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senior writer at The Ringer. Country Baby is not for sale!!!!!
this time next week the trial of Musk et al v. Altman et al will be underway - here's a primer on who's who and what's what, from the big Hollywood IP attorney to the longtime "Excession, LLC" consigliere to a LOT of moving fast and breaking promises in between!
www.theringer.com/2026/04/20/t...
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A Deep Dive Into the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman Trial, Our Next Techstravaganza
The two tech giants are scheduled to square off next week in a court battle over the past, present, and future of OpenAI. Here’s what to expect—and how this whole mess started in the first place.
https://www.theringer.com/2026/04/20/tech/sam-altman-elon-musk-trial-openai-primer
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Colson Whitehead
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I had to make some changes to my AI piece before the Times would print it (“we’re a family paper”). A German newspaper wants to rerun it, so I’d like to translate it back before they translate it into German:
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#noruthkanda
my kids were tossing toys into a bin this wknd and istg they were like - “Kobe!” “Michaeljordan!” “… … Tom Steyer?!” (falling over with shared laughter) all the ad spend is paying off (?) with the non voter set
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Ryan Nanni
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If you win the Masters back to back you should get green pants
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Zach Kram
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A strange thing is happening in the NBA this year: Almost all the fast-paced teams are bad, and almost all the slow-paced teams are good. Why? And what does it mean? I talked to a bunch of folks around the league to find out:
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NBA teams all want to play faster -- is it making them worse?
ESPN analyst Zach Kram explores how pace has become a counterintuitive phenomenon impacting the league's best and worst teams.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48414857/nba-fast-pace-slow-pace-offensive-efficiency-playoff-implications
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trusted the Nutter Butter brand enough to buy this product and I've rarely hated a foodstuff more... just cannot believe how irritated they've made me on multiple levels
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David Blanchflower BSc
about 1 month ago
Tonight the Waxing Crescent Moon appears fairly close to the Pleiades (M45). 🔭 🧪
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Max Read
about 1 month ago
when the article mentions "hoagie, burger and pizza shops frequented by Princeton University students" cc
@katiebakes.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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(extremely ‘what time is the super bowl’ google search) what time is the brackets due
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Parker Molloy
about 1 month ago
Threads is pretty bleh, but on the positive side, every once in a while Spike Lee will show up in an artist's mentions and offer to buy their work, which is pretty cool
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works I think about a lot (and increasingly so): YEARS AND YEARS; THE POSTMORTAL; THE REGIME; HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK
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it’s my husband’s birthday today and our 8 year old made a card addressing him as “unck” [sic]
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about 1 month ago
the way Dave Matthews warmed my old person heart last night 🥹😁
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"Don't Drink The Water" - Dave Matthews (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
https://youtu.be/LsXMjil99CM?si=7JgB3MnQbGlZOX-O
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“Do you personally understand the grid?” he asked her during a joint interview with The New York Times. “Because I’m like, what are you talking about?”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/s...
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Felt Cute, Until They Gave Their Husbands the Phone
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/style/bad-husband-boyfriend-photos-camera-roll.html
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Nate Rogers
about 1 month ago
The gut instinct is to be like, ah that's just clickbait for kids, but that's really not what's going on here. Hate it all you want—this YouTube Face thing works on a deeper level somehow. This is the abyss staring back
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Josh Gondelman
about 2 months 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
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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
2 months 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
2 months 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
3 months ago
say it with me: I love starting every day the angriest I’ve ever been
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Elizabeth Lopatto
3 months 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 😭😭😭
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obligatory link to my magnum opus
www.theringer.com/2024/09/16/t...
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Rodger Sherman
3 months ago
daily Olympics newsletters start NEXT WEEK
sports.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 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
3 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
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