The Atlanticflipped into All Stories5 hours agoPutin’s Nuclear Theatricsverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Tom NicholsThe Kremlin continues its clumsy nuclear games with threats to send Russian weapons to Belarus. Last spring, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would station nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. Evidence suggests that this move is imminent, but it is strategically meaningless. Cold War …
The Atlanticflipped into Technology7 hours agoElon Musk Just Added a Wrinkle to the AI Raceverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Matteo WongTransparency, or the appearance of it, is the technology’s new norm. Yesterday afternoon, Elon Musk fired the latest shot in his feud with OpenAI: His new AI venture, xAI, now allows anyone to download and use the computer code for its flagship software. No fees, no restrictions, just Grok, a large …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories9 hours agoKanye’s Creepy Comebackverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Spencer KornhaberDespite his supposed cancellation, the Hitler-praising rapper has his first No. 1 single since 2011. The funny thing about the concept of cancel culture is that its popularization coincided with the demise of the mechanisms through which a person might truly be exiled from public life. The …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories16 hours agoWhy Biden’s Pro-worker Stance Isn’t Workingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By James SurowieckiThe most pro-labor president in history could hardly do more for unions, but their members aren’t feeling it. Joe Biden courted the leaders of the Teamsters this week, looking for the endorsement of the 1.3-million-member union. He will probably get it. The Center for American Progress, a liberal …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories11 hours agoDNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incestverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Sarah ZhangPeople are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think. When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the …
The Atlanticflipped into All Stories12 hours agoIs the Destruction of Gaza Making Israel Any Safer?verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Andrew ExumMore than five months in, Israel has neither a military strategy for eliminating Hamas nor a political strategy for living with Gaza. Israeli forces are killing thousands of innocent civilians and badly damaging their country’s standing with its most important partners, including the United States. …