Breaking News: #Queensland premier David #Crisafulli has #broken an #electionpromise and announced a controversial new #Olympic #stadium will be built in #Brisbane #auspol
Breaking News: #Queensland premier David #Crisafulli has #broken an #electionpromise and announced a controversial new #Olympic #stadium will be built in #Brisbane #auspol
@georgetakei #Nazi-Germany hosted the #Olympic games in 1936...
"More than 400 Olympians from nearly 90 countries around the world have joined in a call for the winner of next week's International #Olympic Committee presidential election to make climate their top priority."
https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympians-make-climate-plea-ioc-presidential-candidates-2025-03-14/
Will the #IOC listen?
(Or does the money speak louder?)
#Intro:
Retired after 22 years teaching #ReligiousStudies at Rhodes College in #Memphis, Tennessee. I enjoy #writing, #reading, #hiking, and visiting U.S. #nationalparks, #museums, and botanic #gardens. In addition, I dabble in #photography and #poetry.
My third book, a history of religion in #YellowstonNationalPark, will be published summer 2025. Learn more at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/.
The #SacredWonderland newsletter features items of interest about national parks and other protected places, plus a recommended reading, photographs, and poetry—no ads or affiliate links—you can get it at https://www.sacredwonderland.us/newsletter/.
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Profile picture alt text: close-up portrait of person with glasses and wide-brim hat posing in front of a large tree in #Olympic National Park.
Header photo alt text: A small, reflective pond is surrounded by tall pine trees and grasslands under a clear blue sky. In the background, sunshine glints on a large body of water with distant mountains on the horizon. This tranquil scene captures the beauty of #Yellowstone National Park's natural wonders.
It’s official: The #Olympic #Esports Games will be held in 2025 in Saudi Arabia.
But the ‘first person shooter’ games are not welcome.
“So called “killer games” which promote violence or discrimination cannot be brought into accordance with the “Olympic values” and therefore should not be recognized by the Olympics…”
#Gay #Olympic #goldmedalist #EricRadford set to light the ice on fire for his ‘#DancingOnIce’ #debut.
Eric Radford has won two #WorldChampionships and three #Olympic #medals. Now he's #competing on 'Dancing On Ice.'
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Sports #TV #Representation #Culture
https://www.outsports.com/2024/11/7/24103646/eric-radford-dancing-on-ice-figure-skater-gay-olympics/
#Honorees 21-30: The 2024 #Outsports #Power100, #powerful #LGBTQ #people in #American #sports.
The 2024 Outsports Power 100 honorees 21-30 include an #Olympic #goldmedal-#match #hero, a former #pro #baseball #player and more.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture
https://www.outsports.com/2024/10/23/24102258/gay-lgbtq-athlete-executive-nba-wnba-coach-power/
Impossible to overstate the presence of #oil here! This is #Olympic rowers on the water during the 1932 games in #LosAngeles, against a backdrop of hundreds of #LongBeach oil derricks on the shore. Collection of USC Libraries
After an #Olympic #Backlash, #France’s #DragQueens Are Here to Stay
Answering #hatred with #glitter is a time-honored #drag #tradition that #France’s #answer to “#RuPaulsDragRace” is keeping alive in a new #stage #spectacle.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #France #Entertainment #Sports #Olympics #Drag #DragQueens
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/theater/drag-race-france-live.html
#JordanChiles #appeals #ruling that #revoked her #Olympic #bronzemedal
The “#CAS violated Chiles's #fundamental '#right to be #heard' by refusing to consider the #video #evidence that showed her #inquiry was #submitted #ontime — in direct contradiction to the findings in #CAS's decision”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #France #Switzerland #Entertainment #Sports #Olympics
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/jordan-chiles-us-olympic-gymnast-bronze-appeal-swiss-court
#ConvictedFelon and #Hatemonger #DonaldTrump's uses #AntiTrans #Rhetoric At #Rallies to Falsely Target #Cisgender #Olympic #Gold #Medalists.
#InternationalOlympicCommittee #spokesperson #MarkAdams said that #ImaneKhelif is not a #transgender #athlete and added every #person #competing in the #Olympics’ #women’s #competitions #complied with #eligibilityrules, noting Khelif and #LinYuTing are identified as #females on their #passports.
Hackers Are Targeting #TourDeFrance Riders’ Fancy Electric Shifters
If you want to win a #bike race like the Tour De France or the #Olympic road race, simply hack your rival’s fancy #Shimano #Di2 shifters
https://jalopnik.com/hackers-are-targeting-tour-de-france-riders-fancy-elec-1851622950
Nicole Schrottenloher (1945-2019) #French #engineer. 1964 was 1st female Gadzart student at le École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers, an engineering grande ecole. Caused significant media attention, as did her new uniform, a Zag, designed by Jacques Esterel, who made uniforms for 1960s air crews & French #Olympic teams. She later engineered train air conditioning & became a teacher, supporting girls into engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Laroche New #wikipedia page @histodons @CarveHerName
#Uganda #Olympic #runner’s #horrific #death is the latest in #violence against #female #athletes in #Kenya.
Her #murder follows the #deaths of at least two other high-profile #female #runners in cases of #domesticviolence in the last three years in a region that has produced dozens of #Olympic and #worldchampions.
https://apnews.com/article/kenya-cheptegei-athletes-killed-olympics-8b01e636fd28190b09415c24a8e82d92
#Ugandan #Olympic #athlete #dies after being severely #burned by her #expartner
The #country’s #sportsminister said #authorities must do more to #combat #genderbasedviolence.
https://apnews.com/article/rebbeca-cheptegei-ugandan-athlete-d10edcede3580dd685231f68570c2d38
#Ugandan #Olympic #athlete #RebeccaCheptegei #dies after being #setonfire by #exboyfriend
Cheptegei made her #Olympic #debut at the 2024 #SummerGames in #Paris, died Thursday from #injuries and #burns. Police say she was set on fire by a #man, #reportedly a former #boyfriend.
#Olympic #Marathon #Runner #RebeccaCheptegei #Dies After Being #SetonFire in #Gasoline #Attack by #Boyfriend
The 33-year-old died at around 5 AM local time on Thursday, Sept. 5th, per local reports
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DomesticViolence #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Misogyny #Femicide #SayHerName
https://people.com/olympic-marathon-runner-rebecca-cheptegei-dies-gasoline-attack-boyfriend-8706757
#Ugandan #Olympic #athlete #RebeccaCheptegei #setonfire by her #boyfriend, #Kenya #police say.
#TransNzoiaCounty #Police #Commander #JeremiaholeKosiom said Monday that Cheptegei's boyfriend, #DicksonNdiema, bought a #jerrican of #petrol, poured it on her and set her #ablaze during an #argument Sunday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Kenya #Entertainment #Sports #Running #Relationships #Violence #DomesticViolence #GenderBasedViolence #Misogyny
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/olympic-athlete-rebecca-cheptegei-set-on-fire-boyfriend-police/