"The way that a person qualifies for a job like this, in a party like this, in a moment like this, has less to do with anything they believe in or want to do than it does with what they are willing to give up." defector.com/mark-teixeir...
"The way that a person qualifies for a job like this, in a party like this, in a moment like this, has less to do with anything they believe in or want to do than it does with what they are willing to give up." defector.com/mark-teixeir...
It was a big weekend to start off the college football season, we covered a lot of it today at @defector.com. First up, the Arch Manning over over-correction. defector.com/its-time-to-...
We're live on Twitch with The Guys of the 21st Century! Come hang out with David Roth and some special guests as they Remember Some Guys, baseball style: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
Naomi Osaka is on to her second act: defector.com/naomi-osaka-...
Alabama football, welcome to mediocrity: defector.com/alabama-foot...
they won't let you put nine Ross Detwilers so i had to throw in some other guys
AirPods have broken the social contract: defector.com/airpods-have...
i <3 shortstops
Calling this one Middle Infielders That I Was Oddly Fixated On For A Time
Let’s appreciate some photos of a dejected Charles Leclerc retreating to the grassy wild: defector.com/lets-appreci...
If you need some Yankees guys to play competent infield in a pinch and slug .320, I remember some guys www.immaculategrid.com/remember
I have elected to remember the most depressing late Al Avila-era Tigers for our Immaculate Grid x Defector collab. seven years of my life I’ll never get back btw www.immaculategrid.com/remember
I love the thing that Immaculate Grid built for this. Messing around and making a grid of Extremely 2000s Brewers Guys was like giving my brain a cool drink of water. We'll be goofing around with it all week in various venues, and streaming later today: defector.com/defector-and...
i have once again been summoned from my cave to write about the bills
Defector and Immaculate Grid present: The Guys of the 21st century defector.com/defector-and...
It's time to overreact to Arch Manning: defector.com/its-time-to-...
The most evil NBA jersey sponsors, ranked: defector.com/the-most-evi...
Let's remember some guys! Immaculate Grid has teamed up with our friends at @defector.com to present "Remember Some Guys from the 21st Century." Visit immaculategrid.com/remember this week to create and share a list of your favorite guys since 2000—there are no wrong answers!
Bill Belichick gets ass handed to him in college football debut: defector.com/bill-belichi...
This will be the season when they get over the hump in January. Definitely. For sure. The Bills suck. defector.com/why-your-tea...
Defector’s strongest sales pitch has always been to simply get people who are considering a subscription to read more of the site. To that end: In honor of our fifth birthday, new subscribers can try three months for just $5. defector.com/products
Catch up with all of Why Your Team Sucks 2025: defector.com/category/why...
A people's history of climbing on cars: defector.com/a-peoples-hi...
A look inside Zohran Mamdani's video team: defector.com/selling-zohran
"Did people really like this, or was it just crammed down their throats by corporate radio? Was this cool? Was this earnest or a shtick? Is this what 2009 looked, sounded, and smelled like?" defector.com/the-tragedy-...
David Roth on Terence Stamp in 'The Limey.' defector.com/seek-and-des...
Mark Teixeira is ready to do whatever it is Congress Guys have to do: defector.com/mark-teixeir...
Get ready for the NFL season with Why Your Team Sucks 2025: defector.com/category/why...
I hurt my back: defector.com/i-hurt-my-back
As Spike Lee's documentary made plain, Hurricane Katrina was the moment when Americans realized that their country was capable of fully abandoning them, even in their time of greatest need. defector.com/hurricane-ka...
"Imagine a piece of wearable technology that, when its wearer reaches a certain level of dehydration, stimulates in them the satisfying sensation of cool clear water running down their throat and filling their stomach." defector.com/butlerian-ji...
Take a shot at the subscriber-only Defector crossword: defector.com/the-crosswor...
For new readers, $5 will get you three months of access to the collaborative effort of more than two dozen sharp writers and editors on staff at Defector. defector.com/products
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Washington Commanders defector.com/why-your-tea...
"The nation's capital is under armed military occupation, against the wishes of its own government and residents. The armed military occupation is an empty, idiotic spectacle. But also the armed military occupation is armed." defector.com/well-he-sent...
This is a game that can isolate you, consume your life, and leave you in a daze, wondering where the hours went and when the last time you talked to another person was. defector.com/embrace-crus...
Would you stop going to a great restaurant if you saw a mouse? defector.com/and-now-for-...
"The most powerful enemies of polarization are reason and solidarity, and one especially persistent enemy of reason and solidarity is tribalism. College football, as it happens, is almost entirely in the tribalism business." defector.com/college-foot...
Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide: defector.com/its-time-to-...
"The Gallagher brothers stepped onto the stage in their hometown of Manchester, knowing all 80,000 of us wanted the same thing." defector.com/the-oasis-re...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Detroit Lions defector.com/why-your-tea...
The CDC, once our nation's most powerful bastion against disease, injury, and disability, appears to be burning to the ground. defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
College football is back (for real)
For this month's edition of The Backlog, I looked at Crusader Kings III, a game that has taken over more than one of my friends' lives. It rocks: defector.com/embrace-crus...
Today Why Your Team Sucks visits the upstart COMMANDERS and their sure to be doomed quarterback. defector.com/why-your-tea...
Five months from now, we'll all wake up to see Ian Rapoport tweeting "Officially official" above an announcement that the name has been changed back. The Commanders suck. defector.com/why-your-tea...
Everyone wins when Manchester United loses: defector.com/everyone-win...
Embrace ‘Crusader Kings III’ and it will take over your life: defector.com/embrace-crus...
Oh, look, it's the troops defector.com/well-he-sent...
Kyle Schwarber had a real shot at home run history: defector.com/kyle-schwarb...
Well, he sent in the troops: defector.com/well-he-sent...
It's time to see what Arch Manning can do: defector.com/its-time-to-...
What's in Jerry Jones's head? defector.com/jerry-jones-...
"A fellow human is not designed to make you feel good about having interacted with them, or to convince you of their utility, or to persuade you to bring your thoughts and problems to them instead of someone else; a fellow human is not designed at all." defector.com/butlerian-ji...
Danish public broadcaster DR broke the news that several associates of Donald Trump had been flagged by the Danish Police Intelligence Service for running a shoddy espionage campaign in Greenland. defector.com/danish-intel...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Baltimore Ravens defector.com/why-your-tea...
Ben Shelton exposes the "you have to be a single-minded freak to play tennis" scam defector.com/tennis-playe...
"More than any other event of the 21st century—including 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis—Katrina is the catastrophe that best illuminates the dark path that has led us to 2025." defector.com/hurricane-ka...
do NOT listen to my colleague @barryp.bsky.social defector.com/i-apologize-...
In honor of our fifth birthday, for the next couple of weeks, new subscribers can try three months for just $5. defector.com/products
I wrote about the immolation of the CDC defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
I apologize for the behavior of Barry "The Popcorn Moron" Petchesky: defector.com/i-apologize-...
Kalyn Kahler guests on this week's Distraction! defector.com/jerry-jones-...
ESPN demotes wrong culprit from lousy NBA Finals commentary team: defector.com/espn-demotes...
Jelena Ostapenko remains a sore loser: defector.com/jelena-ostap...
Today, Why Your Team Sucks visits the LIONS, who fucking blew it. @rayratto.bsky.social has the breakdown. defector.com/why-your-tea...
bumping one more time, here’s a thing i wrote about ChatGPT ushering a kid to his death, and about the world not being something you can simulate
The website that I co-own Defector.com is hosting a RARE sale where you get three months of blogs for just $5! That’s something like 600 blogs for FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS. Pretty good deal imo and you get to support worker-owned media.
RFK Jr. is making his bid to become one of American history's biggest killers: defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
Wow. Incredible. They’re already calling it the most correct take of all-time. defector.com/i-submit-to-...
Tennis player acts normal: defector.com/tennis-playe...
I submit to you that popcorn is a bad movie snack: defector.com/i-submit-to-...
The Lions now disappoint in January rather than November. defector.com/why-your-tea...
I wrote about Noel Gallagher, the chief: defector.com/the-oasis-re...
"Pitcher" is a state of mind: defector.com/pitcher-is-a...
Where are you going, fish? defector.com/where-are-yo...
The Oasis reunion tour has shaken up my Gallagher brother power rankings: defector.com/the-oasis-re...
If the parasitic worm that once devoured a portion of RFK Jr.'s brain were alive today, it might rejoice upon learning that yet another parasitic worm has wriggled into the spotlight and captured the heart of our nation. defector.com/make-america...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Los Angeles Rams defector.com/why-your-tea...
has Florida's insane and toothless chemtrail law solved mosquitos? according to one prominent bozo... defector.com/josina-ander...
FUNBAG: defector.com/and-now-for-...
Butlerian Jihad now: defector.com/butlerian-ji...
this @izdaramola.bsky.social blog on Spike Lee's When The Levees Broke is fantastic defector.com/hurricane-ka...
We'll never know if Travis Kelce would have proposed after winning the Super Bowl, because Kansas City got absolutely stomped by the Philadelphia Eagles. defector.com/travis-kelce...
TNT Sports airs guerilla marketing for worker-owned website that isn't Defector: defector.com/tnt-sports-a...
Butlerian Jihad now. defector.com/butlerian-ji...
NFL once again tweaks rules to make Tom Brady look better at his job: defector.com/nfl-once-aga...
Danish Intelligence Service tells Trump to stop oafish espionage maneuvers: defector.com/danish-intel...
Josina Anderson advises independent noun-inclusion vis-a-vis chemtrails: defector.com/josina-ander...
OH, THE BALL WAS DROPPED! defector.com/why-your-tea...
Can you change something as supposedly fundamental about yourself as your introversion? defector.com/yowei-hosts-...
"If there's anything the last 20 years have taught me, it is that there is nothing cinematic about the dystopia." defector.com/hurricane-ka...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Houston Texans defector.com/why-your-tea...
The tragedy of “stomp clap hey”:
Seek and destroy: defector.com/seek-and-des...
Congrats to the happy couple: defector.com/travis-kelce...
The Aces agenda is back in full swing: defector.com/the-aces-age...
Nothing but Rough Notes, with Maya Goldberg-Safir: defector.com/nothing-but-...
And now for a brief tribute to Lee Corso: defector.com/and-now-for-...