Good Noticings — Noticing Dave Portnoy’s Insecurities, Phia’s Illegal Practices, and FIFA’s VAR Scheme

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Noticing Dave Portnoy’s Insecurities, Phia’s Illegal Practices, and FIFA’s VAR Scheme

Good Noticings

Bad news my friends, Dave Portnoy has a book and I acknowledged its existence. In slightly better news, the world cup was ruined by technology, Phoebe Gates’s app is doing some very shady things, StubHub is a scam, and Jia Tolentino wrote another essay. 14 min: Stubhub at it Again 22 min: Phia Broke the Law 33 min: Is…

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