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senior writer at The Ringer. no you hang up!
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Josh Gondelman
about 17 hours ago
Not that this is a surprise, but
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remains on a heater!!!
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What Is Palantir? An FAQ.
The Peter Thiel–founded, ‘Lord of the Rings’–inspired company has a massive government presence and is seemingly always at the center of controversy. So, uh … why does hardly anyone know what it does?
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/26/tech/palantir-ceo-founder-controversy-explained-lotr-peter-thiel-alex-karp
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“The image that I have,” [Marisa] Abela told me about Yasmin in the season finale, “is like, those little fish that swim next to big sharks so the shark doesn’t eat them.”
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INDUSTRY FINALE RECAP!
www.theringer.com/2026/03/01/t...
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Alone in a Group: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 8 Recap
The season finale of HBO’s money-minded saga is all about connections—and isolation
https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/01/tv/industry-season-4-episode-8-recap-both-and
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 7 RECAP
www.theringer.com/2026/02/22/t...
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In a Room With a Reptile: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 7 Recap
In Season 4’s penultimate episode, “Points of Emphasis,” the truth just sounds different
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/22/tv/industry-season-4-episode-7-recap-points-of-emphasis-hbo
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Tyler Parker
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LET’S BREAK IT DOWN
@netw3rk.bsky.social
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Jason Concepcion Hosts ‘Wait a Second…’ Video Podcast From Spotify’s The Ringer About Conspiracy Theories, True Crime and More: ‘Stories That Make You Say What the F—‘
Spotify’s The Ringer is taking a deep dive into tinfoil-hat territory with "Wait a Second…," a new video podcast hosted by writer and podcaster Jason Concepcion and featuring The Ringer’s Tyler Parker...
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/jason-concepcion-wait-a-second-podcast-spotify-the-ringer-conspiracy-theories-1236666636/
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 6 RECAP! Includes observations from Ken Leung, Max Minghella, Myha’la and Kiernan Shipka!
www.theringer.com/2026/02/15/t...
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You Can Go Your Own Way: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 6 Recap
In “Dear Henry,” everyone is incentivized, no one is innocent, and ‘Industry’ is on the move
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/15/tv/industry-season-4-episode-6-recap-dear-henry-hbo
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Ken Fang -- Very Asian
16 days ago
It's not officially the Winter Olympics until Screamin' Chad Salmela calls an exciting finish at the Biathlon or Cross-Country Skiing.
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this book is GREAT, highly recommend! amazing gift for the jambandfan in your life, even/especially if that jambandfan is YOU!
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EVEN QUADGODS GET THE BLUES :(
www.theringer.com/2026/02/14/o...
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The Quad God’s Olympic Mortality
Ilia Malinin was supposed to leave everyone speechless at his first Olympics. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what he did.
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/14/olympics/ilia-malinin-quad-god-winter-olympics-figure-skating-disaster-eighth-place
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 5 RECAP!
www.theringer.com/2026/02/06/t...
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“The Thing Is Nothing”: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap
The HBO show’s latest episode, “Eyes Without a Face,” includes a trip to Ghana, a death in the family, a cryptic new character, and no shortage of sharp features
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/06/tv/industry-season-4-episode-5-recap-eyes-without-a-face-hbo
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Matt Ufford
24 days ago
one of my favorite things about the winter olympics is when a skier or snowboarder blows my mind with athletic feats of daring that would literally kill regular folks. and then they remove their mask and are ALSO the Most Beautiful Person Alive
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the AI tell that’s been annoying me the most lately is the word “quiet”
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happy Olympics!
www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/o...
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A Superlative Guide to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics
From “ski-mo” to the Gold Zone, from doctored crotches to ill-timed injuries, the Winter Olympics are back. Here’s our guide to what’ll warm hearts for the next fortnight.
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/04/olympics/winter-olympics-guide-2026-milan-cortina
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Matt Ufford
25 days ago
say it with me: I love starting every day the angriest I’ve ever been
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Elizabeth Lopatto
25 days ago
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link)
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
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How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/874721/epstein-thiel-musk-trump-metoo?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6InB2QVBrNEJieFAiLCJwIjoiL3RlY2gvODc0NzIxL2Vwc3RlaW4tdGhpZWwtbXVzay10cnVtcC1tZXRvbyIsImV4cCI6MTc3MDgyMjU1MCwiaWF0IjoxNzcwMzkwNTUwfQ.vFAETVxTibfp3lih93QvHl24u6fFnS_d_yggDGC7f1Y&utm_medium=gift-link
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my son couldn't remember a certain term of endearment for my husband and went with "Massachusass"
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 4 RECAP! 😬😬😬
www.theringer.com/2026/02/01/t...
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Occupational Hazards: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap
In “1000 Yoots, 1 Marilyn,” viewers glimpse all the ways that a job can kill ya—if you let it
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/01/tv/industry-season-4-episode-4-recap-1000-yoots-1-marilyn
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found footage of me trying to correct him
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my son keeps calling the lead of the Dunk’n’Egg show “Doug”
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oh nooo, for a couple blissful minutes there I just thought the algo was serving me more BEST IN SHOW clips because I was watching and hearting each one 😭😭😭
about 1 month ago
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obligatory link to my magnum opus
www.theringer.com/2024/09/16/t...
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 month ago
daily Olympics newsletters start NEXT WEEK
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Subscribe | Sports! with Rodger Sherman
Covering the unique and untold stories about sports.
https://sports.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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lauren
about 1 month ago
me, absolutely not misremembering anything: i could be misremembering that
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 3 RECAP!!
www.theringer.com/2026/01/25/t...
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Just Trust Me, Bro: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 3 Recap
The HBO show’s latest episode, “Habseligkeiten,” has the cadence of a ping-pong match, bouncing between Harper, as she builds SternTao, and Yasmin, as she marks her territory at Tender
https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/25/tv/industry-season-4-episode-3-recap-habseligkeiten-hbo
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lex pryor
about 1 month ago
Wrote about a parish in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” called St. John the Baptist. It’s spent the last year caught in the middle of the culture war, but has been breaking and fueling hearts for centuries.
www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/f...
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The Sins on the River Road Cannot Be Erased
How did a tiny industrial hub in Louisiana find itself at the center of America’s culture war? For St. John the Baptist Parish, the history is much deeper—and the costs of one age are stacked on the c...
https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/21/features/st-john-the-baptist-parish-river-road-history-trump-administration
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Better Things Are Possible
about 1 month ago
You used to be able to "inspect element" in this country. You used to be able to download video
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caught up on so much laundry this weekend that it was a basket on deck/in the hole situation
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INDUSTRY EPISODE 2 RECAP
www.theringer.com/2026/01/18/t...
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Haunted Manses and Second Chances: ‘Industry’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap
Henry’s 40th birthday party is an occasion for ghost appearances, period dress, and conversations about the future in the latest episode of HBO’s ‘Industry’
https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/18/tv/industry-season-4-episode-2-recap-hbo-the-commander-and-the-grey-lady
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Ryan Nanni
about 2 months ago
“Jeff Saturday” is such a jolly name. If you told me that’s what Santa is called in New Zealand I would believe it.
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Bradford Pearson
about 2 months ago
Ruth is one of the rare "read everything they write no matter what" reporters. This book is going to be so good.
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recapping INDUSTRY this season! here's episode 1!
www.theringer.com/2026/01/11/t...
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‘Industry’ Is Back in a Big Way—and With a New Story to Tell
Brain bleeds, short sales, sex toys, and board meetings: All the market indicators point to a big return for HBO’s ‘Industry.’ Here’s our recap of Season 4, Episode 1, “PayPal of Bukkake.”
https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/11/tv/industry-season-4-episode-1-recap-hbo-paypal-of-bukkake
about 2 months ago
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kicked off the New Year by watching SISTER ACT on BET (with commercials) and bursting into tears in front of my sons when Sister Mary Lazarus busted out the "Mater amata intemerata"
about 2 months ago
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Jacob Silverman
3 months ago
The Financial Times named GILDED RAGE one of its best tech books of 2025.
www.ft.com/content/af55...
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Best books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology
Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles
https://www.ft.com/content/af555e42-198c-45aa-adb8-3f21b1cb83c0
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no one else liked THE REGIME but more often than not I'm sitting around thinking about it and doing the Alonzo Mourning meme in reverse
about 2 months ago
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after fretting about it for months I just replaced the “stylus” on my “turntable” and it took one (1) minute
about 2 months ago
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Dennis B. Hooper
2 months ago
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RABBIT RABBIT
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Chris Almeida
2 months ago
I wanted to do a story about the SNL band during the show's 50th season but couldn't get it done. So when Colbert's cancellation was announced, I zoomed out a bit for
@newyorker.com
. My fact checker asked how I found all of the world's nicest famous people for this one. Good luck, I guess.
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The End of the Late-Night Band
Talk shows have long brought musicians into our living rooms, giving them steady gigs and creating occasional musical magic. But maybe not for much longer.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-end-of-the-late-night-band
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Zach Schonfeld
2 months ago
Lots of people are referring to Marty Supreme as "Josh Safdie’s solo directorial debut." Not true! His solo debut was the mumblecore-era gem The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008), which began as a piece of sponcon for Kate Spade Handbags. Important Safdies history.
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once again tapping the sign
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Phillip Maciak
2 months ago
Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union could do HEAT, but Pacino and De Niro couldn't do BRING IT ON.
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real comedic 24 hours over here - Christmas visit to urgent care with one kid; the other kid ralphing and delirious all night; every muscle in my own body hurts; woke up to like 2 feet of snow (yay!) and - here’s the comedic part - the power just went out 🥴🫠😬🫨🤗
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Matinee Mode
3 months ago
Happy holidays from a top shelf Disney-Hollywood Pictures Sneak & Stay double feature.
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Knicksmas!
2 months ago
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enjoying the calm before the storm, literally and figuratively. merry merry ya filthy animals!
2 months ago
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being a mom on Xmas vs being a kid
2 months ago
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I respect that Mariah actually goes TOO hard on OHN
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Spotify – Web Player
https://open.spotify.com/track/3B7FO3kJ5kv3mX7yiaB7sT?si=1ad4f6fdaaac45ed
2 months ago
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as part of The Ringer's extremely comprehensive BEST SPORTS MOMENTS OF 2025 I wrote about Brad Marchand, Lord 'o the Rats!
www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/s...
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The Ringer’s 52 Favorite Sports Moments of 2025
From Rory McIlroy’s triumph at the Masters to Miguel Rojas’s heroics in a World Series for the ages, these are the moments that defined our year
https://www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/sports/favorite-best-sports-moments-list-2025-year-in-review
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