I remain skeptical about Bluesky. Also: @TheAtlantic staff writer. MSNBC analyst. And Washington Post + New York Times alum. Mainly links to my stories and posts about my kids. Email: aparker@theatlantic.com.https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mlbv5b6vek2aU.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months. Fantastic WaPo scoop from Warren Strobel, @johnphudson.bsky.social + @ellenwapo.bsky.social. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/07/cia-intelligence-iran-trump-blockade-missiles/07 May 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbv5b6vek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3ml7mpjczxc2g“The FBI also declined to provide images of bottles bearing the names of past directors.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguYzemTEvpHr96lOR_E7Zf6Ls06 May 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mpjczxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3ml7kzd6txc2e🥃🥃 Most officials hand out challenge coins, perhaps. But our FBI Director is partial to Ka$h Patel bourbon. Another MUST-READ from the fearless Sarah Fitzpatrick: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY4b6eyoOP3JYN5O1r-HM8fs 🥃🥃06 May 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kzd6txc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3ml42jbw6fc23Many congrats to the Washington Post, which did impossibly good journalism, and in a year that was unnecessarily challenging. 🥇https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/04/post-pulitzer-prize-public-service/05 May 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml42jbw6fc23https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mkzyebfhrc2xThe Devil Wears Prada 2 is many things, including MacKenzie Scott fan fiction.04 May 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzyebfhrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mkqpwz5nvc2vWe just—somewhat confusingly and unexpectedly—adopted a dog 🐶, who humps everything and everyone. Or, as my 7-year-old excitedly describes it, “He even knows how to twerk!”30 Apr 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqpwz5nvc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mknpkl7dx225Fun nugget in our YOLO Presidency story. In addition to comparing himself to Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Napoleon, Trump has also begun gluing presidential challenge coins all over the doors of the West Wing. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/donald-trump-legacy-history/686817/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguYwwsS5tDiSFBmrGuCN0v8jk&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share29 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknpkl7dx225https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mknabsnch22uNEW: Trump has begun talking about how he “is the most powerful person to ever live.” Our look at how Trump’s view of himself as one of history’s Great Men is shaping the second term of what has now become his YOLO Presidency. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/donald-trump-legacy-history/686817/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY0ga7g7V2UjKW11M3OoDx5Q29 Apr 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknabsnch22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mkn552yoq22eIS DONALD TRUMP A SECRET HEGEL SCHOLAR?! Probably not! But he has begun likening himself to the German philosopher’s “Great Men” trifecta—Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Napoleon. W the (also immortal) @michaelscherer: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/donald-trump-legacy-history/686817/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY2gBK-L-MrPsHIrVOjc-PO429 Apr 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn552yoq22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mkn4ar4pik2yNEW: Trump had begun comparing himself to Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon in private conversations. My look, w @michaelscherer, on Trump, his legacy, and the long scope of his history: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/donald-trump-legacy-history/686817/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY7MiXuRrdG2lY2ol5Z7PKoE29 Apr 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn4ar4pik2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mkioeuerts2oScenes from this morning… 7-year-old: “So my bed smells like vomit. And here, smell my breath — vomit!” Me: “Did you… vomit?”27 Apr 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkioeuerts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mk4ox2zcbk23For those who loved Dan Eggen, or worked w him, or just read the amazing journalism he helped produce, here is a GoFundMe to help support his family as they process this unexpected and devastating loss—> https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-dan-eggens-children?attribution_id=sl:1702d7d4-7376-40e9-9b23-f3f02573b167&ts=1776892852&utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_content=amp17_ta-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link22 Apr 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ox2zcbk23https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mj6bdf2iy22vI’m already a sucker for a good oral history, but I could not stop laughing aloud while reading this one. It’s perfect. No notes. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/corporate-retreat-gone-wrong-0775474110 Apr 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6bdf2iy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3miw7mx3fms22Last year, I visited Berlin for the first time, and heard SO MUCH about Berghain. I love this @nataliecompton.bsky.social story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/04/07/berlin-nightlife-guide-berghain/07 Apr 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw7mx3fms22https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mitvwuzumc2oTruly remarkable chutzpah to suggest charging tolls for a straight we—famously—do not control.06 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitvwuzumc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mitv5srymc2tIf childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies, as Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote in her poem of the same name, then dementia is the kingdom where you are always fading but never fully gone. My essay on losing my dad to dementia: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/04/death-dementia/686552/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY0jtlHdX31A3bgqWRxXTa2Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share06 Apr 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitv5srymc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mitk243ork22If my dad’s final breath was like a period, the end of a story, then his preceding descent into dementia was more of an ellipsis: a perpetual trailing-off, leading to unexpected twists and challenges, each more devastating than the last. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/04/death-dementia/686552/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguYzcY_aTx53tpSMLSg-6R7Mc06 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitk243ork22https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3miodaqlrvs2sMy dad died on Valentine’s Day—ever the mischievous cherub—after a decade-long battle w dementia. My essay on what it’s like to lose someone you love, before they’re even gone: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/04/death-dementia/686552/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY_KYK5yxxAMadG38jLiZmZA04 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miodaqlrvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mimd2zj7zc2xTFW you, for once, plan ahead and buy eggs for dyeing... only to realize you have accidentally bought brown organic eggs.03 Apr 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimd2zj7zc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mikgrt2h5k2oEW: Today it was Pam Bondi. But there are also active discussions about ousting FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. W/ Sarah Fitzpatrick: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general/686673/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY-ydjObrQBWGqq3D5goFoR4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share03 Apr 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikgrt2h5k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mikgore2a22oPam Bondi did everything right—or, at least, everything Trump asked her to do—but in the end, it was not enough. W/ Sarah Fitzpatrick: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general/686673/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY-ydjObrQBWGqq3D5goFoR4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share03 Apr 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikgore2a22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mijq5pmt4c2sThe 7-year-old, yesterday: “Ben told me today isn’t just April Fool’s; it’s also Passover!” #themoreyouknow02 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijq5pmt4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mihycd3kbk2cPublic anger at Washington is rising, @yvonnewingett.bsky.social and @russellberman.bsky.social report, and even TMZ is channeling the national discontent: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/congress-government-shutdown-tsa/686653/02 Apr 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihycd3kbk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mihpot4aqs27Interrogation by my 2-year-old, upon arriving home from the grocery store: “Were you a big girl?” (Yes) “Were you patient?” (Debatable) “Did you miss me?” (Yes)01 Apr 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihpot4aqs27https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mhxywuitjk23"Many of us understand the desire to protect a movement that seeks justice. But protecting men who hurt women isn’t the way to do it." Always read @jenishawo.bsky.social, this time on Cesar Chavez: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/cesar-chavez-protecting-men/686533/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY3IpXJu5oTbAwwuEqAMQLeE&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share26 Mar 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxywuitjk23https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mhrk7p45t22aI (accidentally) drank a mug of milk that had gone bad, and survived. ASK ME ANYTHING! 🥛24 Mar 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrk7p45t22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mhitpp53422zNEW: Bill Maher—frequent foe and sometimes friend of Trump—is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for Humor at the Kennedy Center. W/ @jonfischer.bsky.social : https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/trump-bill-maher-kennedy-center/686474/20 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhitpp53422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ashleyrparker.bsky.social/post/3mgzm7pck422gTo be clear: We have called the president’s personal cell. We will likely do so again. BUT the situation is getting a bit absurd, if we do say so ourselves. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/trump-phone-number/686370/?gift=c_badRqhhaNnVNIbhIguY71UOHCW9tcjDJIQ_fMkfQk14 Mar 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:7runydmgxmoe3qul7pg52bpm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzm7pck422g