Thomas Chatterton Williams

Writer: @TheAtlantic. Faculty: @BardCollege. Trustee: @AmericanAcademy. Fellow: @GuggFellows, @AEI. Repped by: @APBspeakers, Wylie. 📕 Summer of Our Discontent

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

Hey everyone, SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT is out today from @aaknopf! I appreciate the love, expect the criticism, and hope this book will reach all the open-minded readers who genuinely care about achieving a healthy and robust multiethnic society once and for all. 🙏🏽

[Frnk @MC_frnk]

This is genuinely the single most terrible scene from this World Cup.

I have never seen such arrogance from a player before in my life 💔

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, according to Atul Gawande, a former leading administrator at the agency. Gawande, backed by recent academic studies, believes that the death toll will likely reach seven figures. The policy is not only immeasurably cruel, he argues; it is also stupid, badly undermining what remains of American soft power and prestige. Gawande explains the human cost of DOGE’s war on U.S.A.I.D.: https://t.co/pcqDGOFqdJ

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Something I told 14 yo: People are going to stop reading books. I wish this wasn't so, but I fear it is. The silver lining in this cloud is that if you're one of the few people who still read, you'll have a huge advantage over everyone else.

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

FIFA cheats for Argentina my god

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

Yes!!!

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

The White House was never supposed to be a palace.

George Washington and architect James Hoban deliberately rejected the lavish style of European monarchies. Instead, they designed a President’s House that reflected the ideals of a republic: dignified, restrained, and accountable to the people.

The White House belongs to the American people. Every president is just a temporary tenant.

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

Let’s go, Norway!

[Zach Abrams @zcabrams]

derek thompsons recent article inspired me to read more about alcohol

im shocked by the est impact vs current narrative

for instance, 7-14 drinks per wk reduces life expectancy by only 6 mos (!!)

moreover, the negative effect is possibly offset by gains from deeper friendships

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

God this looks so grimy and disgusting and low-rent

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

@Jason How are you handling the heat??

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

When @thomaschattwill moved to Paris years ago, he was invited to join a tight-knit band of friends on their recurring guys’ night out. He reflects on why those evenings became the most important social habit of his life: https://t.co/XqsuaGCUo7

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

https://t.co/zOg27UQw3V

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

“the couple of evenings a month that I shared with Steve and the others became for me a safe and premeditated truancy from domestic commitments. The ceremony amounted to a pressure valve. Once released, it sent us home tired and inebriated but also kinder, happier, and more giving.”

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇨🇦 Fmr. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is now bouncing around in the background of girlfriend Katy Perry's new music video like an 18-year-old backup dancer.

From running a G7 country to B-roll.

Writer: Julie

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

This is a good example of the safetyism you see in woke spaces like RW twitter, as manifested by a lot of CBT 101 behavioral distortions. Mamdani expressed anger at a specific figure, but Rufo catastrophizes and generalizes and interprets it as Mamdani hating Italians as a group.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

There are 99 French-born players at this World Cup, 32 more than come from any other nation.

Fifty-six of them are from Paris.

With France aiming to reach a third consecutive World Cup final, Paris Saint-Germain winning back-to-back Champions Leagues and talent being exported all over the world, the country and its capital have become the beating heart of global football.

How has it happened? The answer lies in investment, immigration and the unprecedented strength and depth of its own national team.

@Paddy_Boyland went to Paris to find out more.

🔗 https://t.co/8zh2COYvxg

[Anthony F. Irwin @AnthonyIrwinLA]

Mbappe’s full sprint actually made me say “holy shit” here lol

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman. https://t.co/2AaBCGgQw8

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

20 years ago today, Zinedine Zidane was sent off after headbutting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final.

He basically handed Italy the 2006 WC by doing this.

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

@4eChapman Agreed!

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

In addition to their beautiful, dominant style of play, the French team also sports the chicest kit