I went to Erewhon, had the best smoothie of my life, and realized that it's a Baudrillardian interactive museum in the form of a grocery store: defector.com/erewhon-is-n...

I went to a generative AI summit where Hollywood/tech insiders compared gen-AI to the film camera, the printing press and…the harnessing of flame by man. But don’t worry: they’re NOT being “hyperbolic.” Some thoughts for @wired.com

Kim Mulkey just like me fr (having a bad time in Sacramento)

Now that OpenAI has terminated Sora, how will I have this blog read to me by an uncanny buxom Mike Wazowski? defector.com/now-that-ope...

don quixote is the first known story about a guy getting cooked by content overexposure

Tadej Pogacar takes one beautiful step closer to completing cycling: defector.com/tadej-pogaca...

today i saw a whale at baker beach and tried to capture it on video only for it to go somewhere else, so i have newfound empathy for captain ahab

If you don’t stand behind Team USA, feel free to laugh in front of them: defector.com/good-riddanc...

shoutout to the getty photographer who prepared for a WNBA lockout with this stock photoshoot. the only downside of labor peace is that we have no use for these beautiful images

devastated that someone beat me to coming up with the Woke Ginger, that could have been an amazing pivot for me

it's time to share my truth: for years I thought that "Hallelujah" was an original song written for the Shrek soundtrack

Very special episode of Colossal Ponderings starting in 10 minutes

we were lucky enough to have Will Anderson of Hotline TNT on Nothing But Respect this week! tap in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Her prose has a perma-smirk that would be better utilized as the third most popular writer at a Big Ten SB Nation blog in 2014.

Paul Seixas was the best of the mortals today at Strade Bianche. I wrote earlier this week about the cycling prodigy and the career-defining challenge he faces (being a French guy): defector.com/cycling-prod...

touching grass is not enough i need to Confront Grass

interviewed someone about what it's like to live in a building owned by a two-time MVP and also not have heat in the aftermath of a blizzard defector.com/an-interview...

És boníssima, i en dos idiomes tan diferents con el japonès i l'alemany. Com juga sempre en els límits, entre allò que ens és familiar i allò que no, com busca què és la identitat en la frontera! Una autora interessantíssima, la veritat ❤️

One of my points of pride in my life is that I've met Tawada Yoko multiple times and have a few books signed by her, including a Japanese copy of The Bridegroom Was A Dog where her vertical signature bends because the taxi we were in swerved as she was writing it

Yoko Tawada—exophone, master of the "poetic ravine," genius—is my favorite living author. Maybe she will be yours too: defector.com/yoko-tawada-...

one of my guys i follow currently riding his bike around the world broke a spoke and derailleur, lost his shoes, & had to walk 27 miles in sandals to the Vietnamese border in one day before his Chinese visa expired, but he got 17 miles in & found parts on an abandoned bike and he made it, beautiful

Yoko Tawada—exophone, master of the "poetic ravine," genius—is my favorite living author. Maybe she will be yours too: defector.com/yoko-tawada-...

a new WNBA romance novel got me thinking about how romance fandom and WNBA fandom can both feel like expressions of optimism: defector.com/how-can-you-...

NEW: Kalshi announces details into two insider trading investigations. WIRED confirms that one suspended account belongs to California congressional candidate Kyle Langford: www.wired.com/story/kalshi...

Jeffrey Epstein and his network of rich freaks were obsessed with the chiropractor: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Incredibly heartening that the figure-skating gold medalist almost certainly knows how to do the Thizzle Dance

Eileen Gu will never be the traitor JD Vance wants her to be: defector.com/eileen-gu-wi...

The thing I’m looking forward to the most after all the all-star break? That’s right: the product.

Top right corner. Can't help but wonder if The Simpsons paid subtle tribute to Dan McQuade in tonight's set-in-Philadelphia 800th episode.

kathryn does a good job articulating the ambivalence i feel toward power athletes in "artistic" disciplines. one additional problem no one is talking about is that he looks too much like jack suwinski

Julia Simon, the French biathlete who admitted to stealing her teammate’s credit card and going on a shopping spree, won individual gold yesterday, thus typifying the balance necessary to be a great biathlete: defector.com/the-saga-of-...

If you’re in New York and have a free evening on Saturday, come and hear some cool readings and help fundraise for Haitian refugees and Palestinians

For the 11th time, here it is: What Time Does 'What Time Does The Super Bowl Start?' Start? defector.com/what-time-do...

this week, lauren and maitreyi have been recirculating old dan bits from our daily newsletter. they are great; you can read them here: defector.beehiiv.com/p/the-cipher...

What we loved about Dan McQuade:

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here: everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

Before the Flyers game, NBCSP aired this tribute to @dhm.bsky.social

Unfortunately they did not capture Dan's tribute on the broadcast but the in arena feed did get the audio

Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

Also remember this and have a laugh. I think it was Dan’s favorite thing that ever happened.

The tweet of this lousy era we can't get out of x.com/dhm/status/8...

Dan was a friend and a legend, and it’s been extremely touching to read everyone’s remembrances of him; Dan forever. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

idea i had

I wrote about prediction markets, where we’re at and how we got here for Defector

Really proud of the work we did on this podcast that has been so many years in the making!!!!

The season finale of Only If You Get Caught is out today. Thank you to everyone for listening and sharing with all your most influential friends! defector.com/the-class-wa...

I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training. defector.com/i-have-a-gre...

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