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  1. Alysa Liu’s life after gold: From red carpets to the ‘scariest part’

    Taylor Swift accepts the Artist of the Year award from Alysa Liu onstage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #alysaliu #Artsandentertainment #California #EastBay #Entertainment #olympics #Sports #USandWorld #women'ssports
    newsbeep.com/us/644252/

  2. Alysa Liu’s life after gold: From red carpets to the ‘scariest part’

    Taylor Swift accepts the Artist of the Year award from Alysa Liu onstage at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #alysaliu #Artsandentertainment #California #EastBay #Entertainment #olympics #Sports #USandWorld #women'ssports
    newsbeep.com/us/644252/

  3. The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China #Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad

    Years before the #figureSkater became an #Olympic superstar, a #Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and #monitored other US residents deemed #dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.
    #privacy #security #olympics #surveillance

    wired.com/story/the-weird-twis

  4. The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China #Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad

    Years before the #figureSkater became an #Olympic superstar, a #Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and #monitored other US residents deemed #dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.
    #privacy #security #olympics #surveillance

    wired.com/story/the-weird-twis

  5. The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China #Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad

    Years before the #figureSkater became an #Olympic superstar, a #Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and #monitored other US residents deemed #dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.
    #privacy #security #olympics #surveillance

    wired.com/story/the-weird-twis

  6. The Weird, Twisting Tale of How on and Her Dad

    Years before the became an superstar, a operative tried to stalk her father and other US residents deemed against China. And that’s just the beginning.

    wired.com/story/the-weird-twis

  7. The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China #Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad

    Years before the #figureSkater became an #Olympic superstar, a #Chinese operative tried to stalk her father and #monitored other US residents deemed #dissidents against China. And that’s just the beginning.
    #privacy #security #olympics #surveillance

    wired.com/story/the-weird-twis

  8. Laufey Releases “Madwoman” Music Video Starring Hudson Williams

    Fresh off her Coachella debut, Laufey released the star-studded music video for her latest single, “Madwoman.” The 26-year-old…
    #NewsBeep #News #Music #AlysaLiu #CA #Canada #Entertainment #GoldHouse #HudsonWilliams #katseye #Laufey #lolatung
    newsbeep.com/ca/602341/

  9. Laufey Releases “Madwoman” Music Video Starring Hudson Williams

    Fresh off her Coachella debut, Laufey released the star-studded music video for her latest single, “Madwoman.” The 26-year-old…
    #NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #alysaliu #Entertainment #GoldHouse #HudsonWilliams #KATSEYE #Laufey #LolaTung #Music #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/529346/

  10. Liu's Olympic Gold Echoes Yamaguchi's Legacy

    Alysa Liu won Olympic gold in Milan, inspiring skaters and echoing Kristi Yamaguchi's legacy. Learn about the impact on Bay Area figure skating.

    #AlysaLiu, #KristiYamaguchi, #Olympics2026, #FigureSkating, #BayAreaSports

    newsletter.tf/alysa-liu-olympi

  11. LOL!

    1. the term " #Ubermensch" was coopted by the #Nazis, don't use it

    2. Still today, the stereotypical #Nietzsche fan is a pathetic #rightWing " #alphaMale" turd shallowly servicing their male insecurities to *conform*

    3. But the original idea: a self-mastering individual creating their own values

    4. #AlysaLiu quit #figureSkating because it was toxic. Then she returned on her own terms, for her own joy, fuck the world

    You don't have to like Nietzsche, it's a sly roast of #MAGA losers

  12. Alysa Liu has an ice cream flavored named after her in Oakland. The Oakland zoo also renamed themselves for a day after her. Oakland is truly proud of her!

    #Oakland #AlysaLiu

  13. Barbra Streisand's Instagram Post Sparks Online Debate

    Barbra Streisand's Instagram post for Alysa Liu sparks debate about "Boomer posting" and generational differences in online communication.

    #BarbraStreisand, #AlysaLiu, #InstagramDebate, #BoomerPosting, #GenerationalGap

    newsletter.tf/barbra-streisand

  14. Barbra Streisand's Instagram Post Sparks Online Debate

    Barbra Streisand's Instagram post for Alysa Liu sparks debate about "Boomer posting" and generational differences in online communication.

    #BarbraStreisand, #AlysaLiu, #InstagramDebate, #BoomerPosting, #GenerationalGap

    newsletter.tf/barbra-streisand

  15. Barbra Streisand's Instagram post celebrating Alysa Liu has caused an online debate. Many users feel the style is typical of older generations, a trend known as "Boomer posting."

    #BarbraStreisand, #AlysaLiu, #InstagramDebate, #BoomerPosting, #GenerationalGap

    newsletter.tf/barbra-streisand

  16. Barbra Streisand's Instagram post celebrating Alysa Liu has caused an online debate. Many users feel the style is typical of older generations, a trend known as "Boomer posting."

    #BarbraStreisand, #AlysaLiu, #InstagramDebate, #BoomerPosting, #GenerationalGap

    newsletter.tf/barbra-streisand

  17. Anybody I know who used to work at a California redevelopment agency? Especially the Oakland one. Email me immediately so we can talk about #AlysaLiu. [email protected]

  18. La plus belle découverte de ces Jeux Olympiques pour moi 💙🖤❤️💛💚

    The most beautiful discovery of these Olympic Games for me💙🖤❤️💛💚

    #JO #OG #jeuxolympiques #olympics2026 #AlysaLiu

  19. Where Were You?

    Some events you remember. I thought back, as I watched the men’s U.S. ice hockey team win the gold medal at the 2026 Milan–Cortina Olympics, to the last time the team won. I remember it well. It was the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, in an event known as the “Miracle on Ice.” The team secured the gold medal on February 24, 1980, after defeating Finland, having upset the Soviet Union two days before on February 22, 1980.

    It was a much different time. The 1980 U.S. team was made up of true amateurs, mostly college students, because the rules then in effect prevented paid athletes from performing in the Olympics. But the Soviet Union, America’s chief rival, flouted those rules. Their team was not paid to play hockey, technically staying within the rules. But its members were employed in state jobs, mostly in the Soviet Army and were well paid, well cared for, and seemed to spend most of their “duty” time playing hockey and representing their country. Thus the “Miracle.” The pros lost. The kids won. America had a new set of heroes.

    Today the rules are different. The 2026 U.S. men’s hockey team is made up of professionals. The team consists of the best players in the business. Most play in the National Hockey League. And there is the irony. The chief rival for the U.S. in 2026 was not Russia, successor to the U.S.S.R., but rather Canada, our partner in the NHL! That rivalry ran deep and understandably so. Most of Canada’s players were also from the NHL. And in some cases, players who were on the same professional team were on opposite sides of the playing rink at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

    In the end of it was an amazing game, with a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation time. That led to sudden death overtime. Victory, and the gold medal, was one goal away. Jack Hughes, who plays for the New Jersey Devils, supplied that “golden goal” at 1:41 of the overtime period. Canada took home the silver. It was the first U.S. hockey gold in 46 years.

    “Unbelievable game, unreal game by our team,” Jack Hughes said after the game, “Ballsy, gutsy win. That’s American Hockey right there. That’s a great Canadian team, but we’re USA. We’re so proud to be Americans.”

    The United States had a new set of heroes. But the men’s hockey team was not alone.

    The U.S. women’s hockey team defeated their Canadian rivals 2–1 in overtime to claim the third-ever Olympic gold in women’s hockey. The Americans had dominated the tournament but found themselves in desperate straits when Canada took a 1–0 lead on a shorthanded breakaway goal early in the second period. With just over two minutes left in regulation and the goalie pulled, veteran captain Hilary Knight redirected a shot from defenseman Laila Edwards to tie the game. It was Edward’s 15th career Olympic goal, breaking the all-time U.S. record for goals and points in Olympic women’s hockey, a fitting milestone in what was her fifth and final Olympics.

    Their game also went into overtime, where defenseman Megan Keller collected a pass from Taylor Heise, skated around a Canadian defender, and backhanded the puck past goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens at the 4:07 mark of the sudden death period.

    I admit to a soft spot for hockey. But I have also had my eye on the figure skaters since being mesmerized by Peggy Fleming‘s 1968 gold medal performance in Grenoble, France. I felt the same way watching 20-year-old Alysa Liu deliver the performance of her life to claim the Olympic gold medal in women’s figure skating. Liu was the first U.S. women’s figure skater to take gold since Sarah Hughes in 2002. And what a backstory she has!

    Alysa Liu was born in Clovis, California, in 2005, and raised in the Bay Area town of Richmond. Her father, Arthur Liu, came to the United States as a political refugee from China after the Tienanmen-era pro‑democracy movement. He later became a naturalized U.S. citizen, built a career as an immigration attorney, and raised his children in California.

    Liu was a prodigy from the start. She began skating at age 5 and, by 13, became the youngest U.S. women’s national champion and the first U.S. woman to land a quadruple jump in competition. She won another national title in 2020 and took bronze at the 2022 World Championships, the first U.S. woman to medal at worlds in six years.

    At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Liu finished seventh in women’s singles. She was only 16, already a two‑time national champion, and widely seen as the future of U.S. women’s skating. But behind the scenes, she was exhausted, physically and emotionally, after more than a decade of nonstop training and competition.

    Just months after Beijing, in April 2022, Liu shocked the skating world by announcing her retirement. She cited burnout, a desire to live a normal teenage life, and the need to explore interests outside skating. She wrote that she had been on the ice for 11 straight years and wanted to spend time with friends, family, and school.

    Two years later, in early 2024, Liu rediscovered the spark. She described skiing for the first time and feeling a rush that reminded her of skating, enough to make her wonder what it would feel like to return to the ice. That curiosity turned into a full comeback. She officially returned to competition in October 2024 at the CS Budapest Trophy. Her comeback was legendary, 2025 World Figure Skating Championships: Gold, 2025 World Team Trophy: Gold, 2024 & 2025 U.S. Championships: Silver (behind Amber Glenn both times).

    Then came Milan–Cortina 2026.

    Liu won gold in the women’s singles, the first U.S. woman to do so since 2002, ending a 24‑year drought. She rose from third after the short program with a high‑energy, near‑flawless free skate to Donna Summer’s MacArthur Park Suite. She also earned gold in the team event, making her a two‑time Olympic champion at age 20.

    Asked about another retirement, Liu said, “Yeah, I have no plans to leave yet. I can’t imagine not skating next year.” She emphasized that skating no longer feels like a “job,” a reversal from how she felt in 2022.

    Anyone who watched the smile on her face during the free skate performance understood completely. She had skated how she wanted, wearing the costumes she wanted, using the music she wanted and, she explained, having trained eating the foods she wanted. She was in it for the sheer joy of the performance. And she brought us all along with her.

    Hat’s off to the entire U.S. Olympic team.

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    #2026WinterOlympics #AlysaLiu #Canada #FigureSkating #HillaryKnight #Hockey #JackHughes #olympics #PeggyFleming #sports
  20. Bay Area figure skater and 2026 Winter Olympic champion, Alysa Liu, talks about her new-found love of yo-yoing. #yoyo #olympics #AlysaLiu