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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 7d

Really good hobby drama

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 7d

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 8d

It's a big lift to do a project like this but lots of my closest friends have started having kids. I just kept reminding myself... www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Top panel is Homer Simpson at his nuclear-plant job with the reminder "Don't Forget, You're Here Forever." Below is the sign that he turned into "Do It For Her" with pictures of Maggie, except Emma has pasted photos of babies in her life over the Maggie pictures

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 8d

What a glorious day for picture books! So thrilled to have this list out in the world for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

65 Essential Children’s Books

Illustrated titles that teach kids to love literature

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 8d

Genuinely, DC (train stations have escalators + elevators, there is an extensive bus network)—definite time tax for transit-only users but navigable incl. into surrounding suburbs

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 9d

Certified: I read the Cat Sebastian on this list and found it delightful www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...

Eight Romance Novels for Romance Skeptics

The genre is so diverse that with a little open-mindedness, everyone really can find their perfect match.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 12d

“In a world where nothing felt safe, that room functioned as a sanctuary.” Zoé Gillette illustrates the experience of visiting their childhood bedroom.

The Temple of Past Selves

That room was where I slept and changed clothes for more than a decade, but it was also the processing plant for every thought and feeling that entered my little brain.

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 19d

Fervor over books such as Judy Blume's Forever might feel quaint to some. But book banning is, unfortunately, all the rage—fittingly, Banned Books Week starts on Monday.

A Half Century of American Book Banning

In the 21st century, censorship of work like Judy Blume’s has evolved into a broader attack on books.

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · 22d

Not that everything is about us but too few Americans recognize how absolutely stupid life can be in the District of Columbia when the feds can't get their act together. Example 4 billion: wamu.org/story/25/09/...

What a government shutdown could mean for D.C.

In D.C., with its lack of statehood and close relationship with the federal government, the prospect of a shutdown is particularly troubling. Here’s what it could mean for the District.

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Natalie Escobar @natalieescobar.bsky.social · Sep 23

if you're in the D.C. area: @emmasarappo.bsky.social is talking to @tricialockwood.bsky.social about her new book tomorrow night at Politics and Prose! politics-prose.com/events?srslt...

Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · Sep 23

my new book is OUT TODAY! it’s been described as "the writer at her best: mystified, curious, pathetic, absurd" — you can buy it here

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood: 9780593718551 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, TIME, USA TODAY, VULTURE, ROLLING STONE, W MAGAZINE, AND MORE “Lockwood has written a roving chronicle of the madness...

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 23

Maybe interesting www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Seven Books About What Corruption Actually Looks Like

Dishonest governance is rarely a single act or brazen deal; more often, it appears as a set of habits that spread through a society.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Sep 18

It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!

A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing

That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 18

"One assumes there will be widespread debate over the accuracy of Kimmel’s offending comments. That is a distraction from the fundamental assault on free speech that is happening here."

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 18

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone, @davidlsims.bsky.social argues:

An Escalation in Every Way

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late-night is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Sep 17

The point is that many can live quite normally under the thumb of authoritarianism. Yes: many suffer and suffer now but large swaths of the American public chooses to be clueless and it’s not difficult. This is how the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. www.vox.com/the-big-idea...

Life in authoritarian states is mostly boring and tolerable

Americans have an overly dramatic view what the end of democracy looks like.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · Sep 17

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 13

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 11

"In an atmosphere of national paranoia and hatred, each act of political violence makes the next one more likely." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s Killing

The activist’s murder is a disaster for the country.

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 10

ARYNA SABALENKA LL QUESTION YESTERDAY—BIG DAY FOR ME!

Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 6

I look fair-weather because I haven't made a public statement before now but around the time of the French Open I decided to stan Aryna Sabalenka largely on the basis of her lip filler. Big day for me

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 6

Challenger by Adam Higginbotham (2024) www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Sep 6

I look fair-weather because I haven't made a public statement before now but around the time of the French Open I decided to stan Aryna Sabalenka largely on the basis of her lip filler. Big day for me

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · Sep 3

Until you’ve participated in union contract negotiation it can be hard to conceptualize that an owner or manager would care more about screwing their workers than keeping a business profitable or indeed open at all, but it’s actually not so uncommon!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 31

We asked 12 staffers at The Atlantic: What’s the one book you recommend again and again to friends and loved ones? One of their favorites will, we hope, be the title you pick up next: https://theatln.tc/VebePpnm

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Andrew Beaujon @abeaujon.bsky.social · Aug 27

"The remarkable failure by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington was the second time in recent days that it was unable to persuade grand jurors to bring an indictment in a felony assault case against a federal agent."

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

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Emma Sarappo @emmasarappo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Once again I find myself in the trenches, defending women's right to write memoir in which they behave poorly or do not acquit themselves well ... while having to do so on behalf of bad writing

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Aug 23

on the one hand I should absolutely put my phone down but on the other hand what if the forces attacking democracy operate on weeping angels logic

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Aug 22

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

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