staff writer @theatlantic // writing a book for @randomhouse // rep’d by @elysecheney // ross@theatlantic.com
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9 Oct 2020
🚨 Beyond thrilled to announce that I am, at long last, writing a book.🚨
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It also ended the “no one cares about basketball” gaslighting
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Jun 12
I wrote about the quest to invent new kinds of psychedelic experience
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me after securing tickets for christopher nolan's the odyssey (2026)
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Jun 3
“we’re here to meet the growing market demand for ontologists”
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May 30
He’s right again
I can’t wait to watch Game 7 of the Oklahoma City Thunder vs San Antonio Spurs tonight on NBC. This game is must see TV!
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this review of Interstellar (2014) by @lauren_wilford is one of the best things I’ve read in a while
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May 19
Cleveland and New York watching the Western Conference Finals
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Images that would kill Don DeLillo #5832
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May 2
A new drug aims to extend the lifespan of dogs—but the scientist behind it tells @andersen that she doesn’t plan to stop at man’s best friend: theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Apr 27
Ever since the Pentagon-Anthropic drama, talk of AI nationalization has been growing. But what would this actually look like in practice?
We spoke to a dozen former Pentagon and Trump administration officials, AI-policy experts, and legal scholars.
Here's what they told us:
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Apr 16
Glad to see the inimitable @danengber offer his take on the infuriating Woody Brown saga: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…
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Apr 14
I completed my life’s work: I FOUND THE BEST FREE RESTAURANT BREAD IN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
The Atlantic’s newest cover story, by the peerless @caityweaver, is unlike anything else.
Just read it:
theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Apr 10
What happens when agents can do schoolwork? My latest for @TheAtlantic on the next phase of AI in the classroom:
theatlantic.com/technology/2…
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Apr 9
The Artemis II Mission has produced some stunning images of our planet from afar and of the moon up close. @andersen shares his favorites: theatln.tc/9ibIqEKI
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the photos NASA is releasing of the moon mission are really incredible
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Apr 7
I wrote about the most beautiful moment of the Artemis II mission theatlantic.com/science/2026…
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Biggest movie villain of 2026 so far
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One last look at Earth before we reach the Moon.
This view of the Earth was captured on April 5, the fourth day of the Artemis II mission, from inside the Orion spacecraft. The four astronauts will reach their closest approach of the Moon tomorrow, April 6.
ALT Peering out one of the four windows near the display console on the Orion spacecraft, the Earth is illuminated by the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. This image was taken by an Artemis II crew member on the fourth day of the mission. Credit: NASA
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"Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End"
great post by @andersen. a few of my fav bits:
begins with how Soviet Science declined.
"When Joseph Stalin took power, he funded some research generously, but insisted that it conform to his ideology. Sagdeev said that his school books described Stalin as the father of all fields of knowledge, and credited the Soviets with every technological invention that had ever been invented. Later, at scientific conferences, Sagdeev heard physicists criticize the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics on the grounds that it conflicted with Marxism."
- US scientists considering relocating labs and multiple foreign universities reaching out.
- EU's $500 million slush fund for "science refugees".
- China too obviously.
- Eisenhower's granddaughter married Roald Sagdeev (soviet scientist, director of USSR Space Research Institute, advisor to Soviet president) who moved to US in 1990.
- when Carl Sagan visited the institute in Moscow, Roald showed him around. He is 93 yo today.
archive.ph/YMnvo
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