Jackie Charniga

Visit Dan McQuade's Memorial Website Take part in remembering Dan McQuade. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.

Many readers have asked how they can help support Dan McQuade’s surviving wife and son after his death last week. Here’s a place for they can do so, as can you. everloved.com/life-of/dan-...

Sixers hold a moment of silence for Dan McQuade.

My latest on the impact to a small town when an automaker shuts down a factory.

Ingersoll, Canada, population 13,000, relies heavily on the General Motors plant in town, and stands to lose much more if it never reopens.

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Autonomous driving has glistened beyond the horizon for more than a decade, yet we're still not quite there:

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more like degenerative AI !

Might be one of my longest pieces to date, but I'm pretty proud of it. Read it here: www.freep.com/story/money/...

I drove a Cybertruck around SF because I am a smart, cool alpha male "This is a loud and lonely car for loud and lonely people."

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary took Tesla's infamous Cybertruck for a spin around San Francisco — and called it “a loud, lonely car for loud, lonely people.”

Seeking Closure At Planet Hollywood, Where My Life Once Exploded | Defector Nostalgia is the only reason why there’s a new Planet Hollywood in Times Square. But my nostalgia is different from everybody else’s. While the caretakers of this functionally dead brand are trying…

Searching for catharsis at Planet Hollywood: defector.com/seeking-clos...

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I feel like @laurentheisen.bsky.social should write a romance novel I think she has what is needed for the task

Proof I know the coolest girl in the big city

I was looking at the linesman for icing but it wasn’t called, and then I was scored upon. Unfair. Bad game to play as a novice if it so happens your girlfriend grew up with this game in her basement. 27/100.

Read what my girlfriend wrote

me with my trusty scorebook & a pen

baseball time

youtube thumbnail of some cold looking schmuck with the title "camping in arctic circle with no tent"

what if you took one of the most miserable hobbies and made it sound significantly worse with each additional clause

GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY!!!!

Brian Wilson Was The Sound of Something Just Out Of Reach | Defector It’s impossible for me to think about Brian Wilson, who died on Wednesday, without picturing myself awake in my teenage bedroom at some sort of goblin hour. I still have very late nights, but they loo...

on Brian Wilson and having some indescribable restless feeling deep inside you defector.com/brian-wilson...

Cover of Vivian Blaxell's WORTHY OF THE EVENT

Cover of Anton Solomonik's REALISTIC FICTION

Happy pub day to @vivianblaxell.bsky.social and @aaantons.bsky.social!

WORTHY OF THE EVENT and REALISTIC FICTION are finally out! We can't tell you how proud we are of these genius books.

Go see VIVIAN BLAXELL
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-viv

Go see ANTON SOLOMONIK
👉 www.littlepuss.net/tour-ant

if you are a federal health worker who was laid off today and you'd be interested in sharing your story with Defector, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.
email: simbler at defector dot com. signal: simbler.88

“Get The Fuck Off This Corner. It’s Mine.” | Defector In Vivian Blaxell’s Worthy Of The Event, out Tuesday, a trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existence. The book includes philosophical investigations of the nature...

Extremely excited that Defector has a bit from Vivian Blaxell's WORTHY OF THE EVENT today. It's the kind of book I'm looking forward to rereading, because nobody's brain is really working quite like hers is. defector.com/get-the-fuck...

GM to build new presidential limousine The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”

GM to build new presidential limousine

The U.S. Secret Service said on X that the director met with GM “to discuss advancements that could benefit the next generation of armored SUVs.”

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Saturday Night Live Recap: Lady Gaga Returns Lady Gaga’s easy charm and commitment make for one of the more animated episodes of season 50.

I’m recapping some SNL for @vulture.com! Starting with this solid Lady Gaga-hosted episode, which is pretty endearing even when it isn’t laugh-out-loud funny. www.vulture.com/article/satu...

Lost At The Warhol | Defector PITTSBURGH — I was a little surprised by the seriousness of The Andy Warhol Museum. For an artist I associate with playful experimentation, the seven-story building off the northwest bank of the Alleg...

This week, I wrote about Candy Darling, floating paintings, "exotic" trans women, and more thoughts from the Warhol museum. defector.com/lost-at-the-...

Lost At The Warhol | Defector PITTSBURGH — I was a little surprised by the seriousness of The Andy Warhol Museum. For an artist I associate with playful experimentation, the seven-story building off the northwest bank of the Alleg...

there was one part of the Warhol museum that I hated, and a few things I really liked defector.com/lost-at-the-...

How UAW benefits shaped an immigrant family He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.

Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out!
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Why Does It Feel So Good to Gossip? An Expert Investigates New science explains that underneath the stories we tell is a deep desire to understand who we really are.

part of my book in oprah daily!!!!

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Hire Alanis for all the things! One of the best editors I’ve ever worked with.

sincerely: transitioning was the greatest decision I've ever made, and if you want to do it, you should. tell some people you trust. find a doctor. be the person that makes you happiest. it's hard but I've never regretted it. I am who I was always meant to be.

The Detroit Free Press is hiring a car culture reporter! Apply here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/gannet...