The AtlanticVerified account

@TheAtlantic

Politics, culture, business, science, technology, health, education, global affairs, more. For assistance, visit

Washington, D.C.
theatlantic.com
Joined April 2009
57.8K Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @TheAtlantic

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @TheAtlantic

  1. 6 minutes ago

    For “Ted Lasso” to present its main character as a superhero whose power is his amiability, only to reveal that that power may have been an illusion, is a fascinatingly counterintuitive thing to do. looks back on the comedy’s second season:

    2 replies 3 retweets 28 likes
    Undo
  2. 26 minutes ago

    If you laid out all the fencing in the American west, it would circle the equator 25 times. reports for on how barbed wire can be a nightmare for wildlife.

    2 replies 10 retweets 24 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    "The public has become an active participant in creating and selectively amplifying narratives that shape realities." Important piece from , via :

    19 replies 39 retweets 142 likes
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    In the popular imagination, Bangladesh is a poster child for looming climate catastrophe. In fact, Joyashree Roy writes, it offers a success story.

    1 reply 8 retweets 24 likes
    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    You've had a tough week. May I direct your attention to this cat who adopted seven orphaned baby hedgehogs? 📷: Alexey Pavlishak / Reuters via

    3 replies 33 retweets 191 likes
    Undo
  6. 2 hours ago

    "Unlike in previous phases of the pandemic, public-health officials, politicians, and even members of the media seem to have little will to explain to millions of people what normalcy might look like," writes:

    2 replies 12 retweets 28 likes
    Undo
  7. 2 hours ago

    "The public has become an active participant in creating and selectively amplifying narratives that shape realities. Perhaps the best word for this emergent bottom-up dynamic is one that doesn’t exist quite yet: ampliganda," writes.

    7 replies 31 retweets 73 likes
    Undo
  8. 3 hours ago

    4/4 Like what you hear? Subscribe on your favorite podcast player to get the next episode when it drops:

    1 retweet 3 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  9. 3 hours ago

    3/4 “took off because people really loved its ethos, its optimistic sports narrative in Season 1,” says. adds: “I think there’s something quietly genius about making this show that is about team sports not about the sport at all.”

    1 reply 14 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  10. 3 hours ago

    2/4 “‘Ted Lasso’ came out of nowhere, almost,” says. The show was adapted from an NBC Sports ad in which an American coach who knows nothing about soccer moves to England to coach a Premier League team. The result, our critics agree, is a heartwarming, feel-good show.

    1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  11. 3 hours ago

    1/4 In the first episode of the podcast “The Review,” our staff writers , , and discuss the unlikely hit sitcom . What is the second season saying about the merits (and the limits) of American optimism?

    2 replies 1 retweet 25 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  12. 4 hours ago

    In this week's episode of "How to Build a Happy Life," Arthur Brooks sits down with Dan Harris to discuss meditation, mindfulness, and some helpful practices to make emotional regulation an everyday routine.

    1 reply 9 retweets 41 likes
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    This kind of reads like a joke, but the importance of learning about our own failings and then doing better—if for no other excellent reason than the fact that our loved ones deserve it—should not be understated.

    7 retweets 31 likes
    Undo
  14. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Love this question

    9 replies 52 retweets 252 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  15. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Always comforting when the historians of the French Revolution look at American politics and are like, "This seems really familiar."

    19 retweets 62 likes
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    This joint holds up remarkably well in light of the revelation that the Trump International Hotel was bleeding cash:

    7 replies 18 retweets 61 likes
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    The pandemic galvanized Hollywood's workers, and the 's historic labor fight could transform the industry. I spoke with about the ruthless work culture on sets and the effects of a potential strike, for my latest in :

    2 replies 6 retweets 28 likes
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Featuring an actual pandemic word search! (This is how we have fun 19 months in.) by

    1 reply 5 retweets 13 likes
    Undo
  19. Retweeted
    5 hours ago

    “People really do hold complicated, challenging beliefs. Misguided views really do contain, at times, occasional threads of worthwhile truth. Good and evil really are intertwined in this world, and we really do have to deal with that, somehow.” :

    2 replies 5 retweets 20 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    4 hours ago

    "Today there is simply a rhetorical war of all against all: a maelstrom of viral hashtags competing for attention, hopping from community to community, amplified by crowds of true believers for whom sharing and retweeting is akin to a religious calling..."

    5 replies 24 retweets 66 likes
    Undo

@TheAtlantic hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·