@viajoshhunt the most powerful way for a man to exist is to be tremendously embarrassed at all times, and simultaneously be completely at peace with this. true yin and yang
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Ali Breland
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Ali Breland
@alibreland
Writing about the internet, tech, and politics @TheAtlantic. Encrypted chat: https://t.co/JU8RLXEzGV
Katılım Ağustos 2008
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Everything in life is embarrassing but only if you let it be.
Ali Breland@alibreland
the problem with menswear is that it's always a losing proposition. dress poorly? that's embarrassing. you dress well? that's also embarrassing. best case scenario, you dress well, but make it unclear as to whether you meant to, which is also pretty embarrassing
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@DangerBrooks true true. i think it's also omnidirectional. has roots in new england wasp culture, anti-poser culture in gen-x and old millenial subcultures, etc
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@alibreland The pressure to look like you didn't try is real. But also it's coming from dudes who routinely dress like they are out to dinner with their moms?
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the problem with menswear is that it's always a losing proposition. dress poorly? that's embarrassing. you dress well? that's also embarrassing. best case scenario, you dress well, but make it unclear as to whether you meant to, which is also pretty embarrassing
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Stephen Miller in Retreat
The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished. W/ @nickmiroff theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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New: How @benshapiro's Daily Wire lost its grip on the conservative internet. The "anti-woke" empire that invested tens of millions in fantasy shows and Shapiro scented candles now faces sweeping layoffs and criticism its MAGA relevance has slipped away wapo.st/3QWgKvj
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You can feel this in Denver culture. It is spiritually a “op, shucks let me just get by you, right there” midwestern city, plus some fitness culture, a persistent 2000s dubstep scene, and wooks. The Midwest’s idea of a bad boy
Epic Maps 🗺️@theepicmap
Today I learned that Denver is a Great Plains city.
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Blackwater does sound like the name of a coffee company. Something to consider
ErikDPrince@realErikDPrince
@WallStreetApes A magnificent cappuccino in Italy costs $1.65... And no blue haired freak making it either. A way better experience. Buy local in USA and skip the corporate insanity.
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On the day the Strait of Hormuz (briefly) reopened, Trump may have inadvertently offered a preview of its future:
In a post, he called it the “Strait of Iran”
It’s clear: no matter when the war ends, Iran will have far more control over the key waterway theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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Cole Allen is one of a new breed of men bent on political violence: a "normie" and an extremist at the same time, writes @alibreland: theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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Cole Allen and the relatively new phenomenon of normie extremism, in which people who hold otherwise mainstream political views carry out acts of political violence.
Read this by @alibreland theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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“We live in an ever more violent society,” @milleridriss told me. More people now believe, she said, “that my political views ... should be handled in a violent way.” by @alibreland theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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I wrote about the White House Correspondent's Dinner assassination attempt and our new era of normie extremism, in which political violence no longer just comes the fringes, but from otherwise normal people theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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The first Hegelian e-boy president
Ashley Parker@AshleyRParker
IS DONALD TRUMP A SECRET HEGEL SCHOLAR?! Probably not! But he has begun likening himself to the German philosopher’s “Great Men” trifecta—Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Napoleon. W the (also immortal) @michaelscherer: theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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Wrote about this with Luigi. Cole Allen's politics are different, but we are now in a moment of normie extremism, in which political violence can be post-ideological, everything is processed via conspiracism, and ordinary people cheer on violence theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
Joe@electionsjoe
A person who thinks Hasan Piker is too radical but then proceeds to try to assassinate the president is something that only BlueSky could produce.
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I am sorry to report that they have in fact let the media visit before now.
Specifically me, last year, when I spent the whole day at Proto-Town with a great photographer for
@GQMagazine and wrote many words about them 😉
Ashlee Vance@ashleevance
For the past two years, some folks in Texas have been creating a new hardware city out in the middle of nowhere. It's called Proto-Town, and it's both weird and wonderful. There are startups and people living in trailers right next to their machines. They've never let the media visit. But we managed to get our cameras in there. Come see m.youtube.com/watch?v=qIob2-…
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EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking. I spoke with more than 2 dozen people with knowledge of his conduct, some of whom described it as a national security vulnerability. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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extremely funny that the voice and style of the rapper sounds very similar to the conservative rapper, tom macdonald.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇷 New Iranian LEGO animation is exposing the Zionist lobby, the Epstein network, and how Washington drags Americans into war. These clips are absolutely brutal and going viral for a reason.
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