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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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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Kathryn Xu

A little girl completes a jigsaw puzzle delivered to her by Santa Claus, 24th December 1938.

Christmas Puzzle

Life Lessons

It’s Puzzling Time

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Barry Petchesky

A wide-angle view of the total eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, with the red Moon at right amid the stars of the northern winter sky and Milky Way, plus with bright red Mars at top. Above and left of the Moon is the blue Pleiades star cluster, while below it and to the left is the larger Hyades cluster with reddish Aldebaran in Taurus. The stars of Orion are left of centre, including reddish Betelgeuse, while at far left are the two Dog Stars: Procyon, at top, in Canis Minor, and Sirius, at bottom, in Canis Major. So this is a gathering of many red stars, planets and the rare red Moon. I shot the frames for this scene beginning at 3:50 am MST, 10 minutes before mid-totality during this 1h25m-long total eclipse. . (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Red Moon in the Winter Sky (Nov. 8, 2022)

Look Up!

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Patrick Redford

An Iranian rock climber scaling a climbing wall in Tehran.

Iran-Youths, First Stage Of The Boulder Cup Rock Climbing League

How Do You Win When You Compete With Yourself?

Normal Gossip: portraits

Alex Sujong Laughlin

A man and woman sit on a beach under a striped umbrella drinking Coke out of glass bottles.

1950s COUPLE MAN WOMAN…

I Was Wrong About Diet Coke

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Ray Ratto

A collection of straw hats and fedoras for sale at a market

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Year In Review

Beware The Vacation Fedora


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Sabrina Imbler

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My Fancy Little Mocktail Was Missing More Than Booze

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How To Buy A Sweater That Doesn’t Suck

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Animals

I Have Created A Turkey Fiend

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Justin Ellis

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Macaroni and cheese dish photographed in the LA Times studio.

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When Does A Recipe Become Your Own?

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Consider The Fruit Tea Dilemma

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Tom Ley

1940s YOUNG BOY STUDYING IN ROOM WITH ARMY NAVY PENNANTS ON WALL

1940s YOUNG BOY STUDYING…

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How To Be Sure You Are Reading Some Dumb Bullshit

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Risk Week

Everything I Expect From Atlantic City, Based On The ‘Rugrats’ Vacation Episode

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Las Vegas, Craps Gambling Table In 1963

If You Must Gamble, Gamble In Person, Like An Adult

<p>Emily Bice is a Brooklyn-based writer. Her work centers on explorations of how we navigate love and life in the 21st century. These investigations have taken her to a fishmonger, inspired meditations on dating, and even led to rollerblading a marathon. You can find more on her Substack, <a href="https://129waysto.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://129waysto.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728739707762000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1SlDWyDATtJJ90_yxFN0B1">129 Ways to Get a Life</a>.</p>
