Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...

I will miss Dan so dearly. What a guy, what a coworker, what a legend. Dan McQuade Forever. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

When republican legislators in Utah ordered a comprehensive review of gender-affirming care for trans kids, they got back a 1000-word tome that concluded: yes, gender-affirming care is good and safe. Then? They banned care anyway.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

"The project—[Bari Weiss's] and that of her backers—is to establish herself and her cohort not as new-right media, but as the new liberal media, staking out the leftmost acceptable position within the new right-wing paradigm." (This is a gift link, from October) defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Hey, remember starter packs? We've been getting a bunch of new followers here -- hi pals! welcome! -- which makes this a great time to share our pack of people we'd pick for you to peep and ponder proffering a pfollow.

They Might Be Giants closing the Big Show at the Orpheum

Thank you to @tmbg.bsky.social for bringing the rock and the roll to the people

Podcast Canon: Beef And Dairy Network's commitment to the bit is practically unheard of Podcast Canon: Beef And Dairy Network's commitment to the bit is practically unheard of

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The AV club has written a really long piece about @beefanddairy.bsky.social

I really love this because:

1. it's so so rare for podcasts to be written about for longer than a paragraph

2. it really understands the show

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Twitch Twitch is the world

BP is going live now on twitch.tv/benjaminpart... - he'll be editing the next episode of Beef and Dairy Network. @maximumfun.org

Amanda would never lie to you, but here is 16 seconds of proof for the skeptical

I can watch the Cracking the Cryptic dudes to sudoku puzzles at all hours.