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Welcome again for an additional week of The Atlantic’s un-trivial trivia, drawn from lately printed tales. With out a trifle within the bunch, perhaps what we’re actually coping with right here is—hmm—“significa”? “Consequentia”?
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
- President Lyndon B. Johnson’s investments in training, well being care, and the struggle in opposition to poverty have been components of his agenda recognized by what optimistic, two-word phrase?
— From Beth Macy’s “What Occurred to My Hometown?” - Gamers in what skilled sports activities league—the place the common wage is about $120,000—wore T-shirts that learn Pay Us What You Owe Us earlier than their most up-to-date all-star recreation?
— From Jemele Hill’s “A (REDACTED) Star Goes Scorched-Earth” - Avi Schiffmann’s AI firm turned extensively reviled after plastering adverts everywhere in the New York Metropolis subway with phrases resembling I’ll by no means bail on our dinner plans. What’s the one-word identify of the corporate—which can also be what it guarantees lonely customers, within the type of a $129 wearable plastic disk?
— From Matteo Wong’s “The Most Reviled Tech CEO in New York Confronts His Haters”
And by the best way, do you know that Stockholm syndrome was initially recognized inside Sweden as Norrmalmstorg sydrome? That’s for Norrmalmstorg sq., which was the location of the financial institution the place in 1973 4 workers who ended up being unusually amiable concerning the scenario have been taken hostage.
I like the specificity—an admirable try and hold the remainder of Stockholm out of the psychodrama. Maybe Paris syndrome, the underwhelming sensation that many vacationers really feel upon a primary go to, paints with too broad a brush; “overcrowded–Mona Lisa-room syndrome” ought to do the trick.
Solutions:
- Nice Society. LBJ’s massive guarantees have been simply getting began as Macy was rising up in small-town Ohio, the place alternative felt inside attain and folks usually appeared out for each other. Throughout Macy’s visits within the many years since, greatness feels ever additional off. Learn extra.
- The WNBA. Jemele reviews that the league is extra widespread than ever and that gamers are sticking up for their very own value, not merely “thanking their fortunate stars,” as their antagonistic commissioner would have them do. Learn extra.
- Pal. The CEO informed Matteo that the backlash was all a part of the plan, really. So does that imply he acknowledges the fallibility of his AI-friend tech? He did say it wouldn’t substitute human buddies—however presumably as a result of it’s extra akin to “speaking to a god.” Learn extra.
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Monday, October 6, 2025
From the version of The Atlantic Day by dayby Will Gottsegen:
- Teenager Muhammad Gazawi this 12 months turned the youngest winner ever in his class of Israel’s Ophir Awards, equal to what U.S. prizes? (Gazawi’s American counterpart within the distinction could be Adrien Brody.)
— From Gershom Gorenberg’s “The Motive To not Boycott Israeli (REDACTED)” - In 1945, Robert Jackson took a go away of absence from his job as an affiliate justice of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom to function chief prosecutor throughout proceedings in what German metropolis?
— From Philippe Sands’s “How Far Does Trump’s Immunity Go?” - End this quote from the self-driving-car professional Bryant Walker Smith: “I like to inform people who if” this AI-powered ride-hailing service “labored in addition to ChatGPT, they’d be lifeless.”
— From Saahil Desai’s “Transfer Quick and Break Nothing”
And by the best way, do you know {that a} single city on an island in Sweden provides its identify to 4 components of the periodic desk? From Ytterby within the Stockholm archipelago come yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium. (Holmium, scandium, thulium, tantalum, and gadolinium have been additionally found there, however to be truthful, you may solely achieve this a lot with Y’s, T’s, and a B.)
Solutions:
- The Oscars. The Palestinian-focused film starring Gazawi, who’s Arab, additionally received Israel’s prize for greatest image. Gorenberg argues that the movie is an efficient instance of the counterproductivity of a pro-Palestinian boycott of the Israeli movie business, an indispensable channel for dissent within the nation. Learn extra.
- Nuremberg. Jackson briefly left the bench to prosecute Nazis after World Warfare II on the worldwide tribunal within the metropolis. He additionally, Sands writes, led the drafting of the tribunal’s statute that foreclosed immunity for any defendant, together with former heads of state. The way in which right now’s Supreme Courtroom has granted broad immunity from legal prosecution to President Donald Trump, Sands argues, threatens that worldwide norm. Learn extra.
- Waymo. Fortunately, Waymo will get excessive scores on security. The corporate has logged 96 million miles of autonomous rides and not using a single fatality attributable to the tech. Have a look at the chatbots’ information for a distinction, Saahil says; it seems the “5,000-pound Jaguar SUV could also be much less regarding than an interactive textual content field.” Learn extra.
