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Talking To Emily St. John Mandel About Revision, Timeline Corruption, And Living Without A Floor
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1622+ words) 11:36 AM EDT on September 10, 2026 I spoke with Mandel ahead of Exit Party's release about time, multiple lives, and her unique revision method. Our conversation has been lightly edited. You’ve written a couple books about a global pandemic. Station Eleven was…...
Should I Be Worried That My Kid Hasn't Found A Best Friend?
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (191+ words) 2:24 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at [email protected]. This week, Justin answers a question about helping your…...
What If We Could Have A Future?
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (702+ words) Maybe you have heard of Roko’s Basilisk. This is a thought experiment, for lack of a better term, popular among a certain set: hyper-rationalists, futurists, effective altruists. Tech-industry guys. You get the idea. The most exhausting humans who ever lived,…...
What Do Booksellers Make Of???The End Of Reading????
1+ week, 4+ day ago (236+ words) 9:07 AM EDT on September 1, 2026 Fernando Flores, a bookseller and writer here in Austin, Texas, specifically called out the omission of booksellers from Horowitch’s article. He pointed out on Instagram how often booksellers are excluded from this genre of piece, and…...
Dolly Parton Prepared Us For The End
1+ week, 6+ day ago (597+ words) I was an adult when I encountered Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” for the first time. I grew up thinking Whitney Houston’s 1992 cover was the original; I can’t say exactly when my ignorance was rectified but Twitter was…...
The Girlboss And The Drug Rug
2+ week, 3+ day ago (189+ words) 12:01 PM EDT on August 26, 2026 But every bright-eyed youth loses innocence in their own way. Today’s friend of a friend is out to solve the affordable housing crisis, but she’s about to learn that all of us, however committed to “the…...
Please Tell Me Red Wine Is Good For Me
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1055+ words) 12:45 PM EDT on August 25, 2026 Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we're talking…...
What Is The Greatest TV House Of All Time?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (827+ words) 12:02 PM EDT on August 18, 2026 Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we're talking…...
Make It Nice: Is There Such A Thing As A Good-Looking Dog Crate?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (578+ words) 1:11 PM EDT on August 14, 2026 Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column. Today we have fancy track shelving, a moody bedroom makeover, and, my favorite, does a non-ugly dog crate exist? I’m maybe going to upset…...