AI-powered drone interceptors are part of a set of technological advances in Ukraine that “have changed the war with Russia, and maybe all wars, forever,” @anneapplebaum reports:

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“The most frightening monster of all is not the sensational stuff of children’s stories," @Yair_Rosenberg writes of the Broadway play Giant, "but the propensity to monstrosity that lives within all of us”:

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“Few people speak publicly about wanting to ‘eliminate’ Down syndrome,” @sarahzhang wrote in 2020. “Yet individual choices are adding up to something very close to that.”

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RT @jonathanchait: Read @anneapplebaum's reported dispatch from Ukraine, which has fortified its defenses

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Trump’s choice for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, is both terrifying and predictable, @davidfrum argues.

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino likes to say that “football unites the world.” But a few days out from the biggest men’s World Cup in history, his easy rhetoric is proving no match for the world’s more complicated realities, Chris Jones reports:

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If you’re looking for a book that will make you feel deeply this season, @LuisParrales_ recommends “Philoctetes.” See the full list of all 25 books on our summer reading guide here:

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The latest flu shot is ready for review—but nearly a dozen experts, including former ACIP members and former HHS officials told @KatherineJWu they have never encountered such uncertainty about the basic government process of recommending the vaccines.

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Pope Leo and other Christian thinkers have captured the gravity of the AI revolution in a way that many secular thinkers have not, @Tyler_A_Harper argues.

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In its finale, “Euphoria” tried to provide both a serious look at the opioid epidemic and an homage to action-Western tropes about good and evil—ultimately undermining the significance of its heroine's journey, @shirklesxp argues.

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Brad Lander's challenge to incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in NY-10, one of the nation's most progressive congressional districts, has brought out the fractures of the Democratic Party's left wing, reports @russellberman.

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For once, Trump doesn't want more attention on himself—perhaps because many of his signature initiatives aren't going so well, @GrahamDavidA argues in The Atlantic Daily. : Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty

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Summer is coming down to a choice between enduring the heat and avoiding it—both of which might, in their own ways, be making people sick, @yeahyeahyasmin reported in 2025.