Video producer for @TheAtlantic in Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2021
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Jun 14
The Comeback Knicks are the Champion Knicks. Brunson scores 45, and New York tops Spurs for title
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Jun 12
The Boeing 747 represented a pinnacle of American engineering excellence, @ibogost writes. The plane’s retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Jun 10
If you read anything today, let it be this vital piece by Clint Smith: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Jun 10
Inflation rises to a 3-year high on spiking gas prices, highlighting affordability challenges
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You really have to read Ted Chiang on consciousness and AI—just published in The Atlantic:
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Jun 2
Blanche says Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies
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May 31
Trump knows he has botched America's 250th anniversary, because he said so last night on Truth Social, @DavidFrum argues: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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May 31
“I saw lambent light within his eye. We stepped upon the grass”
Read “Memories of Green,” a poem by Adam Harris: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…
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May 30
College students have been trained to look toward “the next step in their lives, the next aspiration, the next accomplishment, and they don’t even know how to stop doing that,” Ian Bogost tells Adam Harris of the professionalization of U.S. higher education: theatln.tc/zZsnHWXd
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May 28
Trump is a deep and vocal admirer of the physique of fellow men, announcing which ones he would cast in a movie: “They’re perfect specimens.”“He looks like the Marlboro Man.” “Young, handsome guy.” @AshleyRParker explores it all: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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May 26
“I’ve dedicated myself to fighting for the prevention of gun violence,” Zoe Weissman writes. “I hope that by sharing what I have learned over the past eight years and two school shootings, perhaps even one person will feel less alone.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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May 25
More than anything, Pope Leo's new encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," is an exhaustive account of what could happen if AI development goes awry—as for what happens if it goes right, Leo mostly leaves that to the reader’s imagination, @FrancisXRocca writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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May 22
To say this was an unusual pairing is an understatement. To claim it was Frost/Nison is an overstatement. But it said something about modern-day culture
My latest on Hunter Biden, Candace Owens, and what’s become something of a political hall of mirrors: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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May 22
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health
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May 21
Homeland Security’s Plan to Squeeze International Flights
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.
By @NickMiroff
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May 19
The Atlantic’s writers and editors have selected 25 books to suit every mood or fancy, whether you’re looking for a page-turner, a cult classic, or something else to enjoy this summer: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…
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Brilliant and essential. Everyone should read @helenlewis's new cover story, out today:
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May 8
Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions
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