Scott Hanson
@scotthanson.de
Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Born in California, now in Germany near Hamburg.
Biathlon’s wild Olympic start: Infidelity, credit card fraud and reallocated medals (gifted article)
Biathlon’s wild Olympic start: Infidelity, credit card fraud and reallocated medals
One biathlete admitted infidelity. Another won gold months after stealing her teammate's credit card. It's been a week at Olympic biathlon.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Biathlon’s wild Olympic start: Infidelity, credit card fraud and reallocated medals (gifted article)
Lesson after 40 years of marriage: you got what you got. It was good enough back then and it’s better than that now.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Lesson after 40 years of marriage: you got what you got. It was good enough back then and it’s better than that now.
We’re watching the Winter Olympics the German way, only watching events that could have some military application. So no figure skating, unless it’s a cover for spies.
February 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
We’re watching the Winter Olympics the German way, only watching events that could have some military application. So no figure skating, unless it’s a cover for spies.
I’ve always loved Lindsey Vonn, fellow Minnesotan who speaks German like a native (Austrian). Her thoughts on her catastrophic fall at the Olympics are inspiring. “I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.” www.instagram.com/p/DUjW2r8…
L I N D S E Y • V O N N on Instagram: "Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would. It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairy tail, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches.
I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash. My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.
Unfortunately, I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly.
While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.
And similar to ski racing, we take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that is the also the beauty of life; we can try.
I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.
I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly. Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying.
I believe in you, just as you believed in me.
❤️LV"
1M likes, 41K comments - lindseyvonn on February 9, 2026: "Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would. It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairy tail, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches.
I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash. My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.
Unfortunately, I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly.
While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.
And similar to ski racing, we take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that is the also the beauty of life; we can try.
I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.
I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly. Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying.
I believe in you, just as you believed in me.
❤️LV".
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February 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I’ve always loved Lindsey Vonn, fellow Minnesotan who speaks German like a native (Austrian). Her thoughts on her catastrophic fall at the Olympics are inspiring. “I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.” www.instagram.com/p/DUjW2r8…
Sam Darnold: Not good enough for the Vikings, but good enough to win the Super Bowl. 🤷♂️ x.com/BarackObama/...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Sam Darnold: Not good enough for the Vikings, but good enough to win the Super Bowl. 🤷♂️ x.com/BarackObama/...
This morning my wife played me "When I'm 64", but the Udo Lindenberg version, which is a bit harder.
Wenn ich 64 bin
Wenn ich mal alt bin
die Haare sind futsch
im Jahr 2010
wirst du dann immer noch bei mir sein?
Uh, das fänd' ich schön
Wenn ich senil ...
www.udo-lindenberg.de
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
This morning my wife played me "When I'm 64", but the Udo Lindenberg version, which is a bit harder.
This morning my wife played me "When I'm 64", but the Udo Lindenberg version, which is a bit harder.
Wenn ich 64 bin
Wenn ich mal alt bin
die Haare sind futsch
im Jahr 2010
wirst du dann immer noch bei mir sein?
Uh, das fänd' ich schön
Wenn ich senil ...
www.udo-lindenberg.de
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
This morning my wife played me "When I'm 64", but the Udo Lindenberg version, which is a bit harder.
“The GOAT Looney Tunes cartoon": ‘Baseball Bugs’ at 80: How a Looney Tunes classic left its mark on America’s pastime
Baseball Bugs 80th anniversary
‘Baseball Bugs’ at 80: How a Looney Tunes classic left its mark on America’s pastime
contrarian.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“The GOAT Looney Tunes cartoon": ‘Baseball Bugs’ at 80: How a Looney Tunes classic left its mark on America’s pastime
Our restaurants decided to hold separate year-end parties, so we have 4 parties to attend in the next 15 days. The first was tonight. Strategically all are before the start of Ramadan.
February 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Our restaurants decided to hold separate year-end parties, so we have 4 parties to attend in the next 15 days. The first was tonight. Strategically all are before the start of Ramadan.
The iconic Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg has been open over 9 years, but tonight we're attending our first concert there. Brahms: A German Requiem (coincidently simultaneous with the HSV-Bayern match across town).
Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:00 Brahms: A German Requiem / Christian Thielemann
Few works express the human struggle in the …
www.elbphilharmonie.de
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The iconic Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg has been open over 9 years, but tonight we're attending our first concert there. Brahms: A German Requiem (coincidently simultaneous with the HSV-Bayern match across town).
As host of the 2028 Olympics the US qualifies for all team sports. USA Team Handball is holding open tryouts for women, no handball experience necessary. www.cnn.com/2026/01/2…
This sport lets anyone try out for the Olympic team | CNN
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January 30, 2026 at 5:35 PM
As host of the 2028 Olympics the US qualifies for all team sports. USA Team Handball is holding open tryouts for women, no handball experience necessary. www.cnn.com/2026/01/2…
Germany issues travel warning for Minneapolis www.usatoday.com/story/tra…
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Germany issues travel warning for Minneapolis www.usatoday.com/story/tra…
ICE shot and killed a man at 26th and Nicollet in Minneapolis. Our second apartment in Minneapolis was just a block away. If the next fatal shooting is near Loring Park, it will be a trifecta. www.startribune.com/ice-raids…
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE shot and killed a man at 26th and Nicollet in Minneapolis. Our second apartment in Minneapolis was just a block away. If the next fatal shooting is near Loring Park, it will be a trifecta. www.startribune.com/ice-raids…
Why Walmart Still Doesn’t Support Apple Pay (via Daring Fireball)
Here's why Walmart still doesn't support Apple Pay - 9to5Mac
Walmart still doesn’t accept Apple Pay (or any NFC tap-to-pay) in U.S. stores. Here are a few reasons why it doesn't.
9to5mac.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Why Walmart Still Doesn’t Support Apple Pay (via Daring Fireball)
Taco Tuesday, but its Wednesday www.nytimes.com/live/2026…
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Taco Tuesday, but its Wednesday www.nytimes.com/live/2026…
Trump’s Letter to Norway - Anne Applebaum: “Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Anne Applebaum: "One could observe many things about this document. One is the childish grammar, including the strange capitalizations... Another is the loose grasp of history...""Yet what matters isn’t the specific phrases, but the overall message: Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a differ
politicalwire.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Trump’s Letter to Norway - Anne Applebaum: “Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
After a walk through the Heide, we were hungry for more than coffee and cake. So we first had soup, then coffee and cake.
January 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
After a walk through the Heide, we were hungry for more than coffee and cake. So we first had soup, then coffee and cake.
Having watched both Borgen and Smilla’s Sense of Snow, I am an expert on Greenland and its relationship with Denmark
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Having watched both Borgen and Smilla’s Sense of Snow, I am an expert on Greenland and its relationship with Denmark
I accidentally reduced my wife’s stress level by setting up her new iPhone to send all incoming calls to voicemail. Until she realized she was missing incoming calls.😳
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I accidentally reduced my wife’s stress level by setting up her new iPhone to send all incoming calls to voicemail. Until she realized she was missing incoming calls.😳
3 Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow (including the prosecutor that oversaw the Minnesota fraud investigation) (NYT gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
3 Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow (including the prosecutor that oversaw the Minnesota fraud investigation) (NYT gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Invading cold countries hasn’t gone well historically.
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Invading cold countries hasn’t gone well historically.
There are times when time stands still, or even runs backwards. For example, when backing up an iPhone.
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There are times when time stands still, or even runs backwards. For example, when backing up an iPhone.
When I started college in 1980 my dream was to become a diplomat. Thank God that didn’t work out. 😃
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
When I started college in 1980 my dream was to become a diplomat. Thank God that didn’t work out. 😃
In 1987 we lived 5 blocks from this location. "Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows" | Minneapolis
Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows
Mayor says that ICE claims that incident was self-defense are not true and tells ICE to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
In 1987 we lived 5 blocks from this location. "Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows" | Minneapolis