Free, Easy, Dead: The difficult birth and predictable death of IRS Direct File defector.com/free-easy-de...

Today is Sean Kuhn's last day at Defector. The only reason we're not furious at him is because he's leaving us for a dream job: doing fancy math crap for an MLB team's front office. defector.com/numbers-guy-...

Scenes from the sold-out Hell Gate Judicial Convention last week at Littlefield—a night of inspired debate, politicking, and light graft to celebrate the release of Courts of Contempt, our investigation into New York's broken judicial system. courtsofcontempt.hellgatenyc.com

The saddest place in America is wherever the Washington Post films this podcast:

I'm so happy I let the Montreal Victoire ruin my life for the past two weeks. ALLEZ VICTOIRE! defector.com/five-nights-...

Bill Simmons cold asking a guest if Derrick Rose makes his list of top 100 players of all time and then describing Tim Duncan as "one of the four best teammates of all time" in the same episode is why he's the GOAT. Nobody has ever re-apexed harder.

I wrote about a situation I do not envy on either end defector.com/what-are-you...

THIS POST HAS REAL VIDEOS OF SKELETONS DUNKING

This is a great blog. defector.com/nathaniel-bu...

prev time!!!!! for freaks only!

I wrote about Bifo Berardi’s heinous new book "Thinking Gaza" for @defector.com Had to restrain myself from throwing this one across the room multiple times while reading. Not only deeply unserious as a work of theory, but also politically abhorrent. defector.com/franco-berar...

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The WNBA is back, and so is @defector.com's TEN MINUTE QUARTERS at Littlefield in Brooklyn on Monday May 18. We’ll have giveaways, games, goofs, and as always a lineup of hilarious comics. Go to defector.com/wnbashow for tickets, use code LETSGOLIBS for 10% off

For the latest Listening Habits, I wrote about Geese and the Drake lawsuit and psy-ops and the dreaded I N D U S T R Y P L A N T 🤫😳 defector.com/all-that-mat...

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

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The Block turns 10 years old later this spring. For my debut contribution @defector.com, I spoke to the guy who called it (Mike Breen) and the guy who let it happen (Monty McCutchen) to reflect on one of the NBA's flashbulb moments: defector.com/the-block-as...

The block, as remembered by the guy who called it and the guy who let it be: defector.com/the-block-as...

This is Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at [email protected].

Defector is simply the 26 worker-owners who staff the site, along with the 40,000 or so paid subscribers who sustain it. Become one of them for only $1.

Hark! Follow the sounding of the horns to the 2026 NBA playoff preview: defector.com/hark-follow-...

BIG BLOGS

New York Islanders raise money for convicted killer because he's a cop: defector.com/new-york-isl...

It's always been my dream to be the guy who tells another guy named Tom about Jon Bernthal for the first time.

The killing that won't let go: defector.com/the-killing-...

The NBR playoff mega-preview is out now, starring @seankuhn.bsky.social @highkin.bsky.social @kylietcheung.bsky.social @ichotiner.bsky.social @eamonwhalen.bsky.social @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social @islemcelroy.bsky.social @maitreyiaa.bsky.social @toley.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

There is nothing keeping a trial subscriber from reading all five-and-a-half years of Defector during your $1 intro month and then tapping out. But I think the blogs sell themselves, and we're extruding new ones daily: defector.com/achieve-info...

President, extremely normal brain-wise: Pope weak on crime, also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ defector.com/president-ex...

“Everyone’s saying Bill Simmons is crazy for making Payton Pritchard one of his Unicorn Of The Year nominees but I actually think there’s a good case to be made—“

Free Press dipshit humiliates herself in public again:

Barry's moon blogs have been so good, and this is the best of those. Really excellent stuff here: defector.com/artemis-moon...

Defector has really been hitting it to all fields lately. Give 'em a shot if you haven't yet! defector.com/products

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

Go ahead and use AI. It will only help me dominate you. defector.com/go-ahead-and...

Rejoice, tired parents! Defector will raise your children now. defector.com/rejoice-tire...

A rare treat to have @benwurgaft.bsky.social on the site with this searing, well-done piece

This week, Defector's new culture newsletter The Span has an update on Middlemarch Madness: defector.beehiiv.com/p/it-s-elite...

The IOC decision today is so maddening. We already went through the whole process of having a testing policy and then realizing it was a terrible idea for a million different reasons and getting rid of it. This happened very recently!

The mayor absolutely flexed on us by posting a decent photo this morning.

Why I got out of the gambling business: defector.com/why-i-got-ou...

ICE agents deployed to nation's swamped airports to stand around and do nothing: defector.com/ice-agents-d...

We have a new culture newsletter:

"And here we see a shining example of the main peril of using sports as a reason to wrap oneself in the flag. When you look down and see that you've lost your pants, the flag makes a poor trouser substitute." defector.com/team-usa-los...

a good point she brought up: audits are very expensive! the NBA/NBPA devote a ton of $/resources to the annual BRI audit. a rev share system tied to net revenue, like the WNBA wants, would put even more work on the players to scrutinize the “expenses” owners are reporting and that’s *costly* work

Conner O'Malley has done it again

For @defector.com, I wrote about the Nitehawk Workers Union, "saving movie theaters," and why humans respond to other humans defector.com/fair-pay-fee...

❗breaking news❗what do the migrating bigfoots (bigfeet?) know ⁉️ a perfect @christhompson.bsky.social blog defector.com/what-did-the...

Mentally ill former Navy SEAL inspires Team USA to WBC final: defector.com/mentally-ill...

I hope Jonas Valanciunas enjoys his career in Greece, which may as well start tomorrow