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Chris Suellentrop

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Senior editor, The Atlantic. Used to be on Friendster. Maybe Orkut, too. Google+ skeptic.

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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A great early-career gig: atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
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Editorial Fellow
The Atlantic is seeking recent college graduates or early-career journalists to join our newsroom in a role that combines editorial work and tailored learning and mentoring opportunities. In this role...
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sold
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hypothesis: The precise generational line between Xennials and millennials can be dated with precision based one’s childhood feelings (revulsion/affection) toward “Saved by the Bell.”
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Bruce Handy @brucehandy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SPY magazine is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a free substack! All the best Trump bits in one place! You know what they say: show me the bankrupt 1980s casino operator and I’ll show you the corrupt 2020s president. Follow the link to subscribe… spymagazine.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
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Coming Soon — Spy at 40
Spy Magazine’s Anniversary Chronicle of a Certain Short-Fingered Vulgarian
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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 17/09/2026
Trying to go see the new Resident Evil movie but apparently before I can enter the auditorium I have to have the spade key to unlock the door? And I only have the hearts key, which unlocks the route to the concession stand. Anyone know where to go next? A bit stuck
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We walk among you. We look like you, yet we are nothing like you. We are the candy corn people, quietly supporting an extensive candy corn economy each fall. You may be talking to one of us right now. Or I may see you at our next meeting.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So much to learn in here, and so beautiful, too
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michael röbbins @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m not a Dillard fan, but I read this to my students every semester: “As far as I was concerned, writing in college didn't consist of what little Annie had to say, but what Wallace Stevens had to say. I didn't come to college to think my own thoughts, I came to learn what had been thought."
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So many people think that the students who can't pay back their loans are going to like Vassar or Oberlin or even Harvard. In reality they're going to schools like Legends Barber College or Construction Training Center. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How is this not a parody or performance art?
gFiber
To: Mike Boylan-Kolchin >
Reply To: GFiber >
GFiber is now gFiber - the same internet you love, now with a bright new look.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looking forward to watching Doug Burgum grade this year’s AP US History essays live on C-SPAN
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Totally normal stuff www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Trump’s Warning Signs Are Coming to the Smithsonian
In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think we all foresaw Tom Cruise high-fiving Taylor Swift during the Emmys broadcast tonight … on Monday Night Football at Arrowhead Stadium
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"an objective and knowable reality is incompatible with the grammar of physics" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Myth of Perfect Knowledge
Science will never be able to give a completely objective description of the world. That should make us humbler—and wiser.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
David Von Drehle on the Senate race in Kansas www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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What’s the Matter With Moderation?
Hoping to break a 94-year losing streak, Kansas Democrats have turned to Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor whose mood may not match his party’s.
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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I wrote about something truly important. It was the correct choice for Chewbacca to not get a medal at the end of Star Wars. And Han Solo shouldn’t have gotten one either
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Han Solo Did Not Deserve A Medal in 'Star Wars'
Han Solo is a fascinating character (yes, I know, Harrison Ford¹ would disagree), which is why I love writing about him so much. Not so much his character traits, but more his relationship to the Rebel Alliance in the Original Trilogy and why he's even there in the first
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It’s a major award
Queen Bee, NYT Spelling Bee, August 28, 2026
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Warren Buffett on remote work, March 3, 1983 Charlie Munger, my partner in management, will continue to operate from Los Angeles whether or not the Blue Chip merger occurs. … Distance impedes us not at all: we've always found a telephone call to be more productive than a half-day committee meeting.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"The year is 2027. Gas costs $83 a gallon, and lettuce is at war with us. However, every location on every map is now labeled America." (by @petridishes.bsky.social) www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Everything Is Called America Now
Every lake is Lake America, and every gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My happiness depends on you
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“A third Dan Sullivan — a former Anchorage mayor — has weighed in on the competitive Senate race, endorsing Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over former teacher Dan J. Sullivan.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan to beat Dan Sullivan in perplexing Alaska Senate race
A third Dan Sullivan — a former Anchorage mayor — has weighed in on the competitive Senate race, endorsing Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over former teacher Dan J. Sullivan.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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A ★★★★ review of The End of Oak Street (2026)
The darkest Land of the Lost reboot imaginable is also a sincere family drama and the perfect training-wheels horror film. People will watch this for generations.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21/08/2026
As the voices grew around me, and countless profane hands strafed over my naked flesh, the words of the chant, which at first had seemed mere sounds, grew clear: "The rust upon the roof of tin shall see your heart and know your sin." buff.ly/KNfc1jN
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H.P. Loveshack
“The rust upon the roof of tin shall see your heart and know your sin.” Aug 20 2021 Aug 20 2022 (his bday) 8/20/24 8/20/25 8/20/26
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“I don’t go to movies,” he said. “For a long time, I watched one movie a year — ‘Spaceballs.’” (Great piece) www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/s...
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In 1990, a Writer Had a Funny Idea. Now It’s a Movie.
With “Coyote vs. Acme,” Ian Frazier, a soft-spoken reporter and humorist, has finally gone Hollywood.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Can't say gay and bisexual people were killed in the Holocaust in the core curriculum *at an American university* www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I was slowly watching “Homicide” on Peacock but it looks like it was only a two-year run and I took too long. Maybe @audacityofdespair.bsky.social can tell us if it will find a new home? (I would like 4:3 ratio but maybe that’s asking too much…)
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Harvey Smith @harvey1966.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
❤️💔🎮
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Consider me stunned Columbia House was still a going concern!
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Columbia House Is Shutting Down
We, too, were shocked they still existed
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Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Goddamn this is good. If someone you know has a child with special needs, I promise whatever big idea you have has already been considered and likely discarded. Literally the only thing they need from you is a drink.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks to @ktumulty.bsky.social and @maxboot.bsky.social for talking with me about the new Cold War movie about the 1986 Reykjavik summit: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A Cold War Movie That Gives Too Much Credit to Ronald Reagan
The Brink of War, a new film about the Reykjavik summit, is too kind to the Gipper.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is great
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Turns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A Trojan Horse Is Supposed to Have Humans Inside It
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is full of contradictions about deceit and violence.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Really enjoyed talking to @ibogost.com about The Small Stuff, his new book. I paid attention to the pressure my thumbs made on the screen as I wrote this skeet. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
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Atlantic Reads: The Small Stuff With Ian Bogost
The Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost and senior editor Chris Suellentrop discuss Bogost’s new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dang they really got a category for everything
THR
The Hollywood Reporter *
@THR
Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Steal Dossier
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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jul 10th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Editor: Can we find a local angle?
Providence Journal headline: RI actor James Woods reacts after Graham Platner ends Senate campaign
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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With Graham Platner, Democrats Got Drunk on the Beer Test
He said there wouldn’t be any more scandals, but a new Politico report threatens to end his Senate campaign in Maine.
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
So they went with a band instead of a DJ
Rolling Stone: PAUL MCCARTNEY
PLAYED BEATLES CLASSIC FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1964 AT TAYLOR SWIFT'S
WEDDING
Sixty-two years after the Beatles last performed "I Want to Hold Your Hand," McCartney played the song for the first time as a solo artist at Madison Square Garden reception
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If the fireworks start on July 5, the Fourth of July record is still available for the next president
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Are there no fireworks in the Mountain time zone
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Chris Suellentrop @suellentrop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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The Hispanic Founder
Bernardo de Gálvez helped win the Revolution. Can he win over 21st-century America?
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