Anne Applebaum
banner
anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social

staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum

Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She became a Polish citizen in 2013. .. more

Political science 48%
Sociology 16%
Pinned
Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

Another great description of Georges Borchardt, with more about his escape from the Holocaust
www.economist.com/obituary/202...
Georges Borchardt made a life from a love of reading
The literary agent died on January 18th, aged 97
www.economist.com

"I don’t know how other people react when they get bullied, but I don’t back down when I get bullied. I fight harder. Everyone I see out here is like, What do you think—we’re gonna quit? We live here."

AUTOCRACY IN AMERICA bonus episode, from Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Democracy Under Occupation
What we’ve learned in Minneapolis
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Meanwhile in Russia 👇

"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"

www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
How Autocrats Meddle With Elections
The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.
www.theatlantic.com
EU tech law

EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re 'addictive design' ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok\'s addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
ec.europa.eu

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling complications after measles outbreak trib.al/YRnKgEt
Children in South Carolina are developing rare brain swelling after measles outbreak
The majority of the Southeast state’s 876 cases have been in unvaccinated children
trib.al

thanks - I have worked for the Atlantic since 2020, in fact...

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

“You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November,” Steve Bannon said on his War Room podcast. trib.al/0lWZSnj

Reposted by Peter Holmes

“This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post
The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.
www.newyorker.com

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum

Reposted by Anne Applebaum