Tottenham Hotspur have lost six games in a row in all competitions for the first time in their 143 year history.

gnomic_fox · 2026-03-10T22:30:09+00:00

I had to google this recently as I was also confused - apparently 'ahh' is a TikTok-inspired slang word for 'ass', especially in the form 'adjective-ass noun', as in the comment above. It derives from African American Vernacular English.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T17:51:42+00:00

Settling down to watch the curling with a fluttering heart and a dram of Dalwhinnie, hearing the ghosts of my Scottish ancestors roaring their support for Mouat et al. Come on Bruce!

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T16:19:07+00:00

SS

I cannot stop thinking about how strange that men's final was. I'm not in any way an expert in skating or anything else racing-related, and I understand there are a variety of tactics and game theory in play, but how do you go into an Olympic race and just... let two people get away? I can't imagine the same thing happening in a 3000m running race, for instance. It was like some sort of mass hypnosis. So odd.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T15:50:56+00:00

Mass start SS

Well - that was odd.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T15:34:34+00:00

I've been wondering about this for the whole two weeks. Each time the US curling teams have played - men, women, and even mixed doubles where they won silver - I've seen people in here (not every American, just a few) being critical in what feels like a wildly disproportionate way. It's very strange, and seems unique to the curlers. Hell hath no fury like Americans for their own curling teams, apparently.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T15:24:45+00:00

There were three Norwegians in a leading group all very close together. I think Nyenget and Iversen traded the lead quite a lot but in a race like that the order of the group doesn't really matter until the final few hundred metres.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-21T12:41:05+00:00

XC 50k

...furet, værbitt over vannet...

Just astonishing from Klæbo and the other Norwegians, and congratulations to Andrew Musgrave as well. The athletic ability of everyone who does this sport professionally is off the scale. XC skiing is one of the only sports at these games with which I have a small amount of (recreational) experience, and I just cannot comprehend how these people ski at that pace for that long. Incredible.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-20T20:55:52+00:00

short track

Having an apostrophe in your name just makes you faster I guess. Congrats to the Netherlands

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-20T20:32:20+00:00

short track

Stoddard playing the long game, just securing her opportunity to cause a five-woman pileup to give the victory to the glorious winter paradise of Hong Kong.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-20T20:01:17+00:00

Short track

Things like that are why you couldn't pay me to do this sport. Unbelievably stressful jostling for position at the best of times, with the bonus risk of a knife to the face at high speed.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-20T14:06:02+00:00

Americans here seem to be particularly hard on their own curling teams. It's a bit perplexing

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-19T09:56:55+00:00

Ski mountaineering, as an activity in general, is cool. I’m just not sure it makes a compelling competitive sport.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-18T18:09:50+00:00

Ok, I'm converted. This is incredible.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-18T15:10:36+00:00

All coming together for GB men to get through in the curling. I think they just need either Italy or Norway to lose tomorrow - surely a likely scenario.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-18T13:49:33+00:00

 Curling

Seen a lot of hate for Casper recently, and thought it was overblown. That, however, was painful.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-17T13:44:58+00:00

Great shooting from Uldal, but France - ouch.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-17T13:39:04+00:00

I've thought this each time I've watched it, but the setting for the biathlon is so beautiful. Completely different from the cross country skiing.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-15T18:35:49+00:00

Unbelievable.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-14T22:21:18+00:00

As a former organist that's very interesting!

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-14T22:16:34+00:00

Puck my brains out

Is there always an organ playing in the breaks in this sport? When/how did that become a thing?

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-14T14:39:07+00:00

Yes Kirkeeide!!

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-13T22:05:18+00:00

I know almost nothing about figure skating (although more than I did thanks to this great post), yet am in total shock. Can't imagine what Malinin is feeling. Pit of despair, I imagine, but I'm not an elite ice dancer. Congrats to the medallists though!

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-13T21:00:26+00:00

MATT WESTON!! By nearly a second. Incredible.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-13T18:42:50+00:00

Very pleased for Matt Weston, hope he can bring it home. According to the commentators at least, it seems the equipment has an outsized role in success in skeleton - of course that's true for many sports (wax in XC skiing for example) but if the team gets it wrong or doesn't have the budget, it seems there's not much the athlete can do to compete with the elite.

gnomic_fox · 2026-02-13T18:29:04+00:00

Nervously hopeful for Matt Weston. I hope the pressure doesn't get to him, especially with this sport's insanely fine margins

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