What lessons will figure skating learn in the wake of Alysa Liu's triumph?

Alysa Liu, dropping F-bombs on live television with her one million watt smile says: you deserve more. Take up that space. It worked for me.

What do we say when an athlete's performance is anything but neutral?

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara save the Olympic figure skating vibe.

A pair team lost the Olympics today, we just don't know which one.

The Quad God falls, a Mikhail Shaidorov surprise, and a speed-run of the Kübler-Ross grief cycle.

When the real victory is the bronze medal you won along the way.

Queries for the curious after the men's short program.

A very brief recap of the rhythm dance at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

Few things unify the Olympic audience like a voracious interest in figure skating. But for most viewers, the Olympics is the only time they pay attention to figure skating. Let me give you the real deal behind the headlines.

The Winter 2026 Seasonal Mood Board.

Looking back at a year spent trimming away overgrowth to make space for something new.

Let me explain how the model works, babe. Equity touches what the sun touches. After nine drinks you qualify for a free indulgence. It’s only a small bite, for encouragement.

I found myself six posts into a recap thread on Bluesky about this weekend's Cup of China competition before I realized, "Ellie, no, that's too much. Write a blog post and really let those lukewarm takes spill everywhere."

It's impossible to listen to Dan Mangan and not think of the blizzards and the broken glass. His music has provided the soundtrack for moments great and small for more than 15 years.

I unplugged for a few days this week and returned to a whole lot of people pissed off about waffles. It was, of course, nothing to do with waffles per se and everything to do with some seriously tin-eared comments from members of Bluesky's leadership team. I'm not rehashing them here, but the whole episode served as yet another reminder of the brittleness of social media.

Currently pondering, preoccupied, inspired, and investigating a plethora of notions. The seasonal sensual mix for Fall 2025.

If I see one more story about someone claiming they solo bootstrapped a vibe-coded accounting platform to $2 million in ARR I will do something regrettable. My tech career, such as it was, is over and I'm out.

A career-spanning selection from the work of Michael Lewis, Bard of the Financial Bust.

On switching streaming platforms and rescuing physical media from storage.