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you think you've seen the whole movie, and then the alt text reveals you haven't even finished act two

How is that different from the resting normal state of Mets fans every day of the year no matter what? They’re unwell

The St. Louis hairstylist behind Alysa Liu's signature 'halo' 'do

what the fuck is that robotic dog-like thing in the yankees/twins game? set it on fire

As a kid in school, I couldn’t stop myself from making this face 🥴 any time a student (or worse yet, a teacher) said “vice-uh-versa” instead of the correct vice-versa

In case you missed it

The person saying “awoooo” at the end inspiring the coyotes to kind of roll their eyes in judgment like “ugh, tourists” as they scamper away is the ultimate jaded New Yorker flex. For the coyotes, I mean. Not the human

It took me a week to write, but my takeaways for men’s singles at the Olympics are finally up at the blog. As always, it’s free for everyone, so tell your friends to subscribe too #MilanoCortina2026

This seems like a really good time to remind everyone that JD Vance's motorcade delayed Alysa Liu in getting to the arena as she was on her way to compete in the team figure skating event. Thankfully she made it there and ultimately the team won the gold. If she hadn't, that wouldn't have been good.

what's getting me emotional is that for decades now USFS has been desperately chasing mainstream popularity and there's been so much discussion of How Do We Get People Interested in Figure Skating and the answer turned out to be joy 🥹

Closing ceremony was so dull earlier I almost dozed off several times, but when it finally became a fun dance party, NBC showed commercials during almost all of it

Can you spot the pairs girlie in her natural habitat?

I love that Kimmy Repond is dating Adam Siao Him Fa because it shows that short men can get the prettiest model girlfriend ever, so guys whining about 'oh no women don't like short guys' have to accept a short weirdo who isn't overly handsome can get a model girlfriend, so maybe you're just a dick.

Who is “Ilia Melanin?” Is there a Black Ilia Malinin??? I haven’t laughed this hard at an idiot’s misspelling in, I don’t know, at least a couple of days

We’ve been trying to tell you normies for years!

omg I just now realized Ilia’s transgression was … popping 😭 “If you pop that [jump] one more time…”

When I tell people they should give figure skating fandom a chance and they don’t believe me, okay, take it from other normies who just got why it’s so wonderful

Definitely the Rays’ fault

😭 #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

Queen Kaori is wrangling the group selfie FOR THE LAST TIME. 🥹

TURN ON MULTI VIEW on Peacock!

Yes someone please upload the end of the finale for us! 😭

#MilanoCortina2026 #FigureSkating What! They cut the feed NOW? We don't get an Olympic selfie from the finale or the final victory lap? BOOO NBC/Peacock! BOOOO!

NO YOU CANNOT JUST END THE STREAM WTF. I NEED THE VICTORY LAP AND THE GROUP SELFIE. COME BACK. #MilanoCortina2026 #FigureSkating

Shaidorov did a triple in the panda suit! (laudatory) And is now receiving two panda plushies from Jackie Chan (derogatory) bsky.app/profile/alex...

I hope we never have to watch the boring bedsheet gala skate again

That’s what it is. No wonder it feels stale

🇪🇪 Niina Petrõkina, 🇱🇹 Meda Variakojytė, 🇷🇴 Julia Sauter, 🇬🇪 Luka Berulava, 🇲🇽 Donovan Carrillo, and 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will also be flag bearers in the Olympics closing ceremony #MilanoCortina2026 www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...

Adeliia’s hips don’t lie: they’re broken (thanks Eteri)

SAME! I see all the people saying, "Normally I don't watch the gala" and I'm like 'the fuck???' WHY would you skip the gala?!

I am begging the pope to please stop stripping 😭 #figureskating #milanocortina2026

I don't usually watch the gala, but I make an exception for the Olympics -- and to see who Niina Petrokina will murder #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

Peak exhibition program energy right here. These are the shenanigans I watch the Olympic gala for. #MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

It’s this easy! Everyone should get off Twitter and Substack!

We are so back, baby

Concerned that the Discourse on Alysa Liu’s family is (if it’s not already there) going to get quite horrific quite quickly

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Periodic reminder that Trump has an economics degree from Penn. More and more data suggests an Ivy League business degree often means you went to failson finishing school instead of getting an actual education.

This is why Sam is my skating bestie, you guys 🥰

That feeling when the London Review of books *alludes* to your work breaking the AI slop plagiarism story, but doesn’t credit you for figuring out the sources of the machine-regurgitated plagiarism

this is a great overview of the music issues in the sport right now. It would be great if you could add a link to the original source for the section on Mrazkova & Mrazek's AI-plagiarised lyrics; @shanabartels.bsky.social worked hard to break this story last November www.patreon.com/posts/142706...

This is the best thing I’ve seen all day

The exhibition gala starts at 2 p.m. ET Saturday and will air on Peacock streaming. It will also air on NBC starting at 2:55 p.m. ET Saturday, and portions will be air in NBC's Primetime broadcast on Saturday night. The gala will re-air on USA Network at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

I did my good deed for the day: informed three people with good responses (The Chain, Rhythm Nation, Groove is in the Heart) which killer programs of those songs to look up. For those who don’t speak figure skating that’s Danilova/Tsiba, Hubbell/Donohue, and Green/Parsons respectively

All right it's time for FUCK ETERI and FUCK DANIIL. Sorry Adeliia.

Another reminder. Anne Frank and her sister Margot didn't die in gas chambers. They died of Typhus due to overcrowding at Bergen-Belsen women's camp, which also experienced outbreaks of tuberculosis and typhoid fever.

and none for Eteri Tutberidze, bye #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

I am so proud of this generation of women’s figure skaters. Keep putting ppl like Alysa, Kaori, and Amber on TV talking about the power of having fun, being yourself, and respecting your “competitors.” The world could sure use role models like that. #MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating