Sisi is a Volvo Ocean 65 racing sailboat. She is fast as hell and built for sickos. She is not a comfortable luxury yacht, I assure you. Sisi is a frightening, angry, 72-foot, 12-ton sea monster.  Sis...

The new Polymarket ad spot opens with LeBron James stepping onto an elevator and pushing a button labeled “SPORTS.” This is not some AI-extruded, near-enough visual representation of a generic basketb...

If you’ve read Nicholas Russell, here or elsewhere, you’ve gathered that he is thoughtful, erudite, and extremely curious. In addition to approximately one million reviews and essays here at Defector,...

The science fiction author William Gibson’s pithy observation that “the future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed” has had different shades of meaning since it was first formulated....

Gunnar Stansson breaks his silence on 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦

Pittsburgh had a hell of a winter storm in January, with more than a foot of snow, and freezing temperatures that created towering walls of ice and annoyed locals whose parking situations wouldn’t ret...

Greetings from Read Max HQ! In today's issue: A quick essay on the movie Obsession and its relationship to AI. If you enjoy it, and other Re

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector’s Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com. This week, Da...

This is not really a blog about trains. A blog about trains in Los Angeles, and my experience with them across 10 days, would ultimately be very short: Despite its notorious gaps in coverage, LA Metro...