wrote about Arthur Fils, who on clay reminds me a bit of Domimic Thiem - quick, brawny RPM monster

Hark! Follow The Sounding Of The Horns To The 2026 NBA Playoff Preview | Defector Whoaaaa, get a load of this! The NBA playoffs are starting tomorrow. Yes yes, there are more play-in tournament games tonight, but we’re not here to talk about that. We’re here to talk about the real ...

now that it’s already started it’s the spiritually correct time to post the defector nba playoff preview

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MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them South Asians are a powerful, visible minority in the Trump administration. They’re also facing a racist backlash, fueled in part by the white nationalist Groyper movement.

I've been curious to get the perspective of Indians who voted for Trump, given how much of the right is now saying "pajeet" this and "completely eliminate H-1B" that. www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

my latest for @wired.com

The Killing That Won't Let Go | Defector Grief has no expiration date, and there’s no statute of limitations on murder. Twenty-one years ago this summer, Steve Cornejo was shot in the back and died in the courtyard of an apartment complex…

The killing that won't let go: defector.com/the-killing-...

fans of teams in the 9/10 play-in game tend to speak in euthanasia tones

heartening to see allbirds pivot to a less evil purpose

the $1 Defector spring sale is brought to you by the terrifying Villeneuvan beauty of molten salt solar farms

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Jannik Sinner And Carlos Alcaraz Swap Places On The Mountaintop | Defector Sea, trees, and hills make Monte Carlo the prettiest stop on the tennis tour, but for Sunday’s championship, it did its best to dull itself. The singles final featured gray sky, chilly air, and gusts tossing the ball around unpredictably. It was sure to be a rough outing at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, no matter…

thoughts on a windy, shanky match and goats trading places defector.com/jannik-sinne...

my TV is going straight from MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) to Sincaraz clay-court final. this machine will never be more blessed

i've got a story about green clay in the works! stay tuned...

i finally discovered this clip this week and it added a lot to my life

Monegasque? Monesgasque!

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Do you know these men? defector.com/do-you-know-...

my main thought on the helen dewitt thing is that someone needs to tell her that the dataviz stuff she has been talking about now for....over a decade? is way less expensive to do than she appears to think it is and i think that would be great and relaxing for her to know

Cosa è successo nel tennis Cambiocampo, il nuovo libro di Altrecose, racconta la nuova epoca del tennis dominata da Carlos Alcaraz e Jannik Sinner

Finalmente!
Great Sinner Alcaraz book out April 22 @ilpost.it #Altrecose #sinnaraz www.ilpost.it/2026/04/08/a...

this turns it into like a 2min prep but yeah that really only matters if you're doing it regularly imo

i can't remember the model of mine but it is definitely of the microplastic-adding variety, so i'd endorse the bamboo option

can't get a respectable sear without it

guy who plays sunn o))) off his iphone speaker on the subway

Still tbd!

Italian translation out next month
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nationwide obsession with arbitrary protein not accompanied by any serious exertion reminds me of the guy in high school one town over who just did steroids and didn't work out

I love learning often about basketball with the help of Google Gemini!

ideal CHANGEOVER reader outcome - went to go see some clay-court tennis 💪

Talia Gibson: From Out of Nowhere - The Second Serve Talia Gibson has arrived.

Powerage. @girinathan.bsky.social

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im not an EA but opting out of factory farming alone probably puts them on sturdier moral footing than 99% of critics

thats right

Page from town & country that reads, in part: GIRI NATHAN We didn't realize we needed a definitive account of the Sinner/Alcaraz rivalry until we read his Changeover. • LJ RADER The man behind the brilliant Art But Make It Sports Instagram account has a book coming out in March.

Long car ride, flipping through an old Town & Country of my dad’s, and I spot 2 friends of the show in their “New Creative Class” feature! @girinathan.bsky.social & @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social

Who knew Good Game with Sarah Spain and Town & Country were so culturally aligned. Off to by a Rollie.

too kind!!

Peak Medvedev is Back - The Second Serve We are now re-entering an era of Peak Daniil Medvedev.

“Sometimes I compile a wish list at the start of the tennis season. I forgot to do it this year, but if I had, at the top would have been a Daniil Medvedev resurgence.”

Preview of what will presumably be a chapter in @girinathan.bsky.social’s next book
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