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Instagram Is Full of Conspiracy Theories and Extremism
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As other social networks wage a very public war against misinformation, it’s thriving on Instagram.
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The Atlantic Instagram is teeming with conspiracy theories, viral misinformation, and extremist memes, all daisy-chained together in a network of accounts with incredible algorithmic reach and millions of young followers, reports 19m
The Enigmatic Russian Paying Maria Butina's Legal Bills
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Alexander Ionov, the founder of the NGO, called the Anti-Globalization Movement, began raising money for the suspected Russian agent through a fundraising website in 2018.
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The Atlantic New revelations about Maria Butina’s legal-defense fund in Russia shows that one of her backers has been trying to promote fringe separatist movements in the U.S. since before 2016, reports 6h
The Mysterious, Exploding Asteroid
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A NASA spacecraft reached a space rock and found it orbited by tiny moons—a phenomenon “never been seen before in any solar-system object.”
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The Atlantic “In case there is, one day, an asteroid heading toward Earth, we want to know what we are dealing with." reports on an asteroid that keeps surprising scientists 24h
How the Bizarre Economics of Airplanes Raises the Stakes of the Boeing Fallout
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Strange things can happen when a business is based on millions of people flying around in $100 million metal boxes that can take a year to build.
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The Atlantic "In many other industries, when a product has a flaw, there are often a range of workarounds. But, due to the peculiarities of the airline industry, this temporary ban could have far-reaching, hard-to-contain effects," writes . 30h
Prehistoric Happy Hour
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A very short book excerpt
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The Atlantic Why did humans first start domesticating plants and animals? A very short book excerpt from David T. Courtwright 36h
Bernie Sanders Just Hired His Twitter Attack Dog
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David Sirota had been working unofficially for Sanders while savaging the other Democratic candidates on Twitter.
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The Atlantic David Sirota had been working unofficially for Sanders while savaging the other Democratic candidates on Twitter, writes . This, despite Sanders's pledge of civility toward other Democrats. 36h
Why Sandra Day O’Connor Saved Affirmative Action
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Her struggle with the issue suggests it won’t be easy to stop the consideration of race in admissions.
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The Atlantic "O’Connor was all for the inclusion of different groups, but she wanted them to meld into one civic society, bound by shared values." Evan Thomas on Sandra Day O'Connor's struggle with affirmative action 37h
A Sea Change in Plus-Size Fashion
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A new clothing line from the retailer Anthropologie portends more options for an underserved market.
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The Atlantic Plus-size shoppers have long demanded better options from clothing brands. A new fashion line suggests their frustration is paying off, writes . 57h
Beto O'Rourke Was Right, and Democrats Might Not Forgive Him
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As the Democratic Party shifts leftward, can primary voters look past the candidate's fiscal responsibility?
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The Atlantic "The truth is that O’Rourke’s younger self was right on the merits. There really is a rock-solid egalitarian case for preventing old-age entitlements from gobbling up an ever-larger share of federal spending," argues 3d
A Damaged Soul and a Disordered Personality
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Trump’s continuing attacks on John McCain reveal a worrisome state of mind.
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The Atlantic "It doesn’t take a person with an advance degree in psychology to see Trump’s narcissism and lack of empathy," argues . "His condition is getting worse, not better." 3d
The Fertility Doctor’s Secret
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Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know. Then DNA testing came along.
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The Atlantic Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know what he’d done. Then DNA testing came along. reports 3d
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The Atlantic A fertility doctor secretly inseminated patients with his own sperm. Then DNA testing came along. reports 58h
Minimalism Goes to Space
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Decades after the first people reached Earth’s orbit, the aesthetics of spaceflight are changing.
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The Atlantic The physics of getting to space haven’t changed. But the aesthetics have, writes 3d
An Abandoned Baby’s DNA Condemns His Mother
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Sioux Falls police bring murder charges, based on a technique first used to catch a serial killer, in a 38-year-old case.
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The Atlantic Not so long ago, even advocates for forensic genealogy hesitated to take on cases like this one, writes 4d
White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
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A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it
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The Atlantic "The concept of 'white genocide' may indeed seem like a fringe conspiracy theory...but the seed of Nazism’s ultimate objective was sown with striking success in the United States." Read 's latest 4d
Steven Spielberg vs. Netflix
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The director is again challenging the streaming giant’s ability to compete for Oscars—and he has a point, even if he doesn’t have much industry support.
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The Atlantic Though widely dismissed by many in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg’s efforts to get Netflix to compromise on how it releases its movies in theaters make a lot of sense, writes. 4d
Faced With an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do?
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“I think it’s different for parents. We have to protect our children. That’s our No. 1 calling in life, and that comes before everything.”​
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The Atlantic Some parents are removing their family from the church altogether; others are taking precautions to try and ensure their children won’t be made victims. and report 4d
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The Atlantic “We have to protect our children. That comes before everything.” “If I can raise holy sons and daughters, that’s going to help the Church.” Catholic parents spoke to and about how they’re grappling with the sexual-abuse crisis. 4d
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The Atlantic “Across the United States, the Catholic Church is losing members at a faster rate than any other religion, with more than six former Catholics for every recent convert as of 2015,” report and . 4d
It Could Happen Here
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At what point will Americans widely acknowledge that white supremacy can be as big a threat to Americans as Islamism?
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The Atlantic "There are obvious signs to anyone paying attention that right here at home, Muslims could suffer the same fate as those in New Zealand," argues 4d
'Don’t Ground the Airplanes. Ground the Pilots.'
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I talked to a highly experienced pilot about the problem with the Boeing 737 Max 8.
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The Atlantic . talks to a highly experienced pilot about the problem with the Boeing 737 Max 8 4d
Elite Colleges Don’t Understand Which Business They’re In
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Top-tier universities are idea factories—but delude themselves into thinking that they identify the “best people.”
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The Atlantic "Universities should not be embarrassed about the practice of admitting the children of generous alums or wealthy donors," argues . "Producing and disseminating knowledge is expensive." 5d
The Truth About People Who Have No Personality
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They actually just keep their opinions to themselves.
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The Atlantic Extraverts win again: Having "no personality" just means you're quiet and reserved about your opinions, writes 5d