I can't believe I found the dress that inspired the Coldplay song "Yellow"

Defector Publishes What Corporate Media Won't defector.com/products

This story was broken by The Cornell Sun, which @nytimes.com nowhere cites. As a former editor-in-chief of The Sun — and in the name of brave, amazing college newspapers everywhere — do not treat student journalists as truffle pigs, taking what they've sniffed out without credit or compensation.

Wrote a little thing in my newsletter this morning about the way people talk about AI and writing, and the devaluation of labour www.anxietyshark.ca/solve-for-wo...

Many readers have asked how they can help support Dan McQuade’s surviving wife and son after his death last week. Here’s a place for they can do so, as can you. everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

My latest on the impact to a small town when an automaker shuts down a factory. Ingersoll, Canada, population 13,000, relies heavily on the General Motors plant in town, and stands to lose much more if it never reopens. www.freep.com/story/money/...

Autonomous driving has glistened beyond the horizon for more than a decade, yet we're still not quite there: www.freep.com/story/money/...

more like degenerative AI !

Might be one of my longest pieces to date, but I'm pretty proud of it. Read it here: www.freep.com/story/money/...

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary took Tesla's infamous Cybertruck for a spin around San Francisco — and called it “a loud, lonely car for loud, lonely people.”

Searching for catharsis at Planet Hollywood: defector.com/seeking-clos...

RSVP to Defector's 5th birthday party in Brooklyn: www.eventbrite.com/e/defectors-...

I feel like @laurentheisen.bsky.social should write a romance novel I think she has what is needed for the task

Proof I know the coolest girl in the big city

I was looking at the linesman for icing but it wasn’t called, and then I was scored upon. Unfair. Bad game to play as a novice if it so happens your girlfriend grew up with this game in her basement. 27/100.

Read what my girlfriend wrote

baseball time

what if you took one of the most miserable hobbies and made it sound significantly worse with each additional clause

GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY!!!!

on Brian Wilson and having some indescribable restless feeling deep inside you defector.com/brian-wilson...

Happy pub day to @vivianblaxell.bsky.social and @aaantons.bsky.social! WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books. Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL 👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK 👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant

if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you. email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88

Extremely excited that Defector has a bit from Vivian Blaxell's WORTHY OF THE EVENT today. It's the kind of book I'm looking forward to rereading, because nobody's brain is really working quite like hers is. defector.com/get-the-fuck...

GM to build new presidential limousine The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.” www.freep.com/story/money/...

I’m recapping some SNL for @vulture.com! Starting with this solid Lady Gaga-hosted episode, which is pretty endearing even when it isn’t laugh-out-loud funny. www.vulture.com/article/satu...

This week, I wrote about Candy Darling, floating paintings, "exotic" trans women, and more thoughts from the Warhol museum. defector.com/lost-at-the-...

there was one part of the Warhol museum that I hated, and a few things I really liked defector.com/lost-at-the-...

Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out! www.freep.com/story/money/...

part of my book in oprah daily!!!! www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen...

Hire Alanis for all the things! One of the best editors I’ve ever worked with.

sincerely: transitioning was the greatest decision I've ever made, and if you want to do it, you should. tell some people you trust. find a doctor. be the person that makes you happiest. it's hard but I've never regretted it. I am who I was always meant to be.

The Detroit Free Press is hiring a car culture reporter! Apply here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannet...

THE FINISHED COPIES ARE HERE

I absolutely love chatting with Angelina about writing, wonder, disgust, channeling the voice of a frog and why it's okay to publish essays when you're 20 😌

I write and edit blogs about sports and other interests on the website Defector. All of my stories are here: defector.com/author/laure... I have a book about It's A Wonderful Life due out in 2026. This is an evergreen post so I will also add: Congrats to the 2025 Super Bowl champion Detroit Lions.

Hi 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m Kelly. Here’s an intro about me for newcomers to this app: I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist/modeler at Institut Pasteur in Paris 🇫🇷 where I mainly work on COVID-19 🦠