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Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $54.7 Million, Her Auction Record

An enigmatic self-portrait by Frida Kahlo set a public auction record for the Mexican artist when it sold for $54.7 million with fees on Thursday evening, during a Sotheby’s auction of surrealist art in Manhattan after four minutes of bidding. The painting of the artist asleep in a canopy bed with a papier-mâché skeleton smiling […]

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I got laid off and became a stay-at-home dad. My wife’s request for a bagel helped me figure out what I wanted to do next.

Jeff Perera became a stay-at-home dad after losing his retail job — and started making bagels. Provided by Jeff’s Bagel Run Jeff Perera became a stay-at-home dad after he lost his job in retail. He and his wife had been searching Florida for a true New York-style bagel — until he started to make them […]

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‘This is radioactive’: Iraq war veteran outraged over Trump’s unprecedented ‘escalation’

Donald Trump’s latest comments represent “an escalation the likes of which we have not really seen,” according to the founder and CEO of Independent Veterans of America.Paul Rieckhoff appeared on MS NOW on Thursday, and the host asked him about a recent video in which Democrats informed military servicemembers of their constitutional duty to disobey […]

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The Earliest Days of The Atlantic Online

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. The Atlantic launched its website in November 1995, 138 years after it first went into print. The magazine began in response to one information revolution; the website appeared at the dawn of another. Now, 30 […]

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Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator

Corporate AI slop feels inescapable in 2025. From website banner ads to outdoor billboards, images generated by businesses using AI tools surround me. Hell, even the bar down the street posts happy hour flyers with that distinctly hazy, amber glow of some AI graphics. On Thursday, Google launched Nano Banana Pro, the company’s latest image […]

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The TSA wants to charge flyers $18 if they show up at security without the right ID

The TSA wants to charge flyers who don’t have acceptable ID $18 to use biometric kiosks to verify their identity. Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The TSA proposed an $18 fee for travelers without acceptable ID at airport security checkpoints. The fee aims to fund biometric kiosks to streamline identity verification and reduce […]

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