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30 Apr

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defector.comLet's Cook Mushroom Soup | DefectorI have one mushroom soup observation, and one mushroom soup admonishment. Then, I hope, we will make some dang mushroom soup. The mushroom soup observation is that mushroom soup does not photograph…

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Let's cook mushroom soup: defector.com/lets-cook-mu...

defector.comFamously Undiplomatic Britt McHenry Banished From Ballgame, State Department | DefectorBritt McHenry fucked up again. The scandal-magnet sports reporter lost her brand new government gig after throwing a tantrum and a drink at a ballgame. Seems like only yesterday that Defector Media wa...

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Famously undiplomatic Britt McHenry banished from ballgame, State Department: defector.com/famously-und...

defector.comWNBA Moves Potential Title-Clinching Finals Game To Lunchtime | DefectorThe WNBA was faced with the following issue: After the first four games of the WNBA Finals, played at the raucous 18,064-seat Chase Center in San Francisco and then at equally raucous 17,044-seat…

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WNBA moves potential title-clinching game to lunchtime: defector.com/wnba-moves-p...

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Annie Berke

@sayanniething.bsky.social

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At @defector.com -- the frat pack of 2000s comedy, then and now, the good, the bad, and the less bad... defector.com/is-less-bad-...

defector.comIs Less Bad Still Good Enough? | DefectorIn the 1957 drama The Three Faces of Eve, Joanne Woodward plays a woman with a split personality. By day, she is Eve White, an uptight housewife with a whisper of a voice, but sometimes, White is over...

defector.comLIV Golf Given A Few More Days To Climb Out Of The Grave | DefectorIt is getting harder to find header photos for these LIV Golf updates. The LIV Golf 2026 season wrapped, prematurely, back in August, when the broke promotion hastily jammed its individual and team…

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LIV Golf given a few more days to climb out of the grave: defector.com/liv-golf-giv...

defector.comNobody Fails Like The New York Jets | DefectorThe Miami Dolphins certainly seemed ready to assume the lease from the New York Jets and take over operations at the NFL’s failure factory. Roster in shambles due to years of mismanagement, vibes…

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Nobody fails like the New York Jets: defector.com/nobody-fails...

defector.comThe Crossword, Oct. 26: Putting Out Fires (Themeless) | DefectorIt’s time to wrap up the month with a challenging themeless. Keep an eye out for tricky clues and fun wordplay. You can always count on our Monday crossword. This week’s puzzle was constructed by…

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The Crossword, Oct. 26: Putting Out Fires (Themeless) defector.com/the-crosswor...

defector.comIs Less Bad Still Good Enough? | DefectorIn the 1957 drama The Three Faces of Eve, Joanne Woodward plays a woman with a split personality. By day, she is Eve White, an uptight housewife with a whisper of a voice, but sometimes, White is…

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'Funny Business' is a trip down memory lane for anyone who remembers the "frat pack" movies well enough to be fond of them, but not so well as to cringe at their dated scenes and elements. defector.com/is-less-bad-...

defector.comLeave It To The Browns To Ruin The Post-Win Locker Room Video | DefectorI love it when NFL teams post a video from inside a victorious locker room. I love to see Dan Campbell look down at his little stat sheet and shout, “O-line! Where’s the O-line? One-hundred…

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Leave it to the Browns to ruin the post-win locker room video: defector.com/leave-it-to-...

defector.comReal Madrid Isn't Dead Just YetPerhaps the rumors of Real Madrid’s demise were greatly exaggerated. It was easy to look at the club’s ongoing war of the words with La Liga president Javier Tebas, as well as the two domestic losses…

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Real Madrid isn't dead just yet: defector.com/real-madrid-...

defector.comThe Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Fails To Rise For Bread Week | DefectorWelcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the newest season of The Great British Bake Off in their own home…

The problem with Bread Week is that there is no such thing as a challenging loaf of leavened bread that can be made in 90 minutes. Paul Hollywood described this bake, at the end, as "the worst technical challenge in 17 seasons." defector.com/the-not-so-g...

defector.comHow Can I Hang On To My Digital Life? | DefectorI’ve been watching the “available storage” bars on my various digital storage systems creep up over the last couple years with a growing sense of dread. Each percentage point is a tick closer to an…

"I've been watching the 'available storage' bars on my various digital storage systems creep up over the last couple years with a growing sense of dread." defector.com/how-can-i-ha...

defector.comThe Valkyries Believe In Second Chances | DefectorATLANTA — The Golden State Valkyries’ most valuable player on Saturday afternoon finished with just four points, though by the standards of Kiah Stokes, that qualifies as a scoring outburst. A player ...

The Valkyries believe in second chances defector.com/the-valkyrie...

defector.comScapegoat Season Has Arrived For College Football | DefectorThere are only three undefeated teams left in the top (as in moneyed) level of college football, which suggests that the word “elite” is being replaced by “last one standing.” The middle shall hold be...

Scapegoat season has arrived for college football defector.com/scapegoat-se...

defector.comHow Do I Stop My Kid From Crashing Out Over Trying New Activities? | DefectorWelcome 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,…

Ray Ratto answers a question on how to deal with your child's tantrums over trying new activities. defector.com/how-do-i-sto...

defector.comAaron Ashby Has Put The Brewers In Control | DefectorThis baseball postseason has a face, and it is Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy; standing on the bottom of step of his team’s dugout staring 25 yards into the distance and letting the dual feature...

Aaron Ashby has put the Brewers in control

What's your lamest daydream? defector.com/whats-your-l...

defector.comA Cool Night | DefectorDrew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at…

JAMBOROO: defector.com/a-cool-night

defector.comThe Crossword, Oct. 19: The Swing Of Things | DefectorYou know the situation: It’s time to solve our Monday crossword. This week’s puzzle was constructed by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew Stock, and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Enrique is a data…

Try the Defector crossword! defector.com/the-crosswor...

defector.comCatapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun | DefectorI don’t know if Elizabeth Koch would fashion herself a personal essayist, but she has certainly dabbled in the form. In an 11-part essay published in Smith Magazine in 2007, the billionaire’s…

Perhaps it is a fitting legacy that the daughter of Charles Koch would go on to destroy other little worlds of her own. defector.com/catapult-eli...

defector.comThe U.S.-Funded Plan To Kill Infants In Africa By Withholding Vaccines Has Been Thwarted | DefectorThis week, one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s most malevolent plots was finally brought to a halt when police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of Danish researchers who intended to carry out a…

This week, one of RFK Jr.'s most malevolent plots was finally brought to a halt. defector.com/the-u-s-fund...

defector.comIt's Hard To Be A Rich Radical | DefectorWelcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music and musical topics I’ve been fixated on recently. What could compel someone to spend four hours on a YouTube essay mostly about the…

Who would actually be compelled to make a four-hour YouTube video on Killer Mike? defector.com/its-hard-to-...

defector.comNobody Wants To Talk About Why The Ringer Is Pivoting To Substack | DefectorA media company launching a series of paywalled newsletters is not, on its own and on its face, a strange thing to do. AI’s ongoing cannibalization of online search is ravaging website traffic, and…

Was it not worth at least trying to drive traffic or subscribers to The Ringer’s website before dispatching lifeboats to Substack? defector.com/nobody-wants...

defector.com‘Digger’ Is Smug, Cynical, And Perfectly Timed | DefectorOn the night of May 10, 1968, the most storied night in the last century of French civil unrest, nearly 40,000 students faced off against policemen in the Latin Quarter of Paris—one of the largest…

"Everything will collapse unless the wealthy and the powerful lose more than art alone can take from them." defector.com/digger-is-sm...

defector.comAaron Sorkin Wants To Pretend The Good Guys Won | DefectorIn 2000, midway through the first season of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin started posting on a discussion forum on the site Television Without Pity as “Benjamin,” his middle name. Specifically, he…

"It’s like if 'The Insider' was released in a world where smoking was more popular than ever, and the Marlboro Man had recently been elected president." defector.com/aaron-sorkin...

defector.comThese WNBA Finals Are Made Of Steal | DefectorATLANTA — The shooting gods may be weeping, but these WNBA Finals are a steal lover’s delight. Jordin Canada, at 5-foot-6, shoots the gap and sneaks behind the unsuspecting. Angel Reese, who can time…

The shooting gods may be weeping, but these WNBA Finals are a steal lover's delight. defector.com/these-wnba-f...

defector.comNow Is The Time For Hysteria | DefectorWelcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Israel: We had…

This is the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. defector.com/now-is-the-t...

defector.comLet Us Know If You've Seen Sponge's Stolen Guitars | DefectorSponge got their guitars stolen on Tuesday. I know this because the band’s publicist, Leo Lavoro, is going above and beyond his job description by trying to get them back. My email address must still…

“After 30 years of doing this, if somebody comes in with a hot guitar, you can almost feel it in your gut," Schwelling said. "There’s just something about them that you can tell. We’ll be looking.” defector.com/let-us-know-...

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Daramola

@izdaramola.bsky.social

defector.comNow Is The Time For Hysteria | DefectorWelcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Israel: We had ours...

It’s time to prepare for the college football weekend with me and Ray defector.com/now-is-the-t...

defector.comHere Comes The Fun Part | DefectorLike a tuna fish sandwich, quaint has a shelf life. Also like a tuna fish sandwich, it’s definitely shorter than four days. All the charms of two teams meeting in the World Series that have never won…

The Brewers-Rays World Series will give the baseball public all the things it says it wants. defector.com/here-comes-t...

defector.comVivek Ramaswamy Is Going After The Abusive Parent Vote | DefectorThis is not to discredit the existence of some underlying tactical or strategic calculations, and it is absolutely not extending credit to the shockingly vile creatures doing it, but when you see a…

Via David Roth: Vivek Ramaswamy is going after the abusive parent vote defector.com/vivek-ramasw...

defector.comNow Is The Time For Hysteria | DefectorWelcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Israel: We had…

Now is the time for Hysteria: defector.com/now-is-the-t...

defector.comDallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: It's Time To Unionize | DefectorThis is a message for this year’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader candidates only: It’s time to download Signal and start a union. I watched that Netflix docuseries America’s Sweethearts and I can’t stop…

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders have unionized. Alex Sujong Laughlin laid out the reasons why that's a good idea back in 2024: defector.com/dallas-cowbo...

defector.comJames Dolan Finds Innovative New Way To Be Cruel And Cheap | DefectorMost owners of sports teams are wise enough to understand that their reputations will never be better than when their teams are winning. If they’re fortunate enough to see that team capture a…

James Dolan finds innovative new way to be cruel and cheap: defector.com/james-dolan-...

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Sabrina Imbler

@sabs.bsky.social

defector.comCatapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun | DefectorI don’t know if Elizabeth Koch would fashion herself a personal essayist, but she has certainly dabbled in the form. In an 11-part essay published in Smith Magazine in 2007, the billionaire’s daughter...

I wrote about the end of Catapult defector.com/catapult-eli...

defector.comHow Can I Hang On To My Digital Life? | DefectorI’ve been watching the “available storage” bars on my various digital storage systems creep up over the last couple years with a growing sense of dread. Each percentage point is a tick closer to an…

How can I hang on to my digital life? defector.com/how-can-i-ha...

defector.comCatapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun | DefectorI don’t know if Elizabeth Koch would fashion herself a personal essayist, but she has certainly dabbled in the form. In an 11-part essay published in Smith Magazine in 2007, the billionaire’s…

Catapult Elizabeth Koch into the Sun: defector.com/catapult-eli...

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Barry Petchesky

@barryp.bsky.social

defector.comThe U.S.-Funded Plan To Kill Infants In Africa By Withholding Vaccines Has Been Thwarted | DefectorThis week, one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s most malevolent plots was finally brought to a halt when police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of Danish researchers who intended to carry out a…

I know it’s hard to keep track of everything but I was shocked this was the first I’d heard about this. Just straight evil.

Defector@defector.com

The U.S.-funded plan to kill infants in Africa by withholding vaccines has been thwarted: defector.com/the-u-s-fund...

defector.comThe Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Fails To Rise For Bread Week | DefectorWelcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the newest season of The Great British Bake Off in their own home…

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off fails to rise for Bread Week: defector.com/the-not-so-g...

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Brandy Jensen

@brandyjensen.bsky.social

defector.comMartin Mull Was A Good Painter And A Great Documentary Subject | DefectorAs a culture, we have a few familiar stories about talent. There’s the all-consuming kind, often first displayed in childhood, that makes people unsuited for the demands of everyday life. There are th...

wrote a little bit about a documentary I really liked

defector.comThe U.S.-Funded Plan To Kill Infants In Africa By Withholding Vaccines Has Been Thwarted | DefectorThis week, one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s most malevolent plots was finally brought to a halt when police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of Danish researchers who intended to carry out a…

The U.S.-funded plan to kill infants in Africa by withholding vaccines has been thwarted: defector.com/the-u-s-fund...

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maitreyi anantharaman

@maitreyiaa.bsky.social