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“Many people on both sides of the hiring equation—whether because of convenience, self-protection, or resentment—have abandoned even the pretense of courtesy, resulting in a job market that’s as rude as it is dysfunctional,” Franklin Schneider argues:
When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?
Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Many people on both sides of the hiring equation—whether because of convenience, self-protection, or resentment—have abandoned even the pretense of courtesy, resulting in a job market that’s as rude as it is dysfunctional,” Franklin Schneider argues:
“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
Trump’s AI-Regulation Ban Is a Threat to National Security
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
From our editorial team to you: The Atlantic’s 2025 gift guide. Find unique gifts to bring joy to your loved ones this holiday season—including this hot-dog plate, recommended by Kaitlyn Tiffany.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From our editorial team to you: The Atlantic’s 2025 gift guide. Find unique gifts to bring joy to your loved ones this holiday season—including this hot-dog plate, recommended by Kaitlyn Tiffany.
Read the full list: theatln.tc/4KsSFqPt
Read the full list: theatln.tc/4KsSFqPt
Modern social science finds that Saint Thomas Aquinas’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect. Arthur C. Brooks on the theologian's blueprint for living:
How to Be Happy Like Thomas Aquinas
Modern social science finds that the 13th-century theologian’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Modern social science finds that Saint Thomas Aquinas’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect. Arthur C. Brooks on the theologian's blueprint for living:
Ghosting, from both employers and candidates, is becoming rampant—and it's roiling the job market, Franklin Schneider writes:
When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?
Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ghosting, from both employers and candidates, is becoming rampant—and it's roiling the job market, Franklin Schneider writes:
The 11th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a new view of the heart of a nearby spiral galaxy.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Day 11 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Looking for Signs of a Black Hole
The 11th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a new view of the heart of a nearby spiral galaxy.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 11th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a new view of the heart of a nearby spiral galaxy.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
The Trump Gold Card offers wealthy foreigners a fast track to residency—suggesting that “this administration thinks personal riches are a superpower of their own,” Will Gottsegen argued in September.
Trump Offers a Golden Ticket
The president is rebranding the immigration process as a MAGA rewards program.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Trump Gold Card offers wealthy foreigners a fast track to residency—suggesting that “this administration thinks personal riches are a superpower of their own,” Will Gottsegen argued in September.
The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”:
The Most Impractical Tool in My Kitchen
Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that’s the point.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”:
Donald Trump’s approach to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger has turned a battle over ownership into a fight over the president's support, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.
The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support
By appearing noncommittal in the fight over Warner Bros., the president is inviting competing bids for his blessing.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Donald Trump’s approach to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger has turned a battle over ownership into a fight over the president's support, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterms—and the changes that Congress can make to ensure free and fair elections in the future.
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How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman on how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, how he can be stopped, and what can be done to reform America’s electoral system. Plus: David on Trump’s silly award from FIFA.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterms—and the changes that Congress can make to ensure free and fair elections in the future.
Watch the full episode:
Watch the full episode:
The food writer Tamar Adler espouses a use-everything approach in the kitchen, imbuing simple ingredients with a heady materialism. Lily Meyer talks with her about her new book, “Feast on Your Life,” and her philosophy of scraps:
The Philosopher of Scraps
Tamar Adler’s food writing imbues simple ingredients with a heady materialism.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The food writer Tamar Adler espouses a use-everything approach in the kitchen, imbuing simple ingredients with a heady materialism. Lily Meyer talks with her about her new book, “Feast on Your Life,” and her philosophy of scraps:
In the same way that "The Handmaid’s Tale" looms over abortion politics, or "The Terminator" lurks over artificial intelligence, "The Camp of the Saints" hangs over immigration politics, Idrees Kalhoon writes:
The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book
What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives
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December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In the same way that "The Handmaid’s Tale" looms over abortion politics, or "The Terminator" lurks over artificial intelligence, "The Camp of the Saints" hangs over immigration politics, Idrees Kalhoon writes:
@hannarosin.bsky.social follows a married couple—one of whom is undocumented—as they decide whether to stay or leave the U.S. Listen here:
He’s Undocumented. She’s Not.
A young couple decides whether to stay in the U.S.—or leave.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@hannarosin.bsky.social follows a married couple—one of whom is undocumented—as they decide whether to stay or leave the U.S. Listen here:
Pope Leo’s first Sunday prayer, protests against ICE, flash floods in Texas. See photos from some of this past summer’s most memorable events via The Atlantic Photo:
2025 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months
Looking back at some of the most memorable events of mid-2025, including war in Gaza and Ukraine, a wildfire in the Grand Canyon, and much more
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December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pope Leo’s first Sunday prayer, protests against ICE, flash floods in Texas. See photos from some of this past summer’s most memorable events via The Atlantic Photo:
In Indiana, some conservative lawmakers are resisting Donald Trump’s pressure to redraw the state’s congressional map. @russellberman on why the state’s Republicans are standing up to the president:
Why Indiana Republicans Are Standing Up to Trump
Small-c conservatism is still a point of pride in the state.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Indiana, some conservative lawmakers are resisting Donald Trump’s pressure to redraw the state’s congressional map. @russellberman on why the state’s Republicans are standing up to the president:
“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
Trump’s AI-Regulation Ban Is a Threat to National Security
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
Events in Somalia suggest that “America First” in practice can look very different from what Donald Trump has described, Nancy Youssef reports:
So This Is What ‘America First’ Looks Like
The practical application of Trump’s isolationism is hardly the big break he promised.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Events in Somalia suggest that “America First” in practice can look very different from what Donald Trump has described, Nancy Youssef reports:
Gen Z protests in Nepal, Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, and more images of the most memorable events of 2025, via The Atlantic Photo:
2025 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year
Looking back at some of the most memorable events toward the end of 2025, including Gen Z protests in Nepal, Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, and much more.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gen Z protests in Nepal, Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean, and more images of the most memorable events of 2025, via The Atlantic Photo:
Donald Trump’s aggression toward Venezuela lacks any coherent rationale—and it’s putting his defenders in an uncomfortable position, Jonathan Chait argues.
What Explains Trump’s Aggression Toward Venezuela? Who Knows.
To better understand the president’s foreign policy, one must study the behavior of small children.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Donald Trump’s aggression toward Venezuela lacks any coherent rationale—and it’s putting his defenders in an uncomfortable position, Jonathan Chait argues.
If the AI revolution fails to materialize as expected, the financial consequences could be ugly, Rogé Karma argues: “The last time the economy saw so much wealth tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.”
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If the AI revolution fails to materialize as expected, the financial consequences could be ugly, Rogé Karma argues: “The last time the economy saw so much wealth tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.”
Many parents are teaching their children that they don’t have to hug anyone they don’t want to—but not all relatives are understanding. Rheana Murray on the new rules of family affection: theatln.tc/oc7W069l
🎨: Liana Finck
🎨: Liana Finck
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Many parents are teaching their children that they don’t have to hug anyone they don’t want to—but not all relatives are understanding. Rheana Murray on the new rules of family affection: theatln.tc/oc7W069l
🎨: Liana Finck
🎨: Liana Finck
School photos are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them. Annie Midori Atherton on the portrait’s enduring appeal:
What’s the Point of School Photos Anymore?
The portraits are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
School photos are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them. Annie Midori Atherton on the portrait’s enduring appeal:
With more instances of Donald Trump appearing fatigued or forgetful, Americans are again seeing evidence of a president who lacks the energy to do his demanding job, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Enfeebling of the President
Trump is showing signs that he’s lost the physical stamina to do the job.
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December 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
With more instances of Donald Trump appearing fatigued or forgetful, Americans are again seeing evidence of a president who lacks the energy to do his demanding job, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
Tom Stoppard's plays "hold us in the moment before, outside of time, when the impossible is always happening," @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
Tom Stoppard Achieved the Impossible
His plays hold us in the moment outside of time.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Tom Stoppard's plays "hold us in the moment before, outside of time, when the impossible is always happening," @petridishes.bsky.social writes:
The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”:
The Most Impractical Tool in My Kitchen
Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that’s the point.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The upkeep of carbon-steel knives is a huge pain. But according to Tyler Austin Harper, the knives “cultivate habits of mind—patience, focus, and repetition—that the pace and shape of modern life make so hard to develop”: