TBH watching the hockey live seems infinitely safer than watching the #FigureSkating live!

If the rules say you earn more than zero points for attempting a triple jump, under-rotating it, and face-planting on the ice, the rules SHOULD also say you earn more than zero points for doing a double instead of a triple. #FigureSkating Too late for #MilanoCortina2026, but the rule should change.

I already knew about the rule that Courtney helpfully explained below, but the rule itself is insane and should be changed. If you double out of your triple (or can only do a single Axel like Kristen Spours) you should be marked down, sure, but not to zero. #FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026

Any chance we could have a personal best short program score for everyone who has yet to skate tonight? Asking for my resting heart rate. #FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026

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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has given Brazil and South America their first medal in the Winter Olympics. And it’s a gold as he wins the GS. How cool.

Both Jeremy Bowen and James Van Der Beek were diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer. In the FT Weekend today, we have an interview with Bowen, going strong aged 66, and an obituary for Van Der Beek, dead at 48. Ufff, life.

TBH I am afraid to watch any more of the figure skating live. This is happening in my time zone, and it was hard to get to sleep last night after THAT! #FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026 What if it's not just the men who wind up #Menning?

If there's a soft ice problem in the #figureskating venue it MUST be fixed before the Pairs skate, because falls in pairs are much more terrifying and sometimes involve one partner getting slashed by the other's blade. #MilanoCortina2026

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Olympic judge who cost Madison Chock and Evan Bates gold has a history of questionable scores #FigureSkating #IceDance #MilanoCortina2026 sports.yahoo.com/articles/oly...

Just going to leave this here

Another Massive Milestone A year ago, Vicky Mboko was ranked #213, playing an ITF 35 event in Manchester, England. On Monday, in all likelihood, she'll crack the world's top 10 after defeating Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina for the second time, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.

Victoria Mboko becomes the first teenager to reach the Doha semifinals since Jelena Ostapenko in 2016… Who she’ll be facing next in the semifinals. What an achievement for this impeccable 19 year old. 🇨🇦❤️

Victoria Mboko wins 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 against Elena Rybakina The top 2 favorites for the title both out back to back with Swiatek and Rybakina, and Mboko becomes a Top 10 player for the very first time. 📸 Jimmie48/WTA Tour

I hope Gabi has good people around her. Whatever we're all feeling about ::gestures at dumpster fire::, I can't imagine what's going through her head. Sending her all the love 💖 #MilanoCortina2026 #FigureSkating

I've seen Olivia Smart's abs in her IG videos, but I still don't understand how she is able to do THIS: #FigureSkating #IceDance #MilanoCortina2026

Keys, Spare Change Fly Out Of Luge Athlete’s Pocket On First Turn

If you can spare 28 seconds this really is very cool. And VERY hard! #FigureSkating #MilanoCortino2026 #IceDance

I love this for me!

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.

#MilanoCortina2026 #Olympics #Luge

RECORD OLYMPIQUE ! 🇺🇸 Jordan Stolz sacré champion olympique ! En 1:06.28, le prodige américain pulvérise la marque olympique sur 1000m. Une démonstration de puissance et de fluidité absolue ! 🥇🔥 🥇🇺🇸👏💙🤍❤️ #JeuxOlympiques #PatinageDeVitesse #MilanoCortina2026

It's been obvious for weeks that tonight's winners had been chosen before the #MilanoCortina2026 Games had started. And like I said after the RD, judging in #IceDance is every bit as corrupt now as it was decades ago. #FigureSkating

Should've stuck with my original "don't watch" call - I hate seeing Twizzasters! #FigureSkating #IceDance #MilanoCortina2026

Who chooses the judging panels? Shouldn't the judges be from countries that do NOT have athletes who are in contention for medals or are fighting tooth and nail for improved placements? #IceDance #FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026

Today is the 5th anniversary of the release of the infamous #Lawyercat video, which I posted roughly thirty minutes after the start of the second impeachment trial. Who would have thought it would have such a lasting impact on the world! Happy Lawyercat Day for all who celebrate!

I'm not convinced that international ice dance scoring is any less corrupt than it was in 2002. #figureskating #MilanoCortina2026

A moment of respect for Tim Dieck's back outside edge and what I can only imagine were hundreds of hours spent on the leg press and squat rack at the gym. #MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating

“Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance

For behold, darkness covers the land;

Post a banger, not in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KO3...

I’m old enough to remember the Paris summer Olympics, when Noah Lyles fell short of his goal to double in the 100 and 200 because he had Covid

This is what firing 30% of your staff does.

100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.

YAY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS FOR ALYSA LIU AND AMBER GLENN!!!

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AMBER GLENN

So many children of immigrants (i.e., 1st-gen Americans) are on that gold-medal winning #figureskating team. #Olympics

I feel like that competition may have taken 10 years off my life expectancy. #figureskating #olympics #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics

LGBT out athlete Breezy Johnson wins first gold for US team at winter games! 🏳️‍🌈👏 www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...

I hate that this has happened to #LindseyVonn. I hate it so much. #MilanoCortina2026

No one booed the US athletes. They booed JD. Per Reuters, "Cheers for the large U.S. team quickly turned to boos when Vance was shown on the stadium's big screen." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

People have been pointing this out for years now, but too many people still don't seem to know.

"Cheers for the large U.S. team quickly turned to boos when Vance was shown on the stadium's big screen." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Good morning and welcome to your FT Weekend highlights giftlink thread. First the Weekend Essay "both Putin and Trump know that we live in a world where being able to impose your story is what matters". Peter Pomerantsev writes that Europe needs to change the story as.ft.com/r/1b2d55d0-8...

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