Smartphones Are So Over
Snap is trying to make computers fun again.| The Atlantic
Winners of the 2024 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photography competition| The Atlantic
Dear James: I See Every Tiny Problem as a Social Injustice
I’m totally exhausted with myself.| The Atlantic
Laura Loomer Is Where Republicans Draw the Line
The far-right conspiracy theorist is a unique liability for Donald Trump.| The Atlantic
Lucky You!
Musings from an oldster for today’s younger generation| The Atlantic
The Biggest Change to Instagram in Years
Meta is rolling out a sweeping update that targets teen users of the app.| The Atlantic
Can the Right Drugs Fix Your Life?
A writer overwhelmed by a world gone mad takes a headlong dive into drugs and dancing. Results are mixed.| The Atlantic
The Anti–Rock Star
Leonard Cohen’s battle against shameless male egoism| The Atlantic
To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain
The forces that would shape my home state’s violent history were set in motion by a 480-year-old map made by a Spanish explorer.| The Atlantic
Phoenix Isn’t Doomed to Evaporate Into the Blistering Sun
Readers respond to our July/August 2024 cover story and more.| The Atlantic
When Fact-Checks Backfire
New research shows their promise—and limits.| The Atlantic
Trump Is No Gerald Ford
No other president has used an assassination attempt to inflame American politics the way Donald Trump does.| The Atlantic
A $700 Kitchen Tool That’s Meant to Be Seen, Not Used
KitchenAid’s newest stand mixer seems like a great appliance—for people who don’t actually bake.| The Atlantic
Look What She Made Him Do
By endorsing Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift incurred the petty wrath of Donald Trump.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Guns
For nearly a decade, a dangerous political environment has been uniquely inflamed by Donald Trump.| The Atlantic
Everyone Knows <em>The Bear </em>Isn’t a Comedy
The hit FX/Hulu show is funny, but not “ha ha” funny, and the Emmys may have caught on.| The Atlantic
Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024
A collection of some of this year’s winning and commended images| The Atlantic
Trump and Vance Are Harming the People They Claim to Care About
The Ohio city is supposed to be the exact sort of place the MAGA movement cares about.| The Atlantic
The Judges Who Serve at Trump’s Pleasure
The Founders abhorred a judiciary more loyal to the Crown than to the rule of law. But now the independent system they designed is under threat.| The Atlantic
Campus Protest Encampments Are Unethical
The legal, practical, and moral arguments against occupying the quad, regardless of your cause| The Atlantic
How School Drop-Off Became a Nightmare
More parents are driving kids than ever before. The result is mayhem.| The Atlantic
The Insurrectionists Next Door
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.| The Atlantic
The Perfect Watch Costs $20
In its gray digital face, I’ve found a little piece of my past.| The Atlantic
How the Election-Denial Mindset Works
The trouble brewing over new voting rules in Georgia reveals the potential for a paralyzing crisis in American democracy.| The Atlantic
The Best Part of the Emmys Was the End
The final winners of the night proved that the show is still capable of a plot twist.| The Atlantic
When Fact-Checks Backfire
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Tua Tagovailoa’s Impossible Choice
It’s hard to know whether the NFL star must step away from the game, even after his fourth concussion.| The Atlantic
What the Debate Means for the Candidates
Will Kamala Harris’s success at the debate win over voters?| The Atlantic
When Social Media Felt Real
Nostalgia abounds for the days when YouTubers filmed with grainy cameras and everything wasn’t so picture-perfect.| The Atlantic
The Ocean Is Too Crowded
Construction projects are blocking the movement of marine life, creating underwater traffic jams.| The Atlantic
Saving the Idea of the University
College campuses have become culture-war battlegrounds, but Dartmouth aims to preserve the true meaning of a liberal education.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Lie Is Another Test for Christian America
If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet.| The Atlantic
The Real ‘DEI’ Candidates
Kamala Harris’s evisceration of Donald Trump at the debate revealed who in this race is actually unqualified for power.| The Atlantic
‘I’m Not Sure Progressives Want Democrats to Be <em>That</em> Big-Tent’
Dick Cheney’s support comes with a trade-off for the Harris campaign.| The Atlantic
The Springfield Effect
Trump and Vance’s absurd statements are fueling real tensions and endangering Haitians in the city.| The Atlantic
What We All Forgot About <em>Beetlejuice</em>
In the sequel to his classic film, Tim Burton’s brand contends with Tim Burton’s art.| The Atlantic
Microsoft Is Luring Fossil-Fuel Companies With AI
Karen Hao reports on the hypocrisy of the tech giant.| The Atlantic
A New Front in the Meme Wars
Purveyors of disinformation are targeting Americans with tactics pioneered by the populist authoritarian Rodrigo Duterte.| The Atlantic
The Taylor Swift Way to Defuse a Troll
She doesn’t need her boyfriend’s brawn.| The Atlantic
The Irresistible Pull of an Alternate Universe
It lets us explore the allure of living a totally new life.| The Atlantic
Trump’s New Big Lie
The goal is not to earnestly correct the record on crime but to spread an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.| The Atlantic
Nicole Kidman’s Perpetual Trick
The actor has excelled at embracing female artifice—and then demolishing it from the inside out.| The Atlantic
Men on Trips Eating Food
Why TV is full of late-career Hollywood guys at restaurants| The Atlantic
How U.S. Steel Got Rolled
The move to block a Japanese company from buying the American manufacturer puts political expediency ahead of industrial priorities.| The Atlantic
Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key
Over time, a collection of throwaway thoughts becomes a record of person’s real self.| The Atlantic
Trump Has Not Been ‘Sane-Washed’
The news media doesn’t routinely protect his image, and it never has.| The Atlantic
Has Trump Gone Soft on China?
A “grand bargain” with Beijing has obvious appeal. The question is what it would cost.| The Atlantic
Photos of the Week: Hat Festival, Marine Ranch, Buddha Scrub
Flooding in St. Mark’s Square in Venice, a hobbyhorse championship in England, a memorial for the victims of a school shooting in Georgia, and much more| The Atlantic
Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The tech giant says yes.| The Atlantic
Autocrats Win by Capturing the Courts
When justice seems like a joke, autocracy becomes more serious.| The Atlantic
Older Americans Are About to Lose a Lot of Weight
Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/02/ozempic-weight-loss-older-americans-boomers/677371/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41533784 Points: 13 # Comments: 88| Hacker News: Newest
Where Trump and Harris Stand With Donations
In this election, campaign money has been flowing in at both the standard moments and the not-so-standard.| The Atlantic
OpenAI’s Big Reset
With its new model, the company wants you to think ChatGPT is human.| The Atlantic
The Stars Who Came to Hate Their Fame
Celebrity worship can have a steep cost.| The Atlantic
Social-Media Companies’ Worst Argument
Why are tech leaders so adamant about pushing their creations on other people’s kids, while protecting their own?| The Atlantic
Entitlement Is Not an Identity. It’s a Trap.
In Rumaan Alam’s latest novel, a Black woman’s quest for status runs up against her blind spots.| The Atlantic
Netanyahu’s Other War
Conflict in Gaza hasn’t put an end to Israel’s constitutional crisis.| The Atlantic
What John Stuart Mill Knew About Happiness
The great philosopher of liberty and liberalism had the ultimate advice for how to approach your “hoped-for heaven” in this earthly life.| The Atlantic
‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’
In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put patients’ lives at risk.| The Atlantic
Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?
In another election, she might have been asked.| The Atlantic
The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working
The conservative justices created so many avenues for challenge and confusion that the Court functionally collaborated in Trump’s strategy of delay.| The Atlantic
What I Saw on the January 6 Committee
The attack on the Capitol was never a single, isolated event, but the outburst of a movement that is still fighting.| The Atlantic
Trump’s Repetitive Speech Is a Bad Sign
If the debate was a cognitive test, the former president failed.| The Atlantic
The Sauron Problem
The mistake that The Rings of Power keeps making| The Atlantic
The Americans Who Yearn for Anti-American Propaganda
Russian-backed influencers with an authoritarian message find a ready audience.| The Atlantic
She Won the Psychological Battle, But …
Will that win her the election?| The Atlantic
Donald Trump Can’t Stop Posting
He has begun to speak like someone who is deep inside the right-wing internet.| The Atlantic
Trump Blames Everybody but Himself
He can’t face the truth about his performance at the debate.| The Atlantic
Trump Again Disgraces a Sacred American Space
It takes a unique kind of vulgarity to bring a 9/11 “truther” to events marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.| The Atlantic
How Swing Voters Reacted to the Trump-Harris Debate
“I think she was the clear winner,” said one voter. “She was more presidential.”| The Atlantic
America Is Primed for an AI Election Backlash
Whichever candidate loses in November will have an easy scapegoat.| The Atlantic
Kamala Harris’s Most Successful Power Play
In her debate with Trump, she didn’t need the mic.| The Atlantic
This Election Actually Is About Taylor Swift
The singer is a perfect bogeywoman for almost everything the GOP is targeting in 2024.| The Atlantic
Trump Will Believe Anything
As long as it’s cruel, politically expedient, and on TV| The Atlantic
Wildfires Rage in Southern California
Images from the past week of the destructive fires and those affected by them| The Atlantic
The Work That Harris Still Has to Do
Buoyed by her dominant debate performance, the Democrat will need to reassure voters on their key economic concerns.| The Atlantic
Kamala Harris’s Secret Weapon
She recognizes Trump for what he is.| The Atlantic
What Was He Even Talking About?
Trump’s rant about immigrants eating pets was another sign of his break with reality.| The Atlantic
Kamala Harris Broke Donald Trump
In their first face-to-face meeting, the Democratic nominee humiliated the former president.| The Atlantic
Taylor Swift’s Three-Word Burn of J. D. Vance
The pop star and self-described “childless cat lady” endorses Kamala Harris.| The Atlantic
How Joe Rogan Remade Austin
The podcaster and comedian has turned the city into a haven for manosphere influencers, just-asking-questions tech bros, and other “free thinkers” who happen to all think alike.| The Atlantic
Twilight of the Emoji
The usefulness of these formerly fun discourse pictures is on the wane.| The Atlantic
J. D. Vance’s Very Weird Views About Women
Most people who feel as he does are polite enough to keep it to themselves.| The Atlantic
The Next President Will Be a Climate-Disaster President
How will they help Americans deal with the extreme weather battering the country?| The Atlantic
How Harris Roped a Dope
She stayed human when Trump went feral.| The Atlantic
The Worst Cat Memes You’ve Ever Seen
Why is the MAGA universe joking about Donald Trump saving America’s pets?| The Atlantic
The Issue Neither Party Can Ignore
A conversation with Jerusalem Demsas on why national politicians can no longer hide from the housing crisis| The Atlantic
Bird Flu Is Quietly Getting Scarier
Perhaps it’s time to talk about an H5N1 pandemic.| The Atlantic
This Fire Is Too Close to L.A. for Comfort
Urban spillover is becoming a greater threat as wildfires grow.| The Atlantic
What Happened to the Politically Conscious Black Athlete?
Many Black sports stars refused to be silent during the 2020 election. This time around, silence seems to suit them just fine.| The Atlantic
James Earl Jones Was Never Just One Thing
The actor, who died yesterday, was a towering figure whose work spanned genres, mediums, and generations.| The Atlantic
A Traditional Swiss Sheep Drive in a Changing World
Views of a traditional shepherding event among steep mountain valleys| The Atlantic
The Scariest Spacewalk in 50 Years
Spaceflight is entering its cowboy era.| The Atlantic
The Video That Perfectly Captures the Utter Strangeness of RFK Jr.
What’s he doing with that lizard?| The Atlantic
The Dangerous Rise of the Podcast Historians
If professional scholars don’t engage the public, charlatans and Holocaust deniers certainly will.| The Atlantic
How the War on Terror Warped the American Left
A new book on how 9/11 altered the national psyche also demonstrates how it stunted progressive politics.| The Atlantic
When America’s Views on Autism Started to Change
Steve Silberman’s work offered a new view of life for autistic individuals and their families.| The Atlantic
How Should Harris Debate Trump?
Democrats have some advice.| The Atlantic
Why Police Officers Rarely Change Jobs
What happens when officers feel stuck in a department?| The Atlantic
Why Mike Lee Folded
In 2016, he tried to stop Trump from becoming president. By 2020, he was trying to help Trump overturn the election. Now he could become Trump’s attorney general.| The Atlantic