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Got myself banned from the China sub-Reddit . Apparently they don’t like it when you #freetibet #5demandsnotoneless . Here’s there full reply:

Not a problem when you have $56 million

Huge scandal rooking the gaming community. Blizzard now finds itself stuck between China and very angry Westerners. Not a good look for Blizzard, especially since most gamers are very anti-China.

No, I like to think of him as sitting in a bathtub full of money like Salim in Slumdog Millionaire

It’s a little known fact that there’s actually 28 people that share the @Sindo account.

My birthday may have been a tad bit wrong . It is this week though (it’s 10/10). Thanks for the nice wishes though. Honestly didn’t expect that at all.

Early look at the medal design: Supposedly the medal itself is shaped like a pebble. The artistic designs feature marine life.

I have mad respect for any who’s successful in the combined format. I’ve been training Boulder and belay in the same sessions for weeks, and I’ve marginally improved at either. If I specialized I feel like I’d be much better at Route (belay) Climbing. I just don’t have the strength for Boulder yet. These guys make it look so, so easy, but let me tell you; when you try the comp routes, you realize how impossible what they’re doing is.

Wishing any Jewish users on the forum a safe Yom Kippur.

I’m not a huge fan of the show because they’ve made a lot of jokes they call satire that just disguise some of the racist tendencies of the characters. However, I will admit that I’m fully behind them on this, and so acknowledge their huge contributions to the satirical realm of comedy. Good for them.

Well my week will be dominated by nothing until the 5 days of the World Beach Games.

In the last 15km, yes.

I was talking about the events/races that matter...

Well hopefully as the Gulf Coast continues it’s meteoric economic rise, more sports fans become willing to travel there to watch events. I guarantee you this is only the beginning of big events heading to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia (and maybe Kuwait or Bahrain since they have grand plans too).

Yeah I’d say this about sums it up. It really is a shame they weren’t in London or Berlin or Eugene this year

YPG and SDF releasing rare English language statements on Twitter essentially thanking the US for fucking Syria over for the next decade. To me, the tone of the statements also insinuates that the SDF and the YPG are more than willing to confront Turkey. Also, they point out the ISIS and Nusra cells could again become active in the area.

Thank You Trump for starting what will be my one of the world’s biggest humanitarian issues this century. I’m positive Erdogan will not attack the Kurdish majority in Idlib that he blames for the coup . Hope the YPG gives Turkish forces one hell of a fight. Also, Trump, their are fucking Americans in the YPG! Both you and Obama turned a blind eye towards Americans fighting in the YPG against ISIS and later Assad. Their blood is on your hands. The Kurds deserve their own country and the American government had the power to make that a reality, but instead we’ve let lose the dam on a massive escalation of the Syrian Civil War. Assad has vowed to fight the YPG, Syrian Democratic Forces, and Turkey should Turkey enter Syrian territory. Turkey has vowed to fight the YPG. The YPG has vowed to fight Russia, Turkey, and Syria. The Syrian Democratic forces have vowed to fight Assad and Russia. This will not end well! Europeans be ready, refugees en mass may arriving at your borders. I study conflicts, and I know shit moves when I see them. I’m really hoping that this works out, but I’m not positive it will. Americans need to vote this disgrace out (and if the Turkish opposition could get enough supports to oust Erdogan that’d be fantastic). https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1181043719497293824?s=21

This woman is amazing . So in her lifetime...She was born into an independent Serbia just before WW1. She then lived through the WW1 fighting within Serbia. She was then alive during the horrors of WW2. She then lived through the creation of Yugoslavia. She then lived through the disillusion of Yugoslavia. Then probably through the Kosovar War, and now is voting in the 4th Parliament elections in Kosovo. What a person of history!

Can gymnasts who qualify via an individual event still choose to compete in other events besides that one at the Olympics?

So there might be some tiny problems with Thailand’s court system. Not surprised to see more hate against a Muslim-minority in SouthEast Asia. There’s better ways to protest, but this seems to have the desired consequence:

Team sizes on the first page of the thread have been completely updated. There were quite a few changes it turns out. By my count there’s still about 6 quotas empty.

Very interesting development. Both and have pulled their delegations from the games. If I had to guess, I’d say they’re boycotting the event at the asking of the Arab Council (or whatever that international organization is called). Interestingly are still attending the games at the moment...

Yep. Both have made labels richer and artists poorer

Yes and no. Spotify has better selection hands down. They also provide a platform for unknown artists. And they have songs, podcasts, and spoken word on the same platform. For me, Apple Music has the songs I like/want, and I find the sound quality better. Plus, both are same price. I used to be strictly against Apple, but the least generations have won me over from Samsung.

Yeah I nearly got whiplash from how quickly they published the list of Rym Gym qualifiers for the 2021 World Games.