Kelsey McKinney
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NORMAL GOSSIP dowager queen, Defector Media, books and shit
no one allow alec bohm to cut his hair until november. he is samson.
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The Not-At-All-Secret Life Of Taylor Frankie Paul | Defector
Taylor Frankie Paul was supposed to save The Bachelorette. The show’s viewership has been in a steady decline for almost a decade, dropping from about 10 million viewers in 2010 to just under 3 millio...
https://defector.com/the-not-at-all-secret-life-of-taylor-frankie-paul
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JOIN US FOR THE BIGGEST COMPETITION IN SPORTS* *a bracket to determine which victorian novel is best
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We Have A New Culture Newsletter | Defector
This week we are launching The Span, Defector’s first and only culture newsletter. Every other week, we will collect the best non-sports writing from Defector so that you won’t miss anything, and also...
https://defector.com/we-have-a-new-culture-newsletter
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"She framed her silence at the time not as an absence of pain, but as a kind of strategic necessity, particularly as a woman fighting for respect in the male-dominated world of 1960s union organizing."
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Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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Adam Serwer
13 days ago
Well this is horrible.
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Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html?nl=breaking-news&segment_id=216850
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AnnaClimbsMtns
13 days ago
They canceled his citizenship interview and he drove in the winning run to beat the US. Eugenio Suarez is a gem.
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Azure
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IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, MY FRIENDS.
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13 days ago
Bryce Harper disconsolately drinking a room-temp pint of raw milk in the clubhouse right now.
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what a normal way for a pair of shoes to fit a grown man!! nothing to see here!
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proud of him like he is my son
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The Greatest Traitor Of All Time | Defector
On Thursday night, in the season finale of The Traitors, two former Love Island contestants locked eyes across the round table. In the face of Maura Higgins you could see a dangerous hope growing—as i...
https://defector.com/the-greatest-traitor-of-all-time
about 1 month ago
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Luis Paez-Pumar
about 1 month ago
Blurbs by: Yours truly Kelsey
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
Alex
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Sabrina
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Rachelle
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Normal Gossip producer Jae Towle Vieira
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Patrick Dubuque
about 1 month ago
Hey, the good folks at Defector were kind enough to republish my weirdo love letter to spring baseball, and spring narratives. If you don't have a subscription to BP but do have one to Defector, you can read it here:
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this is so fuckin cool
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about 1 month ago
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victoria zeller⚔️ (buy ONE OF THE BOYS)
about 1 month ago
lesbians > desbiens imo
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really proud of all our weird and fun Olympics coverage at
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this week and last! You can subscribe here and support cooperatively-owned, small media!!
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about 1 month ago
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I LOVE U NAZGUL
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Beautiful Wolfdog Now An Olympian | Defector
By the end of a cross-country skiing team sprint competition, the athletes are on the brink of collapse. The best teams complete their six-mile sprint in about twenty minutes. Their legs burn, and the...
https://defector.com/beautiful-wolf-dog-now-an-olympian
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"An injury reminds us that their god-like efforts have stakes in the earthly world we share. But watching Vonn’s crash, I am reminded of the self-sacrifice of the saints, and I suddenly consider a different understanding of elite athletes."
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The Suffering Of Lindsey Vonn | Defector
I woke to a flurry of notifications on my phone. Overnight in Cortino, Lindsey Vonn violently crashed in her Olympic downhill race and was airlifted from the mountain. My group chat, made up of colleg...
https://defector.com/the-suffering-of-lindsey-vonn
about 1 month ago
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we're so back
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about 1 month ago
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I'm Jorts
about 1 month ago
so long suckers *i sprint onto my luge sled and when i arrive at the bottom of the track i'm completely dead*
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Defector
about 1 month ago
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained:
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The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
https://defector.com/the-big-canada-sweden-curling-beef-explained
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wu tang clan of xymox
about 2 months ago
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
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let me hear the music the snowboarders have in their headphones!!!!!
about 2 months ago
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Defector
about 2 months ago
The Phillies can never make me hate Nick Castellanos:
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The Phillies Can Never Make Me Hate Nick Castellanos | Defector
On Thursday, the Philadelphia Phillies released outfielder Nick Castellanos after months of threatening to do so. All off-season, I have read reports that the Phillies wanted to get rid of…
https://defector.com/the-phillies-can-never-make-me-hate-nick-castellanos
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they can never make me hate nick castellanos
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The Phillies Can Never Make Me Hate Nick Castellanos | Defector
On Thursday, the Philadelphia Phillies released outfielder Nick Castellanos after months of threatening to do so. All off-season, I have read reports that the Phillies wanted to get rid of Castellanos...
https://defector.com/the-phillies-can-never-make-me-hate-nick-castellanos
about 2 months ago
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one dozen rats at a keyboard
about 2 months ago
well at least this was dragged out for as long as possible to make everything worse for everyone.
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Jason Cohen
about 2 months ago
We'll always have this
@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
blog. And the home runs.
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Is The Phillies' Good Luck Charm A Dedication To Himbo Culture And Showing Clavicle? [Update] | Defector
Now, as a fan, you may be wondering why Major League Baseball would want to rob us of bare-chested boys of summer.
https://defector.com/is-the-phillies-good-luck-charm-a-dedication-to-himbo-culture-and-showing-clavicle
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i will miss my slutty king
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about 2 months ago
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Matt Gelb
about 2 months ago
The Phillies are releasing Nick Castellanos.
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can this man call me? I have 100 questions
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Norwegian Biathlete, At Summit Of His Life’s Work: I Cheated On My Girlfriend | Defector
The biathlon encourages athletes to balance two things at once. A competitor must be able to ski a great distance at an immense speed, and then, as if turning off a light switch, lower their heart rat...
https://defector.com/biathlon-olympics-cheated-girlfriend-cry
about 2 months ago
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Defector
about 2 months ago
Artificially large skier penises should stay legal:
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Artificially Large Skier Penises Should Stay Legal | Defector
To ski jump is to momentarily become a god. The track is narrow and slick, and the athletes plummet down the sloped hill at almost 60 mph. They leave the track and take up, up, up into the sky, where…
https://defector.com/penis-scandal-ski-jumping-olympics
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LET THEM USE DICK FILLER
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Artificially Large Skier Penises Should Stay Legal | Defector
To ski jump is to momentarily become a god. The track is narrow and slick, and the athletes plummet down the sloped hill at almost 60 mph. They leave the track and take up, up, up into the sky, where ...
https://defector.com/penis-scandal-ski-jumping-olympics
about 2 months ago
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David_j_roth
about 2 months ago
Jason Myers hoisting the MVP and running this iconic quote back but with the exact opposite tone.
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giri nathan
about 2 months ago
I have always found this construction incredibly corny but yes, we, as a human race, ”do not deserve” Benito. tasteless piggies hurtling toward a world of pure slop, how is the ~biggest pop star alive still a talented, idiosyncratic, humane, stylish person
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get rid of your fucking ring doorbell grow up!!!!
about 2 months ago
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
about 2 months ago
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the TaĂnos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)
about 2 months ago
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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i will die for benito
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Nanni
about 2 months ago
DID YOU KNOW: Last year, one team also entered halftime at the Super Bowl with zero points. (The other team was the Philadelphia Eagles.)
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at least the onion dip i made is good
about 2 months ago
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 2 months ago
Every time they do that cruddy de-aging, it reminds me of this
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Albert Burneko
about 2 months ago
at the end of the six months, only one of you will have written a book
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Drew Magary
about 2 months ago
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.
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Visit Dan McQuade's Memorial Website
Take part in remembering Dan McQuade. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.
https://everloved.com/life-of/dan-mcquade/
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" It matters if the bitch is fit because that’s the name of the game."
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The Secrets Of Human And Canine Fashion At The Westminster Dog Show | Defector
NEW YORK — “I don’t think that bitch looks fit,” a woman next to me murmurs. She’s carrying a Louis Vuitton bag, wearing Hermes riding boots, and speaking, of course, about one of the three female Can...
https://defector.com/the-secrets-of-human-canine-fashion-at-the-westminster-dog-show
about 2 months ago
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mattie lubchansky
about 2 months ago
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Brandy Jensen
about 2 months ago
The Post killing its Books section (one of the best around) is so fucking bleak
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David_j_roth
about 2 months ago
Pivoting my national newspaper to fash opinion sludge and some AI-related handwaving, on account of economic headwinds and also because neither I nor anyone in my cohort of elites knows how to read.
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Karen K. Ho
about 2 months ago
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
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Hamilton Nolan
about 2 months ago
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Public Funding of Journalism Is the Only Way
There is no other magic solution. I promise.
https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/public-funding-of-journalism-is-the
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hating jeff bezos never goes out of style
about 2 months ago
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Mychal Denzel Smith
about 2 months ago
many thanks to
@brandyjensen.bsky.social
and
@defector.com
for letting write about two passions: my love of 'The Traitors' and my hatred of Michael Rapaport
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