The world's democracies should boycott the Trump Olympics.
Trump announces he will chair White House taskforce for 2028 LA Olympics
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/05/trump-taskforce-los-angeles-olympics
Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?
LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
For Cortina native and Olympic champion curler Stefania Constantini, the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games promise to be extra special. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/06/constantini-curling-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #stefaniaconstantini #2026milanocortinaolympics
Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?
LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games
Nyjah Huston, widely regarded as the greatest street skateboarder of all time, has set his sights on Olympic gold when the sport returns to its roots at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/05/nyjah-huston-2028-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #nyjahhuston #2028losangelesolympics#la28
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday creating a White House Olympics task force to handle security and other issues related to the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-task-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #donaldtrump #2028losangelesolympics
Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
Today in Labor History July 31, 1968: Students protested the Olympics in Mexico City. They occupied schools and began a General Strike. Cops violently attacked them. The violence culminated with the Tlatelolco massacre, October 2, during which the cops slaughtered 350-400 people, using snipers. They arrested and tortured over 1,300.
Alejandro Jodorowsky dramatized the massacre in his surreal film, “The Holy Mountain” (1973). In it, he showed birds, fruits, vegetables and other things falling and being ripped out of the wounds of the dying students. The late author, Roberto Bolaño, recounted the massacre in his novel “Amulet” (1999). He also retells the story in his novel, “The Savage Detectives.”
#workingclass #LaborHistory #students #olympics #mexico #protest #massacre #tlatelolco #generalstrike #police #policebrutality #policemurder#robertobolaño #film #author #books #fiction #novel #writer @bookstadon
German double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management and local authorities confirmed on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/31/dahlmeier-dies-mountaineering-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #lauradahlmeier #pakistan #mountaineering
Paris Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Lazizbek Mullojonov has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a prohibited substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/30/mullojonov-provisional-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #lazizbekmullojonov #2024parisolympics #doping
Peres Jepchirchir said on Wednesday she was relishing her imminent return to Japan for the first time since storming to Olympic marathon gold at the COVID-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/25/jepchirchir-japan-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #peresjepchirchir #marathon#worldathleticschampionships
The president of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics organizing committee is happy with the progress made so far but concedes there will be little wiggle room for any delays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/23/brisbane-2032-olympics-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2032brisbaneolympics #brisbane
Doha is bidding to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, authorities said on Tuesday, as the wealthy Gulf state of Qatar sets its sights on yet another major sports event to diversify its energy-reliant economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/23/qatar-2036-olympics-bid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #qatar #2036summerolympics
Flag football will take center stage during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, after organizers confirmed the sport's medal matches will be held in prime-time slots in its first-ever Olympic appearance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/15/flag-football-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #flagfootball #2028losangelesolympics
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #448: The Unknown Olympian.
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#olympics #history #sports #1900 #webcomics #comics #facts #strangebuttrue #mysteries #weirdfacts #funfacts #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #448: The Unknown Olympian.
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#olympics #history #sports #1900 #webcomics #comics #facts #strangebuttrue #mysteries #weirdfacts #funfacts #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
Donovan Bailey – 100m Olympic Gold, Atlanta (1996)
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, #DonovanBailey ran 9.84s to win gold and set a world record in the 100m. It was Canada’s first sprint gold since 1928, helping restore pride in Canadian #TrackAndField after the Ben Johnson scandal. 🇨🇦 #Olympics #Canada #1996 #Running
Donovan Bailey – 100m Olympic Gold, Atlanta (1996)
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, #DonovanBailey ran 9.84s to win gold and set a world record in the 100m. It was Canada’s first sprint gold since 1928, helping restore pride in Canadian #TrackAndField after the Ben Johnson scandal. 🇨🇦 #Olympics #Canada #1996 #Running
National Hockey League players will take part in the Winter Olympics in 2026 for the first time in 12 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2025/07/03/nhl-players-milano-cortina-olympics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #nhl
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