Ian Levy
@hickoryhigh.bsky.social
Numerica & Esoterica | Creative Editorial Director for
@FanSided
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Honored to be in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the next few days, covering the Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup. If you want to tune in and follow along, here's everything you need to know:
Special Olympics Unified Basketball 3x3 World Cup: Full schedule, Opening Ceremony and how to watch
Watch along as Puerto Rico and Special Olympics show the power of sport to promote inclusion and make lasting change.
fansided.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to be in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the next few days, covering the Special Olympics Unified 3x3 Basketball World Cup. If you want to tune in and follow along, here's everything you need to know:
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As promised, today is the official launch of @sunsafterdark.bsky.social, a new Patreon site and podcast from yours truly! Here's what you need to know about the name "Suns After Dark" and why I'm doing this: www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...
Welcome to Suns After Dark! | Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site
Get more from Suns After Dark: A Phoenix Suns Pod Site on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As promised, today is the official launch of @sunsafterdark.bsky.social, a new Patreon site and podcast from yours truly! Here's what you need to know about the name "Suns After Dark" and why I'm doing this: www.patreon.com/posts/welcom...
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A lot happened over the last 3 months.
On getting fired for my Charlie Kirk comments, getting doxxed and death threats, leaving Phoenix, and what’s next for this Suns writer: youtu.be/XFMQHnk-M64
On getting fired for my Charlie Kirk comments, getting doxxed and death threats, leaving Phoenix, and what’s next for this Suns writer: youtu.be/XFMQHnk-M64
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A lot happened over the last 3 months.
On getting fired for my Charlie Kirk comments, getting doxxed and death threats, leaving Phoenix, and what’s next for this Suns writer: youtu.be/XFMQHnk-M64
On getting fired for my Charlie Kirk comments, getting doxxed and death threats, leaving Phoenix, and what’s next for this Suns writer: youtu.be/XFMQHnk-M64
The gingerbread house game has changed
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The gingerbread house game has changed
It's College Football Rivalry Week again, and the @fansided.bsky.social team put together this incredible package to keep the fires of your sports hate stoked.
READ MORE: fansided.com/ncaaf/colleg...
READ MORE: fansided.com/ncaaf/colleg...
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's College Football Rivalry Week again, and the @fansided.bsky.social team put together this incredible package to keep the fires of your sports hate stoked.
READ MORE: fansided.com/ncaaf/colleg...
READ MORE: fansided.com/ncaaf/colleg...
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talkin' Azzi Fudd vs. Awa Fam for the No. 1 pick with @tylerdeluca.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yozc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yozc...
Who will help Paige Bueckers: Azzi Fudd or Awa Fam? | Ringer NBA
YouTube video by Ringer NBA
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
talkin' Azzi Fudd vs. Awa Fam for the No. 1 pick with @tylerdeluca.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yozc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yozc...
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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So many unhappy stars with trade rumors swirling. What if we could fix it all with one giant mega-trade?
This galaxy-brain 5-team trade could save AD, Trae Young, Ja Morant and LaMelo Ball
More and more stars keep cropping up in trade rumors, and one wild deal could solve all their problems.
fansided.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
So many unhappy stars with trade rumors swirling. What if we could fix it all with one giant mega-trade?
The WNBA CBA proposal discussed today would bring max salaries up to $1.1 million. That's a big increase, but still means the highest-paid player would almost certainly make less than the commissioner.
I don't think that's the case in any major men's sport, and just feels kind of gross, right?
I don't think that's the case in any major men's sport, and just feels kind of gross, right?
Cathy Engelbert's salary compared to the average WNBA player
Salaries are one of the biggest sticking points in contentious labor negotiations as the WNBA CBA is set to expire. How does Cathy Engelbert's salary compare?
fansided.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The WNBA CBA proposal discussed today would bring max salaries up to $1.1 million. That's a big increase, but still means the highest-paid player would almost certainly make less than the commissioner.
I don't think that's the case in any major men's sport, and just feels kind of gross, right?
I don't think that's the case in any major men's sport, and just feels kind of gross, right?
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
Mo’ne Davis Is Finally Ready to Play Baseball Again
More than a decade after becoming a Little League sensation at age 13, Mo’ne Davis is set to make more history as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.
www.si.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
Want to feel a little sick before you flip on that NBA game tonight?
Kevin Durant Is Watching You
On the shady side of athlete partnerships and investments
thebrokenpress.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Want to feel a little sick before you flip on that NBA game tonight?
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Early-season takeaways from in-house LNIB stats, including the Thunder's historic pace, a possible change to Aggression+ to account for the Blazers' pressing, the Rockets' offense, the Knicks' possession battle dominance, and more.
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/early-season...
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/early-season...
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Early-season takeaways from in-house LNIB stats, including the Thunder's historic pace, a possible change to Aggression+ to account for the Blazers' pressing, the Rockets' offense, the Knicks' possession battle dominance, and more.
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/early-season...
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/early-season...
Work asked our team to start experimenting with short-form video stuff. They asked us to be authentic and true to our own interests and styles. In case you're wondering why I've been sitting in the ice-cold river by my house talking about terrible NBA shooters.
It's snowing but the NBA Ice Cold Report is still here, with top-tier cold-plunging analysis on the shooting struggles of Ja Morant and Ace Bailey.
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Work asked our team to start experimenting with short-form video stuff. They asked us to be authentic and true to our own interests and styles. In case you're wondering why I've been sitting in the ice-cold river by my house talking about terrible NBA shooters.
Savvy, galaxy brain solution to the Aspiration/Kawhi scandal by the Clippers — just be so terrible that no one cares about your financial shenanigans to try and create a contender.
Whatever crisis PR person came up with this plan deserves a raise.
Whatever crisis PR person came up with this plan deserves a raise.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Savvy, galaxy brain solution to the Aspiration/Kawhi scandal by the Clippers — just be so terrible that no one cares about your financial shenanigans to try and create a contender.
Whatever crisis PR person came up with this plan deserves a raise.
Whatever crisis PR person came up with this plan deserves a raise.
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In today's NBA roundtable at The Whiteboard: @btoporek.bsky.social, @hickoryhigh.bsky.social, @ecassels.bsky.social and more share MVP picks, favorite Ja Morant trades scenarios and consider apologizing to Nikola Vucevic.
NBA expert takes: MVP picks, Ja Morant trades scenarios, contenders that need a reset
Plus, we consider apologizing to Nikola Vucevic and figure out why the Orland Magic offense still isn't working.
fansided.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In today's NBA roundtable at The Whiteboard: @btoporek.bsky.social, @hickoryhigh.bsky.social, @ecassels.bsky.social and more share MVP picks, favorite Ja Morant trades scenarios and consider apologizing to Nikola Vucevic.
Alt text enriches all of our lives, not just the visually impaired
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Alt text enriches all of our lives, not just the visually impaired
Proud to deliver the best cold-plunging NBA analysis on the interwebs. (That I am aware of).
The only thing colder than a November plunge in a Vermont river ... is the Celtics' backcourt.
#celtics #nba #paytonpritchard #derrickwhite
Follow @hickoryhigh.bsky.social for more frosty cold NBA takes.
#celtics #nba #paytonpritchard #derrickwhite
Follow @hickoryhigh.bsky.social for more frosty cold NBA takes.
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Proud to deliver the best cold-plunging NBA analysis on the interwebs. (That I am aware of).
Happy Mushroom Monday! It's getting pretty late in the season, but was still lucky enough to find this little flush of oysters poking out. #fungifriends 🍄📸
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Happy Mushroom Monday! It's getting pretty late in the season, but was still lucky enough to find this little flush of oysters poking out. #fungifriends 🍄📸
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Today, on The Whiteboard, our @fansided.bsky.social NBA team shared their picks for the next unlikely player to score 50 this season.
Read on for picks from @hpbasketball.bsky.social, @christopherkline.bsky.social and more
fansided.com/nba/nba-expe...
Read on for picks from @hpbasketball.bsky.social, @christopherkline.bsky.social and more
fansided.com/nba/nba-expe...
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today, on The Whiteboard, our @fansided.bsky.social NBA team shared their picks for the next unlikely player to score 50 this season.
Read on for picks from @hpbasketball.bsky.social, @christopherkline.bsky.social and more
fansided.com/nba/nba-expe...
Read on for picks from @hpbasketball.bsky.social, @christopherkline.bsky.social and more
fansided.com/nba/nba-expe...
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The only thing colder than a Vermont river in October ... is Trae Young's shooting!
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The only thing colder than a Vermont river in October ... is Trae Young's shooting!
Also, trying to bring back this irregular series from a few years ago called Deconstructed, where I try to break a player's game down into it's most meaningful and interesting components.
Here's what I found with Paolo Banchero.
Here's what I found with Paolo Banchero.
Paolo Banchero, deconstructed
Paolo Banchero is on the verge of superstardom. But breaking his game down to its component parts reveals how he — and the Orlando Magic — can be even better.
fansided.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, trying to bring back this irregular series from a few years ago called Deconstructed, where I try to break a player's game down into it's most meaningful and interesting components.
Here's what I found with Paolo Banchero.
Here's what I found with Paolo Banchero.
A couple new basketball things to share — first power rankings of the year, along with some interesting stats I'll be tracking after the first week of the season.
NBA Power Rankings: Celtics crater, Spurs have arrived, stats to watch and more
The NBA season is only a week old, and we're already re-evaluating contenders, pretenders and more.
fansided.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A couple new basketball things to share — first power rankings of the year, along with some interesting stats I'll be tracking after the first week of the season.
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College basketball is almost here and @christopherkline.bsky.social is updating his NBA Draft Big Board, helping identify all the prospects you need to follow.
2026 NBA Draft Big Board 2.0: Updated rankings with CBB around the corner
A look at the top 60 prospects in a loaded 2026 NBA Draft class with college hoops on the horizon.
fansided.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
College basketball is almost here and @christopherkline.bsky.social is updating his NBA Draft Big Board, helping identify all the prospects you need to follow.