Barry Petchesky
@barryp.bsky.social
Deputy editor, Defector.com
"2026" is a pretty futuristic-sounding year. 2027 is not. I can't explain this. The next big one is 2031. 2049 is gonna be huge.
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"2026" is a pretty futuristic-sounding year. 2027 is not. I can't explain this. The next big one is 2031. 2049 is gonna be huge.
This all happened to one guy. defector.com/what-horribl...
What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year? | Defector
Getting stuff stuck in your rectum is so 2025. Doing Looney Tunes–style violence to your groin is the new hotness. Below are some very real, very gnarly penis injuries suffered by Americans. All descr...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This all happened to one guy. defector.com/what-horribl...
‘Children of Time’ whips, if you like sci-fi at all you should read it. defector.com/the-best-thi...
The Best Things We Read In 2025 | Defector
This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith Thanks to Wake Up Dead Man, I have reentered my murder mystery phase, which h...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
‘Children of Time’ whips, if you like sci-fi at all you should read it. defector.com/the-best-thi...
Do it in the Chambers St. J/Z you coward
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Do it in the Chambers St. J/Z you coward
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whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot
Didn't mention it in here but the newest Deafheaven album really is as good as everyone says it is. defector.com/the-best-thi...
The Best Things We Heard In 2025 | Defector
This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where the pop star praised most for being a songwriter put out a lyrically narrow a...
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December 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Didn't mention it in here but the newest Deafheaven album really is as good as everyone says it is. defector.com/the-best-thi...
The algorithm's been serving me a lot of meteorologist (and apparently enthusiast?) accounts lately and man these guys hate each other.
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The algorithm's been serving me a lot of meteorologist (and apparently enthusiast?) accounts lately and man these guys hate each other.
Merry Christmas to all. defector.com/what-did-we-...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
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December 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Merry Christmas to all. defector.com/what-did-we-...
The correct take is that Avatar 1 actually did have very little cultural footprint but 2 and 3 do big-time.
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The correct take is that Avatar 1 actually did have very little cultural footprint but 2 and 3 do big-time.
Delighted to have @lizcookkc.bsky.social writing for us and she is in her damn wheelhouse defector.com/two-nights-p...
Two Nights Playing With Fire At Patrick Mahomes And Travis Kelce's Steakhouse | Defector
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As celebrity restaurant mascots, athletes offer a tidy sense of vertical integration: Why not supply the very calories they need to expend on the field? I’m surprised there are so f...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Delighted to have @lizcookkc.bsky.social writing for us and she is in her damn wheelhouse defector.com/two-nights-p...
Soap is free in Powerwash Simulator 2 and it’s an absolute game-changer.
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Soap is free in Powerwash Simulator 2 and it’s an absolute game-changer.
I also had no idea this was a Canadianism, but I've definitely picked it up via hockey osmosis.
have lived in the US for 15 years and this is how I learned that “it’s a bit of a gong show” is a Canadian figure of speech
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I also had no idea this was a Canadianism, but I've definitely picked it up via hockey osmosis.
We are one week away from the return of the Turkey Fiend. defector.com/i-have-creat...
I Have Created A Turkey Fiend | Defector
Last week, I owned a cat. Today, I own a turkey fiend.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are one week away from the return of the Turkey Fiend. defector.com/i-have-creat...
I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
The Eyes Have It | Defector
The eyes got me. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger isn’t the brightest, or the largest painting in its room—it might be the smallest—but it’s easily the most striking. It called to me from t...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
I don't know how to make it stop
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don't know how to make it stop
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Obvious spam but the post office should actually sell mystery boxes.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Obvious spam but the post office should actually sell mystery boxes.
Servicey! defector.com/how-to-watch...
How To Watch Hockey | Defector
I’m writing specifically about the Edmonton Oilers at the St. Louis Blues on Sportsnet on Monday night, but in broad strokes that will apply to any game you’re watching. First Period The most importan...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Servicey! defector.com/how-to-watch...
Imagine having a medical emergency in a room with the highest health officials in the country—best place for it, right?—and it turns out the most qualified of them are RFK Jr. and fucking Dr. Oz
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Imagine having a medical emergency in a room with the highest health officials in the country—best place for it, right?—and it turns out the most qualified of them are RFK Jr. and fucking Dr. Oz
Love this guy. defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Love this guy. defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
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Oh my GOD. The song that Rudy Giuliani used in his anti-Zohran post is fucking AI-generated.
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
September 11, 2001 (9/11) - Single by The Experience on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
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November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh my GOD. The song that Rudy Giuliani used in his anti-Zohran post is fucking AI-generated.
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
The bus is free now if you recite the Shahada
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The bus is free now if you recite the Shahada
This playlist over the glum crowd is kind of beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8h...
WATCH LIVE: Andrew Cuomo election night watch party
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November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This playlist over the glum crowd is kind of beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8h...