There’s a good chance that Italy will be run by a fascist government after next week’s elections. This isn’t exaggeration or rhetorical overstatement: the party that’s heir to Mussolini’s political movement is literally poised to win. Dark days ahead.
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Here's what Trump privately says about DeSantis, according to aides: "Fat," "phony," "whiny" theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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Clay Skipper hung around with me for a weekend and wrote this funny and interesting profile of my work to spread the science of happiness. Features quotes from , , and my wife (who is tough but fair).
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Most non-runners don't realize just how vast the gaps are between these times. 5:10-per-mile marathon pace might sound sorta similar to 5:50 marathon pace. But it's a total world away.
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Tigist Assefa won women's Berlin Marathon in 2:15. Her previous best was 2:34. This is ///bananas///.
I've run a few 2:34s and I can't run two miles at 2:15 pace. For her to have the courage to start at that pace, and then hold it for 26.2, is awesome.
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Eliud Kipchoge just ran a 2:01:09 marathon breaking the world record again.
My guess is that, physically, he’s in the 99.999% percentile. But when it comes to mental fortitude, he’s in the 99.99999%
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Track fans:
2003: “Eliud Kipchoge is an age cheat. Look at him. He’s older than 19.”
2018: “Eliud Kipchoge is an age cheat. Look at him. He’s younger than 34.”
2022: “We give up. Eliud Kipchoge is immortal.”
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“It’s happening b/c progressive prosecutors keep winning elections. There is a misperception that we’re losing; that’s actually incorrect. They can’t beat us in elections, so they try to remove us from office in other ways: by recalls, by impeachment.”
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The political battle over Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner encapsulates the struggle of progressive prosecutors: is it possible to sustain support for reform when crime rates, especially murders, are rising? He says reform isn’t the problem-but the solution theatlantic.com/politics/archi
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What does it mean for a pandemic to be "over"? COVID is still killing three times as many people as the flu, writes :
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Update, he now wants to donate his $150 in allowance money to protect bears. What is the best place to give?
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My 8-year-old is a single issue voter: he wants to reverse the 2020 rule allowing people to hunt hibernating bears.
What politician is working hardest on this? He needs someone to get behind.
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Today in my column , I about how we are all two people, one who sees (I-self), and one who is seen (me-self). An important path to happiness is learning to emphasize the I-self. (1/7)
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There may be an inverse relationship between how visionary a tech CEO is and how many times they mention themselves in IPO filings. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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"While Trump protégés saddled the GOP with low “candidate quality,” the former POTUS has also imposed a mental headwind against seasoned incumbents. Remaining Trump-accredited requires shaving dozens of IQ points off an otherwise sound candidate’s brain."
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“People at the Atlantic Festival having a great time in the style of Edward Hopper” — rendered live by Dall-E with and #taf22
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Packer: “Everyone has lost someone and every town has a freshly dug cemetery… but to the Ukrainians the loss is the reason they have to keep fighting, not why they have to negotiate an end. … they will not stop until they can tell their people they’ve won” #TAF22
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More from Packer: “We are coming into a new Cold War between democracy and autocracy … but it is much less of a binary than the last Cold War was.” #TAF22
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Packer: the border of NATO has expanded, yes. But look at the success of the far right in Sweden. And Italy. Even France. “And if Trump is elected in 2024, we will switch sides.” #TAF22
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I’m in DC today at #TAF22 and a colleague just sent a photo of my NY office.
If you need signoff on a budget, bring steak.
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George Packer: when you call it “Putin’s War” in Ukraine you are corrected that it is “Russia’s war”. They will ask: where is the protest? Where is the resistance to it there?
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Interesting point from : the Russian Army is command and control. The Ukrainian Army is decentralized and much faster to respond to events. #TAF22
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“The really important point about the Ukrainian counteroffensive was that the Russians ran away … the Ukrainian advantage, which is psychological and moral, is starting to show.” at #taf22
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As we move toward a new energy future, we will build on our solid foundation to help ensure the sustainability of our business for many years to come. #TAF22
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These are not the actions of a president sure of his support and confident of his army. On Putin's strange, delayed speech:
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How to understand Trump according to : “before he’s a thug, he’s a crook. Before he’s a crook, he’s a headcase.” #taf22
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“If Bibi is so savvy, how come he’s the leader of the opposition who has lost four elections in a row, and I’m here?” -- Israeli Prime Minister :
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I will take any chance to write about Saturn's rings
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Fauci talking about AIDS activists protesting him in the 1980s: “the difference between then and now is that they were absolutely correct.” #taf2022
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Excited for things to get started at Festival. Fully packed house and a beautiful day down on the Wharf in DC.
Fauci’s first answer: “400 deaths a day is not acceptable.”
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For one more day, London is the centre of the world again, the final flowering of “a world that shone so brightly at the last, and then was gone.” But do not mourn its passing; embrace the beauty of the Shire’s autumn days instead. My piece on a new age👇
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We’re expanding our work in TV and film: it’s good business and good journalism. We have two huge projects streaming soon that you should definitely watch.
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The evolution of social media by .
Great insights, highly recommended!
Synthetic media (content generated or altered by artificial intelligence) is the future of social media.
It will democratize media creation and creativity for everyone.
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Are you Team Double-Down, or Team Divide and Conquer?
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"I will despise riches when I have them as much as when I have them not" and other lessons from the ancient philosopher Seneca's "On a Happy Life.” My column today .
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Hack Your Bureaucracy comes out this week! Our book has 55+ strategies that really work for getting things done in government and everywhere else: HOAs, PTAs, foster care, Harvard, small and large businesses... and hopefully, for you!
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With Roger Federer retiring, it's a good moment to reread David Foster Wallace's 2006 essay on him. One of my favorite sports essays ever.
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Whaaaat. This is wild. (Also, congratulations on your physics loophole, cats.)
"The implications are bonkers: There may not actually exist a true limit, Allain told me, to the elevation from which a cat can plunge and survive."
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Wrote about the very stupid and unfortunately frequent backlashes to Black actors being cast as elves, mermaids, hobbits, superheroes, sith, etc and the more serious stuff behind it.
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Agree w . I say this as dreaded Boomer.
Another distinction: people should remain *active and creative* as long as they can. Cf R Angell, J Didion etc
But in "zero-sum" jobs--if you have it, no one else can--should step aside.
Eg king. SCOTUS.
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Zoë Rom smashes this piece about her mind and body on social media. If you read one thing today make it this.
It’s open to everyone on , soon only for subscribers.
patreon.com/posts/my-body-
She doesn’t have great things to say about you all here on Twitter! 🤣
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