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For @defector.com, I wrote about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's ground game, and spoke to the young, dedicated staffers behind him. With over $60 million being spent against their campaign, they're hoping to show that "organized people beat organized money." defector.com/abdul-el-say...

Abdul El-Sayed's Campaign Believes The Many Can Defeat The Money | DefectorDETROIT — It’s 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, just one week from election day, and Abdul El-Sayed’s Detroit office is standing room only. The front and back of the room are packed with volunteers eager to he...defector.com

Imane Khelif, Barbra Banda, now the Cunningham circus - it's kind of amazing how many "trans women in sports" controversies don't actually involve a single trans woman

Many of the same culprits of the NWSL's transphobia flare-up in November are gleefully stoking the WNBA's current crisis. There's a lot to learn from Sarah Gorden & Angelina Anderson's responses then, and Brianna Turner & Cheryl Reeve's responses now. Both leagues need to follow suit.

The Anti-Trans Grifters Are Coming For The NWSL | DefectorIn July, the Guardian reported that the NWSL had quietly allowed its policy on the participation of transgender players, established in 2021, to expire. The scrapped policy used the testosterone level...defector.com

Made me think of this great @defector.com piece by @sabs.bsky.social, which really captured the inherent sadness/loneliness in these kinds of scams: "It sucks that this pure and uplifting type of thing has been infested by bots, making writers doubt the messages they receive..."

What I Learned From My Annoyingly Long Correspondence With "Elena Ferrante" | DefectorEarlier this month I received an email that, for a moment, made my heart skip. The email came from someone named Elena Ferrante, at “elenaferrante800@gmail.com,” and I feel no remorse leaking Elena’s ...defector.com

The right got a big win when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld states banning trans girls from women's sports. What's next? Over at @defector.com, I dig into their plan for essentially winding down competitive women's sports and Title IX — think of it as make women's sports girly again. Gift link:

Is The Right's Next Project Make Women's Sports Girly Again? | DefectorWithin a few weeks of the country’s highest court giving states permission to ban trans girls from nearly all school sports, the influential right wing think tank The Heritage Foundation made clear it...defector.com

Really good blog here. defector.com/sophie-cunni...

Sophie Cunningham Is About As Edgy As A Beach Ball | DefectorThere’s a type of public relations exercise that unfolds like a joke. In it, a notable figure who has chosen to sit for a longform profile, declined to answer a sensitive question through her represen...defector.com

when i transitioned, i never thought i'd play baseball again. now we're in our fourth season of trans girl baseball here in new york, and—even though i say this all the time—it really did change my life! i wrote about tgirl baseball and what it means to us for @defector.com (link below!)

A mixed-media Tyrannosaurus rex sculpture sold for $50 million. So let's go back to this piece I wrote back in 2023, and try to consider what it was that was actually bought, and what it means that dinosaurs are increasingly (perpetually?) part of the art world

Fossils Are Shaped by People. Does That Matter?Preparing a fossil is often more of an art than a science. The results have implications for research and copyrights.undark.org

really great work here from @tajjaisen.bsky.social

‘Famous Men’ And Ambitious Women | DefectorIs there a story writers love to tell more than the one about how we became ourselves? Give me all of them: Your künstlerromans, your campus novels, your NYCs, your MFAs. I didn’t go to Iowa, but I’ve...defector.com

I miss the melon Gatorade so much. The way a billionaire misses their leftist child that won’t talk to them

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

this damn @redford.bsky.social is firing off a daily Tour de France tour de force, read them all 🚴 defector.com/tag/2026-tou...