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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sluggo’s Terrible Hat for Best Picture
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote up a quick explainer about the latest rollback of Title IX by the Trump administration and what that means, both for protections for trans students and students who report sexual harassment or sexual assault. Gift link:
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The Trump Administration Rolls Back Title IX Protections, Again | Defector
The U.S. Department of Education this week formally withdrew updates made during the Joe Biden presidency to the federal law banning discrimination in education based on sex. Specifically, the Educati...
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I love to live in the neighborhood of Autechre Heights.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico #Hegseth #USMilitary futurism.com/science-ener...
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It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
another year of incredible tour coverage from @redford.bsky.social. You can read it all here:
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2026 tour de france Archives | Defector
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Defector @defector.com · 10/07/2026
"I did not get into the Florida and West Virginia booths, which attracted the only lines on the entire fair complex. I asked people at the back of the lines for both states what they were waiting for and they said they only got in line because there was a line."
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Trump’s State Fair Was Ass In All The Ways I’d Been Warned  | Defector
I went to the Great American State Fair figuring it would make me feel lousy about my country. I don’t remember being so right about anything.  I’d read all about how entertainers wouldn’t take the…
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I became a @fangraphs.com member because it helped me win my fantasy league and I had some extra cash. I stayed a member because it turns out to be one of the more sophisticated “documenting objective reality” websites going, even if baseball is mostly a silly game (plus, the writing rules)
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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
now that the dust has settled i would like to mention something i kept noticing during the Finals: how Victor Wembanyama snaps his head back almost 90 degrees when he's contesting a shot
the four photos in this little carousel are four examples of what i said: wembanyama reaching to block a shot with one hand while his neck is bent really really far backward so his face is pointed at the ceiling
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Durant is Too Damn High!!!
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Hollywood Handbook and Friends @hollywoodhandbook.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wife usin the colander got me on Zillow Watch: www.patreon.com/hollywoodhan... Listen: www.patreon.com/hollywoodhan...
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Leigh Ellis @leighellis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
That’s the best 4-1 Finals ever
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The actual leftist belief is that while HR itself is evil, the HR ladies are not
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Defector @defector.com · 05/06/2026
Could anything ruin the vibes in Madison Square Garden for Game 3? Well, imagine if a half-alive racist who everyone hates decided to show up and make the whole night about himself.
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Report: Stupid Asshole Headed To New York To Ruin Everything | Defector
The New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight, and there is a very real possibility that the Knicks will head into the weekend up 2-0 in the series as they…
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soup_ @estroclysm.neocities.org · 02/06/2026
polaroid sounds like a slur for antarcticans
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Truly incredible to learn that Milli Vanilli has PR boilerplate in 2026
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Defector @defector.com · 17/05/2026
These NBA playoffs have been fantastic:
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These NBA Playoffs Have Been Fantastic | Defector
Now that we are one game away from the halfway point (by one metric) of the NBA Playoffs, it is time to review them as a whole, on both aesthetic and competitive grounds. I think this is a useful exer...
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Howard A. Rodman @rodman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This story was broken by The Cornell Sun, which @nytimes.com nowhere cites. As a former editor-in-chief of The Sun — and in the name of brave, amazing college newspapers everywhere — do not treat student journalists as truffle pigs, taking what they've sniffed out without credit or compensation.
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Cornell President’s Car Bumps Into Students After Confrontation Over Gaza
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patrick @redford.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We are currently in production of Only If You Get Caught's second season! It will drop later this year, giving you a few months to get caught up on the first season 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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Only If You Get Caught
History Podcast · Updated Weekly · Only If You Get Caught is about how we can better understand sports and culture by appreciating the ways humans cheat in ways big and small.  Hosted by Patrick Redfo...
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Hollywood Handbook and Friends @hollywoodhandbook.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I’m just glad Riz Ahmed is so patient with the Boys because everyone learns who James Bond is on their own schedule Watch: www.patreon.com/posts/156672... Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/156672...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24/04/2026
The first photo here is fake. A still from the same moment shows that Trump's head wasn't drooping like that. Also, he'd just adjusted his tie, which is why the guy two to the left of RFK is looking at him. Actual still at right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ctx...
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Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
For the latest Listening Habits, I wrote about Geese and the Drake lawsuit and psy-ops and the dreaded I N D U S T R Y P L A N T 🤫😳 defector.com/all-that-mat...
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All That Matters Is That It Bangs | Defector
Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music and musical topics I’ve been fixated on recently. The first time I ever noticed that I was being sold to by the shadowy music industry in ...
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Diana Moskovitz @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:
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You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance | Defector
I don’t remember the first time someone hit on me as a reporter. I believe this is because my brain has come to treat these events as unremarkable. For any woman in journalism, they pile up over the y...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.
Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?
As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, Mrs. Sánchez Bezos seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologizing, and start enjoying themselves.
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Matt Tobey @mtobey.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
*to the tune of sweet caroline* Pope's weak on crime Ba ba baaaaa
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 06/04/2026
Today, my fellow founding worker-owners and I are launching a subscription drive to @feedravenous.bsky.social. We are a group of experienced and award-winning food journalists here to publish thoughtful writing and incisive reporting from around the food world. www.weareravenous.com
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Ravenous Is a New Worker-Owned Food Culture Media Company
For too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it.
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
When someone tells me they read Harry Potter I recommend they read Joyce Finnegans Wake, Derrida Plato Pharmacy and the goddang newspaper for once in their lives
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
yeah i separate art from the artist. i put the harry potter books in the recycling and jk rowling in the trash.
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sean @snkhn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
defector has many virtues, but this might be foremost among them. my colleagues' work is uncommonly clear, plainspoken, and righteous. i've gift-linked some examples below. read them, and consider subscribing: defector.com/products
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Chris Thompson @christhompson.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
a great damn blog defector.com/vindicated-a...
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Vindicated At Last In My Years-Long Loathing Of Grammarly | Defector
I first learned about the AI writing assistant Grammarly nearly a decade ago, when their YouTube ads suddenly sprang into ubiquity, clinging to my precious videos like a swarm of spotted lanternflies....
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
File this under “Bluesky discourse can be pretty healthy sometimes”
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Alex Sujong Laughlin @alexlaughs.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It appears that to Netflix, the quality that distinguishes a podcast from other forms of media is the absence of visible effort (and the existence of ANY production credits) gift link -> defector.com/netflix-has-...
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Netflix Has Trapped Pete Davidson In His Garage | Defector
People who think about the podcast business love to say that podcasts have a “discoverability problem,” and that the recent pivot to video is an attempt to solve it. The discoverability problem is tha...
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Defector @defector.com · 09/03/2026
Is Nellie Bowles the worst writer in America?
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Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America? | Defector
It is not difficult to find praise for Nellie Bowles, who writes a weekly column for The Free Press, a website owned by her wife, Bari Weiss. “If you don’t read ⁦Nellie Bowles every Friday, you are…
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JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Anthony Edwards dunk 🥵
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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
the entire pitch of Cuomo was that sure he's a loathsome sex pest but he has what it takes to stand up to Trump, and then the hot leftist starts every phone call with "what's up big dog" and gets Trump to do whatever he wants.
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Sad About Baseball @danvogfan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“the president’s speech is going to be over two hours long!” they’re doing kalshi shit guys. they’re leaking a bunch of stuff about a super long speech and he’ll go about 2 minutes short of the supposed mark and everyone in the white house will make $200k on it
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
for anyone craving more Alysa Liu content @yuekaxu.bsky.social has been on a tear of figure skating blogs that are simply beautiful to read and learn from defector.com/alysa-liu-is...
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Alysa Liu Is Untouchable | Defector
When athletes are said to thrive under pressure, that generally does not mean that they do not feel it. Rather, the common understanding is that athletes, or at least the great ones, are capable of ta...
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wint @dril.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
CEOs Never Cum
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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
really proud of all our weird and fun Olympics coverage at @defector.com this week and last! You can subscribe here and support cooperatively-owned, small media!! defector.com/products
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Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Threading four high-quality Olympics blogs that can be read right now on Defector dot com.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Cool photo I came across of accused sex offender Brett Ratner doing karate on the red carpet for Rush Hour 2. Hi ya!
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Tom Ley @toley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Defector has published some really good Olympics blogs so far, and I am going to thread some of them here.
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Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Seeing this bogus stat credulously shared by people who should know better and it's driving me *berserk*. Whatever you think of TPUSA, Kid Rock, the supposed need for a MAGA-friendly Super Bowl halftime show, etc., the TPUSA show has been viewed millions of times. Why lie about that?
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Tom Ziller @teamziller.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Wrote about Giannis Antetokounmpo's shameful Kalshi partnership. He should backtrack and the NBA should ban any league/team employee (including players) and media partners from participation. Have the fight with the players' association if you must. www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
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Giannis should be ashamed
Cutting a deal with a major prediction market platform after playing coy with a trade request is beneath him and will sully his legacy. He should backtrack and the NBA should step in to prevent this f...
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Bruso @brusoa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Not to shift the focus away from McQuade but as a day-1 Defector subscriber I'm kinda blown away remembering all these excellent old blogs, which represent just a percentage of one writer's work for the site. Years later and all I can say is this website is a great bargain.
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Leigh Ellis @leighellis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I asked KD, who is currently 6th all-time in scoring, if he thinks he could catch Kareem and end up 2nd. (I did the math to show him what he needs)
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Shameka ❤️🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I’m CRYINGGGGG!! Kevin Durant really got a lotion deal with CeraVe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #NBA #Cerave #Ad
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 26/01/2026
I’ll be following this developing story very closely
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alex pareene @pareene.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...
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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
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