Nicholas Thompson
@nxthompson.bsky.social
CEO of The Atlantic. Going out of business soon, since 1857.
Author of “The Running Ground: A father, a son, and the simplest of sports.”
Author of “The Running Ground: A father, a son, and the simplest of sports.”
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I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
September 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“These people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes."
From @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu: buff.ly/NX3U6kW
From @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu: buff.ly/NX3U6kW
MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
www.theatlantic.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“These people do not talk about spreading democracy, and don’t want to build long-term relationships. They don’t care about America’s reputation. They are deploying the tools of American diplomacy and government for their own purposes."
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From @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu: buff.ly/NX3U6kW
This is an important story from Toluse Olorunnipa on how election deniers have infiltrated local election systems. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
September 11, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This is an important story from Toluse Olorunnipa on how election deniers have infiltrated local election systems. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"President Trump began his midterm-convention address last night by casting his spell on the crowd in Dallas. 'This place is packed,' he announced from the stage, pointing to where everyone could see hundreds of empty seats." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Dream World in Dallas
At a midterm convention, Trump tries to defy the odds one last time.
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"President Trump began his midterm-convention address last night by casting his spell on the crowd in Dallas. 'This place is packed,' he announced from the stage, pointing to where everyone could see hundreds of empty seats." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
“I was fired after I said in an appearance on CBS News that my personal red line would be if the Pentagon ever instructed me not to publish a perfectly accurate story. It is telling that I am being fired for describing the most anodyne of journalistic ethics." From Erik Slavin. buff.ly/lYHNOrQ
The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes
For generations, the newspaper has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
“I was fired after I said in an appearance on CBS News that my personal red line would be if the Pentagon ever instructed me not to publish a perfectly accurate story. It is telling that I am being fired for describing the most anodyne of journalistic ethics." From Erik Slavin. buff.ly/lYHNOrQ
@jonlemire.bsky.social on one of the best ways New York City has changed in the wake of 9/11. buff.ly/SpW4NRi
September 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
@jonlemire.bsky.social on one of the best ways New York City has changed in the wake of 9/11. buff.ly/SpW4NRi
"Democrats don’t want Trump’s politics or even necessarily his all-out norm breaking. But they want his energy. They’re sick of a Democratic Party that does the functional equivalent of sending a strongly worded letter while democracy burns down around us."
September 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"Democrats don’t want Trump’s politics or even necessarily his all-out norm breaking. But they want his energy. They’re sick of a Democratic Party that does the functional equivalent of sending a strongly worded letter while democracy burns down around us."
"I suspect that over the next few years, because of our tendency to anthropomorphize, we will feel more affection than we should for our personal agents, while offering less admiration than we should to our fellow humans."
September 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"I suspect that over the next few years, because of our tendency to anthropomorphize, we will feel more affection than we should for our personal agents, while offering less admiration than we should to our fellow humans."
An excerpt from Gloria Steinem's forthcoming memoir, published today in @TheAtlantic. RIP. buff.ly/INsvOmG
September 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
An excerpt from Gloria Steinem's forthcoming memoir, published today in @TheAtlantic. RIP. buff.ly/INsvOmG
This is crazy. There’s apparently a Latvia-run operation paying people to turn pro-Republican videos into short clips and make them look like grassroots support.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
September 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This is crazy. There’s apparently a Latvia-run operation paying people to turn pro-Republican videos into short clips and make them look like grassroots support.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
MAGA has been obsessed with proving an alleged plot by Biden officials, social-media companies, and researchers to suppress conservative speech. Jobs were lost, a center was closed, and reputations were tarnished. Now we know it was all a fiction.
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September 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
MAGA has been obsessed with proving an alleged plot by Biden officials, social-media companies, and researchers to suppress conservative speech. Jobs were lost, a center was closed, and reputations were tarnished. Now we know it was all a fiction.
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. buff.ly/BaSs2Cr
September 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"There have been many articles about how promiscuous use of AI will affect intellectual development, but I’m far more interested in its moral consequences...I’m aghast at so many young people seemingly habituating themselves to cheating as a way of life." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Society of Cheats
Students’ use of AI is teaching them to cut corners, disdain rules, and believe that integrity is for suckers and wimps.
www.theatlantic.com
August 31, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"There have been many articles about how promiscuous use of AI will affect intellectual development, but I’m far more interested in its moral consequences...I’m aghast at so many young people seemingly habituating themselves to cheating as a way of life." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A lot of people are arguing about the family that lost their child to measles in Philadelphia. A lot of people are assuming things. So Tom Bartlett went and actually talked to them ... www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The Measles-Stricken Mother Who Lost Her Newborn Son
The family at the center of Pennsylvania’s measles controversy tells their story.
www.theatlantic.com
August 31, 2026 at 2:24 AM
A lot of people are arguing about the family that lost their child to measles in Philadelphia. A lot of people are assuming things. So Tom Bartlett went and actually talked to them ... www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
"The FDNY lost 343 men on September 11; 65 of their sons and daughters now serve in the department."
This story is incredible. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This story is incredible. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines
Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.
www.theatlantic.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"The FDNY lost 343 men on September 11; 65 of their sons and daughters now serve in the department."
This story is incredible. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
This story is incredible. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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how do we reorient artificial intelligence to support democracy?
what sort of catastrophe will it take to push world leaders to regulate ai?
and how do recent grads navigate all of this unpredictable – but promising – change?
with @nxthompson.bsky.social
what sort of catastrophe will it take to push world leaders to regulate ai?
and how do recent grads navigate all of this unpredictable – but promising – change?
with @nxthompson.bsky.social
Ian Bremmer on How AI Could Upend Global Politics
YouTube video by Nicholas Thompson
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August 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
how do we reorient artificial intelligence to support democracy?
what sort of catastrophe will it take to push world leaders to regulate ai?
and how do recent grads navigate all of this unpredictable – but promising – change?
with @nxthompson.bsky.social
what sort of catastrophe will it take to push world leaders to regulate ai?
and how do recent grads navigate all of this unpredictable – but promising – change?
with @nxthompson.bsky.social
"Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
"Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
There is the right way to address a cyberattack from a foreign adversary and then there’s this: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
August 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
There is the right way to address a cyberattack from a foreign adversary and then there’s this: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
This is a good question from @radiofreetom.bsky.social about Trump’s plane swap in Turkey. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
August 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This is a good question from @radiofreetom.bsky.social about Trump’s plane swap in Turkey. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A searing essay about race, class, and administrative cowardice at an elite college. It's going to go down as one of the defining pieces for this moment in academia. Read it all. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why I Quit the Tenure Track
The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia
www.theatlantic.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A searing essay about race, class, and administrative cowardice at an elite college. It's going to go down as one of the defining pieces for this moment in academia. Read it all. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Reposted by Nicholas Thompson
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
www.theatlantic.com
August 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
We don’t know why so many Moroccans swam to Ceuta.
We do know that it was not a real path to Europe, that many migrants are dead, that almost everyone else has been sent home and that the far right weaponized it all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
We do know that it was not a real path to Europe, that many migrants are dead, that almost everyone else has been sent home and that the far right weaponized it all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
www.theatlantic.com
August 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
We don’t know why so many Moroccans swam to Ceuta.
We do know that it was not a real path to Europe, that many migrants are dead, that almost everyone else has been sent home and that the far right weaponized it all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
We do know that it was not a real path to Europe, that many migrants are dead, that almost everyone else has been sent home and that the far right weaponized it all. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
From Missy Ryan and Nancy A. Youssef: Pete Hegseth fired or reassigned almost every Pentagon staffer who worked on reducing civilian harm. After the deadly school strike in Iran, the Pentagon may rehire many of them. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
August 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
From Missy Ryan and Nancy A. Youssef: Pete Hegseth fired or reassigned almost every Pentagon staffer who worked on reducing civilian harm. After the deadly school strike in Iran, the Pentagon may rehire many of them. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
@dgraham.bsky.social on the Todd Blanche situation: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
August 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
@dgraham.bsky.social on the Todd Blanche situation: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
“Blanche’s day job may no longer involve working as President Trump’s private attorney, but his conduct at the top of the Justice Department has left little doubt that his primary loyalty is not to the United States or the Constitution but to the man in the White House.” buff.ly/8AcL40D
The Biggest Takeaway From Todd Blanche’s Confirmation Hearing
The once-cherished ideal of dispensing impartial justice has all but disappeared.
www.theatlantic.com
July 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
“Blanche’s day job may no longer involve working as President Trump’s private attorney, but his conduct at the top of the Justice Department has left little doubt that his primary loyalty is not to the United States or the Constitution but to the man in the White House.” buff.ly/8AcL40D