Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
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https://www.theringer.com/authors/howard-beck
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Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey #NBASky: I made a Ringer NBA starter pack, including every Ringer colleague who writes, edits, produces or pods on the NBA. (If I've missed anyone, please let me know!)
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
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Joon Lee
Making sense of sports • Journalist • Formerly: ESPN, B/R, The Washington Post • Born in Seoul 🇰🇷 Bred in Boston •
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New York City via Boston & Seoul
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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Subscribe here! www.youtube.com/@iamjoonlee
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I've never been this terrified while reporting a story.
New video on my YouTube tomorrow:
New video on my YouTube tomorrow:
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I've never been this terrified while reporting a story.
New video on my YouTube tomorrow:
New video on my YouTube tomorrow:
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This post Elon Musk reposted is not only pure eugenics, but it's also entirely unscientific: decades of research has found executions have had no meaningful deterrent effect on crime rates, and some research shows that public executions lead to an increase in crime.
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This post Elon Musk reposted is not only pure eugenics, but it's also entirely unscientific: decades of research has found executions have had no meaningful deterrent effect on crime rates, and some research shows that public executions lead to an increase in crime.
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One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Bluesky is a Sports App
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Bluesky is a Sports App
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Klay Thompson on Ja Morant calling him a "bum": “Nothing of intelligent depth. Just running his mouth. He’s been running his mouth a long time. It’s funny you run your mouth when you’re on the bench. It’s kinda been the whole story of his career so far.”
Via: www.reddit.com/r/nba/commen...
Via: www.reddit.com/r/nba/commen...
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Klay Thompson on Ja Morant calling him a "bum": “Nothing of intelligent depth. Just running his mouth. He’s been running his mouth a long time. It’s funny you run your mouth when you’re on the bench. It’s kinda been the whole story of his career so far.”
Via: www.reddit.com/r/nba/commen...
Via: www.reddit.com/r/nba/commen...
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
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This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
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Folks, this is VERY important. This means that there will be a decrease of nurses in the field and their access to student loans will be severely restricted. There is already a serious shortage of nurses, this is only going to make it worse. Nurses are the backbone of healthcare.
Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing students loans. Also excluded are NP’s, PA’s, PT’s. This comes when there as an extreme nursing shortage and $20K sign on bonuses for nurses. 😡
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Folks, this is VERY important. This means that there will be a decrease of nurses in the field and their access to student loans will be severely restricted. There is already a serious shortage of nurses, this is only going to make it worse. Nurses are the backbone of healthcare.
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Thankfully, Bluesky is in no danger of not-surviving.
Whenever The Retention Problem is fixed (by e.g. adding subcommunities, etc) it will grow like a weed to 1+ billion users.
Because people want a better platform and there's already more than enough people here to spread the word.
Whenever The Retention Problem is fixed (by e.g. adding subcommunities, etc) it will grow like a weed to 1+ billion users.
Because people want a better platform and there's already more than enough people here to spread the word.
when is bluesky app shipping any gamechanging features. they don’t have to survive but i wish there was some movement on feeds or more “out there” stuff like atproto frames
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thankfully, Bluesky is in no danger of not-surviving.
Whenever The Retention Problem is fixed (by e.g. adding subcommunities, etc) it will grow like a weed to 1+ billion users.
Because people want a better platform and there's already more than enough people here to spread the word.
Whenever The Retention Problem is fixed (by e.g. adding subcommunities, etc) it will grow like a weed to 1+ billion users.
Because people want a better platform and there's already more than enough people here to spread the word.
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NEW: I did a very deep dive into one month's worth of Elon Musk's posts on X so I could understand the breadth and depth of what he is posting about these days. In a word: fringe. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... 🧵
A month of Elon Musk on X: Conspiracy theories, fringe politics and self-promotion
An NBC News analysis of one month of Musk’s social media posts shows what’s been on his mind, including a broad cross-section of fringe political topics.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: I did a very deep dive into one month's worth of Elon Musk's posts on X so I could understand the breadth and depth of what he is posting about these days. In a word: fringe. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu... 🧵
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DAY TWO. You all made me cry yesterday in the best way possible in granting the wishes I called out. Wanna make me sob??? LET'S GO.
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
DAY TWO. You all made me cry yesterday in the best way possible in granting the wishes I called out. Wanna make me sob??? LET'S GO.
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Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
LeBron’s Next Decision and the Echoes of Kareem
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. The blueprint’s already been written; the only question is whether James will follow it.
www.theringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you do have to do it in a couple of places but this tutorial makes it easy to go uncheck the boxes that otherwise lets Google's AI read all your shit. or move everything over to protonmail but moving everything over is a giant thing I know.
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Zach Lowe will make his first appearance on NBA on Prime on Black Friday. Lowe will make select appearances on Prime Video’s NBA studio show throughout the season.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Zach Lowe will make his first appearance on NBA on Prime on Black Friday. Lowe will make select appearances on Prime Video’s NBA studio show throughout the season.
Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
LeBron’s Next Decision and the Echoes of Kareem
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. The blueprint’s already been written; the only question is whether James will follow it.
www.theringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Few NBA superstars make it to age 39 or beyond.
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Even fewer retain their powers.
And fewer still are blessed with a much younger superstar.
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. Maybe it's time to follow Kareem's blueprint.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
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Wrote about Maxey.
Tyrese Maxey Is Levitating Above the Wreckage of Philly’s Past
Making the proverbial leap is one thing. Dragging the Sixers out of the darkness is quite another.
www.theringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Wrote about Maxey.
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Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. For the Lakers, the blueprint has already been written. The only question is whether James will follow it.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
LeBron’s Next Decision and the Echoes of Kareem
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. The blueprint’s already been written; the only question is whether James will follow it.
www.theringer.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Kareem had Magic. LeBron has Luka. For the Lakers, the blueprint has already been written. The only question is whether James will follow it.
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
Latest from me, at The Ringer:
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This is wild.
At 12.5 points per 100 possessions below league average, OKC's defense is currently the best the NBA has seen this century.
Now, where things get crazy: the gap between OKC and the 2nd-best defense of the century is the same as the 2nd-best defense and the 76th-best defense.
How...
At 12.5 points per 100 possessions below league average, OKC's defense is currently the best the NBA has seen this century.
Now, where things get crazy: the gap between OKC and the 2nd-best defense of the century is the same as the 2nd-best defense and the 76th-best defense.
How...
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is wild.
At 12.5 points per 100 possessions below league average, OKC's defense is currently the best the NBA has seen this century.
Now, where things get crazy: the gap between OKC and the 2nd-best defense of the century is the same as the 2nd-best defense and the 76th-best defense.
How...
At 12.5 points per 100 possessions below league average, OKC's defense is currently the best the NBA has seen this century.
Now, where things get crazy: the gap between OKC and the 2nd-best defense of the century is the same as the 2nd-best defense and the 76th-best defense.
How...