The McDonald’s CEO learned a hard lesson this week—if you’re going to eat on the internet, you’d better do it a certain way, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
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The McDonald’s CEO learned a hard lesson this week—if you’re going to eat on the internet, you’d better do it a certain way, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
In just six days, the Trump administration has advanced at least 10 different rationales for the war in Iran, Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Isabel Ruehl report:
To the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran, Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef report.
“That I loved my daughter was never in doubt. My problem was that I didn’t much like being a father,” Daniel Smith writes. “From a life of freedom and agency I had entered a life of white-noise machines, parenting manuals, and fatigue.”
In a new book, “Now I Surrender,” Álvaro Enrigue uses absurdity to tell a fuller truth about historical events, Boris Kachka writes.
“Cheering for epistemic humility gets you no television interviews,” Eliot A. Cohen writes. “But in the early phase of a war, above all, it should be the prudent observer’s battle cry”:
The Pentagon can likely get away with using OpenAI’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans under the terms of their contract, legal experts told @matteowong.bsky.social.
Kristi Noem generated more scandals over the past year than a typical administration would muster in four—but what reportedly got her fired was “pointing the finger at her boss,” Jonathan Chait argues.
Answer today’s trivia question from Rogé Karma’s article about a crisis on the horizon.
Check your response and discuss the answer: theatln.tc/TxrjD9m9
Vinay Prasad will reportedly step down from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration—again—next month. In July, Benjamin Mazer wrote about the controversies that preceded Prasad's first departure from the agency:
In this Paralympic photo of the day, dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. Via The Atlantic Photo:
In “The Bride!” the director Maggie Gyllenhaal goes for maximalism but ends up with a mess, David Sims writes:
“Cheering for epistemic humility gets you no television interviews,” Eliot A. Cohen writes. “But in the early phase of a war, above all, it should be the prudent observer’s battle cry”:
Iraqi oil. Syrian oil. Venezuelan oil. Donald Trump has rarely discussed a foreign conflict without musing about what the U.S. can take in return—but he's been oddly silent about Iranian oil, Vivian Salama and Jonathan Lemire report:
See images from the conflict across the Middle East, as well as preparations for the 2026 Winter Paralympics and much more in the photos of the week:
After decades of conflict, Israel and Lebanon have a rare chance to secure a common goal: “a Lebanon freed from Iranian domination and Hezbollah’s independent military force,” Hussein Ibish argues:
“The job market is weakening, inflation is still too high, and we’re at serious risk of a once-in-50-years oil shock,” Rogé Karma writes. “The economy’s warning lights might not yet be flashing red, but they are certainly flashing yellow”:
Kristi Noem generated more scandals over the past year than a typical administration would muster in four—but what reportedly got her fired was “pointing the finger at her boss,” Jonathan Chait argues.
Even without missiles, a “trickle of drone strikes, if they continue for months, could damage the Gulf’s brand as a haven within a volatile region,” Robert F. Worth writes:
To the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran, Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef report.
Seeing regime change as a new way to define his legacy, President Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. Vivian Salama reports:
On this week’s “Galaxy Brain,” Charlie Warzel and Atlantic film critic David Sims discuss how Netflix upended Hollywood and forever changed the way we consume content.
The U.S. and Israel began their war against Iran with an extraordinary display of military cooperation—but less than a week in, their objectives appear to be colliding, Thomas Wright argues:
In just six days, the Trump administration has advanced at least 10 different rationales for the war in Iran, Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Isabel Ruehl report:
In a new book, “Now I Surrender,” Álvaro Enrigue uses absurdity to tell a fuller truth about historical events, Boris Kachka writes.
“America’s Next Top Model” taught a generation of viewers that beauty is work—and we’re still recovering, Sophie Gilbert writes:
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon briefings since the war against Iran began “have reminded the world why he is exactly the wrong person to hold the position he does,” Peter Wehner argues:
“The United States, Israel, and their Gulf allies are using up scarce and costly munitions at an astounding rate”—and America’s adversaries are taking note, Brynn Tannehill writes.
