If you get the chance to see Rohene Ward skate in person, it's worth doing. That man is dangerously charismatic. (Also, it's a really good show.)

I started watching the men's free from the beginning just after it ended, so all I knew was that shit has gone down but without any details

It's the extra Zamboni break, right? Pairs just gets screwed because they can only put 4 teams in a warm-up group.

This is the first figure skating event I've managed to watch in real time this whole Olympics (I'm usually between 2 and 24 hours behind), and now NBC is punishing me by making me look at men's hockey.

don't we all do that? every time i see him: "oh it's trennnnt"

i'm obsessed with You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue. it's an alternate history of Spanish contact with the Aztec Empire that engaged all my senses in a way that writing almost never does

30 Rock meme but with Counting Crows

This came to me in a dream

food takes are what got jean valjean into trouble

Did the ISU send out a memo about Ghost: The Musical? I had never heard of it, and now every other skater is using it. #GPFigure

It's just a simulcast of the E! broadcast, with all the pros and cons thereof (mostly cons).

See also (from @men_of_fs) #SCI25 #GPFigure

Considering Alison & Saulius had to peak for the Olympic Qualifier, whereas this is Piper & Paul's first competition of the season, I think that's pretty reasonable.

My dream is that after the season, they repurpose it as an exhibition or show program and do it in actual drag

NOT THE ASS JIGGLE!!!! #SCI25

Looked like he missed the grab on her ankle

Paul Poirier is a Canadian national treasure

i hate it so much, in a couple years they'll make everyone use fake music so they can leave the streams up without paying copyright

Rhythm Dance music listing: "One Two by AI (of 90s style Bon Jovi)

this from the mrazeks ISU bio can't mean what it seems to mean...right? #SCI2025 #GPFigure

they hit it on "pose", but they don't stop moving so it's not effective

Them: Watching horror movies through their fingers

Me, a sophisticate: Watching pairs figure skating though my fingers

#SCI25 #GPFigure

when he was on game changers, I was like "oh shit it's demi" and Ginny said "who" so I had to show her the videos

Homer Simpson sitting on a couch watching TV, holding a pennant that says TV SPORTS

WNBA Playoffs, Go!

The NOISE I just made. Time to start budgeting for season tickets.

Why Do Dads Watch TV Standing Up? Everyone knows that fathers love to watch TV standing up. Comedian Josh Gondelman investigates this cultural mystery, and develops a complete taxonomy of standing dads.

Thank you to @gqmagazine.bsky.social for enlisting me to figure out why dads watch tv while standing up! (And thank you to everyone who offered their insights!)

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That's amazing. To know oneself and also to be known