since olympic figure skating has been so stressful this year, here is a thread of soothing and beautiful figure skating performances! in no particular order and pulled from various sources, since many skating videos on youtube are geoblocked in the US

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Become ungovernable

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Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40. Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store

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the polish Emotional Support Pierogi is the real star of these olympics. #MilanoCortina2026

This is Bogie. This rope is his very favorite toy because it makes his tiny human smile too. 13/10 (TT: _chelsea_brown_4)

Every day I remember again that Gabriella Papadakis lost her NBC job because of THAT FUCKING MAN and I want to flip every judges table at ice dance #olympics #sa content warning etc.

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Ilia is good, but his skate was not the "star" of the show for the Men's Free in the team competition. That designation goes to Matteo Rizzo of Italy and Shun Sato of Japan. Both of their performances were dazzling and Olympic caliber.

OMG, here’s some joy. The Polish figure skating team’s mascot is a STUFFED PIEROGI! #Olympics 😍🥟

Goosebumps here at the arena. A mesmerizing performance by Matteo Rizzo who will help lead the Italians to an historic bronze medal in the figure skating team event. Italy had never won a medal in this event. Until now. On home ice. What a moment.

Figure Skating-Japan's team silver felt like gold, says Sakamoto reut.rs/4tptitQ

Sean, alarmed: why are you crying?? Me, watching figure skating: BECAUSE THEYRE REALIZING THEIR DREAM

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I've seen a lot of people watching the figure skating at the Olympics and a lot of praise for the French ice dancers with the cool Vogue programme. I thought it was important to add some (pretty unpleasant) context to their Olympic narrative. medium.com/@feverbitch/...

trans women playing women’s sports

bro the editor of this got offered a job hbo due to their heated rivalry edits. that's so fucking dope man.

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Kittywampus says hello and happy #Caturday from his natural habitat, the gravitational singularity at the heart of the laundry basket.

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Them. #Hannibal

The waning Snow Moon and #aurora in Southern Manitoba this evening

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Cookies n' seals 🍪🦭 #art

This shit right here is why I feel like I'm losing my mind. It took me literally seconds to look up the yacht and see that Rowling didn't buy it until 2023 (reminder: Epstein died in 2019). It is SO fucking easy to just check this shit before you spread it. Conspiracy theory shit helps nobody.

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My first #HeatedRivalry fic is live! Gen, #Hollanov, with some light hurt/comfort and slice-of-life/domestic fluff. +++ Must be bad, Ilya thought with a stab of panic. Shane only called when it was urgent. Or: Shane freaks out and Ilya comforts him. archiveofourown.org/works/78659501

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ilya is watching shane do yoga in imax full screen surround sound home theater while svetlana is literally there and he still thinks he's being subtle. HILARIOUS #reheatedrivalry

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Road Running Beside the Paris Ramparts - 1887 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14123

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My first #HeatedRivalry fic is live! Gen, #Hollanov, with some light hurt/comfort and slice-of-life/domestic fluff. +++ Must be bad, Ilya thought with a stab of panic. Shane only called when it was urgent. Or: Shane freaks out and Ilya comforts him. archiveofourown.org/works/78659501

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oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

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Omega's mood swing is intense. #Hannibal #Hannigram #HughDancy #madsmikkelsen #WillGraham

So, I'm writing Heated Rivalry fic 🥳.

it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines