Ross Andersen
Staff Writer at The Atlantic // Working on a book for Random House // Rep’d by Elyse Cheney // ross@theatlantic.com
- Reposted by Ross Andersenhello bluesky hivemind! i've heard some, uh, *troubling* details from an FAA source but since i don't traditionally report on this agency, i am in need of additional sources to speak with. if this is you or somebody you know...can you help a reporter out (@cwarzel.92 on signal). many thanks.
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- Reposted by Ross Andersen"Musk is clearly imagining a future in which neither his network nor his will can be restrained by the people of this world ... he could end up with more power over the human exchange of information than any previous person has ever enjoyed." @rossandersen.bsky.social
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- I wrote about Elon Musk’s tightening grip on the future of the internet gift link: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
- After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope still has the power to astonish - grateful to @kokogiak.bsky.social for putting its recent gems all in one place for us to peruse: www.theatlantic.com/photo/2025/0...
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- An important update on this story… bsky.app/profile/ross...
- I wrote about the new color gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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- I wrote about the new color gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Reposted by Ross AndersenIn an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
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- I wrote about the science (and media roll out) behind that “possible sign of life on a distant planet” gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Reposted by Ross AndersenAir pollution is insidious, a haunting. The particles can enter your blood stream, flow into the brain, and alter the trajectory of your life. Neurodegenerative disease, cognitive problems, lost IQ, stroke. Children can be born diminished because of it. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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- I went to the National Zoo to suss out its ideological transgressions gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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- Reposted by Ross AndersenJust posted: an excerpt from my book, THE PROJECT, about how Project 2025 wants to enforce traditional gender norms, encourage women to stay home, and push trans people back into the closet: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- A moratorium on “skillfully weaves” and all variations thereof
- Just noting neutrally that Pete Hegseth is the only person I’ve ever seen who uses their official portrait on Signal www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- Beyond thrilled to learn that my essay ‘Do Animals Know That They Will Die’ will be in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing. This was extra meaningful because the piece was chosen by @susanorlean.bsky.social and @jaimealyse.bsky.social, two writers whose work I absolutely adore.
- Reposted by Ross AndersenIn 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- Brian Hughes, the spokesman for the National Security Council, responded two hours later, confirming the veracity of the Signal group. “This appears to be an authentic message chain, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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- I wrote about LeBron James, Stephen A Smith, and the gigantic emotions of fatherhood gift link: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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- The case for throwing Elon Musk out of the Royal Society (1/x) www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Reposted by Ross Andersennew saddest six word story just dropped
- Reposted by Ross AndersenVery happy to run the beginning of SEE FRIENDSHIP in the Cleveland Review of Books www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/see-...
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- I wrote about the decline of America’s scientific prestige in Antarctica and across the world gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Reposted by Ross AndersenI talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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- There is no truer or more horrifying glimpse at the self than when you accidentally open your phone’s selfie cam
- Reposted by Ross Andersenlooking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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- Reposted by Ross AndersenIf DOGE “hasn’t yet come across the NNSA, it surely will before too long. What happens after that could be alarming ... Nuclear-security lapses don’t need to be intentional to cause lasting damage.” theatln.tc/HxjWa1QB
- I wrote about what might happen if DOGE behaves the way that it has behaving inside the agencies that control America’s nuclear weapons systems gift link: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
- Loved this witty, nuanced dispatch from Greenland by @markleibovich.bsky.social
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- I wrote about smoke and smog and the meaning of an orange sky over Los Angeles gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Reposted by Ross AndersenI wrote the latest cover story for The Atlantic. It's about the far-ranging implications of one simple statistic: Americans have never spent so much time alone, and surging solitude is warping our society. I'm really proud of it, and I hope you read it. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
- I’m told that if you consume enough Campari, they give you a key to the city, make you an honorary citizen, etc
- Joan Didion’s essay about LA’s Santa Ana winds remains the last and best word on the subject www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/lib5/CA0...
- I wrote about what will happen if Trump quickly shrinks Bears Ears again, as expected. A hint: more political whiplash in a region that’s already seen plenty (Featuring chats with Native American tribal leaders, mayors of local small towns, and many others.) www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- Ashamed to admit that I clicked away from this excellent ~2500 word essay on attention and distraction—to my email, to slack, to a gdoc, to this place—at least 5-6 times before finishing
- Reposted by Ross AndersenHi pals. Today I wrote about the unsettling mismatches between what climate models say should be happening and what is actually happening. We're pushing the Earth past the limits of our physical understanding. This is a gift link: www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
- (Bill Simmons voice) PARADISE LOST, written and directed by Robert Eggers, who says no?
