katiebakes
@katiebakes.bsky.social
senior writer at The Ringer. Country Baby is not for sale!!!!!
wrote about how the internet increasingly feels like a restaurant where ~*~we do things a little differently around here~*~ www.theringer.com/2026/08/04/t...
The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It
For years now, Google has been tweaking its search formula to prop up AI and bury actual links. Now it’s rounding into its final form—and changing the internet forever.
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@nyillini311.bsky.social it’s not letting me respond to the NYR phish post (which I’m just seeing after forgetting my bluesky password for a spell) but you were right, I loved it! thank u
The most difficult Knick piece I have ever written, and am most proud of. Super gracias to @wtevs.bsky.social for letting it happen & helping it land safely
Katie Heindl@wtevs.bsky.social · last mo.“The Knicks were winning the game. They were winning the championship.” for the grand finale of ‘exits’, @matthewmiranda.bsky.social writes about getting over the feeling that “blue skies are red flags”, and a team that made it to the top in spite of and in service to their flaws
neither here nor there but fascinated by the aesthetics of this “2 hours into the line for the debut of the Batman coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure” scrum
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · last mo.Buster Posey so out of his depth
ancient history by now since it’s 0-0 and we just gotta play desperate basketball, BUT! just in case you missed it here’s my dispatch from the KNICKS VICTORY PARADE 🏀🥰😭 www.theringer.com/2026/06/19/n...
Through Tuesday, subscriptions to n+1 are half-priced. Happy summer! www.nplusonemag.com/half-price-s...
for the weekend crew here’s my piece on Karl-Anthony Towns and Your! New! York! Knicks! www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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wrote about New Jersey excellence, tender souls, and clicking Notify Anyway www.theringer.com/2026/06/12/n...
The Tao of Karl-Anthony Towns
KAT’s fingerprints—and fingertips—are all over these Finals. How did the NBA’s “softest” star become the Knicks’ greatest source of strength?
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Knicksommar in Sweden with the @theringer.com.web.brid.gy sickos (current time: 3:20am and sun is rising)
And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
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Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2mo agoI'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.
"(The Knicks: a matryoshka doll of interregnums!)" High quality work here from @katiebakes.bsky.social and @howardbeck.bsky.social. As far as fleeting joy goes, I would have added a dollop of David Lee. The man went for 37, 20, and 10... in a loss.
NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKER BASKETBALL www.theringer.com/2026/06/01/n...
Reading this @katiebakes.bsky.social & @howardbeck.bsky.social chronicle of Knicks ignominy over a salad at Hillstone, an experience I’ve enjoyed near Charles Oakley many times at this location, was so rough that I had to order fries midway thru to comfort myself www.theringer.com/2026/06/01/n...
The 27 Most Knicksian Moments of the Past 27 Years
From Bargnani to Bing Bong: These are the stories that defined the dysfunction, delusion, and fleeting joy of New York’s 27-year Finals drought
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Only thing better than @katiebakes.bsky.social or @howardbeck.bsky.social writing about the Knicks is BOTH writing about them together www.theringer.com/2026/06/01/nba/new-york-knicks-nba-finals-2026-moments-history-trades
The 27 Most Knicksian Moments of the Past 27 Years
From Bargnani to Bing Bong: These are the stories that defined the dysfunction, delusion, and fleeting joy of New York’s 27-year Finals drought
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If they made Dazed and Confused today it would be set in 2009.
Scott Faldon@scottfaldon.bsky.social · 2mo agoWooderson is in his early 70s now. The rest of the "Dazed and Confused" characters are in their mid-to-late 60s.
This enhanced games debacle reminds me of the last time a bunch of Thiel acolytes attempted (very clumsily) to star a sports company. From my book
thinking about this rendering of Jalen Brunson that my son shoehorned in a few months back
💯 - best in the biz. here’s my Breen profile from 2016 www.theringer.com/2016/06/08/n...
A Face From Radio
Mike Breen has become the definitive voice of the NBA on TV, and he has the radio — and a missed basket — to thank
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Chad Finn@chadfinn.bsky.social · last yr.Given that this must have meant a lot to Breen, a Knicks broadcaster since 1991, I thought he did a hell of a job calling this series with balance.
The timeline: 1. Jennifer demands CJ McCollum “win a playoff game” 2. McCollum makes this his life goal 3. McCollum stuns Knicks with back to back playoff wins 4. Knicks refocus and reach their on-court peak 5. Greatest 10 game stretch in basketball history Thank you Jennifer
Mike Rose@mcrose14.bsky.social · 2mo agoJennifer gets one too
