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Longreads"And in all insomniacs, throughout the night, the arousal centers of the brain keep clattering away, as does the prefrontal cortex (in charge of planning, decision making), whereas in regular sleepers, these buzzing regions go offline." —Jennifer Senior for The Atlantic<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/08/insomnia-health-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/683257/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/08/insomnia-health-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/683257/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Insomnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Insomnia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SleepDeprivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SleepDeprivation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>

Dr. Professor Fred RococoGift linkThis is a good read:Is <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colbert</a>’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CBS</a> no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt. By David A. Graham<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/colbert-ouster-cbc-trump/683593/?gift=mcbc6R1fEZSKpaJlIvw1wTD38vnvyG6u0QybSFAVSfw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/colbert-ouster-cbc-trump/683593/?gift=mcbc6R1fEZSKpaJlIvw1wTD38vnvyG6u0QybSFAVSfw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> @ 12:04pm ET on July 16, 2025<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> discovers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> has no "off" switchFor the first time, the president finds himself at odds with his own movement.We are witnessing one of the more shocking political events of recent times: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a>’s MAGA base, over which he has had a decade-long cultlike hold, is in open revolt against him. And his initial efforts to quell the uprising have, so far, only further inflamed it.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EpsteinList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinList</a><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein/683544/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein/683544/</a>

Paul Schoonhoven 🍋🍉The U.S. Will Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Aid - <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/07/usaid-emergency-food-incinerate-trump/683532/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/07/usaid-emergency-food-incinerate-trump/683532/</a>"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" So $800.000 worth of food will be destroyed at the cost of another $130.000.(Via <a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anneapplebaum</a> on BS)

Matt HodgkinsonUSpol, ICE

RonSupportsYouA coward at the Atlantic magazine wrote: "The U.S. was better at predicting storms’ tracks than it had ever been. But now the country is rapidly losing state-of-the-art forecasting, just in time for hurricane season’s busiest months." Gee, I wonder why that happened? Could it be due to reckless firings of government workers by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>? Criticizing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>, Aaron Rupar wisely wrote: "It’s Republicans. Use the word and get out of here with this passive voice nonsense." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasFloods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TexasFloods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>

955_36This article sure hit home and confirms much of what I suspected in my dealings with Blue Shield, such as incomprehensible phone trees, missing records, dropped calls, and repeated refusals to refer the case to a supervisor. In my case, I was lucky California has an insurance office you can get involved to help with a complaint. Still, it took 6 months, 18 calls totaling over 12 hours, several emails, and a letter to CA to get the $3300 that Blue Shield owed me.<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/customer-service-sludge/683340/?gift=uI1oWq_S1IZPZf0t01zOXJ27ZLDUSAVgiQ2Dwse6OCI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/customer-service-sludge/683340/?gift=uI1oWq_S1IZPZf0t01zOXJ27ZLDUSAVgiQ2Dwse6OCI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sludge</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlueShield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueShield</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>

eswillwalker<a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@Jennifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Jennifer</a> <a href="https://aus.social/@ianjs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ianjs</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ai6yr</a> Me, too. I also dropped the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LATimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LATimes</a> at the same time for the same reason.Support and read <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheGuardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheGuardian</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CalMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CalMatters</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KPFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KPFK</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KALW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KALW</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KQED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KQED</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PacificaNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PacificaNews</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HCN</a> (HighCountryNews) <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cityside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cityside</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Berkeleyside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Berkeleyside</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BayNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BayNature</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BerkeleyScanner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BerkeleyScanner</a> Reluctantly subscribe to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NYTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NYTimes</a> , but my commitment to that rag is tenuous.

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺"ICE Agent or Just Some Person?There’s a dress code to help you make that determination."By Alexandra Petri June 20, 2025, 6:14 PM ET(Link around paywall to satire in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>, which is owned by someone rich enough not to need income from a paywall)<a href="https://archive.is/w3Kz9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/w3Kz9</a>

Michael FenichelSpring Cleaning, Continued...Cracked open a long-sealed box / 'time capsule' of stuff from 40 years ago, in this case, almost to the day...So.... ya think? I love The Atlantic since way back then, but... um... not so sure about this proclamation/prediction<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GQP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reagan</a> #1986 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatism</a>

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Link around <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> paywall:"An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s ParisMy quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat."By Caity Weaver June 5, 2025, 6 AM ET<a href="https://archive.is/uVHoo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/uVHoo</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MarkTwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a>

Martin HollandSearching for <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> in the <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>? I have now collected 1043 official/verified accounts by media organizations and the number is still growing. They are not only on <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> or <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flipboard</a> (although most of them are).For example, I have now 6 that are federated via <a href="https://activitypub.ghost.org/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@index@activitypub.ghost.org</a> (<a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ghost</a>)They are: <a href="https://www.404media.co/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feed@404media.co</a> <a href="https://www.urbanandcity.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@index@urbanandcity.com</a> <a href="https://www.leicester.news/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@feed@leicester.news</a> <a href="https://thebrowser.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@index@thebrowser.com</a> <a href="https://www.levernews.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@index@levernews.com</a> <a href="https://www.kinoki.co/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@team</a> Find them & more: <a href="https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html</a>Sadly <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Platformer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platformer</a> (by <a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@caseynewton</a>) or <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> are still missing. Any more that I missed?<a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a>

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺"Kleptocracy, Inc.Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system."By Anne Applebaum April 14, 2025(Link around paywall)<a href="https://archive.is/I8da6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/I8da6</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>

contributopiaWhat Are People Still Doing on X? Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout: <a href="https://archive.fo/Z8EPW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.fo/Z8EPW</a>Su The Atlantic un articolo che non ha bisogno di commenti sui contenuti e sull'orientamento politico del <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialNetwork</a> di Elon <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a>Ma che cosa ci fa la gente ancora su X? Immagina se il tuo bar di quartiere preferito si trasformasse in un ritrovo nazista.<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fascismi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascismi</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/razzismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#razzismo</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scuola" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@scuola</a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/@maupao" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@maupao</a> <a href="https://poliverso.org/profile/informapirata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@informapirata</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/@Khrys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Khrys</a> <a href="https://sociale.network/@gubi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gubi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@RFancio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@RFancio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aral</a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/@quinta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@quinta</a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/@wikimediaitalia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wikimediaitalia</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Kinda curious how Bluesky is taking the "humourless" tag from that clown Atlantic writer....Sincerely, Inscrutable Mastodon<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>

GehtsoThe Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American HistoryHouse Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.who would have expected that. America gets what it has chosen. Have fun with your MAGA<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/big-beautiful-transfer-of-wealth/682885/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/big-beautiful-transfer-of-wealth/682885/</a><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/theatlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theatlantic</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rich</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poor</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Politic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politic</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corrupt</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Washington</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1R6kE10lfQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1R6kE10lfQ</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheHumanistReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheHumanistReport</a> Irritable <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AdolphMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdolphMusk</a> VISIBLY Distraught Over Fall Of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tesla</a>, Failure of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> 😁 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FascistUSA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UnelectedBillionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnelectedBillionaire</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BillionairesSuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillionairesSuck</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/elon-musk-doge-opponents-dc/682866/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/elon-musk-doge-opponents-dc/682866/</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheDeclineAndFallOfElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheDeclineAndFallOfElonMusk</a> 🤣

paywallDue Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good <a href="https://rss.ponder.cat/post/180973" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rss.ponder.cat/post/180973</a>

Alan LewisA friend recommended this Atlantic article, which is behind a paywall. The attached is the best representation of the article I have seen.: <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/theatlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theatlantic</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> :

NonilexAlthough Caldwell is not as well known as other snr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> ofcls, he has played a critical role as an adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hegseth</a>. His importance was underscored in a leaked text chain on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> disclosed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheAtlantic</a>. In it, Hegseth named Caldwell as the best staff contact for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NSC</a> as it prepared for the launch of strikes against the Houthis. Caldwell had drawn attention…for past views that critics have called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/isolationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#isolationist</a>, but which advocates said sought to right-size America's priorities.

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