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The Atlantic on Twitter Trolls

The Trolls’ Comeuppance The Twitter takeover went wrong for conservatives in two ways. The first is that they posted more and more toxic content in an effort to drive engagement. The second is that they had no idea how unpopular that toxic content had become; both influencers and politicians mistook engagement for approval. oops! Turns out that once the "public square" is a racist echo chamber it is neither "public" nor "square". It's more of a "racist echo chamber".

onfocus.com · EN

The Atlantic Announces Amanda Mull, Annalisa Quinn, and Erik Slavin as Staff Writers

Bill Tipper hired as a senior editor overseeing The Atlantic’ s forthcoming book club

The Atlantic · EN

Bid to restore rare Atlantic rainforest secures £6m lottery grant

Hubs offering training in conservation work are to be set up in Torridon, Morvern and mid-Argyll.

BBC Science · EN

The Atlantic on

The Trolls’ Comeuppance The Twitter takeover went wrong for conservatives in two ways. The first is that they posted more and more toxic content in an effort to drive engagement. The second is that they had no idea how unpopular that toxic content had become; both influencers and politicians mistook engagement for approval. oops! Turns out that once the "public square" is a racist echo chamber it is neither "public" nor "square". It's more of a "racist echo chamber".

onfocus.com · EN

The Atlantic ’s December Cover: Sarah Zhang Reports on “The Geo-Located Generation”

In The Atlantic ’s December cover story, “ The Geo-Located Generation ,” staff writer Sarah Zhang explores how constant surveillance is stunting children and making parents paranoid. Parents today can functionally track their children 24/7 from the moment they’re born through adulthood, starting with products such as the Snoo Smart Bassinet and Apple’s AirTags sewn into toddler backpacks and moving to apps such as Find My Friends and Life 360. Zhang examines how this is affecting kids, and namely their resilience and independence––but also how it’s affecting their parents. Although one of the

The Atlantic · EN

Birding in the UK: Scottish Seabirds in the Firth of Forth and North Sea

Before we ended our time in Scotland last summer, I just had to spend a little time with some of the many amazing seabirds that call the icy North Sea home. While visiting family in Dunbar, Scotland, we were conveniently close to the town of North Berwick, home of the Scottish Seabird Centre. From this delightful seaside village, visitors may embark on boat trips from the harbor at North Berwick out to several of the rocky islands that rise from the waves where the Firth of Forth meets the North Sea. While these wave-battered rocks look inhospitable to humans, they are critical breeding habita

Natural History Journal · EN