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 Again22 min: Phia Broke the Law33 min: Is VAR Ruining the World Cup?44 min: Jia Tolentino’s New Essay62 min: Dave Portnoy’s Memoir96 min: Caps Off___________________________________Keep up with all the latest:https://www.goodnoticings.com/Read our many musings on Substack:https://goodnoticings.substack.com/Join the Patreon for new, exclusive episodes every Friday!https://www.patreon.com/c/goodnoticingsFollow us on:TikTok- @goodnoticingspodInstagram- @goodnoticingspodTheme song by: Bri Connelly ___________________________________Jia: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/our-plastic-surgery-nightmarePhia: 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/ce8jv326d7vohttps://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/story/2026-07-12/how-var-became-2026-world-cups-biggest-villainhttps://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-9.7265230Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices