Recent posts by The Atlantic Writers Community on Bluesky

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME was beautiful—production-wise, Anderson is untouchable—and moving, in its exploration of faith and nihilism within a predatory Western society. Ridiculous to think anyone still pigeonholes him as "twee," or insists the early stuff is better; he's a generational filmmaker

What was the 1980s like? Well, there was a buff Australian man who starred in commercials for batteries where he just shouted “oi” and on the basis of that, he got a network series where he drove around in a big custom truck and solved crimes.

It’s the smallest thing but it cracks me up that he was so busy being a pop icon and doing his own thing in the ‘80s that he missed that the “Churchill” photo was actually an “A-Team” reference.

Oh look, it’s @petridishes.bsky.social in The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Believe it or not, this quote is about Nicaragua and not the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/w...

“A former Israeli intelligence official told The Atlantic that Iranians opposed to the regime make for a ready recruiting pool, and indicated that Iranians working for Israel were involved in efforts to build a drone base inside the country.”

@petridishes.bsky.social is BACK. And some things have happened www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

NEW: Trump had asked Israel to hold off its attack on Iran, Missy Ryan, @jonlemire.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social report. Now he’s scrambling to make a deal that some of his advisors say is hopeless.

New @kerryhowley.bsky.social dropped nymag.com/intelligence...

@dgraham.bsky.social: “Speaker Mike Johnson called on the Senate to censure Padilla, though for what was unclear. Daring to challenge a Trump-administration official?”

"If I want to work at a place that is excited to publish a wide range of opinions about things that aren’t free speech and free markets, that won’t involve getting a different job at a different publication...” Welcome to @theatlantic.com @petridishes.bsky.social! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

To paraphrase a certain president: I prefer the war heroes who fought *for* the United States.

I love blundering into a tiny stub of a street I was never aware of on Manhattan.

@katherinejwu.com: “By appointing a committee that is poised to legitimize more of his own radical views, Kennedy is giving his skewed version of scientific reality the government’s imprimatur.”

NEW: A Fox News alum in his mid-20s has been tasked by Donald Trump with overseeing the nation’s 250th birthday celebration as executive director of America250. Via @ashleyrparker.bsky.social @michaelscherer.bsky.social and Missy Ryan.

“When Harris eventually lost, she did so with the backing of two different efforts that sometimes worked at cross-purposes, an error that both sides still believe may have cost Democrats the election.”

Over the last decade, the US has grown into the world's biggest oil + gas exporter, and "begun to behave... more like a classic petrostate." Those tend to have "more autocratic governments, more belligerent foreign policies, and higher levels of corruption." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...