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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 Artist’s Way’ Week 4: We Are Deprived

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Israel Daramola

Winter Scenes In Tokyo After Government Approved Economic Package

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We Need To Get Off The Internet

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Under The Influence

TikTok Users Learn The Internet Isn’t Forever

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

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Heather Chen is a former Defector intern and the managing editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator. She loves hockey, photography, and the good ol’ state of Michigan.

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Kristin Merrilees is a writer based in New York covering technology and the internet.

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Life's Rich Pageant

We Went To The Timothée Chalamet Lookalike Contest And Didn’t See Timothée Chalamet

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I Took A TikTok Class. What Happened Next Blew My Mind

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Please Let Me See Your Twitter Likes

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Palestinians in Gaza carry bodies through the street

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Bearing Witness To Gaza’s Grief Shouldn’t Feel Like A Radical Act

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Media Meltdowns

Flyers Staffers Forget To Mute Themselves Talking Shit About Reporter’s Question

Alex Pareene is a contributing editor at The New Republic and the co-host, with Laura Marsh, of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/018-amanda-litman-run-for-something-why-you-cant-see/id1341525125?i=1000444277937" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Politics of Everything</a>.

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The Last Page Of The Internet

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Who Could Have Possibly Predicted The Bull Testicle Guy Was Juicing?

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