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AmandaEAtlantic

  1. @claytonnicholas Email me: aerickson@theatlantic.com!
  2. @therealarosen Congratulations!! Will you be in DC?
  3. @therealarosen are you coming here???
  4. Swedish telecomm Teliasonera cozies up to post-Soviet govts, lets them tap phones of dissidents, journalists ow.ly/aDkNQ
  5. Go @erinmdurkin! RT @katenocera: Tabloid wars: Daily News still edging out NYPost. News No. 5, Post No. 7: bit.ly/KolMSU
  6. @the_ursula You can email me - aerickson@theatlantic.com. Thanks for thinking of us!
  7. "In countries such as Azerbaijan, we journalists have to make a choice, and we choose the right to tell the truth" ow.ly/avL6S
  8. Buffalo for real ow.ly/arEjT
  9. RT @jaredbkeller: "Good writing is essentially a selfish act." Must-read @tanehisi on 'Girls,' race, and storytelling bit.ly/J9Pj8j
  10. This is a delicious looking recipe (and a good way to get through your leafy greens), via @eatwithpleasure ow.ly/aplrl
  11. MT @jimmyvielkind: Definitely something I can imagine some I-banker friends doing. nyp.st/Jfrb3d
  12. A hilarious head-to-head between two epic urban embezzlers - whose crime was worse? Via @citycalfe bit.ly/J0Xh3F
  13. This bacon crack looks amazing (as you'd expect from something called bacon crack) ow.ly/amWUv
  14. Good ideas for creating vital urban parks, via @atlanticCities ow.ly/amoRD
  15. @jimmyvielkind you are a very good tax detective.
  16. A lovely lesson in giving back RT @atlanticcities: What I learned about community by working with community gardens ow.ly/aljXn
  17. @erindurkin...maybe we can expense "teenage gunman, no receipt" someday too!
  18. The CAVA of Las Vegas party buses, via @citycalfe ow.ly/ajMHp
  19. Good comic on the latest Albany silliness ow.ly/ajEUU
  20. The sin of snark! MT @BuzzFeedBen Cuomo aide compiled a dossier on @StateOfPolitics' Liz Benjamin buzzfeed.com/bensmith/cuomo…