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What if It’s Not the Phones? Original
When the 82-year-old psychologist Peter Gray describes the way he grew up, he punctuates the anecdotes by saying that modern parents would be arrested for letting a child have such fun. When he was 4 years old, he would walk to a store in Minneapolis to buy cigarettes for his grandmother. When he was 11, he would sometimes stay home from school in Hill City, Minnesota, to operate a newspaper printing press owned by his mother and stepfather.
What if It’s Not the Phones?
The Bible is very concerned with idolatry. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me,” is the very first commandment given directly by God to the …
The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery
It was half past noon when the gunfire hit the Presidential motorcade traveling through Dealey Plaza. The joy that enveloped the attending crowds devolved into shock and horror as they witnessed the mortal wounding of President John F. Kennedy and the serious wounding of Texas Governor John Connally. The news of the shootings spread quickly around the country --- from Greenwich Village, New York, to Hominy, Oklahoma, to Los Angeles, California.
The Curse of Too Much Evidence Original
Listen1.0x 0:0019:26 Sylvia Meagher was 44 years old in the fall of 1965 and lived alone, except for her cat, Allegra, named after the ballet dancer Allegra Kent. She commuted from her one-bedroom apartment in the West Village to the United Nations, where she’d been working for nearly two decades at the World Health Organization. Although Meagher was a bureaucrat, her sensibilities were bohemian. She was acquainted with many of the painters, musicians, and writers who lived near her.
The Rise of Anti-AI AI Slop
Americans are wary of AI in general, and they are especially suspicious of the AI data centers that are popping up across the country like enormous mushrooms. A majority do not want a new data center built in their town. Across the country, community groups have organized to protest individual projects, and activists have successfully lobbied local and state politicians to place moratoriums on the facilities’ construction.
The Whole World Is About to Get a Look at America’s Trains
The planet’s biggest sporting event, the World Cup final, will take place this summer in MetLife Stadium, which is presently known as New York New Jersey Stadium because FIFA has strict rules on corporate branding. The stadium—whatever you want to call it—is located in the marshlands of New Jersey, about nine miles from Midtown Manhattan. On the day of the final, as on the dates of seven other matches throughout the World Cup tournament, an estimated 80,000 fans will converge at its gates.
Why Would Donald Trump Keep Faking Attempts on His Own Life?
Within hours of the gunfire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night—and initial, erroneous reports that the shooter had been killed—the usual swirl of misinformation and rumor was swirling in a particular direction. The event was staged, people said. More than 300,000 posts containing the word staged were shared on X before midday on Sunday, according to an analysis cited by The New York Times.
The Ballroom Truthers Have a Theory
5 hours ago Watch as The Independent asks former Secret Service agents and a former FBI chief to break down the response following the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday (25 April). Theories quickly spread online, with some claiming the incident was a set-up. Users questioned why JD Vance’s security appeared prioritised over Donald Trump, and why the president seemed slow to respond.
Dry January, but for Your Smartphone
Listen1.0x 0:0014:19 In March, I put my iPhone into a yellow cardboard box with MO stamped on top—the M looked like a riff on the Motorola logo; the O looked like a flower. Over the next several weeks, I left my phone there for roughly 23.5 hours out of every day. I did so as a participant in “Month Offline,” which started last year in Washington, D.C., as a kind of Dry January challenge, but for smartphones. Now it is a fledgling business with a footprint in New York City.
Are Your Summer Travel Plans Doomed?
The Great Travel Meltdown of 2026 started taking shape at the end of February. At first, the U.S. war against Iran forced the cancellation or rerouting of many flights to the Middle East; then the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz drove up the price of jet fuel and threatened to cause crises for the major airlines. Though the two-week cease-fire announced last night may reopen the strait, prices are unlikely to rebound immediately.
The Great Travel Meltdown of 2026
1 hour ago Natasha Lyonne breaks silence after allegedly being 'removed' from plane. The star was reportedly removed from a Delta flight after failing to follow the flight attendants' instructions before takeoff. The 47-year-old was supposed to be flying from Los Angeles to New York City after attending the premiere of Euphoria season 3, in which she makes a guest appearance. After the premiere, she was due to be in New York to appear on the Drew Barrymore show.
‘This City Will Always Pursue You’
A love-it-or-leave-it feature of Nancy Lemann’s distinctive, dreamy style is that she often repeats herself. Images, events, and turns of phrase reoccur both within and across her five novels and even, to a lesser extent, in her nonfiction.
A Landmark Verdict Against Meta and Google
After deliberating for nine days—and emerging at one point to tell the judge that they were having a difficult time reaching a decision—a jury in Los Angeles finally returned its verdict today, finding both Meta and Google liable for creating addictive products that caused a young woman’s mental-health problems. The two companies were ordered to pay $3 million in compensatory damages: 70 percent by Meta and 30 percent by Google.
The Worst Writing Advice of All Time
To me, the best first sentence of any piece of journalism is the one in Joan Didion’s 1987 book, Miami, which begins like this: “Havana vanities come to dust in Miami.” I love that sentence and that propulsive first chapter so much that I once sat down to try to figure out how she did it. I looked at the sentences one at a time to assess what purpose each one was serving, and I counted how many of them Didion had needed to accomplish each thing she wanted to accomplish.
The Weather-Changing Conspiracy Theory That Will Never End
The guy pouring my beer in Anchorage told me that he knew there was no truth to decades-old rumors about a research facility 200 miles to the northeast. Nobody was up there talking to aliens or controlling people’s minds. “They just do the aurora,” he said, cheerfully, while tearing up pieces of mint. The comment didn’t surprise me. Many people who don’t believe one conspiracy theory about that station—known as the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP—believe another.
Meta Says It Cares About Kids. New Documents Tell a Different Story.
Not so long ago, Mark Zuckerberg was working in overdrive to convince the world that his company was doing everything it could to protect children. In 2021, he posted a note to his personal Facebook page, writing that he had “spent a lot of time reflecting” on the types of experiences he would want his daughters, then 4 and 5 years old, to have online.
Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.
In a state court in Los Angeles this week, 12 jurors are hearing opening arguments in a case that has the potential to change social media—maybe even the internet—as we know it. The trial, which began today, is a bellwether: Similar individual cases have been filed all around the country, and a massive federal case with more than 2,000 plaintiffs is expected to proceed this summer. In each case, the plaintiffs accuse social-media companies of releasing defective products.
America Will Be Reading the Epstein Files for Decades
The chaotic end to the files’ release is really just a beginning. Reporters, lawmakers, and ordinary Americans are poring over a deluge of new files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case today, following the latest release from the Department of Justice. This release is substantially larger than any previous ones, with 3 million pages of documents, more than 180,000 photos, and more than 2,000 videos, according to the DOJ.
The New Epstein Frenzy
Reporters, lawmakers, and ordinary Americans are poring over a deluge of new files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case today, following the latest release from the Department of Justice. This release is substantially larger than any previous ones, with 3 million pages of documents, more than 180,000 photos, and more than 2,000 videos, according to the DOJ.
America Will Be Reading the Epstein Files for Decades
3 hours ago "This week is all about me," wrote the then-Prince Andrew to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a small, epic statement of a lack of self-awareness. "Time to put something back into me before the rest of the world starts sucking it out in all their greed and demands," he wrote, in an email that's …
A Chaotic End to the Epstein Files
13 hours ago The choice ends a monthslong search for a successor to Jerome Powell, who has resisted fierce White House pressure to lower interest rates. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to the board of the Federal Reserve as a governor and the next chair of the central bank. If confirmed by …
The New Shadowbanning Panic
Over the past several days, TikTok users have found themselves at a loss. Literally, I mean: They lost their audiences, and their view counts showed “0.” Some people who attempted to upload content about anti-ICE protests or the killing of Alex Pretti alleged that the platform was intentionally blocking them from doing so. Others were able to get their videos uploaded, but alleged that TikTok was not distributing them.
The Sports Conspiracy That’s Too Easy to Believe
The San Francisco 49ers will not be playing in the Super Bowl, because they lost to the Seattle Seahawks by a disgraceful score of 41 to 6 over the weekend. But of course, “someone wins, someone loses” is never the whole story in sports. Some fans are now buying into the narrative that the team had no chance because it suffered a suspicious number of devastating injuries over the course of the season (as well as in recent past seasons).
The Sports Conspiracy That’s Too Easy to Believe
Bam Adebayo can rewrite his script after latest NBA achievement The Miami Heat are currently in the middle of a five-game road swing, with one win and one loss so far. After getting blown out by the Golden State …
The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery
The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery This title will be released on: Jun 23, 2026 Add to Wishlist Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world Description The remarkable untold story of a network of amateur researchers who debunked the Warren Report, raising questions about JFK's assassination that remain unanswered to this day—a riveting history of obsession, heartbreak, and the myth of the great American...
Stop Talking About the Moon
For the past several years, I’ve been experiencing a tension in my relationship with the moon. I love the moon as much as anyone, but the problem, bluntly, is that the moon is too famous. Maybe you’ve noticed this. The moon is constantly in the news. It is doing something “rare” or “unique” seemingly every week.
Will Australia’s Social-Media Ban Be Good for Teens?
To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids. As of December 10, younger teenagers in Australia can no longer make accounts on popular social-media sites, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, and Twitch.
The Strange Disappearance of an Anti-AI Activist
Before Sam Kirchner vanished, before the San Francisco Police Department began to warn that he could be armed and dangerous, before OpenAI locked down its offices over the potential threat, those who encountered him saw him as an ordinary, if ardent, activist. Phoebe Thomas Sorgen met Kirchner a few months ago at Travis Air Force Base, northeast of San Francisco, at a protest against immigration policy and U.S. military aid to Israel.
America Is Taking the Train Original
You could almost mistake it for an ad. Last week, the far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on the Amtrak Crescent traveling from the nation’s capital to her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted on X, alongside a video of the autumnal landscape rushing by.
A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida
The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Photographs by Aleksey Kondratyev The Brightline is a beautiful train. Ultra-quiet and decorated with streaks of highlighter yellow, it carries passengers between Miami and Orlando, sometimes moving as fast as 125 miles per hour.
A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida
Concrete cars are being sunk in South Beach waters. They're going to be a coral reef South Beach's long-awaited underwater sculpture park is beginning to take shape after about four years of delays. Why it matters: Reefline wants to …
The End of the Old Instagram Original
Thirty years ago, parents everywhere were compelled to weigh the pros and cons of allowing their kids to see Titanic. At the time, it was the biggest movie ever made, a historical epic (potentially educational) about mass death (possibly traumatizing) with a romantic plotline that was maybe too exciting (you know what I mean!).
What Is WhiteHouse.gov Becoming? Original
Last week, Donald Trump’s White House anticipated the impending government shutdown like an album release, placing a massive countdown clock at the top of WhiteHouse.gov. “Democrat Shutdown Is Imminent,” read the online home of the People’s House, on a black background. Now that the shutdown has happened, a clock is counting upward: “Democrats Have Shut Down the Government,” it says, with numbers climbing to mark the seconds, minutes, hours, and days that have elapsed.
Hits Different
Dom Hamel we hardly knew you!! Hope you clear waivers, bud. You will always be the MLB-record-breaking 46th pitcher the New York Mets were forced to use in a single season due to a series of ailments and flaws. This week on Hits Different, we are just trucking along. We are just doing our best! Po… Uploading this AFTER Pete Alonso single-handedly saved the Mets season. Pete Alonso Met for life. Pete Alonso greatest Met of all time. Sorry for the delay.
OpenAI Acknowledges the Teen Problem Original
On Tuesday afternoon, three parents sat in a row before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism. Two of them had each recently lost a child to suicide; the third has a teenage son who, after cutting his arm in front of her and biting her, is undergoing residential treatment. All three blame generative AI for what has happened to their children. They had come to testify on what appears to be an emerging health crisis in teens’ interactions with AI chatbots.
What Women’s Baseball Will Look Like Original
The mosquitoes and the National Guard were out, but it was otherwise a perfect day in the capital. Clear and sunny, not too hot: baseball weather. The first pitch was at about 9:30 in the morning. A player waiting in the dugout yammered “Whaddaya say, whaddaya say” before nearly every pitch. Another, after working a long at-bat and winning a walk, celebrated by turning to her teammates and tossing her bat gently toward them with both hands, palms up, like she was presenting them with a gift.
Opinion: The culture war over nothing
“You know the LIBS are seething over this,” Joe Kinsey, an editor at the sports website OutKick, wrote on X while reposting a video of sorority girls doing a choreographed dance. Many of the girls were wearing red, white and blue outfits, though some were dressed as hot dogs. They waved American flags in front of a banner that read We Want You Kappa Delta. “Credit to these ladies for pumping out patriotism to kick off the 2025 school year,” Kinsley wrote.
Is Anyone Actually Mad About Sorority-Rush Dances? Original
“You know the LIBS are seething over this,” Joe Kinsey, an editor at the sports website OutKick, wrote on X while reposting a video of sorority girls doing a choreographed dance. Many of the girls were wearing red-white-and-blue outfits, though some were dressed as hot dogs. They waved American flags in front of a banner that read We Want You Kappa Delta. “Credit to these ladies for pumping out patriotism to kick off the 2025 school year,” Kinsley wrote.
The Epstein ‘Client List’ Will Never Go Away Original
Jeffrey Epstein’s “client list” is the conspiracy theory that may never die. A secret document detailing all of the elite clients that Epstein allegedly sex-trafficked minors to—it’s something of a grail for QAnon adherents, TMZ watchers, and serious news readers alike. There is no proof that such a thing exists. Yet President Donald Trump himself suggested that it did during his campaign, and pledged to release it before a disastrous backtrack from the Department of Justice last month.
Opinion: Conspiracy theorists are turning on the president
The Trump administration had promised a bombshell. Americans, many of whom had spent years wondering over the unknowns in the Jeffrey Epstein case, would finally get their hands on the secret files that would explain it all. What really happened when the accused sex trafficker died in jail back in 2019? And who was on his “client list”—a rumored collection of famous and powerful people who participated in Epstein’s crimes?
Conspiracy Theorists Are Turning On the President
The Trump administration had promised a bombshell. Americans, many of whom had spent years wondering over the unknowns in the Jeffrey Epstein case, would finally get their hands on the secret files that would explain it all. What really happened when the accused sex trafficker died in jail back in 2019? And who was on his “client list”—a rumored collection of famous and powerful people who participated in Epstein’s crimes?
Why Would the Trump Family Want to Run a Phone Company? Original
The Trumps are doing phones now. This week, the Trump Organization announced its own cellphone service called Trump Mobile, as well as a gold-colored smartphone called the T1, which will purportedly be manufactured in the United States and retail for $499.
A Phone That Blocks All of the Bad Stuff Original
On a recent commute to work, I texted my distant family about our fantasy baseball league, which was nice because I felt connected to them for a second. Then I switched apps and became enraged by a stupid opinion I saw on X, which I shouldn’t be using anymore due to its advanced toxicity and mind-numbing inanity. Many minutes passed before I was able to stop reading the stupid replies to the stupid original post and relax the muscles of my face.
Fact-Checking Is Out, ‘Community Notes’ Are In Original
One Friday in April, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, announced that the process of removing fact-checking from Facebook, Threads, and Instagram was nearly complete. By the following Monday, there would be “no new fact checks and no fact checkers” working across these platforms, which are used by billions of people globally—no professionals marking disinformation about vaccines or stolen elections.
Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun? Original
Everywhere I look on social media, disembodied heads float in front of legal documents, narrating them line by line. Sometimes they linger on a specific sentence. Mostly they just read and read. One content creator, who posts videos under the username I’m Not a Lawyer But, recently made a seven-minute TikTok in which she highlighted the important sentences from Drake’s 81-page defamation complaint against Universal Music Group.
Is Anyone Actually Dyeing Potatoes for Easter?
The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong. Like countless others who have left their hometown to live a sinful, secular life in a fantastic American city, I no longer actively practice Christianity. But a few times a year, my upbringing whispers to me across space and time, and I have to listen. The sound is loudest at Easter, which, aside from being the most important Christian holiday, is also the most fun.
The Unending Trouble With TikTok
Déjà vu: TikTok’s time was nearly up, and then President Donald Trump stepped in to save it. This happened in January, and also earlier today, when Trump said that he will sign another executive order to delay a possible ban on the social-media app. Out of concern about the app’s possible weaponization by the Chinese government, Congress passed a law in April 2024 that required TikTok to spin off from its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or else stop operating in the United States.
What the JFK File Dump Actually Revealed Original
In 1962, the CIA had a driver’s license made for one of its officers, James P. O’Connell. It gave him an alias: James Paul Olds. We know this because the document containing the information was released to the public in 2017—part of an effort to declassify information related to John F. Kennedy’s assassination. But now, thanks to an executive order from President Donald Trump calling for the release of all the classified information pertaining to the incident, we know a bit more.
What the JFK File Dump Actually Revealed
Now CNN — FBI agents are working around the clock – some in 12-hour overnight shifts – on a frenzied mission this week. The urgent work isn’t an impending national security threat, but instead reviewing documents and other evidence in the investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to make …
Forever 21 Was Just a Phase
Farewell to a beloved purveyor of trash Forever 21 opened in my hometown when I was in middle school, when the opening of a new store at the mall was still a big deal. When the sign first went up, nobody knew what “Forever 21” was.
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