● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Tokyo #Olympics Opening Ceremony is The First Mainstream 8K Rip on Pirate Sites https://torrentfreak.com/tokyo-olympics-opening-ceremony-is-the-first-mainstream-8k-rip-on-pirate-sites-210731/

● NEWS ● #TheVerge # ☞ It’s not just you, streaming the #Olympics is a mess https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/29/22589928/peacock-2020-olympics-streaming

It’s not just you, streaming the Olympics is a mess

Streaming the Games should’ve been easy. It wasn’t.

Azzedine Lagab auf Twitter: "Well, There is no camel 🐪 race in #olympics that’s why I came to cycling. At least I was there in #Tokyo2020" / Twitter

This is a great reaction to the horrible racism incident.
https://www.dw.com/en/tokyo-olympics-german-cycling-official-sent-home-after-racist-remarks/a-58672383

https://twitter.com/AzzedineLagab/status/1420380485931311105

The real Olympics

I think we should go back to chariot races.

#Olympics.

● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Olympics ☞ The Olympic Event We Need: a Race To See Where People Live the Longest https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/the-olympic-event-we-need-a-race-to-see-where-people-live-the-longest/

The Olympic Event We Need: a Race To See Where People Live the Longest

In pandemics, people die. They die in incredibly frightful numbers. That may be why so few media commentators greeted this week’s biggest news story — the

Schau dir "OLYMPICS (RÉMI GAILLARD) 🥇" auf YouTube an https://youtu.be/NBkyth_KT3E.
Happy #olympia #olympics #humor

#RebeccaHendin on the continuing spread of #Covid-19 #variants – #cartoon | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/picture/2021/jul/25/rebecca-hendin-on-the-continuing-spread-of-covid-variants-cartoon

#Olympics #Sport #Satire #Coronavirus

This year #olympics / #ioc feels like the "para" because there's no audience there, almost nobody watches the thing, and sponsors aren't there so it's a loss leader. #japan #jp

#BBC #Olympics coverage misses events after loss of #TVRights | BBC | The Guardian

Another reason to ditch the #IOC and their grift.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/25/bbc-olympics-coverage-misses-events-after-selling-tv-rights

● NEWS ● #TheNation #japan #jp ☞ Why #Tokyo Turned Against the #Olympics https://www.thenation.com/article/world/tokyo-olympics-protest/ "daily cases of Covid-19 in Tokyo, now under its fourth State of Emergency"

Why Tokyo Turned Against the Olympics

The city is the center of a great experiment at a dangerous new phase of the pandemic.

Imagine

https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/1418526466552344576

#johnlennon #yokoono #imagine #tokyo #olympics #2021 #imagine50 #tokyoolympics2021

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patents #monopolies #patent ☞ At The #Olympics Dr. Biden Should Be an Ambassador for Vaccine Equity https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/22/olympics-dr-biden-should-be-ambassador-vaccine-equity

Opinion | At The Olympics, Dr. Biden Should Be an Ambassador for Vaccine Equity

Dr. Biden should arrive with a message of global unity to tackle the virus, and a clear signal that the U.S. will lead rich nations in ensuring that everyone, everywhere has access to COVID-19 vaccines.

● NEWS ● #TechHive #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ Watching the #Olympics has doubled in price for cord-cutters https://www.techhive.com/article/3626468/watching-the-olympics-has-doubled-in-price-for-cord-cutters.html

Watching the Olympics has doubled in price for cord-cutters | TechHive

Cord-cutters are paying twice as much for coverage of the Olympics compared to a few years ago.

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Tokyo #Olympics #SocialControlMedia Teams Are Forbidden From Showing Athletes Kneeling https://truthout.org/articles/tokyo-olympics-social-media-teams-are-forbidden-from-showing-athletes-kneeling/

Tokyo Olympics Social Media Teams Are Forbidden From Showing Athletes Kneeling

The ban was brought on by the decision of women's soccer teams earlier this week to kneel in protest against racism.

● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Human Costs of the #Pandemic #Olympics https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-olympics-tokyo-pandemic/

The Human Costs of the Pandemic Olympics

The Tokyo Games should be a warning to potential Olympic hosts everywhere.

#LOLs #yoks #fun #Olympics #bin-chicken #birb #oz #straaya

Hippe Inszenierung

Die deutschen 3x3-Basketballerinnen können sich für die olympische Premiere qualifizieren. Hoffen lässt in Graz die Teilnahme von Satou Sabally. #Olympics http://www.taz.de/Streetball-Qualifikation-fuer-Olympia/!5769997/ #taz #tazgezwitscher #tageszeitung #Graz #Basketball

Schwerpunkt: Olympische Spiele 2021

Streetball-Qualifikation für Olympia: Hippe Inszenierung

Die deutschen 3x3-Basketballerinnen können sich für die olympische Premiere qualifizieren. Hoffen lässt in Graz die Teilnahme von Satou Sabally.

Olympic Committee will hold its first official licensed esports event, though not part of the Games itself

Competitive videogames may have moved closer to becoming an official Olympics sport after the International Olympic Committee announced plans to hold a virtual esports event ahead of the Tokyo Games.

The Olympic Virtual Series will run from May 13 to June 23 and include events featuring baseball and racing videogames, according to a statement Thursday.

This will be the first licensed Olympic esports event, though not part of the Games itself.

More details including planned games at Olympic Committee will hold its first official esports event

#technology #esports #olympics #gaming

Competitive videogames may have moved closer to becoming an official Olympics sport after the International Olympic Committee announced plans to hold a virtual esports event ahead of the Tokyo Games.

https://gadgeteer.co.za/olympic-committee-will-hold-its-first-official-licensed-esports-event-though-not-part-games-itself

Olympic Committee will hold its first official esports event

Competitive videogames may have moved closer to becoming an official Olympics sport after the International Olympic Committee announced plans to hold a virtual esports event ahead of the Tokyo Games.

The #funny #animatedgifs that happens, when boys see #cute #girls in the #womens #olympics #curling #games it's #juvenile I know. But it still makes me #smile