Three Metis from Canada and
a brother-sister pair from Greenland are among the Indigenous athletes competing in the Winter Games in Italy.
https://ictnews.org/sports/winter-olympics-indigenous-athletes-compete-not-jus…
US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by ⭐️a chorus of boos
when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympicsin Milan on Friday,
🔥although American viewers watching NBC’s coverage would have been unaware of the reception.
The reaction was shown on Canadian broadcaster CBC’s feed, with one commentator saying: “There is the vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha
– oops, those are not … uh … those are a lot of boos for him.
Whistling, jeering, s…
Amazon tells users it is shutting down the Wondery podcast app and Wondery subscription service "in the coming months"; some shows will be available on Audible (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-shut…
By far the most vital coverage during that time came from @…, who spent those chaotic nights with all hell breaking loose just roving the streets, sticking a microphone in everyone’s face and live-streaming it.
It was some of the rare coverage that actually felt like the reality I was living through. And lots of us were glued to it in the wee hours, wondering what was happening out there, wondering •who• was out there and what they were thinking, wondering if our own families were in danger.
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Winter Olympics 2026: Why the NFL Feels More Global Than Ever https://insidethestar.com/winter-olympics-2026-why-the-nfl-feels-more-global-than-ever
I've been wondering: will future historians have more public records to go through, or less? It's fascinating to read through letters and telegraphs of Albert Einstein, yet I wonder whether our digitized world will leave the same trace. While on the one hand public figures share a lot more personal information on the internet, which will always be preserved through articles, replies, screenshots etc., chat conversations, which somewhat replace letters, are encrypted, often with disappearing …
#NABU #Naturgucker #Weißstörche im Winter 25/26 – erste Zahlen.
Okay that was EASILY the best #WinterOlympics ceremony since Sochi 2014. I enjoyed it a lot.
https://boxd.it/d1c8mL
'Penis-injecting' questions arise at 2026 Winter Olympics
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/06/2026-winter-olympics-ski-jumping-penis-injecting/