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Afghan athlete's DQ shows IOC's support of women is not unconditional

The Paris 2024 team is made up of 37 talented athletes – 13 of them are women – competing in 12 different sports. They're a team born from circumstance and opportunity. Their existence signifies hope, belonging and inclusion.

Despite the attempts of the IOC to claim that they do not want to be political, the reality is that sport is and will always be political. The existence of the EOR points to global unrest and politics as one of the complex layers why the team exists.

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Why are film trailers so bloomin' long?
  • Saw the trailer for "Jackpot!" which is 3 minutes and 39 seconds long. It literally spoils that the ally betrays the protagonists, which I'm sure was supposed to be an unexpected twist. I feel like I already saw the whole movie, so why would I pay to go see it?

  • TIL One of the people imprisoned for threatening South Park creators later became an FBI informant and now works to counter extremism
    www.pbs.org An extremist’s path to academia -- and fighting terrorism

    Jesse Curtis Morton begins work as a counterterrorism researcher at George Washington University this fall. But his path to the position was highly unconventional: until 2012, Morton was Younus Abdullah Muhammad, a Muslim extremist who founded a radical Islamist website. His decision to go undercove...

    An extremist’s path to academia -- and fighting terrorism

    Federal prosecutors once regarded Jesse Curtis Morton as a threat to national security.

    The FBI said the pro-jihadist website he helped found, RevolutionMuslim.com, inspired a number of terrorist plots. On that website, militant training videos, bomb-making instructions, praise for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and chat rooms for discussions among members created a multi-media stew of toxic content, they said.

    In 2012, Morton was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in running the site.

    Now, just four years later, Morton is free and has been hired as a terrorism analyst at a George Washington University-based think tank.

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    Why Poilievre Will Win | The Walrus
    thewalrus.ca Why Poilievre Will Win | The Walrus

    Voters are begging for something, anything, different

    Why Poilievre Will Win | The Walrus

    No mention of the NDP. If only that was the "something different" people were willing to try.

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    Temperature Blanket 2022
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    In reference to the last post on temperature blankets. This is my temperature blanket for the year 2022. I didn't want it to be a giant blanket so what I did was took the average temperature over two days for each row. It ended up being a bit smaller than a throw blanket. It's also evident that my tension got looser over time which made it come out pretty wonky. Overall I think it turned out pretty nice!

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    Who Is Dr. Gloves?

    True crime podcast Invisible Choir is assisting in an investigation to find out who is responsible for child abuse and exploitation. They're asking anyone with information to submit a tip.

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    Is there a way to hide posts? I have slight arachnophobia and want to be able to hide posts when they contain spiders without having to block a community or a user.

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