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Josh Levin
@joshuablevin.bsky.social
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Host of Slow Burn: The Rise of Fox News. Author of NBCC winner THE QUEEN. https://www.josh-levin.com/
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 1d
Happy pub day to me!

Also pictured, bottom to top: Webster's Third (1961); battered Webster's New World (1974; my first dictionary); Webster's Collegiate, Fifth Edition (inscribed by my immigrant father in 1949)
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Stefan Fatsis @stefanfatsis.bsky.social · 4d
My new book, UNABRIDGED, published by @groveatlantic.bsky.social, is out! It took a long time to report and write and I'm proud of it and would be grateful if you bought it and would love to see people when I'm traveling to promote it. Consider this an official book thread
Jacket cover of Stefan Fatsis's new book, Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 7d
(Meddy knew enough to win 6-4 in the third.)
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 7d
Daniil Medvedev’s in-match review of Learner Tien: “The guy is everywhere! I don’t know what to do.”
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 7d
Daniil Medvedev’s in-match review of Learner Tien: “The guy is everywhere! I don’t know what to do.”
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 11d
Learner Tien appreciation club is booming
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The Second Serve @the2ndserve.bsky.social · 11d
This kid from Irvine, Calif., has accumulated more top 10 wins this season than anyone besides Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. -- @girinathan.bsky.social

www.thesecondserve.com/learner-tien...
Killer of Giants - The Second Serve
Learner Tien has just moved inside the top 40 after hiring as coach the greatest-ever Asian-American tennis player from Southern California: Michael Chang.
www.thesecondserve.com
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 15d
Uncle Dennis: My "Not related to Kawhi Leonard’s visit to Rwanda” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 16d
LA Clippers announce that Visit Rwanda is new jersey patch sponsor for Clippers, part of a round of sponsorship agreements for Visit Rwanda that also includes Los Angeles Rams

(not related to Kawhi Leonard's visit to Rwanda)
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Jonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social · 20d
We made something gigantic: The 101 greatest artworks -- movies, songs, buildings, books -- of and about Washington, D.C. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
The 101 greatest movies, songs, books, artworks (and more!) about Washington, D.C.
Introducing the D.C. Canon, starring Chuck Brown, Olivia Pope, George Washington, Leonardo da Vinci, Duke Ellington, Rites of Spring and — who could forget? — Gort.
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 21d
FYI, LSU and Texas played in the 2019 regular season. LSU and Oklahoma played in the 2019 CFP semifinals
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 22d
The audio version -- also a delight! slate.com/podcasts/one...
How a Bunch of American Students Got Tricked Into Thinking They Were Going to Oxford
The baffling, bizarre story of Fake Oxford.
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · 22d
The story of Fake Oxford is an amazing caper and a mystery: Who convinced a bunch of American kids they were going to the UK's most prestigious institution, and why?
Three Kids Thought They Got the College Acceptance of Their Dreams. When They Got to School, They Found Something Far Different.
An audacious plan led to a ’90s college scandal that still lingers today.
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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · Sep 6
More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.

The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.

Read more here:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
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Lindsay Jones @lindsayhjones.bsky.social · Sep 4
Well, damn, @alansiegella.bsky.social has me all in my memories of the mid-aughts on the sports staff of the Palm Beach Post. This one's for the elder millennial + Gen X ex-newspaper hacks:

www.theringer.com/2025/09/04/t...
The Local Newspaper Is Dead. That’s Why We Have ‘The Paper.’
Going from a paper company to a newspaper company, the ‘Office’ spinoff zeroes in on another dying industry. For anyone who lived in those trenches, the local journalism fantasy will be bittersweet.
www.theringer.com
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 4
Wrote about Amanda Anisimova's stunning and inspiring win over Iga Swiatek at the U.S. Open, which came after she decided to rewatch the Wimbledon final. A bold move, but it worked! slate.com/culture/2025...
She Had One of the Greatest Humiliations in Tennis History. Then I Watched a Miracle Unfold at the U.S. Open.
At Arthur Ashe Stadium, everyone was nervous. Then Amanda Anisimova got going.
slate.com
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 3
Ambulance meme with Amanda Anisimova saying call the ambulance but not for me
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 3
Lineup Publishing, the casino-something-or-other that now owns Deadspin, features such employees as "people on sofa" and "man behind desk with laptop," all of whom are definitely real people lineup-publishing.com
Image from Lineup Publishing website of people on sofa Image from Lineup Publishing website of man behind desk with laptop
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 3
He does not.
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 3
Novak Djokovic H2H against Taylor Fritz: 10-0

Novak Djokovic on first 10 Taylor Fritz break points tonight: 10-0

Fritz wins the 11th break point.

Fritz wins the 11th match??
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Sep 3
Novak Djokovic H2H against Taylor Fritz: 10-0

Novak Djokovic on first 10 Taylor Fritz break points tonight: 10-0

Fritz wins the 11th break point.

Fritz wins the 11th match??
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Ben Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · Aug 30
If you're intrigued by Taylor Townsend's unique kits at this #USOpen, the ahead-of-the-curve @joshuablevin.bsky.social had a great write up of them for the NYT before the tournament began:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s...
She’s Serving New Tennis Clothes at the U.S. Open
www.nytimes.com
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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · Aug 28
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I need 26 minutes of your time
Ten toes down. Bring the smoke.
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Aug 28
In her presser today, she said, "If I allow what other people have to say about me affect me ... then they win. ... I stood up for myself and I kept in my mind in that moment how I wanted to portray myself and how I wanted to show up." Her whole career is a testament to never letting the haters win.
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Aug 28
After Nike dropped her, she played for seven years without a clothing sponsor. That's a big anomaly in a sport where everyone from Ekaterina Alexandrova (K-Swiss) to Renata Zarazua (Alo) has an apparel deal. So, instead of waiting for brands to support her she started her own (and I wrote about it!)
She’s Serving New Tennis Clothes at the U.S. Open
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Aug 28
When she was 16, the USTA pulled its support because they said she had to lose weight. In an essay for the Players’ Tribune, she wrote: “I was fat, and I was Black, so they took away my dream. Or at least they tried.” But her dream wasn't that easy to kill.
You Ain’t Never Been No Little Girl, Taylor Townsend | By Taylor Townsend
All I wanted — pretty much all I ever wanted, my whole life — was to play tennis.
www.theplayerstribune.com
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Aug 28
Taylor Townsend has more experience than any athlete alive fighting for respect and carving out space for herself in a sport that's told her repeatedly that she doesn't belong. Today is just the latest example of why tennis is lucky to have her.
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · Aug 27
After a heated second round match at the US Open, American Taylor Townsend calls out her opponent, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko:

"She told me I have no class, I have no education, and to see what happens when we get outside the U.S."
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Josh Levin @joshuablevin.bsky.social · Aug 20
In advance of the US Open, I reviewed @girinathan.bsky.social's excellent new book on Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, which provides loads of insight in an age when journalists have little to no access to star athletes (but Netflix cameras do) www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | A new book celebrates the rivalry of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner
In “Changeover,” Giri Nathan turns his critic’s eye to the new gods of tennis and delivers loads of insight.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · Aug 20
Ten (1 0 !) years ago today, at @texasmonthly.bsky.social, @dansolomon.com and I wrote a piece titled "Silence at Baylor," that looked at sexual assault in the Baylor football program: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Silence at Baylor
A much-talked-about football player at Baylor University—whom coaches “expect back” this fall—is currently on trial for the sexual assault of a fellow student. Questions now swirl around what the prog...
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