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maitreyi anantharaman@maitreyiaa.bsky.social · 3w ago

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.”

Angel Reese Has Genius In Her Fingertips | Defector

Reese can scrape the basketball back to herself with what seems like a sliver of her nail. Her best boards find her bending backward mid-air, like a wide receiver hauling in a touchdown pass at its hi...

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sean@snkhn.bsky.social · last mo.

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What The Fuck Is A "Vaccine Skeptic"? | Defector

At darker moments, contesting this kind of stuff in the wake of the 2024 election—and all the shameless, shameful, unforgivable work the American media did to produce that election’s outcome—feels as ...

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Tom Scocca@tomscocca.bsky.social · last mo.

People who call the polio vaccine a "fraud" are not "skeptics" toward vaccines, they are people with fixed views toward vaccines! (The name for that fixed view is "denial.")

Felix Kent@felixkent.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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-...

Every Right On Red Frays The Social Contract A Little Further | Defector

A couple of blocks from my office is a steep hill. Sometimes at lunch I go out into the sun and walk up the hill. The hill is very California: asphalt so newly laid that it looks AI generated; a handf...

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patrick@redford.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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...

A Chaotic Day In The Life Of The Photographers At The Tour de France | Defector

CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, France — Roughly 15 minutes after driving past the start line, Harry Talbot decides it’s time to pull over next to a field of droopy sunflowers. He scouted the route of Stage 11 of t...

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Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I do recommend this. (And I do recommend @izdaramola.bsky.social's work in general, he's got quite a collection of work up at Defector over some years now.) Gift link.

'Michael' Is The Most Cynical Attempt At Biopic Myth-Making Yet | Defector

Michael is a bad movie. Let’s just get that out of the way now. It is a movie designed less to tell a story than to recreate moments, ones you are probably already familiar with. It is a movie designe...

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Defector@defector.com · 6mo ago

‘Michael’ is the most cynical attempt at biopic myth-making yet: defector.com/michael-is-t...

sean@snkhn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

loved both the original story here (a defector subscriber close-reading a pair of blogs with their 7th grade class) and giri's email about sportswriting as mana for the emergent fanatic. reading and discussing things with others is beautiful. try it with defector for $1: defector.com/products

Defector blogs can be put to many uses, but their best use is nourishing the youth. One of our subscribers is a seventh-grade English teacher who recently structured a lesson around two Defector stories on the same March Madness buzzer-beater. Apparently the kids had a great time, except for the Duke fans, so it’s all working as intended. We are always eager to work with educators to provide classroom access, so long as they keep in mind that Ray Ratto blogs are rated PG-13 (may contain crude humor and mild peril). As a kid, I loved tearing open those sticky blue plastic bags to read the Star-Ledger and the Times on the dogshit Isiah Thomas-era Knicks. Along with the box scores, I started paying close attention to bylines, well-chosen verbs, pungent quotes, and quality of take. Language is so powerful that it can help a child fall in love with basketball, in spite of the dishonor his 23-59 team brings to the sport. I dread a future where childhood sports fandom is devoid of reading. There is amusement to be had in viral podcast clips and deep-fried memes, but nothing steeps you in the esoterica of true fandom and enriches your understanding of the characters that populate this strange world like good writing. There are fewer outlets doing that kind of writing than when I was growing up, but Defector will never give up on turning tangy phrases for the curious reader seeking to make sense of what they watched. I am still that reader; perhaps you are, too. Or maybe you’ve got an emergent fanatic in your life who would appreciate good sportswriting. If so, you can try a month of Defector, which comes with the ability to curate gift links for that reader, for just $1:
sean@snkhn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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