When Did Sports Get So Loud?
Source: YouTube Summary On May 26, the New York Mets were doing terrible (generally) and really terrible (acutely). They were at the bottom of their division and down six runs…
Trump Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
Since President Trump returned to office a year and a half ago, he has dispatched investigators and analysts from across the U.S. intelligence community to search for evidence of foreign…
Trump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than China
President Trump addressed the American people tonight and told them that their elections are at the mercy of foreign actors—especially China. He called the current situation a “crisis” and vowed…
Your Odyssey Might Be Cropped
Source: YouTube Summary This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends…
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
When the boreal forests of Canada catch on fire, no one can do anything about it in many cases. The forests are part of Earth’s largest land biome, a greenbelt…
Explaining Sex to an Anthropologist
Last week, the president of the American Anthropological Association weighed in on one of the most polarizing subjects in her field: biological sex. Some anthropologists believe that biological sex is…
J. D. Vance Wants Someone to Find Out What the Government Is Doing
Source: YouTube Summary Well, thank you very much, J. D. Vance. Because of the vice president’s appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast this week, I found myself googling photos of Joe…
What Ancient Greek Is Good For
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Late one night in 1925, a classics professor named Carol…
Nobody Is Getting the Data-Center Water Question Right
Source: YouTube Summary Updated at 3:41 p.m. ET on July 16, 2026There are two competing schools of thought over just how water-intensive AI is. In one, the technology is horribly…












