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http://katiebakes.bsky.social Senior staff writer at @ringer. Tom Thomson aficionado and blueberry skeptic.
30 Rock asks the important question "What if Carrie and Big were really good work friends, instead of lovers?" and satisfyingly relocates Big/Jack's withholding to the world of business (he never REALLY gives Liz the mentorship he offers Floyd, for example)
I thought I'd track everything that Liz Lemon and Carrie Bradshaw have in common financially (keeping clothes in their oven, relying heavily on their checking accounts, buying their own apartments in season four, breaking up with Dean Winters) and I got pretty far with it!
The WNBA is more popular—and profitable—than ever, but the league’s massive growth hasn’t translated to player salaries. Is the WNBA headed for a lockout? @seeratsohi goes inside the ongoing CBA negotiations, the W’s unique ownership structure, and more. theringer.com/2025/07/23/wnb…
Camera 14 Pete Stendel was on one tonight. What will we shoot through next? #Baseballiscinema
When Phish plays in Queens and you get asked to make a sign for the concert. LFGM!! #lgm
I went to the Coachella TikTok Symposium and Influencer Heptathlon and all I got was this essay about Frank Ocean, the death of youth, the rise of the algorithm, and the terrifying next age of the machine. theringer.com/music/2023/4/2…
Hard to explain how locked in as a viewer you were when this obstacle came on in American Gladiators
some filmmakers spend their entire lives trying to achieve what this vid does. betrayal, tension, stakes (picture day tomorrow) all perfectly communicated through dialogue and a still camera angle. and the open ending? teasing the main antagonist in the last 5 seconds? cinema.
this is truly one of my favorite videos of all time😭
Cofounders on naming OpenAI November 24, 2015
*whispering* ok so right now I’m embedded with the Venezuelan cartel, right now we are on our way to bribe a local politician and maybe murder him if he doesn’t comply, we’ll see how this goes. Also, I’m only getting paid $9 for this report. My cameraman is getting $7
I miss the golden era of Vice news when they were sending their correspondents any and everywhere !!
dude's rock
I have watched so many videos of this guy kicking a rock until it becomes a sphere, and tbh I find the whole thing mesmerizing. What a hilarious use of free will
bumper sticker that says “my other Woj is Joe”
Great piece from @katiebakes on AI free agency, and which captures why @TBPN has caught fire in this particular moment. theringer.com/2025/07/14/tec…
I may never get over this scene. (She's a top dollar attorney working for a big oil company, not an alien spending her first day on Planet Earth.)
most profound thing I’ve heard an athlete say in a long time and he just says it casually at an all-star game availability lol
"I'm not motivated. I'm disciplined. Motivation comes and goes." Francisco Lindor talks about his discipline over the course of the season:
Rumored nine-figure deals! Dueling executives! The world of artificial intelligence engineers is becoming more like sports every day—and is culminating in a summer of free AI-gency. @katiebakes: theringer.com/2025/07/14/tec…
In 1979, Casio made a calculator that doubled as a cigarette lighter, a.k.a. the 'calculighter'. (📷: Joe Haupt)
Bill Ackman changed tennis forever 30 for 30: 'Net Worth' now streaming
I can’t believe Aaron Parsley @FreshParsley of @TexasMonthly had the strength to write this story about what his family endured in the #GuadalupeRiver flood. It will leave you frozen. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Newest #Spurs big man Luke Kornet cracks that he chose #7 because he wants to be a third of the player Tim Duncan was. Added that he loves multiples & factors.