#@theatlantic

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Disposable America

A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw. Seriously.

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Why UCSF's Bob Wachter will soon join team 'Vaxxed and Done'

SFGATE spoke to Wachter about the reaction to his “Vaxxed and Done” tweet.

SFGATE spoke to Wachter about the reaction to his “Vaxxed and Done” tweet.

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What a paragraph here in @TheAtlantic's "case against Trump" https://t.co/3QbLiyEYPX pic.twitter.com/Pj9A9nI2oc

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 22, 2020

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In functioning high-income countries, the government guarantees the provision of essential goods and services: medical care, transit between cities, supplies for public schools, financial support to weather a period of unemployment. But here, the government often fails to provide them. Need gives birth to invention, as well as deprivation.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/gofundme-economy-was-never-going-work/615457/

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Source: http://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1183025213606449152

Baseball cards got weird: @ELMoskowitz explains how a very analog hobby found a way to thrive in the digital age. https://t.co/PZJk9t9Gdt

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 12, 2019

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Candy Land, a game young children love and parents hate, was created 70 years ago to give kids stuck in polio wards something to do—and hope for the future, @aeneas_nin writes. https://t.co/ioPe6NpMaA

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 28, 2019

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(via Why Do Wite-Out and Liquid Paper Still Exist? - The Atlantic)

There are a few theories about why Wite-Out sales remain high: 1. Artists are using it as paint 2. An uptick in stationery sales (which means people are hand-writing and using paper) 3. Covering stuff up is satisfying!https://t.co/vArZgfwzB7

— Julie Bogen (@JaBogen) March 19, 2019