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CHANGEOVER, my book about Alcaraz & Sinner, is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248 giri[at]defector[dot]com

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An Interview With A Tenant Who Doesn't Have Heat In Giannis Antetokounmpo's Building | Defector A tenant in a Brooklyn building owned by Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has not had heat in his apartment since Feb. 23, when a blizzard dropped over 19 inches of snow on New York City. Be...

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...

05.03.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 23

whoops, vice versa actually. the result of the point is announced by the umpire as it starts. interesting narrative wrinkle

05.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if i turn on a tennis channel stream, any stream, within a few minutes the audio is lagging ~an entire point behind the video, which, it turns out, is pretty challenging

05.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

they should allow lu dort and kat to whack each other in the face for 48 minutes in a separate room from the basketball game

05.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

absolutely

04.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
photo of a page of a book: β€œWhen I meet up with the group, there are five other journalists and a publicist. I recognize a duo from The Athletic, one from Defector, and the last two are joking around with each other and the publicist in a way that implies they're Vegas locals.”

photo of a page of a book: β€œWhen I meet up with the group, there are five other journalists and a publicist. I recognize a duo from The Athletic, one from Defector, and the last two are joking around with each other and the publicist in a way that implies they're Vegas locals.”

it was also the funniest surprise to see our site turn up in a novel?? the β€œone from Defector” sounds extremely beautiful and smart, as well as kind…

02.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Can You Not Be Romantic About Women's Basketball?Β  | Defector Most β€œwomen’s sports novels” are really novels about girls. In them, girlhood is something mourned before it’s over. Like the games themselves, the books are set to ticking clocks. When the high schoo...

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-...

02.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

defector.com/victor-wemba...

27.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they said I didn’t have the Cholesterol to be out here…. And they were correct, I will be starting a course of statins presently

26.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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peak beer label design

26.02.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

havent thought about them in too long

23.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

she sneezed and a two inch noodle shot out the nostril like a person exiting a waterslide

23.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

great day to blast 'diamond jubilee,' brew a big pot of lapsang, and periodically suplex an infant

23.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Always exciting to see @girinathan.bsky.social’s book out in the wild. Shout out to @peoplesbooktakoma.com for having great taste

22.02.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meddy and Stef: A Recipe For Weirdness - The Second Serve Once appointment viewing Tsitsipas vs Medvedev is now a recipe for weirdness.

Man, you better shut your fu*k up, ok? via @girinathan.bsky.social

www.thesecondserve.com/tbd-meddy-an...

20.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lmao

20.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i'm being told i've already exhausted our 2026 quota of ledes mentioning Dave McKenna

20.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

couldve just dmd this to you in retrospect

20.02.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

family life has both complicated and relieved me of my fandoms. its crazy how much more i like my daughter than Karl-anthony

20.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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got it!

18.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes… and fats! yummy yummy fats

14.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

we are way too far into the mainstreaming of vegan food for restaurants to still be salting food to ocean brine levels. you have other tools!

14.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was very very close to namedropping her here, definitely the last time I had this feeling

13.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

does this resonate with anyone else’s Victoria Mboko Experience

13.02.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I Traveled 800 Miles To Eat Breakfast, Lunch, And Pizza At Criss Angel’s Breakfast, Lunch, And Pizza | Defector When I was a very depressed British teenager, I had an unhealthy fascination with America. I found a way to love its contradictions, to explain away the obvious sins not by excusing them directly but ...

by the end of this weekend my phone had learned "cablp" without autocorrecting it. please enjoy my trip report: defector.com/criss-angel-...

11.02.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 683 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 14

yeah, it was strange for the piece to not hit a traditional "new yorker eurostep" and give the historical context, acting instead as if this is the first moment people have given this subject serious thought

11.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, have to go broader

11.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

completely agree, it was too narrowly circumscribed on the company and their circle. i would've preferred a version that abandoned the "i visited a place" mag structure and just surveyed the landscape of thinkers on the topic (and i think he would do a good job at that)

11.02.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

this is pretty much where i stand

11.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i didn't find it all that handwavey tbh, and in general i enjoyed it more than writing that treats "learning" and "thinking" and "minds" as if they were crystal-clear concepts we fully understand in ourselves

11.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0