How confident are you of the date? That looks like a lot of cars, and more modern models, for 1898

Weird, it didn’t give me one; I don’t have a subscription

Despite an internal investigation that exonerated McClain, Worden continued to promote the false claims to news outlets and hired a media consultant to amplify them. She also publicly released her former spouse’s personal information.

Huh, I wonder why there were problems in that marriage?

What are the red things in the top photos?

Never heard of her or that song, but that was great.

And personally I basically know two things about Sturla Holm Lægreid but I still feel like he’s got more red flags than a communist parade. She’s right to run!

I did not get to see that game; I did watch USA v. Latvia. No real predictions yet; Canada and the US are obviously strong teams but Finland has a lot of talent too.

A different article gave more numbers and basically it seems like Italy should’ve supplied about 10x as many condoms to have roughly the same availability to the athletes as the Paris summer games in 2024. Sounds like they just went cheap. Paris ordered enough to supply roughly two per athlete per day.

From the Defector link:

It is not my place to tell this anonymous Norwegian woman what to do with her life. I will simply note that I have found it in my heart to forgive people who never medaled in anything. Does Lægreid seem like the sort of person who will learn from this mistake and dedicate himself to the rigorous introspection and honest self-accounting that it requires? No, not really. He seems like a fairly selfish moron who follows every heedless whim. But winters are long and brutal in Oslo, and I certainly would not judge how anyone decides to keep warm.

I hate this, +1

“What are YOU looking at, bud?”

I’ve worked a number of jobs in TV, most behind the scenes. I’ve long said most of those jobs people at home wouldn’t know exist unless I make a mistake. That does not mean they were simple jobs.

Many people do not understand the amount of work that goes into other jobs they have never done, nor do they understand what makes someone good at that job.

The trigger for this sudden change? The filing also contains a newly disclosed dispute with Rolls‑Royce involving a widebody engine purchase and maintenance agreement, undoubtedly referring to the Trent XWB engines that would equip any future A350s. The dispute centers around a $175 million commitment payment, and a demand for repayment after what United calls a breach, the kind of dispute that can easily ripple into fleet plans when an aircraft has a single engine supplier.

Alexander Mikushin, a priest at the Pokrovsky Cathedral in the city of Barnaul, said Russians should “ask God” to bring “wisdom” to officials at Roskomnadzor who approved the decision to block the service. Mikushin described Telegram as more than a communication tool, calling it a space “for prayer, heartfelt conversation, and helping one’s neighbor.”

I’d never even heard of it

There’s a lot of things with Tesla where I feel like decisions were made by someone who doesn’t actually drive or enjoy driving.

As much as I can. I especially like alpine skiing, hockey (men’s and women’s), the sliding sports, curling, snowboard and ski cross, ski jumping, speed skating, really most of the sports. I’m not as much of a fan of the ones decided by judges scoring things just because the results can sometimes see questionable, although I enjoy seeing the talent on display.

Just under 3,000 athletes are competing at the Winter Olympics, compared to around 10,500 in the Paris Games two years ago.

Rough estimation says the organizers should’ve provided closer to 100,000 condoms, 10x what they supplied.

In Paris, the beds started breaking.

I thought that didn’t actually happen? Despite reports before the games that the beds were made of cardboard to prevent sex by collapsing under the weight of two people, the organizers denied that was the reason and athletes posted videos during the games showing multiple people jumping on a bed.

The reason for the cardboard was so they could recycle the beds and IIRC it was a Rupert Murdoch tabloid that started the story that it was actually to prevent sex.

James Williamson of the Stooges became an electrical engineer, working at AMD and then became VP of technical standards at Sony, most notably helping to codify the Blu-ray standard. If something’s going wrong on a spaceship odds are good that you’ll want an electrical engineer.

I’m enjoying the Olympics, and it’s easier to watch more on the weekends

Worth it!