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Probably because the last time Australia had more than 100 new cases in a day was September 3rd (they have been down to under 10 new cases a day for a while). The situation in the US, though... ya, not good.

Really good course and lots of good racing today. Bankes totally dominated her quarterfinals and semifinals, was happy to see her hang on for the win. Seeing Eguibar win after being so close at home four years ago is really nice. Éliot Grondin is having a great season and he looks to be a great talent at only 19.

Final piece of the world championship puzzle: Aspen will host the world championships for ski and snowboard half pipe, big air and slopestyle.

This is like punishing your kid by sending them to their room (to play on their computer).

It’s not like there aren’t a bunch of vocally pro-Putin Russian NHL players playing for American teams. Also almost nobody in America knows who Mazepin is or what Haas F1 is :P

I’d rather they get rid of Mazepin (to be replaced by Kvyat or Shwartzman) than the Russian flag...

I hope the US pulling out of Yemen will make Russia lose interest, too. Either way I am glad the American government is out of that particular conflict. We never should have been involved in the first place. Now hopefully my other government (Canada) pulls out too.

A criminal probe? xD Is anyone in the BJP not a giant snowflake?

Apparently the format was changed to reduce the number of games each team has to play.

I mean it was the second time in a row the world championship in alpine combined was won by the skier who was 30th after the first run, so not that special.

Almaty will host the Moguls and Aerials world championships from March 8th to 11th. Only park and pipe still need a host for the world championships. Random: I think it would actually make a lot of sense to separate the world championships for cross, moguls & aerials and park & pipe from each other permanently. Those three set of events really don't have a lot in common.

I agree, it would be completely impractical.

I agree, it would be completely impractical.

It's good, too! No bouldering in ice climbing, sadly.

Oh neat, Denmark - Egypt is one of the two quarterfinals that will be on ESPN+ in the US. It would he really exciting if Egypt was able to continue its run.

Qatar was basically a European team both times it qualified.

I’m barely old enough to remember when cross country relays were *the* event. I kiss those Italian - Norwegian wars.

That’s a 40 to 60 year rotation..

Why did they hold the Norwegian nationals in Finland?

Either Canada was downplaying expectations or their preparation wasn't actually that much worse than the other teams'.

That was terrifying in real time. Glad she's okay.

I don’t see where you are disagreeing with me?

I watched the fourth quarter, TBH Italy looked checked out.

Most people on the left would argue that the issue with how capitalism currently works in the US is precisely that there is a big disconnect between who does the work and who gets the benefit from said work, so I'm not sure banal platitudes are super helpful here.

American Jews are not in lockstep with Israel, at all. Traditionally Evangelical Christians are the most pro-Israel religious group in the US. And that's a religious group that is fairly marginalized among the Democratic party. Democrats also generally really hate Bibi. Some religious groups in America tend to not be super, well, religious. Many Americans consider themselves Jewish or Catholic despite not practising their religion in any meaningful way (as a random example, this American considers himself Catholic despite being an atheist).