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 VAR Ruining the World Cup?

44 min: Jia Tolentino’s New Essay

62 min: Dave Portnoy’s Memoir

96 min: Caps Off

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Jia:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/our-plastic-surgery-nightmare

Phia:

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didnt-earn/

World Cup VAR:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ce8jv326d7vo

https://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2026-07-12/how-var-became-2026-world-cups-biggest-villain

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/world-cup/var-changes-are-the-worst-thing-about-the-best-world-cup/

Stubhub:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/stubhub-marketplace-mass-scalper-sec-filings-9.7265230

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If life is like a fourth of July fireworks show, your wedding is the part that is giant and loud and maybe on fire. At least that’s what Taylor Swift’s looked like to me. This week we’re talking about Taylor Swift’s wedding, the empire state building climbers and whether or not what they’re doing is art, peptides, and the best rower.

15 min: Kelsey Pfendler Rowed So Far

25 min: Is The Empire State Building Couple Art

38 min: Tay and Trav Forever

66 min: Caroline Calloway and Peptides Today

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Peptides:

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-peptide-legalization-gold-rush/

https://www.bylinebyline.com/articles/caroline-calloway-ozempic-drinking

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/can-ozempic-cure-addiction

Empire State Building Couple:

https://6abc.com/post/empire-state-building-climbers-angela-nikolau-ivan-beerkus-starred-netflix-skywalkers-documentary/19434573/

Kelsey Pfendler:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/rowing-record-pacific-kelsey-pfendler.html

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/american-solo-rowing-hawaii

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What is fame and does it just happen to you or does it take effort??? This week we’re talking about famous loser Jack Schlossberg, reality star fame/ longevity/ and strategy when it comes to Love Island’s Olandria, being famously beautiful but also a director when it comes to Olivia Wilde, and being famous and lost like Lizzo. 

16 min: Jack Schlossberg and the Democrats

27 min: Boots Riley, Pharrell Williams, Art and Stealing 

40 min: Lizzo’s Album

58 min: Olandria’s Fame

75 min: Olivia Wilde’s Reputation 

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Schlossberg: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/kennedy-jack-schlossberg-political-dynasty.html

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/jack-schlossberg-makes-his-case

Olivia Wilde: 

https://www.vulture.com/article/dont-worry-darling-drama-timeline.html

https://www.thecut.com/article/olivia-wilde-the-invite-i-want-your-sex-profile-cut-cover-june-2026-interview.html

Olandria: 

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a71547584/olandria-interview-2026/

Lizzo: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AvXwyqLx0w

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Women can have kids at any age and ballerinas are allowed to sell you poison milk this is the future babydoll we’re just livin in it. Also Peter Thiel founded an evil party but you already could have guessed. 

14 min: Anne Hathaway

22 min: Serena Williams

26 min: Sports Journalism 

26 min: Peter Thiel’s Dialog Society 

55 min: Ballerina Farm

78 min: Caps Off

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Ballerina Farm: 

https://www.vulture.com/article/ballerina-farm-interview-yesteryear-tradwife.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/midway-utah-is-now-a-tourist-destination-thanks-to-ballerina-farm

Sports Journalism: 

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/how-athletes-teams-are-replacing-sports-journalism/

Dialog Society: 

​​https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

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The girls are Unwell this week and not just the ones employed by Alex Cooper and her evil husband. Emily Ratajkowski wrote about getting back in the dating game, it was traumatic. The only happy lady is Gwyneth Paltrow because she’s a centrist, meaning she’s on whichever side is doing the most war and right now there’s so much war and she’s doing so great. 

13 min: Inside Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network 

31 min: Deed Theft 

41 min: Emrata’s New Essay 

79 min: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Politics 

117 min: Caps Off 

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Deed Theft:

https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-announces-deed-theft-prevention-office-in-wake-of-nyc-councilmembers-arrest

Unwell Network: 

https://www.vanityfair.com/story/alex-coopers-mean-girl-problem#intcid=_vanity-fair-verso-hp-trending_ae8c341f-37bf-4fac-a5d6-bcb768c9bfdd_popular4-2

Emily Ratajkowski Essay: 

https://www.thecut.com/article/emily-ratajkowski-sex-single-mom-essay.html

Gwyneth: 

https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-trae-stephens-has-built-ai-weapons-and-worked-for-donald-trump-as-he-sees-it-jesus-would-approve/

https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/gwyneth-paltrow-israel-advert-gaza-8qq7n6dkc

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