Pre-Olympics Thread (and Day -2, -1 and 0 spoilers)

[susquehanna]

The 2028 Summer Olympics is supposed to be in Los Angeles. Doesn't California have a major water shortage? Won't this make things worse?

There are a lot of conversations on this board about Global Warming and environmental sustainability. Don't all of the resources consumed by the Olympics contribute to Global Warming?

[mbcdefg]

Jul 23, 2021 6:53:58 GMT -5 af1212 said:

Jul 22, 2021 23:39:30 GMT -5 pugz said:

Can the opening ceremony be streamed anywhere other than NBC tomorrow night? We only have roku on one TV, no broadcast

Peacock I bet

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/22/how-to-watch-tokyo-olympics-free/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main

Peacock will have the opening ceremony tomorrow; it isn’t being streamed live.

We cut cable recently and missing live Olympics coverage is the only regret I’ve had this far. It’s such BS that we subscribe to so many different streaming services and we still miss out on so much.

[notreal]

Jul 22, 2021 23:39:30 GMT -5 pugz said:

Can the opening ceremony be streamed anywhere other than NBC tomorrow night? We only have roku on one TV, no broadcast

Roku has a section on the home screen that you can view clips and has a brief video on ways to stream, if that helps.  

[lemoncupcake]

Jul 23, 2021 8:57:54 GMT -5 susquehanna said:

The 2028 Summer Olympics is supposed to be in Los Angeles. Doesn't California have a major water shortage? Won't this make things worse?

There are a lot of conversations on this board about Global Warming and environmental sustainability. Don't all of the resources consumed by the Olympics contribute to Global Warming?

See page 1 of this same post (literally the post you’re posting in) for a pretty lengthy discussion around the unsustainability and corruption involved with rotating host sites.

[whattheheck]

Jul 21, 2021 19:06:44 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Jul 21, 2021 19:00:26 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

If anyone wants a podcast recommendation related to the Olympics, listen to Blind Landing. A handful of short episodes covering the vault shitshow at the Sydney Olympics.

Thanks! Adding this to my list.

There’s two more episodes of Blind Landing that just recently came out talking about the 2021 Olympics and gymnasts’ safety. I’m only partially through the first of the two but I’m finding it fascinating.

[shortstax]

Oct 20, 2021 5:49:47 GMT -5 whattheheck said:

Jul 21, 2021 19:06:44 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Thanks! Adding this to my list.

There’s two more episodes of Blind Landing that just recently came out talking about the 2021 Olympics and gymnasts’ safety. I’m only partially through the first of the two but I’m finding it fascinating.

Oooh, thanks for the heads-up!

[Velar Fricative]

I just listened to them, thanks for resurrecting this thread!

[whattheheck]

There’s a bunch of figure skating episodes up now and also an episode on Rebecca Andrade. I’m talking about the Blind Landing podcast.

[whattheheck]

New Blind Landing episode re: Simone, Suni, and Gabby.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Me, thinking this is a new thread, wondering why we're talking about Japan and covid cases. 😂

[pixy0stix]

Locking zombie thread.