🌰 Noah Chestnut
@noahchestnut.bsky.social
👋 build products for people who like to read, listen, watch, and talk about sports.
Now: Product @ The Athletic
Was: Buzzer, Bleacher Report, BuzzFeed News, and other spots.
Now: Product @ The Athletic
Was: Buzzer, Bleacher Report, BuzzFeed News, and other spots.
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🌰 Noah Chestnut
@noahchestnut.bsky.social
· Nov 12
👋 hey y'all!
I'm Noah and spend my days at @theathletic.bsky.social working with our team to make it easier to be a fan of your favorite teams & sports.
I tend to ramble about how people develop media habits, why they choose to visit certain websites / apps, and weirdly push notifications.
I'm Noah and spend my days at @theathletic.bsky.social working with our team to make it easier to be a fan of your favorite teams & sports.
I tend to ramble about how people develop media habits, why they choose to visit certain websites / apps, and weirdly push notifications.
Reposted by 🌰 Noah Chestnut
Dropping the paywall on this one www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Nonviolence is a double standard.
www.theverge.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Dropping the paywall on this one www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
This is a good sports app
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This is a good sports app
Henry Ford would’ve loved X
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Henry Ford would’ve loved X
Wait… when did gmail get rid of the priority inbox?!?
Is this a move to just force me to use Gemini to read my email because all the filters and training are now kaput?
Is this a move to just force me to use Gemini to read my email because all the filters and training are now kaput?
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Wait… when did gmail get rid of the priority inbox?!?
Is this a move to just force me to use Gemini to read my email because all the filters and training are now kaput?
Is this a move to just force me to use Gemini to read my email because all the filters and training are now kaput?
Back to my bullsh*t
While I quibble with the copy and frequency behind some of these noties…
… ESPN’s “ditch Twitter and follow our news breakers in the app” works as advertised and is a good to great feature. I wish they kept iterating weekly to make it a cornerstone of their app.
While I quibble with the copy and frequency behind some of these noties…
… ESPN’s “ditch Twitter and follow our news breakers in the app” works as advertised and is a good to great feature. I wish they kept iterating weekly to make it a cornerstone of their app.
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Back to my bullsh*t
While I quibble with the copy and frequency behind some of these noties…
… ESPN’s “ditch Twitter and follow our news breakers in the app” works as advertised and is a good to great feature. I wish they kept iterating weekly to make it a cornerstone of their app.
While I quibble with the copy and frequency behind some of these noties…
… ESPN’s “ditch Twitter and follow our news breakers in the app” works as advertised and is a good to great feature. I wish they kept iterating weekly to make it a cornerstone of their app.
The new Dawn ads featuring cute animated ducklings discussing dirty dishes is a near perfect encapsulation of our culture’s lack of memory or assumed widespread apathy
January 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The new Dawn ads featuring cute animated ducklings discussing dirty dishes is a near perfect encapsulation of our culture’s lack of memory or assumed widespread apathy
Jason Kilar made a lot of ambitious bets running WarnerMedia… but at least the team tried to build their own distribution infrastructure.
Selling to Netflix means the only non-tech show in town is Comcast… the future is Google, Netflix, and Amazon with a dash of Apple.
Selling to Netflix means the only non-tech show in town is Comcast… the future is Google, Netflix, and Amazon with a dash of Apple.
a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man who says not great bob
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man who says not great bob
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Jason Kilar made a lot of ambitious bets running WarnerMedia… but at least the team tried to build their own distribution infrastructure.
Selling to Netflix means the only non-tech show in town is Comcast… the future is Google, Netflix, and Amazon with a dash of Apple.
Selling to Netflix means the only non-tech show in town is Comcast… the future is Google, Netflix, and Amazon with a dash of Apple.
Yahoo’s realtime AI generated game recaps follow YouTube TV or Amazon’s “catch me up on the big plays” features
These are cool prototypes that are narrowly designed to solve the problem of - I turned the game on with 10m left.
It’s a small problem with low stakes www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
These are cool prototypes that are narrowly designed to solve the problem of - I turned the game on with 10m left.
It’s a small problem with low stakes www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Yahoo is using AI to recap football games in real time
It’s more than a normal box score
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Yahoo’s realtime AI generated game recaps follow YouTube TV or Amazon’s “catch me up on the big plays” features
These are cool prototypes that are narrowly designed to solve the problem of - I turned the game on with 10m left.
It’s a small problem with low stakes www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
These are cool prototypes that are narrowly designed to solve the problem of - I turned the game on with 10m left.
It’s a small problem with low stakes www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Subscribe to print magazines!
If you live in a place where it still exists, get a print newspaper (at least on the weekends).
Leave your phone in another room and it’s wild how much better you feel 30m later.
If you live in a place where it still exists, get a print newspaper (at least on the weekends).
Leave your phone in another room and it’s wild how much better you feel 30m later.
I feel like the physical media narrative is lost. So many who champion analog in regards to movies, that advocate for Blu-ray and 4K discs over streaming of those films, have seemingly zero issue with using services like Spotify while not also buying records. Physical media is all of it.
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Subscribe to print magazines!
If you live in a place where it still exists, get a print newspaper (at least on the weekends).
Leave your phone in another room and it’s wild how much better you feel 30m later.
If you live in a place where it still exists, get a print newspaper (at least on the weekends).
Leave your phone in another room and it’s wild how much better you feel 30m later.
Reposted by 🌰 Noah Chestnut
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Most people don’t dream of spending their baby’s first holiday season in the hospital, and you can make that difficult experience easier for them to bear by donating to Project NICU,” Jessica Grose writes in her giving guide.
“Most people don’t dream of spending their baby’s first holiday season in the hospital, and you can make that difficult experience easier for them to bear by donating to Project NICU,” Jessica Grose writes in her giving guide.
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season: NICU Parents Need Your Help
The organization provides critical support to families of sick newborns, making a lonely and devastating experience a little less so.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Most people don’t dream of spending their baby’s first holiday season in the hospital, and you can make that difficult experience easier for them to bear by donating to Project NICU,” Jessica Grose writes in her giving guide.
“Most people don’t dream of spending their baby’s first holiday season in the hospital, and you can make that difficult experience easier for them to bear by donating to Project NICU,” Jessica Grose writes in her giving guide.
I should just blog this idea out one day...
Now that nearly every newsletter sends an annual gift guide (I'm all here for it), consider this my annual proclamation that we need more digital shelving!
Diary apps (Letterboxd, Goodreads, etc) and boards (Pinterest) kinda offer this... but not quite!
Now that nearly every newsletter sends an annual gift guide (I'm all here for it), consider this my annual proclamation that we need more digital shelving!
Diary apps (Letterboxd, Goodreads, etc) and boards (Pinterest) kinda offer this... but not quite!
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I should just blog this idea out one day...
Now that nearly every newsletter sends an annual gift guide (I'm all here for it), consider this my annual proclamation that we need more digital shelving!
Diary apps (Letterboxd, Goodreads, etc) and boards (Pinterest) kinda offer this... but not quite!
Now that nearly every newsletter sends an annual gift guide (I'm all here for it), consider this my annual proclamation that we need more digital shelving!
Diary apps (Letterboxd, Goodreads, etc) and boards (Pinterest) kinda offer this... but not quite!
1/4 baked theory: kids who grew up loving Bill Watterson also obsessively admire Robert Caro www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
I say this b/c it me.
h/t @lindseyadler.bsky.social for this incredibly reporting from @baxterholmes.bsky.social (Reminder: it is good to read ESPN!)
I say this b/c it me.
h/t @lindseyadler.bsky.social for this incredibly reporting from @baxterholmes.bsky.social (Reminder: it is good to read ESPN!)
How a legendary historian is quietly fueling OKC's championship rise
As OKC GM Sam Presti formed a Thunder team built for a dynasty, he was inspired by a man who has been working on the same project for more than 50 years.
www.espn.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1/4 baked theory: kids who grew up loving Bill Watterson also obsessively admire Robert Caro www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
I say this b/c it me.
h/t @lindseyadler.bsky.social for this incredibly reporting from @baxterholmes.bsky.social (Reminder: it is good to read ESPN!)
I say this b/c it me.
h/t @lindseyadler.bsky.social for this incredibly reporting from @baxterholmes.bsky.social (Reminder: it is good to read ESPN!)
Lolol is this a Thursday night game?
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Lolol is this a Thursday night game?
Puck gonna Puck
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Puck gonna Puck
tbh at this rate all of the established players are just making it too easy for new publications like @thebulwark.com to grow exponentially because the caliber of available reporting talent is off the charts
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
tbh at this rate all of the established players are just making it too easy for new publications like @thebulwark.com to grow exponentially because the caliber of available reporting talent is off the charts
Having kids rules.
Our individualistic / sink or swim culture does not rule.
And it’s wild thinking about how much harder it was for a lot of Gen X and Boomer parents.
Our individualistic / sink or swim culture does not rule.
And it’s wild thinking about how much harder it was for a lot of Gen X and Boomer parents.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Having kids rules.
Our individualistic / sink or swim culture does not rule.
And it’s wild thinking about how much harder it was for a lot of Gen X and Boomer parents.
Our individualistic / sink or swim culture does not rule.
And it’s wild thinking about how much harder it was for a lot of Gen X and Boomer parents.
Reposted by 🌰 Noah Chestnut
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In today’s email, @teamziller.bsky.social captures something I’m hoping to be true!
NBC will to be my favorite spot to watch the NBA!
Combo of the broadcast team, production design, and most importantly they will evolve TNT’s sitcom of Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
NBC will to be my favorite spot to watch the NBA!
Combo of the broadcast team, production design, and most importantly they will evolve TNT’s sitcom of Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In today’s email, @teamziller.bsky.social captures something I’m hoping to be true!
NBC will to be my favorite spot to watch the NBA!
Combo of the broadcast team, production design, and most importantly they will evolve TNT’s sitcom of Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
NBC will to be my favorite spot to watch the NBA!
Combo of the broadcast team, production design, and most importantly they will evolve TNT’s sitcom of Chuck, Kenny, and Shaq www.teamziller.com/giannis-ante...
Reposted by 🌰 Noah Chestnut
Those are just outfits you can unlock in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression
October 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Those are just outfits you can unlock in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
As one of the handful of Tampa Bay fans on this app, fire them cannons!
(This is really a dual appreciation post of both Egbuka’s absurd start to the season and JJ consistently posting to this app - he remains one of the best)
(This is really a dual appreciation post of both Egbuka’s absurd start to the season and JJ consistently posting to this app - he remains one of the best)
Emeka Egbuka through his first five games in the NFL:
Target share per game: 23%
PPR Points Per Game: 20.5
Receiving yards per game: 89.0
Touchdowns per game: 1.0
Target share per game: 23%
PPR Points Per Game: 20.5
Receiving yards per game: 89.0
Touchdowns per game: 1.0
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As one of the handful of Tampa Bay fans on this app, fire them cannons!
(This is really a dual appreciation post of both Egbuka’s absurd start to the season and JJ consistently posting to this app - he remains one of the best)
(This is really a dual appreciation post of both Egbuka’s absurd start to the season and JJ consistently posting to this app - he remains one of the best)
$150 million for a media business with sub 200k paying subscribers and a circulation business of sub 2m readers is 100% a “you gonna get fired in 18 months” type of move for anyone else…
(Yes I know the why here but also it’s worth sitting with the absurd economics of this deal)
(Yes I know the why here but also it’s worth sitting with the absurd economics of this deal)
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
$150 million for a media business with sub 200k paying subscribers and a circulation business of sub 2m readers is 100% a “you gonna get fired in 18 months” type of move for anyone else…
(Yes I know the why here but also it’s worth sitting with the absurd economics of this deal)
(Yes I know the why here but also it’s worth sitting with the absurd economics of this deal)
Trying hard to not feel like Kurt Severing this morning (and not wind up as fatalistic)
Evergreen recommendation to spend time with Jason Lutes Berlin drawnandquarterly.com/books/berlin...
Evergreen recommendation to spend time with Jason Lutes Berlin drawnandquarterly.com/books/berlin...
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trying hard to not feel like Kurt Severing this morning (and not wind up as fatalistic)
Evergreen recommendation to spend time with Jason Lutes Berlin drawnandquarterly.com/books/berlin...
Evergreen recommendation to spend time with Jason Lutes Berlin drawnandquarterly.com/books/berlin...
Disclaimer: Sheil’s NFL podcast is my favorite thing (my wife listens so we can discuss eps)
It’s both wild and wonderful that NFL podcasters all join each others shows regardless of who pays for their healthcare.
This is what fans want! Yahoo, Ringer, ESPN, The Athletic, etc are all connected.
It’s both wild and wonderful that NFL podcasters all join each others shows regardless of who pays for their healthcare.
This is what fans want! Yahoo, Ringer, ESPN, The Athletic, etc are all connected.
New Ringer NFL Show with @natetice.bsky.social! The three players who will define Week 5.
Plus, Nate helps me make my Ringer 107 picks for the week!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2GJU...
YouTube: youtu.be/FrZxPQEwC0k?...
Plus, Nate helps me make my Ringer 107 picks for the week!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2GJU...
YouTube: youtu.be/FrZxPQEwC0k?...
The Three Players Who Will Define Week 5
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Disclaimer: Sheil’s NFL podcast is my favorite thing (my wife listens so we can discuss eps)
It’s both wild and wonderful that NFL podcasters all join each others shows regardless of who pays for their healthcare.
This is what fans want! Yahoo, Ringer, ESPN, The Athletic, etc are all connected.
It’s both wild and wonderful that NFL podcasters all join each others shows regardless of who pays for their healthcare.
This is what fans want! Yahoo, Ringer, ESPN, The Athletic, etc are all connected.
Ultimately I probably believe that this format of short form microblogging layered on top of massive networks is probably breaking our brains and too open to manipulation.
And yes I am terminally addicted and rely on these types of feeds to soothe, entertain, and inform me!
And yes I am terminally addicted and rely on these types of feeds to soothe, entertain, and inform me!
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ultimately I probably believe that this format of short form microblogging layered on top of massive networks is probably breaking our brains and too open to manipulation.
And yes I am terminally addicted and rely on these types of feeds to soothe, entertain, and inform me!
And yes I am terminally addicted and rely on these types of feeds to soothe, entertain, and inform me!
The core idea of "vibe coding" is to quickly build software that is low quality but kinda usable. It's built in a way where you have no idea how it works. It's a fast. It's kinda usable. It's ultimately crap.
Cue Microsoft's "vibe working" vision! www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Cue Microsoft's "vibe working" vision! www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The core idea of "vibe coding" is to quickly build software that is low quality but kinda usable. It's built in a way where you have no idea how it works. It's a fast. It's kinda usable. It's ultimately crap.
Cue Microsoft's "vibe working" vision! www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Cue Microsoft's "vibe working" vision! www.theverge.com/news/787076/...