the Swiss mixed doubles curling team is married and when their game ended the Peacock stream just showed them playing with their Curling Baby for like 5 minutes with the Olympics music playing
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Friday, February 6, 2026
Today's news and jokes
How a middle-school sports program called Core Prep Academy became a feeder to elite Los Angeles high schools
Most parents have never heard of Core Prep Academy, which was founded in 2015 by Todd Wilson, an NBA trainer slash unofficial sports influencer whose Instagram handle is Toddhasaplan (19.2K followers). But it feeds into an uber-striving youth sports culture where just attending practice a few days a week no longer cuts it
Between 40-50% of Core Prep kids reclassify (i.e. repeat a grade) to gain an extra year of physical and competitive maturity before high school, a practice Wilson says has lost any stigma and now “signals a proactive flex by parents.”
Updated cover for The Catcher in the Rye (art roundup)
I can make children read again
— JVG 骨 (@jasonv.bsky.social) November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
"7 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence" in Canada
CBC:
Towing-related violence has been a major issue in Toronto. In 2024, there were 63 shooting and firearm discharge incidents related to tow-truck disputes
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The officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses
A Toronto Life article by Simon Lewsen that includes a profile of lawyers investigating tow truck fraud:
Tow truck drivers are eager to be first on the scene—some are even willing to risk death or injury—because a single vehicle can yield a massive payout. If you’re an unscrupulous driver, the tow fee is only the beginning. Somebody has to fix the battered vehicle, after all. Maybe you refer that job to one of your buddies with an auto-body shop. Maybe, in return, he gives you a cut of the profits. In some cases, you and your friend might even exaggerate the extent of the damage or deliberately wreck the vehicle further.
As for the passengers of the damaged car, they’re going to need a taxi ride home, a rental car for the next few days, maybe even some physiotherapy. You can award these contracts to your cronies in exchange for a piece of the action. Before and after repairs, the car itself has to go somewhere. Perhaps you send it to a lot far outside of town, a trip with a hefty price tag. For every day it sits there, the car racks up storage fees.
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