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“Last month, a prototype of the Bone Dissolver unexpectedly dissolved a number of human bones”: Jay Katsir imagines what a slowdown for this rapidly growing technology could look like.

After nearly a decade of action films, Tom Cruise’s return to artsier cinema with “Digger” is much more peculiar—and fascinating—than it initially seems, @davidlsims.bsky.social writes:

Some of the year’s most exciting movie releases are still on the way, @shirklesxp.bsky.social writes. She highlights 14 of the best films debuting in the coming months:

Unhappy people often bring wretchedness to those around them—but by deliberately trying to spread joy instead, you can make yourself happier, too, Arthur C. Brooks wrote in 2021:

This season’s hurricane dynamic—an unruffled Atlantic and a frothing Pacific—has been right out of the El Niño playbook, @partlowjosh.bsky.social reports.

The biggest source of inequality in the U.S. is a gaping hole in the tax code—and no one is talking about it, Rogé Karma argues. theatln.tc/BO6jVWth

In the proposed public execution of Nidal Hasan, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump might get the chance to make a spectacle but still fail to convey the message they intend, Elizabeth Bruenig argues.

Kathy Hochul isn’t an A-list political celebrity—but she has earned the respect of a party that dismissed her not long ago, @russellberman.bsky.social writes. He spoke with the governor about her comeback: theatln.tc/iVz6eScr

A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother’s quest to figure out what had happened collided with one of medicine’s greatest mysteries, @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports: theatln.tc/OuRg1IHI

Friday nights are becoming more like any other weekday evening, @julieebeck.bsky.social writes. She examines what’s lost when Americans kick off their weekends alone:

The actor turned documentarian Ben McKenzie speaks with @cwarzel.bsky.social about the current state of cryptocurrency and how the crypto craze influenced some people’s enthusiasm, or lack thereof, for AI. Watch the full episode:

The new Nobel laureate Anne Carson’s “writing updates and remixes ancient verse and mythology”—but also understands that “communicating with the past has its limits,” @emmasarappo.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic's Books Briefing.