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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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Barry Petchesky

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Year In Review

What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

Jack Crosbie

Beijing To Raise Car Emission Standards For 2008 Olympics

Life Lessons

We Have Confirmed That Headlights Are In Fact Too Bright

Amy Schneider is a software engineer, cat owner, and Jeopardy champion who posts about her experiences on Twitter @Jeopardamy. She used to have a podcast, and odds are she will again some day.

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Amy Schneider

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How I Got Smart

Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.

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Fran Hoepfner

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My Brush With Puzzle Brain

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.

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Diana Moskovitz

A woman reclines on the sand at the beach. She has her eyes closed and looks very relaxed.

Woman On The Sand

I Give You Permission To Do Nothing

Felix Kent

1985: A lady racegoer has a nap during Royal Ascot at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire, England. Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport

A lady race goer has a nap

The Disappearing Girl

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 Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

Isleworth, UNITED KINGDOM: (A COMPOSITE IMAGE MADE WITH TWO PICTURES PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE A PANORAMIC VIEW) A gardener uses a blower to clear a path of leaves in the gardens of Syon Park, home of The Duke of Northumberland, in Isleworth some 10 miles south-west of London, 20 November 2006. The gardens are renowned for the extensive collection of rare trees and plants since "Capability" Brown landscaped the park in the mid 18th century. It is registered as a Grade I landscape in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Historic Importance in England. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Heaven Is A Park Bench

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Chris Thompson

Protesters hold up signs opposing vaccine mandates.

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The Personal Choice Not Everybody Gets To Make

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Albert Burneko

HISTORY Presents HISTORYTalks

Fake It Until You Make It (A Worse Planet For Everyone To Live On)

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Kelsey McKinney

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On Being Perceived

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 30: A local surfer is seen in action with Mount Fuji in the background from the beach of Enoshima during the build up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on January 30, 2020 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The venue will hold the sailing events. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

General Views Around Tokyo ahead of 2020 Olympic Games

As You Know, Jeff, Every Time I Stare Into The Abyss It Stares Back At Me

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It’s Me, The Unwanted Advice–Giver

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Ray Ratto

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MAY 31: Fans of the New York Mets cheer as Jacob deGrom #48 bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning of the MLB game at Chase Field on May 31, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

New York Mets v Arizona Diamondbacks

Booing Isn’t Bad, But There’s A Better Way

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Every Casino Game Is Out To Get You. Even The Free One.

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Media Meltdowns

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Samer Kalaf

A Margherita pie is served at the famous Lombardi's Pizza amid the COVID-19 pandemic on July 07, 2020 in New York, New York.

Re-opening Continues Across Densely Populated New York And New Jersey Areas

Consider The Pizza Dilemma

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Laura Wagner

1934: Profile view of French actor Maurice Chevalier drinking a glass of water while seated in a folding chair on the set of director Ernst Lubitsch's film, 'The Merry Widow'. Chevalier wears a military uniform.

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Barry And Laura Recommend: Glass Of Water

Coming back from collect water, a woman, deprived of drinking water in her house, pushes a wheelbarrow containing a large pitcher of water on August 03, 1990 in Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France.

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Kelsey And Diana Recommend: Giant Water Bottle

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A woman rests and tans near a lake in the Bois de Boulogne near Paris, in June 1946, during a heat wave at the beginning of the 1946 summer.

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Can I Point You To The Dew Point?

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Defector Staff

Boxing fans watch a televised fight between Albert Finch of Britain and Baby Day (Lewis Warren) of the USA, in a bar, UK, 7th February 1950. Day won on points.

Televised Boxing Match

How To Watch Sports, According To The Defector Staff

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Worst Places To Get A Sunburn, Ranked

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Attention! It Is Cherry Season!

The crew of NASA's STS-30 mission pose in front of the mid-deck starboard wall-mounted sleep restraints on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle OV 104), 8th May 1989. Clockwise from top right, they are Commander David M Walker, mission specialists Mary L Cleave, Mark C Lee and Norman E Thagard, and pilot Ronald J Grabe. They are wearing red, white and blue mission polo shirts and light blue flight overalls. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)