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Tom Ley

@toley.bsky.social

Co-owner Defector Media

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heather@heatherchen.bsky.social · 2d ago

For @defector.com, I wrote about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's ground game, and spoke to the young, dedicated staffers behind him. With over $60 million being spent against their campaign, they're hoping to show that "organized people beat organized money." defector.com/abdul-el-say...

Abdul El-Sayed's Campaign Believes The Many Can Defeat The Money | Defector

DETROIT — It’s 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, just one week from election day, and Abdul El-Sayed’s Detroit office is standing room only. The front and back of the room are packed with volunteers eager to he...

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L.A. Material@lamaterial.com · last wk.

Ghost Town is a private company clearing Venice's homeless encampments — with persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes former gang members. Clients love them. The people they move do not. Meet the company at the center of Venice's most contentious challenge: buff.ly/j9LspFR

Inside Ghost Town: The Firm Clearing Venice's Encampments

An unusual private company takes on homelessness — with persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes ex-gang members. Clients love them. The people they move do not.

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Owen Lewis@owensports.bsky.social · 2w ago

I spent the last few weeks writing this piece about the end of tennis.com -- what it was like during the peak of the blog days, how it influenced young writers, how it changed in tandem with the Internet, and the void that's left now that it's gone. Gift link: defector.com/tennis-com-l...

Tennis.com Lived And Died With The Internet | Defector

A day after the French Open ended in May, the website tennis.com shut down its editorial operation. The brand dates back to the founding of Tennis magazine in 1965, and though the mag folded in 2022, ...

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Defector@defector.com · 2w ago

"If the grass wasn’t fit to play on, it remained extremely fit to be cut up into clumps and sold off. And so it was. A patch of it could be yours for a price ranging from $450 for the proletarian-friendly 'Foundation Edition' up to $3,000 for the 'Hero Edition.'" defector.com/fifa-got-wha...

FIFA Got What It Came For | Defector

A WELL-KNOWN VENUE IN THE MEADOWLANDS THAT FIFA WOULD THANK YOU TO CALL “NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM” BECAUSE IT DIDN’T GET PAID BY THAT STADIUM’S CORPORATE SPONSOR — The grass told the entire…

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Jasper Wang@jaspercwang.bsky.social · 3w ago

I apologize for opening Bluesky just to copy-and-paste a LinkedIn post, but here goes: As part of @defector.com's grant work with Start.coop, we're co-sponsoring a 12-week accelerator program for emerging journalist-led/worker-friendly media companies. www.start.coop/accelerator

Start.coop | Empower Cooperative Growth

Discover resources and support to build and grow cooperatively-owned businesses, fostering community wealth-building and economic stability.

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Tom Ley@toley.bsky.social · 4w ago

Watched a humiliating and dispiriting USMNT loss, got up at 6:45 to write about it, immediately listened to Bill Simmons talk about how he likes Sebastian Berhalter because he seems "gritty." Lesser sports fans are not built for times like these.