Abigail Cahill

Seeing lots of posts like this, and it's leading me to believe that Alysa's victory has the potential to launch figure skating back into mainstream North American awareness. Skating is big at every Olympics, but I haven't seen a performance light up outside of FS circles like this in ages.

Alysa Liu Is Untouchable | Defector When athletes are said to thrive under pressure, that generally does not mean that they do not feel it. Rather, the common understanding is that athletes, or at least the great ones, are capable of ta...

for anyone craving more Alysa Liu content @yuekaxu.bsky.social has been on a tear of figure skating blogs that are simply beautiful to read and learn from defector.com/alysa-liu-is...

I feel like I have been wandering in the wilderness (not paying attention to skating) since SLC and have come home...not just bc Alysa won but because after Petrosian's scores came up I genuinely did not care how the top five shook out in the end.

Amber Glenn to the haters: SUCK IT!

#MilanoCortina2026 ⛸️

Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️

Reader, I wept.

Ho-lee Shit. This is phenomenally good news. Department of Education rolls back— for now— its attempts to destroy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility initiatives. Keep an eye on them, of course, and watch for the hidden knife, always, but for now: Fantastic news.

That is to say, the risk-reward structure inherent in the scoring system itself plays out differently in the men's and women's events.

Risk and the scoring system, which are related

Olympic skating's new addition is a backward-skating cameraman blending in to capture emotion Former U.S. ice dancer Jordan Cowan now skates on the Olympic rink as a camera operator, giving viewers for the first time a close look at figure skaters’ emotions.

Interesting AP article about the on-ice cameraman for Olympic figure skating apnews.com/article/ital...

Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood? | Defector Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Oly...

March Mammal Madness starting a little early this year.

A week later, here I am feeling hungover after watching the men's fs late last night. (I am proud of myself for remaining totally unspoiled until the end but like, maybe I should have been this time, and spared myself.)

Finally, I can publish my curling article. Some might call it shameless. We call it an Olympic sport/stormwater management chip and roll.

hey we found a way to talk about curling and stream restoration in the same blog post. neorsd.medium.com/finally-i-ca...

The end of that program is the only use of the overhead cam that I will approve.

DARE TO DREAM #MilanoCortina2026 #figureskating

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1) It's making it harder for people to learn *how* to learn

2) If you can't do everything you think ou should be doing without resorting to it — then you're doing (or being asked to do) too much

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One last update (maybe) in the Maddie Schizas and professor story

This is from Maddie’s instagram story late this evening. Her prof’s first and only instagram post — watching Maddie compete in the team event for Canada tonight.

Caption: “I’m so proud of you Maddie!”

Dismayed to learn that I have to actually go to work for the next two weeks and can't take them off to watch the rest of the Olympics.

And that one-footed backflip was a thing of beauty

YOU ARE SOMETHING BUT NOT NOTHING

We're all crying over here

AAAAHHHHH!!!

Not me crying already today!!!

Important news here for the Figure Skating + Higher Ed Discourse crossover* contingent.

*no pun intended, I swear.

With alt-text.

Maddie Schizas is a delight.

This almost made me cry before she even took her opening pose.

Four hours of sleep, same. I nodded off for the last two pairs and now I'm locked in again.

Graphic with the text Meet the Kozakiewicz Lab.

Composite photo of the five members of the Kozakiewicz Lab.

Graphic with photos of postdoc Luisa M. Diele-Viegas and an outreach event held under an outdoor gazebo, with the text, I study the impacts of human activities on natural and human systems under a transdisciplinary framework…

Graphic with photos of postdoc Luisa M. Diele-Viegas, with the text, Because environmental challenges are best addressed when science collaborates with communities, respects local culture, and focuses on the relationships that sustain ecosystems.

Get to know a KBS research lab! This week we're highlighting the members of the Kozakiewicz Lab. Check out what postdoc Luisa M. Diele-Viegas studies and why.

It is also about to bring us the Winter Olympics so please brace yourself for some incoming skating content.

A snow-covered ground with trees and shrubs. Four brown boards with bright-colored clay caterpillars are visible

A small black, white, and orange bird in a tree

My unpopular opinion is that I am really, really digging this Great Lakes winter, bringing us snowy intro to ecology and a towhee!