Phantom Kabocha
@phantomkabocha.bsky.social
Amateur photographer. Avid Figure Skating fan, thanks to my darling wife. I love so many skaters, but WAKABA most of all. Visit my web site for FS Photos! https://phantomkabocha.com/FigureSkating/
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Olympic & World medalist #WakabaHiguchi is one of the world's best, most emotive & expressive skaters!
One of the few that truly connects with the music! Her programs are always unique, iconic & memorable! Superb 3A!
I've been so privileged to see her beautiful skating live, so many times! ⛸️ #樋口新葉
One of the few that truly connects with the music! Her programs are always unique, iconic & memorable! Superb 3A!
I've been so privileged to see her beautiful skating live, so many times! ⛸️ #樋口新葉
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I've seen a lot of people watching the figure skating at the Olympics and a lot of praise for the French ice dancers with the cool Vogue programme. I thought it was important to add some (pretty unpleasant) context to their Olympic narrative.
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We need to talk about Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron.
This article mentions multiple sexual assault cases and links to articles with graphic descriptions of assault. Please take care when…
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February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I've seen a lot of people watching the figure skating at the Olympics and a lot of praise for the French ice dancers with the cool Vogue programme. I thought it was important to add some (pretty unpleasant) context to their Olympic narrative.
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Which f***wit came up with the idea of putting a pointless, useless, distracting, huge-waste-of-space "jump map" onscreen during each singles figure skating performance at the Olympics?
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Which f***wit came up with the idea of putting a pointless, useless, distracting, huge-waste-of-space "jump map" onscreen during each singles figure skating performance at the Olympics?
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Wakaba Higuchi of JPN - MY WONDER WOMAN. Wakaba is retiring after this season, and she was injured and couldn’t contend for an Olympic spot. But she still went out at Japanese nationals and gave us a beautiful goodbye skate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoB...
Wakaba Higuchi - 2025 Japanese Nationals FS
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February 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Wakaba Higuchi of JPN - MY WONDER WOMAN. Wakaba is retiring after this season, and she was injured and couldn’t contend for an Olympic spot. But she still went out at Japanese nationals and gave us a beautiful goodbye skate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPoB...
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Before the Olympics begins, I want to post some great figure skating from this season that you won't be seeing at the Olympics because:
a) the country/skater didn’t qualify
b) the skater doesn’t have citizenship for the country they compete for, or
c) the country just has too many good skaters
a) the country/skater didn’t qualify
b) the skater doesn’t have citizenship for the country they compete for, or
c) the country just has too many good skaters
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Before the Olympics begins, I want to post some great figure skating from this season that you won't be seeing at the Olympics because:
a) the country/skater didn’t qualify
b) the skater doesn’t have citizenship for the country they compete for, or
c) the country just has too many good skaters
a) the country/skater didn’t qualify
b) the skater doesn’t have citizenship for the country they compete for, or
c) the country just has too many good skaters
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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Use of music in a figure skating programme is absolutely Fair Use btw - it offers a new interpretation and does not substitute the market for the song in general.
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Use of music in a figure skating programme is absolutely Fair Use btw - it offers a new interpretation and does not substitute the market for the song in general.
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With the Olympics looming, I’m expecting the figure skating feed to become an absolute mess. To try to help with this a little I made a secondary feed that only pulls in posts from skating news and informational accounts. So you can find the news you want while the main feed is drowning.
January 31, 2026 at 8:49 PM
With the Olympics looming, I’m expecting the figure skating feed to become an absolute mess. To try to help with this a little I made a secondary feed that only pulls in posts from skating news and informational accounts. So you can find the news you want while the main feed is drowning.
WTF use are ISU & skating feds, if they don't take responsibility for sorting out this kind of sh*t?
Or choreographers, often the ones proposing the music to skaters in the 1st place?
The last thing that should happen, is athletes spending their time sorting out this sh*t themselves, individually.
Or choreographers, often the ones proposing the music to skaters in the 1st place?
The last thing that should happen, is athletes spending their time sorting out this sh*t themselves, individually.
I’m getting word that there are skaters having to fight music rights battles right now just days before the Olympics. We know Lauriault/le Gac has already made the decision to change their RD. Don’t be surprised if we get some other program changes in Milan
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
WTF use are ISU & skating feds, if they don't take responsibility for sorting out this kind of sh*t?
Or choreographers, often the ones proposing the music to skaters in the 1st place?
The last thing that should happen, is athletes spending their time sorting out this sh*t themselves, individually.
Or choreographers, often the ones proposing the music to skaters in the 1st place?
The last thing that should happen, is athletes spending their time sorting out this sh*t themselves, individually.
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Yuna Aoki gave us this season as a gift and I will be forever grateful ❤️ #4ContsFigure
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Yuna Aoki gave us this season as a gift and I will be forever grateful ❤️ #4ContsFigure
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Inside the shocking scandal that’s plaguing figure skating just weeks before Winter Olympics 2026
Inside the shocking scandal that’s plaguing figure skating just weeks before Winter Olympics 2026
A former Olympic ice dancer's buzzy new memoir is making waves.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Inside the shocking scandal that’s plaguing figure skating just weeks before Winter Olympics 2026
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Best believe I held up a believe survivors sign when those monsters took the ice. Screw Guillaume forever.
January 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Best believe I held up a believe survivors sign when those monsters took the ice. Screw Guillaume forever.
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Qrt’ing with some tags that should pull this into the figure skating feed.⛸️
As we head into the Olympics this is a great little primer for locals to explain why they maybe shouldn’t cheer for the cool French couple. We have it ready now and we should be ready to share it around then. 💖
As we head into the Olympics this is a great little primer for locals to explain why they maybe shouldn’t cheer for the cool French couple. We have it ready now and we should be ready to share it around then. 💖
January 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Qrt’ing with some tags that should pull this into the figure skating feed.⛸️
As we head into the Olympics this is a great little primer for locals to explain why they maybe shouldn’t cheer for the cool French couple. We have it ready now and we should be ready to share it around then. 💖
As we head into the Olympics this is a great little primer for locals to explain why they maybe shouldn’t cheer for the cool French couple. We have it ready now and we should be ready to share it around then. 💖
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A new ice story from Yuzuru Hanyu is coming!
『Yuzuru Hanyu “REALIVE” an ICE STORY project』
2026.4.11-12
Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena
『Yuzuru Hanyu “REALIVE” an ICE STORY project』
2026.4.11-12
Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena
「Yuzuru Hanyu “REALIVE” an ICE STORY project」
羽生結弦がこれまで生み出してきたプログラムたちを、もう一度生きた存在として立ち上げる、この日限りのLIVE
realive-icestory.jp
January 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
A new ice story from Yuzuru Hanyu is coming!
『Yuzuru Hanyu “REALIVE” an ICE STORY project』
2026.4.11-12
Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena
『Yuzuru Hanyu “REALIVE” an ICE STORY project』
2026.4.11-12
Miyagi Sekisui Heim Super Arena
Happy birthday to Her Majesty,
The Queen Of Step Sequences,
Wakaba Higuchi 👑
🎉🎈🎂🎊
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉 #FigureSkating ⛸️
The Queen Of Step Sequences,
Wakaba Higuchi 👑
🎉🎈🎂🎊
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉 #FigureSkating ⛸️
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Happy birthday to Her Majesty,
The Queen Of Step Sequences,
Wakaba Higuchi 👑
🎉🎈🎂🎊
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉 #FigureSkating ⛸️
The Queen Of Step Sequences,
Wakaba Higuchi 👑
🎉🎈🎂🎊
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉 #FigureSkating ⛸️
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This Brazilian woman hates AI
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This Brazilian woman hates AI
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Rinka Watanabe is staying to compete for one more quad!!!⛸️
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ALT: a drawing of a cat surrounded by a bunch of colorful objects
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December 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Rinka Watanabe is staying to compete for one more quad!!!⛸️
Wakaba... with matching teeth and nails... 🤩
I'm guessing from the Minnie Mouse ears, she went to Tokyo Disneyland?
From Wakaba's instagram:
www.instagram.com/p/DStdzVVEvCK/
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉
I'm guessing from the Minnie Mouse ears, she went to Tokyo Disneyland?
From Wakaba's instagram:
www.instagram.com/p/DStdzVVEvCK/
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉
December 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Wakaba... with matching teeth and nails... 🤩
I'm guessing from the Minnie Mouse ears, she went to Tokyo Disneyland?
From Wakaba's instagram:
www.instagram.com/p/DStdzVVEvCK/
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉
I'm guessing from the Minnie Mouse ears, she went to Tokyo Disneyland?
From Wakaba's instagram:
www.instagram.com/p/DStdzVVEvCK/
#WakabaHiguchi #樋口新葉
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December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Entry lists for Challenge Cup are out...
Japan is sending junior Ice Dancers Ayumi Shibayama and Tomoki Kimura... and nobody else? 🤔
#FigureSkating ⛸️
Japan is sending junior Ice Dancers Ayumi Shibayama and Tomoki Kimura... and nobody else? 🤔
#FigureSkating ⛸️
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Entry lists for Challenge Cup are out...
Japan is sending junior Ice Dancers Ayumi Shibayama and Tomoki Kimura... and nobody else? 🤔
#FigureSkating ⛸️
Japan is sending junior Ice Dancers Ayumi Shibayama and Tomoki Kimura... and nobody else? 🤔
#FigureSkating ⛸️
Wakaba would like to compete again this season!? 😲🤯
I wish she could be sent to a European comp, so I could see her compete 1 last time (and take photos)
But it's past closing date for Challenge Cup entries already 😔
This is the ONLY season of her senior career, that I couldn't see her compete 😭
I wish she could be sent to a European comp, so I could see her compete 1 last time (and take photos)
But it's past closing date for Challenge Cup entries already 😔
This is the ONLY season of her senior career, that I couldn't see her compete 😭
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Wakaba would like to compete again this season!? 😲🤯
I wish she could be sent to a European comp, so I could see her compete 1 last time (and take photos)
But it's past closing date for Challenge Cup entries already 😔
This is the ONLY season of her senior career, that I couldn't see her compete 😭
I wish she could be sent to a European comp, so I could see her compete 1 last time (and take photos)
But it's past closing date for Challenge Cup entries already 😔
This is the ONLY season of her senior career, that I couldn't see her compete 😭
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Poor Rinka. She fought so hard all season and didn't get a single assignment. I thought she could have been a 4CC dark horse...
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Poor Rinka. She fought so hard all season and didn't get a single assignment. I thought she could have been a 4CC dark horse...
I also wonder how many of Japan's 4CC team will actually go there, considering it's right before the Olympics, and so many of them are also on the Olympic team?
Who are Japan's 4CC alternates!?
Who are Japan's 4CC alternates!?
I wonder if any of them will withdraw from World's though?
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
🇯🇵 Japan’s #WorldFigure assignments
Women:
Kaori Sakamoto
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Men:
Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato
Kao Miura
Pairs:
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Women:
Kaori Sakamoto
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Men:
Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato
Kao Miura
Pairs:
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I also wonder how many of Japan's 4CC team will actually go there, considering it's right before the Olympics, and so many of them are also on the Olympic team?
Who are Japan's 4CC alternates!?
Who are Japan's 4CC alternates!?
I wonder if any of them will withdraw from World's though?
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
🇯🇵 Japan’s #WorldFigure assignments
Women:
Kaori Sakamoto
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Men:
Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato
Kao Miura
Pairs:
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Women:
Kaori Sakamoto
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Men:
Yuma Kagiyama
Shun Sato
Kao Miura
Pairs:
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I wonder if any of them will withdraw from World's though?
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
I won't be surprised if one or more of them will simply have nothing left for World's, after pouring everything they've got into the Olympics...
Who are the alternates...? 🤔
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🇯🇵 Japan’s #4ContsFigure assignments
Women:
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Yuna Aoki
Men:
Kao Miura
Kazuki Tomono
Sota Yamamoto
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Women:
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Yuna Aoki
Men:
Kao Miura
Kazuki Tomono
Sota Yamamoto
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🇯🇵 Japan’s #4ContsFigure assignments
Women:
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Yuna Aoki
Men:
Kao Miura
Kazuki Tomono
Sota Yamamoto
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Women:
Mone Chiba
Ami Nakai
Yuna Aoki
Men:
Kao Miura
Kazuki Tomono
Sota Yamamoto
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
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🇯🇵 Japan’s #WorldJFigure assignments
Women:
Mao Shimada
Mayuko Oka
Mei Okada
Men:
Rio Nakata
Taiga Nishino
Daiya Ebihara
Ice dance:
Kaho Yamashita/Yuto Nagata
Women:
Mao Shimada
Mayuko Oka
Mei Okada
Men:
Rio Nakata
Taiga Nishino
Daiya Ebihara
Ice dance:
Kaho Yamashita/Yuto Nagata
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🇯🇵 Japan’s #WorldJFigure assignments
Women:
Mao Shimada
Mayuko Oka
Mei Okada
Men:
Rio Nakata
Taiga Nishino
Daiya Ebihara
Ice dance:
Kaho Yamashita/Yuto Nagata
Women:
Mao Shimada
Mayuko Oka
Mei Okada
Men:
Rio Nakata
Taiga Nishino
Daiya Ebihara
Ice dance:
Kaho Yamashita/Yuto Nagata