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nadja (1994): david lynch sports a proto bussin haircut

digging up my Angel Reese feature from 2024 “She understands that basketball, at its core, is a 40-minute series of tiny opportunities, each of which can be seized by the person who wants it more.”

Latest Try Hard ep is a convo with our very own @jaspercwang.bsky.social about how quitting his stable and lucrative job led to the formation of @defector.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvk8...

Defector gave me the chance to write about something deeply personal and meaningful to me, namely my belief that right on red is destroying our morals: defector.com/every-right-...

chungking express: crazy food movie

ontario scene report: pittsburgh-themed tanning salon

Another @rbuas.bsky.social banger, originally for The Small Bow, now on @defector.com defector.com/james-gandol...

Photographers at the Tour de France scout every kilometer of the race months ahead of time and have to constantly battle with the cops to be allowed to move around the course. I spent a day with them to see how they do their ultra-demanding jobs. defector.com/a-chaotic-da...

“Man, I love that kid,” Lindsay Whalen said when I asked her about Olivia Miles. Had some fun writing about the Lynx rookie and the exciting state of PG play in the WNBA rn:

we might be throwing out a generational umami opportunity. i will taste the forbidden fish sauce defector.com/abandoned-fi...

first half of this: as good as it gets olofdreijer.bandcamp.com/album/loud-b...

elizabeth fraser moment 😍

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i go outside and see all these things that should be real

wrote about a beautiful night observing my Knicks brethren after the Hand of God defector.com/one-euphoric...

yeah for sure man

Fun backstory here. Sabs blogged about how much they hated those Grammarly commercials. The actor, Jude, turned out to be a Defector reader and was down to make this ad happen. defector.com/vindicated-a...

i cannot recommend defector, this role, and the people you'll get to work with enough. i miss them already.

this is a really cool job for someone with a data/business background who likes what Defector is doing

divinely throwed home demos from my favorite record last year 🚨 elianaglass.bandcamp.com/track/on-the...

Beautiful, moving stuff like this is why I subscribe to Defector

magic playing the hits tonight: caffeinated defense, 29% from 3, halfcourt offense stalling out at the logo under mild ball pressure 🥲

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high praise from someone whose web site is an authority on walking around and looking at stuff

this is what supply chain risk looks like 👇 hedge your risks in the Information Space with a defector subscription: defector.com/products

Twenty years ago, Neil banged out the tunes. Who was he? Come on a brief and fruitful quest to find out: defector.com/a-brief-and-...

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This piece by @albertburneko.bsky.social is so damn good. It's specifically about creative or journalistic writing, but it's absolutely about music writing too. Felt this in a big way. It's a must-read.

man, what a thread. this has done powerful things for my mood!

Journalism is better when it's backed by people, not markets: defector.com/products

i really like this one and think i'm on the same wavelength as mayor mark about the places we live: they are usually cruel and brutal, deserve (most of) the jokes made at their expense, but nonetheless capable of real (if sporadic) beauty

I wrote about AI and performance for Defector defector.com/the-new-evan...

an ancillary benefit of working at defector is getting to tail my colleagues' recommendations for other stuff to read. each edition of the newsletter will also include some of those recommendations. let kelsey, brandy, and guests sprinkle you some game: subscribe-forms.beehiiv.com/5aa07d55-9de...

IMO: thanks primarily to brandy, israel, and kelsey, defector has grown into "Defector, but for Culture." i get why it happens, but it bugs me that we get pigeonholed as "a sports site." we publish a ton of excellent arts & culture stuff! this newsletter will collect and highlight that work.