played 1s against a kid in airpods and slides and i had to check up and say the score and i felt time slow down because it was….6 points to 7 points

This is outstanding.

"I find that LLMs produce sentences that are smooth, glib, poreless, smiling, somewhat like a beluga whale. But every busted sentence written by a human is busted in its own way. Each of these sentences is unwittingly an act of resistance against the onrushing techno-homogenization of language."

That @brianphillips.bsky.social guy once called @girinathan.bsky.social "the best tennis writer in America" and his four paragraphs here on the Roland-Garros final prove the point. Reading them made me want to watch the entire 5 hours and 29 minute match all over again! defector.com/our-favorite...

after sustaining great psychic damage, I am honored to present this year’s Shamsy award defector.com/presenting-t...

finally wrote a bit about this freaky day. i didn't touch the highlights for weeks!

perpetuating the cycle

my essay in the latest Cake Zine, about the trope of cut fruit as a love language - seen across diasporic literature and internet memes - is online now a fun one 🍐🍉🥝🥭🍑🍍🍎 cakezine.substack.com/p/i-cut-this...

“happy apple time“ is lovely

my essay in the latest Cake Zine, about the trope of cut fruit as a love language - seen across diasporic literature and internet memes - is online now a fun one 🍐🍉🥝🥭🍑🍍🍎 cakezine.substack.com/p/i-cut-this...

look what CHANGEOVER can do for you ❤️

you got it: defector.com/carlos-alcar...

OG easily my favorite Knick of this decade

thank you Ethan for the shoutout here - and thank you for some other great recs - this von Humboldt biography is calling my name...

donald trump : normal consequences :: alex caruso : common fouls

erika kirk and jd vance sort of look like they're in disguise as each other

when you;re on cspan

Wrote (and talked with @girinathan.bsky.social) about some of my all-time favorite tennis books, if you’re looking for a great read for yourself or someone on your list. www.benrothenberg.com/p/the-gift-o...

Maggie Nelson sputters and stalls in 'The Slicks' defector.com/maggie-nelso...

watching the baby monitor like

you guys gotta hear about the pigeon

this is synonymous with the holiday season to me now. join us!

the feedback on the book that makes me happiest is that it was fun to move through

every alex karp public appearance seems to be an angry dialogue he's acting out in his own head between alex karp palantir ceo and what little is left of his conscience. also they're both on a lot of speed

time to take a stand! defector.com/it-is-a-mora...

there is a CHANGEOVER on here, neat

those who have quit all streaming platforms, curious what your music tech setup is, i aim to reach this enlightened state in 2026

since Ugly Baby is coming back here is my essay from last year about it closing. i'm not ready yet... barely had time to mourn! defector.com/i-loved-how-...

thank you npr for the shoutout

Jasmine Paolini eased into life as a top 10 player, stacking solid wins week after week, claiming some nice trophies, ending as world No. 8, said @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/jasmine-paol...

it’s a shame that the ethnonationalists pinned their hopes on a guy who drops every political “commitment” at the sight of nice handsome fellas who look good on tv (even brown socialist ones)

baffling how much easier tennis gets when watching the ball. clearly my brain has decided to nerf me by 99% of the time zoning out vaguely at the bottom of the net instead

blogged my first bylined blog for defector dot com

I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good. Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.

cleaning out a highchair multiple times a day feels deranged… crevices and surfaces… interested in feeding my offspring in a vat/trough style technology

no better time to read CHANGEOVER than right now after that banger

absolutely legendary how much offense you can squeeze out of "teammate who cannot shoot vaguely interacts with steph curry"

not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name

i imagine the Thibs Knicks as an uncontacted tribe and Mike Brown the one missionary who didn't get speared to death and survived to gift them the technology of Passing The Basketball

wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals

Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum. Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia

Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...

I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...

[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out

someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid

it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣

Nobody told Vicky Mboko and Alex Eala they should be phoning it in. via @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/an-october-s...

more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves

msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?