Askarov was outplayed in net Thursday by Wolf; today among other things he misplayed the puck behind the net with a one goal lead and time running out. The Sharks somehow kept the Oilers 6-on-4 power play from scoring and snapped their losing streak Kinda sapping my confidence in the young man

things every single democratic president of your lifetime has done -cleaned up the mess left by republicans -get punished for it

Preview/Lines #57: Wennberg & Toffoli Coach Pride Scrimmage, Mukhamadullin Back in Sharks’ Line-Up sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sha...

This would be enough to make you think something is going to happen, someplace

As I often say around here, Kate’s thread is worthy of your attention

Before I saw this I was thinking about Sochi 2014 and how that wrapped up a few days before Russia made their first big move against Ukraine, and now we’re a week past the 2026 Winter Games But Rodger’s probably right to look ahead, not backwards

Regular readers know I support mass transit and use every system I can whenever practical. Years ago a relative (in the nicest way) dubbed me a “transit slut.” And I look forward to the expansion of what I still think of as LA Metro’s Purple Line What transit slut could resist buying this top?

Ignore the clowns who come on here periodically to say Bluesky's irrelevant. Just this week I saw @katelynburns.com @ziibiing.com and @posters-madness.bsky.social raise tens of thousands of dollars for mutual aid for trans people and immigrants through this website for dorks.

Sharks resume play tonight vs. Calgary and SJ Sharkie pays tribute to Alyssa Liu at the first tv timeout

it took an expensive, coordinated effort & a lot of people saying “this doesn’t matter” to get from a bathroom ban costing one state $400 million & a gubernatorial race to “trans people must turn in their documents which become invalid in a few hours or face fines & potential jail time” in 10 years.

I don’t know if this is juicy enough to merit inclusion in the @fieldofschemes.bsky.social weekly wrap-up but the news from Berkeley is not encouraging for Cal Athletics, and a contributing factor is the fiscal mess that Memorial Stadium has become www.sfchronicle.com/sports/colle...

@annkillion.bsky.social is absolutely on target in this piece. I’ll be at the Tank tomorrow night to see what the Sharks come out of the Olympic break with www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annki...

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

I found this to be an especially powerful commentary on the state of publishing today. Reaches beyond the topic of criticism/recommendation/whatever it is when someone says “hey! look at this!”

Sex workers! Amazon is changing their policy when it comes to sharing gift lists. Your address may be visible to purchasers if you have a public Amazon wishlist.

On the ideals of the Olympics, the fiction of hockey romance, and the real world: defector.com/the-u-s-hock...

OH COME ON

This is how you cover women’s sports (quote @thefrankiedlc.news extensively) www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Are. They. Out. Of. Their. Minds?!

I bet Mike hasn’t been this grateful for an appointment in a long time

Hockey culture is frustrating, maddening and has parts of it that are so just fuckin' beautiful that it makes you want to fix all the bad stuff. Its really interesting seeing that intersect with a lot of new viewers coming from a fandom space. But thank god for this piece:

My first reaction is: not enough My second thought is I hope somebody keeps an eye on the gallery to see who all leaves early

usa women’s hockey > usa men’s hockey

Opinion | Uber’s propaganda claims its initiative will protect people from “billboard lawyers,” but that’s far from the truth. Uber’s real goal is getting richer by dodging accountability and driving a wedge between victims and lawyers. bit.ly/3OJqIil 📝 Jamie Court & Nick Rowley 📸 Mike Blake

Shouldn’t this cross somebody’s line, someplace?

Mass media: report this, please. I’m looking at you, @npr.org – an organization I don’t think is yet compromised on this subject. Yet.

This is sooooooo fascinating to me because 1. you couldn't go to beijing 2022 lol 2. the last us men's team hyped at this level was 2010 and I cannot tell you how many time I've worn my David Backes jersey from that team because I've worn it everywhere, it was so easy to buy, too.

We’re told that this thing was ghostwritten by Mark Arax, a Central Valley kid like me who has written some of my favorite books about California’s past and the state of the state today It would be fun to know what he’s thinking about this book’s critical reception

For an insightful analysis of painting yourself into a corner, read on:

So this is fun: endorsement follies in my new vaguely salamander-shaped Congressional district (which is where the “mander” in gerrymander comes from) calmatters.org/politics/202...

This is the guy (more importantly GM of an NHL team and the National team) that orchestrated the Patel appearance btw: www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

It was always going to happen this way. Those of us in the media space have been a) warning new fans that this was what men’s hockey culture was really like, & b) warning the NHL that they should maybe not alienate all the new fans they said they were excited to be receiving. And yet, here we are!

I see folks here pouncing on news that the USA women’s hockey team was invited to the SOTU and declined. C’mon, people. The SOTU is *tomorrow night.* Most of the eastern seaboard is snowed in. It’s ridiculous to think you could get the team together and into DC in time, whatever the politics

Today in “everything is connected to everything else” housing, transportation, infrastructure reliability, you name it

Peaches will be in San Francisco next month for a show and I am really, really happy about that

It seems like almost every time the rest of the world intrudes on hockey culture things, which were not super great to begin with, just get worse

in public, the men's hockey team has been supportive of the women's team, going to games, cheering them on, saying they were inspired by the OT golden goal must be gutting to feel that support and then get first-hand evidence that behind closed doors, when it's just The Boys, they're laughing at you

It appears more people are waking up to the possibility that California Democrats might very well execute the gravest political fuckup since the 2024 Presidential election or the 2016 Presidential election or the 2000 Presidential election etc www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

If tightrope walking was an Olympic event Tirico and IOC prez Coventry might make their respective teams I will say Coventry made an effort to answer “hard” questions diplomatically; that’s better than the kind of disingenuous bullshit people in her position usually offer youtu.be/tC7spH82xy8

The magic isn’t over. In two weeks will be the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milano-Cortina, in which you’ll be able to witness exceptional athletes with disabilities do things you’d never be able to do. ✨

People need to run against this, specifically

We watch many/most Olympic events asynchronously, and I’m at the point in the Closing Ceremonies of the ceremonial flag handover from the host cities to the next. It dawns on me that I get emotional about this part because it symbolizes the belief that something good will happen in the future. 😥

See also: neck protectors Hockey is so pickled in tradition. So much money sloshes around the sport now, that I’d imagine somebody could pay for development of a mask that protects without materially impairing vision/performance But would elite men wear it? Doubtful

In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

People look askance when I say that Lady Gaga’s Harlequin is one of my favorite albums of the past few years. It just speaks so directly to my affection for the anti-mainstream Amber Glenn skated to “That’s Life” at the end-of-the-Olympics gala and I didn’t know I could love her more, but I do 🫶

This seems like an incredible athletic feat and I guess it hardly mattered to NBC

Darn, I was really hoping Pavol Regenda was going to be able to come home to San Jose with an Olympic medal 🙁

I was listening to a lot of Randy Newman the other day – one of the greatest satirists American music has ever produced I hadn’t heard “Short People” in a long time and damn, as I look around me at the trans community in 2026, it hits differently than when I was a kid youtu.be/v8UVBgUd9GE?...

Outstanding piece, with a lot of great angles on the subject. I hope this opens some eyes!

Emily Hoeven is an astute observer of how California governs itself. Her consternation about how the race for Governor is shaping up is as close to mine as I’ve seen in print (nobody has splashed anything in my face on the street recently though) www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/arti...