Diana Moskovitz

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

Treasury Department has plans to mint dollar coin featuring Donald Trump's likeness: defector.com/treasury-dep...

Read this. so good

Thank you!!

Pesky journalists / Pleasant insects ‘All the President’s Men’ revisited by Diana Moskovitz; Trevor Alixopulos considers L.A.’s friendly green flying objects

For @flaminghydra.com I rewatched All the President's Men and considered what it means in a day and age where your paranoia is increasingly justified:

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Why Defector Is Intervening To Make Public A Confidential Document In The Tyreek Hill Case | Defector Six news outlets—Defector Media, the Miami Herald, Scripps Media, CBS4 (WFOR-TV), NBC6 (WTVJ-TV), and Telemundo 51(WSCV-TV)—all asked for permission to intervene in Tyreek Hill’s divorce case on Frida...

Defector, along with five other news outlets, is going to court for documents in the Tyreek Hill case. This blog (paywall down) explains why:

The secret history of Tiger Woods — and more fascinating sports stories — Apple News Spotlight Celebrate 10 years of Apple News with incredible stories from our archives — all available to read without a subscription. In this collection, you’ll find some of the decade’s best sportswriting, cove...

Here’s a direct link for my Apple News users:

I remain in awe of Courtney Smith for trusting me with her story when we barely had a website up and running.

And somehow our readers got her story out far and wide, even though we weren’t on Apple News and didn’t have gift links.

Thank you!

Courtney's Story | Defector Three years ago, college football was rocked by a domestic violence scandal that ended with Ohio State firing assistant coach Zach Smith and suspending head coach Urban Meyer. Both men have since rein...

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A screen grab of the Apple News spotlight page. It shows Apple News Spotlight at the top. Below is the headline: How Urban Meyer and Ohio State failed Courtney Smith. The art is of a woman standing atop a giant Ohio State football helmet.

Well, this is quite the honor.

Courtney’s Story has been selected by Apple News as part of its 10 years, 100 unforgettable stories series.

If you use the app, scroll down today to A Decade of Apple lNews. That will take you to the sports selections, including this one from @defector.com

That’s a great one!

Ah man. Just goes to show that you never know what it will be, all that matters is that it works. It’s great that you found the pod!

Late to seeing this but damn. That’s high praise! Thank you!!

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

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If you just want some straight-up happiness right now, I cannot recommend this podcast enough! (Though I’m biased and I’m on it.)

The Official Charity Of The Savannah Bananas Has A Hard Time Explaining How Its Money Is Spent | Defector Bananas Foster describes itself as “the official non-profit of Banana Ball,” the barnstorming baseball league that hosts the Savannah Bananas. Its mission, per executive director Jolie Chabala, is…

The official charity of the Savannah Bananas has a hard time explaining how its money is spent: defector.com/the-official...

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But still. There's my time figuring out what the heck is going on. There's finding a person. There's paying that person fairly for their time, which was easily half a days work. Any money you give us goes directly to all of this!

First: Nobody at the Miami-Dade clerk of courts would answer my phone calls. Nobody. I tried everything. So I had to pay another journalist to go to the courthouse, physically make a request, and then physically get an answer!

We got lucky. I used to work in Miami and could ask around easily.

Screenshot of the following text: "This, typically, would be followed by other news outlets getting copies of the court records and confirming these details with stories of their own. But if you’re wondering why the reporting on this seems to have petered out after TMZ's, there's one reason: Nobody else can get a copy of the document. "On Thursday, a reporter for Defector Media requested from the Miami-Dade County family court division a copy of the document reported on by TMZ, specifically the amended petition. The clerk declined to release it to the reporter, saying the document is 'locked' and considered confidential. When the reporter asked to speak with another staffer about it, the clerk simply repeated that the record was locked, and she added that "a lot of folks" have been attempting to obtain a copy of it."

First blog back from book leave is on why there hasn't been more follow-reporting on the latest domestic violence allegations against Tyreek Hill.

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Oh man. But that was pretty brave!

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Diana Moskovitz Rides a Bike Podcast Episode · Try Hard · 09/08/2025 · 27m

Heyyy! I’m back at Defector after book leave and just in time to say that I’m on a podcast! @alexlaughs.bsky.social had me on the latest episode of Try Hard. I learned to ride a bike.

If you ever wished I did more fun things, wow, today is for you!

Thank you!!

This essay on Mark Maron and WTF from @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social is just wonderful. Whether you are or were a fan of Maron's. Superb writing about the show and how one figures out who they are and how to live with it...and become a better person. (Listening to the McKellen ep now...)

Gah! Thank you so much!!

Episode 0013: Episode 13: KPop Demon Hunters! Podcast Episode · Flaming Hydra Round Table · 08/22/2025 · 32m

FLAMING HYDRA ON APPLE! @mariabustillos.com, @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social, and guest cartoonist, zinester, teacher Carmen Johns immerse us in the KPop Demon Hunters movie. And soundtrack! LOADED WITH SPOILERS podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 0013: Episode 13: KPop Demon Hunters! Podcast Episode · Flaming Hydra Round Table · 08/22/2025 · 32m

I’ll be back from book leave in a few weeks but I took a mini-break from keyboard pounding to yak about the movie and soundtrack of the summer with @mariabustillos.com and cartoonist Carmen Johns. It was so much fun! Listen wherever you get podcasts!!

How Baylor Happened WACO, Texas — There’s not much to recommend spending four years in Waco. Driving into town up Interstate 35 from the south, the endless stretch of Texas nothing fills out slowly. It’s flat in the way ...

Yeah the zombie version of the site is a mess in many ways, including bylines. Here's a Wayback Machine version for anyone who makes it this far down. It's got the right bylines and the correct images as well: