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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Barry Petchesky

Greenfinches and Goldfinches on and around a bird feeder.

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You’re A Birder, James Hetfield

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Kelsey McKinney

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Life Lessons

Berry Thief, My Enemy; Berry Thief, My Friend

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

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Animals

I Have Become A Crazy Dog Person

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Albert Burneko

Bees

A Huge Frickin’ Swarm Of Honeybees Came To My House!

Honeybee drinking nectar from a flower in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2022. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

Honeybee Drinking Nectar From A Flower

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The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is The First Honeybee Ever To Pull A String

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Ray Ratto

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: The shadow of a cemetery worker is cast on reclaimed gravestones in London City Cemetery on March 2, 2009 in London, England. The cemetery is piloting a scheme whereby graves over 75 years old become eligible for reclamation. New interments will be placed into the existing graves, the headstones will be turned around and re-used, carving the names of the newly deceased. Once a grave has been earmarked by English heritage the cemetery must wait one year to see if family members claim the existing grave. By conserving as many memorials as possible the City of London hopes to maintain the historic cemetery landscape and sustain buriel provisions for the future. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

City Of London Cemetery Pilots New Scheme To Reclaim Old Graves For Re-Use

Elder Wisdom

Defunct Is Still Undefeated


<p>Investigations Editor. You can reach her at diana@defector.com or, if you prefer protonmail, dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. If security is a concern, download the Signal app and send her a text at 929-251-8187.</p>


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Diana Moskovitz

A photo of Lilly the cat. She's smokey with black and white coloring, a little white bib, and green eyes. She's sitting atop a blanket atop our couch looking quite regal.

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For Lilly, Always There

Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) collects pollen from a flowering goldenrod plant in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 03, 2023.

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Damn Us Both To Hell, The Carpenter Bees Are Back


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Sabrina Imbler

A saltwater fish called a cero looking concerned

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This Parasite Has Become A Full-Time Booger

Two adult male humpback whales. one whale has its penis inserted into the genital opening of the whale below it An injury is visible on the mandible of the whale underneath.

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Fleeting Joy, Unexpected Despair, And Eventual Peace; Or, The Time I Learned About Two Gay Humpback Whales

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Flaco Never Escaped

Flaco, a brown and black Eurasian eagle owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo, roosts in a tree in New York's Central Park with a squirrel nearby.

Flaco, an escaped Eagle owl, remains in Central Park

Flaco Gave Us A Willingness To See The World

A round stingray (Urolophus halleri) I photographed in shallow water at Bolsa Chica wetlands (Southern California). The clouds of sand around the eyes and and body were formed as the stingray flapped and positioned deeper in the sand, expelling water. You can see the spiracles behind the eyes.

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Charlotte The Ray Did NOT Have Sex With A Shark, So Stop Asking!

opossum, Red-Tailed Hawk, Raccoon (Photo by Dick Loek/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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This Is So Stupid

Critter Or Varmint?

a stuffed specimen of a swamp antechinus, which is a small brown marsupial, against a green background

The Sex Fest Keeps Getting Worse and Worse

A mudskipper jumping to impress another mudskipper

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The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is A Horny Fish Jumping Competition

Collared Peccary or Javelina is widespread through the Southwestern United States and Central and South America. It is not a member of the pig family, despite its looks.

Collared Peccary or Javelina is widespread through the Southwestern United States and Central and South America.  It is not a member of the pig family, despite its looks.

I Ate All Your Precious Golf Worms And I’d Do It Again

Brandi Brown

A child and llama competing in the Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest at the Minnesota State Fair.

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Life's Rich Pageant

What I Saw At The Minnesota State Fair’s Llama-Alpaca Experience


<p>Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.</p>


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Dan McQuade

Devin the Dugong superimposed over the SMU mascot laying in a pool of confetti

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Devin The Defector Dugong Is A Roaring Success In Earned Media

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Brigid Christison

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The Dead And The Beautiful

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Tom Ley

A super cute dog from the pet sematary:bloodlines trailer

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Apologies To The Makers Of The ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel, But I Would Call This Dog “My Little Sweetie Baby” And Rub Its Belly

A drawn still from Diana's Piano. It looks hand drawn, maybe even even pencil marks. A red-headed girl with a white cat next to her plays a grand piano in a pink-ish void.

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“Diana’s Piano” And All The Cats I’ve Loved And Lost

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Samer Kalaf

A t-shirt with a three-by-three grid. Each box has two cows standing in front of the state of New Hampshire. The bottom of the shirt says "... enough said!"

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What Does This Cow Shirt Mean?

Dominant male orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) with large cheek flaps pointing his finger at his face, Borneo, Indonesia.

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These Orangutans May Not Be Beatboxing But They’re Definitely Doing Something

Yankee fans react SHOCKED to a squirrel on the outfield wall. Four guys, three really shocked the other kind of just looking at his phone.

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Squirrel Terrifies Yankees Fans