “Of course, another possibility is that Trump’s announcement means nothing.”
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social: “Of course, another possibility is that Trump’s announcement means nothing.”
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social on Rahm Emanuel? Click:
Rahm Emanuel … For President?
He’d like you to keep an open mind.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@ashleyrparker.bsky.social on Rahm Emanuel? Click:
@gcaw.bsky.social: “Right now the 20-point plan is in effect halted while Trump’s deputies make efforts to determine which of its deficiencies are remediable. It’s not clear when the plan will be implemented, who will implement it, or how.”
Why the Gaza Peace Deal Is Like an Anglican Wedding
Many parties have pledged to support the plan. But no one knows how to implement it
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October 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
@gcaw.bsky.social: “Right now the 20-point plan is in effect halted while Trump’s deputies make efforts to determine which of its deficiencies are remediable. It’s not clear when the plan will be implemented, who will implement it, or how.”
“A centaur goes in circles if the human half doesn’t know what it’s doing.”
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
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October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“A centaur goes in circles if the human half doesn’t know what it’s doing.”
When the president of the United States decides to demolish the East Wing of the White House to construct a ballroom, all that stucco and molding and wood has to go somewhere. So Nancy Walecki tried to find it.
My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble
An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When the president of the United States decides to demolish the East Wing of the White House to construct a ballroom, all that stucco and molding and wood has to go somewhere. So Nancy Walecki tried to find it.
@qjurecic.bsky.social: “The extravagance of Trump’s attempted theft may itself be part of the point. The goal is not just dictatorial power, but the ostentatious performance of dictatorial power.”
Trump to DOJ: Pay Up
The goal is not just dictatorial power, but ostentatious performance.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
@qjurecic.bsky.social: “The extravagance of Trump’s attempted theft may itself be part of the point. The goal is not just dictatorial power, but the ostentatious performance of dictatorial power.”
great read from @kait.bsky.social trying to solve the conundrum of why America's most exciting train keeps hitting people:
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 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
great read from @kait.bsky.social trying to solve the conundrum of why America's most exciting train keeps hitting people:
NEW: More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
A Third of ICE-Academy Recruits Are Failing Out
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NEW: More than a third of the recruits at ICE's training academy are failing the personal-fitness test, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told Miroff.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “Protests can only create enthusiasm, spread goodwill, and inspire people to dedicate time and energy to real political change. And the people who created the sewage video knew that too.”
Why Trump Turned to the Sewer
The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social: “Protests can only create enthusiasm, spread goodwill, and inspire people to dedicate time and energy to real political change. And the people who created the sewage video knew that too.”
@shaneharris.bsky.social: “Donald Trump has derided NATO as an obsolete bunch of freeloaders for so long, it can be easy to forget that the transatlantic alliance remains the most powerful combined military force on Earth. And right now, it’s really acting like it.”
Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge
Members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@shaneharris.bsky.social: “Donald Trump has derided NATO as an obsolete bunch of freeloaders for so long, it can be easy to forget that the transatlantic alliance remains the most powerful combined military force on Earth. And right now, it’s really acting like it.”
Phenomenal Riyadh dispatch from @helenlewis.bsky.social: “By the end of the night, I was, somewhat unexpectedly, annoyed on behalf of the kingdom. You drop six or seven figures to fly in Louis C.K., and he won’t even write some new material? Disrespectful.”
I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdom’s future
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October 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Phenomenal Riyadh dispatch from @helenlewis.bsky.social: “By the end of the night, I was, somewhat unexpectedly, annoyed on behalf of the kingdom. You drop six or seven figures to fly in Louis C.K., and he won’t even write some new material? Disrespectful.”
@nickmiroff.bsky.social from Chicago: “I realized that no one from the federal government had gone to the building after the raid to check on the elderly Americans who lived there, to see if any of them needed help, or to apologize for handcuffing them in the middle of the night.”
The Conquest of Chicago
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
@nickmiroff.bsky.social from Chicago: “I realized that no one from the federal government had gone to the building after the raid to check on the elderly Americans who lived there, to see if any of them needed help, or to apologize for handcuffing them in the middle of the night.”
Robert Worth: “It is impossible to spend more than a few minutes near the front line without being confronted by Ukraine’s greatest vulnerability: lack of soldiers. Yet I came away from a recent trip to Ukraine believing that the country may actually be able to achieve its military goals.”
Ukraine Might Be Winning Its War of Attrition
Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Robert Worth: “It is impossible to spend more than a few minutes near the front line without being confronted by Ukraine’s greatest vulnerability: lack of soldiers. Yet I came away from a recent trip to Ukraine believing that the country may actually be able to achieve its military goals.”
Take a wild ride with @matteowong.bsky.social as he tours the NYC subways looking at the defaced Friend posters with the Friend founder who says he loves it all:
The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters
Avi Schiffmann says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?
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October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Take a wild ride with @matteowong.bsky.social as he tours the NYC subways looking at the defaced Friend posters with the Friend founder who says he loves it all:
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social: “Trump successfully bullied Netanyahu—and if this latest round of talks is going to get results, he’ll need to do more of it.”
Trump Is Successfully Bullying Netanyahu
The more the president puts the prime minister in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@yair-rosenberg.bsky.social: “Trump successfully bullied Netanyahu—and if this latest round of talks is going to get results, he’ll need to do more of it.”
Despite a huge boost in funds, ICE’s buildup stalled over the summer. Good new reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social:
October 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Despite a huge boost in funds, ICE’s buildup stalled over the summer. Good new reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social:
@annielowrey.bsky.social: “The shutdown won’t cause a nationwide recession, provided it is over soon. But it could certainly worsen some smaller ones already gathering force.”
The Everything Recession
First Washington, then the nation?
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October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@annielowrey.bsky.social: “The shutdown won’t cause a nationwide recession, provided it is over soon. But it could certainly worsen some smaller ones already gathering force.”
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social went to Portland: “What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat.”
Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online
There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social went to Portland: “What I’ve found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat.”
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social: “The U.S. military’s policy of opening the Pentagon to the press was never a favor to the journalists who cover the military, but rather an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service.”
Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?
Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@nancyayoussef.bsky.social: “The U.S. military’s policy of opening the Pentagon to the press was never a favor to the journalists who cover the military, but rather an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service.”
Searching for a McDonald's play place has led me into the black hole of "online McDonald's reviews"
September 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Searching for a McDonald's play place has led me into the black hole of "online McDonald's reviews"
“James Comey’s rights and liberties are not the only ones at risk today.”
The Comey Indictment Is Not Just Payback
It’s an advance glimpse of Trump’s next attempted seizure of power
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September 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“James Comey’s rights and liberties are not the only ones at risk today.”
@adamserwer.bsky.social: “These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is.”
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
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September 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@adamserwer.bsky.social: “These cascading acts of cowardice from the people best positioned to resist Trump’s authoritarian power grabs have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is.”