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World touring pioneer Heinz Stücke passes at 86
Bike touring pioneer Heinz Stücke – the man who spent decades riding around the world – has passed…
#NewsBeep #News #Cycling #AU #Australia #sports
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World touring pioneer Heinz Stücke passes at 86 - Australia News Beep | NewsBeep.com
Bike touring pioneer Heinz Stücke - the man who spent decades riding around the world - has passed away in his hometown of Hövelhof in Germany.NEWSBEEP (Australia News Beep)
Weekend charity shop find. Just had me crying with (horrified) laughter as I read the entry on "Barking Off Squirrels" to Ryan.
I think all sport is idiotic, tbh, and I think I may have found the supporting evidence...
Walking Alpe d'Huez on race day: Is the Tour de France's ultimate mountain becoming a problem?
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#Cycling #Sports #TourDeFrance
Walking Alpe d’Huez on race day: Is the Tour de France’s ultimate mountain becoming a problem?
Huge crowds and unruly behavior could mean fewer visits to one of the race's most iconic stage finishesJacob Whitehead (The Athletic)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚽🌍 Millions of #soccer/#football fans jumping at the same moment created measurable seismic signals across #Spain.
Researcher Jordi Díaz tracked three distinct events from the #WorldCup final including a goal, a disallowed goal, and the final whistle. Similar crowd-based tremors have been recorded near #stadiums in #Barcelona, #Norway, and #Mexico.
👉 zmescience.com/other/offbeat-o…
#seismology #science #earthquakes #geology #sports #physics #research
Spain’s World Cup Victory Literally Shook the Ground Across the Country
Seismic instruments recorded Spain’s goals, false alarms and final burst of celebration.Mihai Andrei (ZME Science)
"World Cup stadiums were ‘built for yesterday’s climate’. Should the games be moved?"
#Sports #WorldCup #Climate #ClimateChange
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Should FIFA consider rescheduling the World Cup amid extreme heat?
Experts have called on World Cup stadium owners to retrofit their buildings to better deal with blistering temperatures.Liam Gilliver (euronews)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚽🔄 A physicist who has studied #WorldCup ball #aerodynamics for 20 years addresses #goalkeeper complaints about the 2026 #Trionda ball.
He explains that wind tunnel #data predicted stable #flight with slightly higher drag, and match play has largely confirmed those predictions. Goff suggests that elevation, not the ball itself, may explain some wayward kicks.
👉 theconversation.com/the-ball-i…
#physics #soccer #science #trionda #sports #worldcup2026 #football #magnusforce
The ball is round – and contrary to some keepers’ views, in this World Cup it has performed just fine
Is the Trionda ball being used at the tournament traveling too fast or flying unpredictably? We asked a physicist who tested the ball.The Conversation
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🚣🏝️ Kelsey Pflendler, an #Arizona based #GrandCanyon #rafting guide, became the first American woman to row solo from #California to #Hawaii, completing the 2,400 mi (~3,900 km) crossing in 43 days.
She broke both the women’s #record (previously 86 days) and the men’s record (52 days), arriving in #Honolulu on July 4, 2026.
👉 goodnewsnetwork.org/female-row…
#rowing #pacific #solovoyage #kelseypflendler #ocean #endurance #sports #adventure #nonprofit
Woman Rower Breaks Men’s Record for Fastest Solo Voyage from California to Hawaii
As she pulled into Ala Wai Boat Harbor in Honolulu, she also set records for being the fastest to complete to solo row of either sexAndy Corbley (Good News Network)
This does NOT have to be our new normal: make polluters pay, fund real fire prevention and climate adaptation, and protect both people and the sports we love.
Add your name: act.gp/3RLI2EV
#MakePollutersPay #tourdefrance #heatwave #fires #wildfires #cycling #sports #climatechange #climatecrisis
Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.act.gp
"World Cup matches played in potentially dangerous heat as players’ union makes climate warning"
#Football #Sports #Climate #ClimateChange
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World Cup matches played in potentially dangerous heat as players’ union makes climate warning
Nine of the group stage games played in severe heat, analysis finds, as union points to lessons for the whole sportDharna Noor (the Guardian)
Yesterday I put out a piece that talks about the supremacist and eugenicist nature at the core of the institution of competitive sports.
#Trans people should absolutely be allowed to play and do anything a cis person is allowed to do, but also, competitive sports are a microcosm for the supremacist world that reactionaries work to build, and I get resistance to this every time I talk about it, because people are afraid to admit that competitive #sports might be part of the problem.
Here's the post:
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The "Zero-Sum" Sport of Trans Existence
I've intentionally avoided writing on this topic for quite some time, and for good reason. I have something a bit thorny to say. Here it is.Luciana Inara (Revoluciana)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚽📊 Researchers analyzed millions of simulated shootout scenarios to challenge conventional wisdom about kicking order.
They found that kicking second creates more high pressure opportunities but also more chances to win outright. Using psychologically resilient players in later positions can improve a team’s odds by more than 10%.
👉 phys.org/news/2026-06-world-cu…
#worldcup #sports #science #psychology #soccer #football #universityofqueensland #research #data #math
World Cup research reveals strategy to give teams a penalty-shootout edge
One of football's most iconic moments—the penalty shootout—may be far more strategic than previously thought, with new research challenging the notion that the team kicking first holds a major advantage.University of Queensland (Phys.org)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐟 📷 In the #1910s and #1920s, fishermen built #underwater viewing tanks and periscope devices to see #flies, lures, and anglers from a #fish’s point of view. Figures like Francis Ward and Edward Ringwood Hewitt produced surreal images that blended #science, #sports, and #art.
👉 zmescience.com/other/great-pic…
#photography #vintage #cameras #fishing #history #science #opticalillusions #photos #20thcentury
What's It Like to Be a Fish? Anglers 100 Years Ago Used Underwater Cameras and the Photos Look Surprisingly Surreal
The quest to understand why fish bite produced some of the strangest photos in fishing history.Thea Applebaum Licht (ZME Science)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚾🧴 Eye black helps #baseball players cut glare, but the #science is modest – black grease slightly improves contrast sensitivity without granting #superhero #vision.
University of #Texas professor Adam Annaccone notes the century-old tradition from Babe Ruth’s burned cork persists as much for pre-game routine and confidence as for #optics.
👉 theconversation.com/why-do-bas…
#eyes #sports #science #psychology
Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes?
As one piece of more than a century of baseball traditions, eye black is part science experiment, part routine and part uniform.The Conversation
💁🏻♀️ TIL: ⚾🧴 Eye black helps #baseball players cut glare, but the #science is modest – black grease slightly improves contrast sensitivity without granting #superhero #vision.
University of #Texas professor Adam Annaccone notes the century-old tradition from Babe Ruth’s burned cork persists as much for pre-game routine and confidence as for #optics.
👉 theconversation.com/why-do-bas…
#eyes #sports #science #psychology
Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes?
As one piece of more than a century of baseball traditions, eye black is part science experiment, part routine and part uniform.The Conversation
“Tennis players call for stronger response to growing problem of extreme heat”
“University of Roehampton’s Tyler says:
“With warmer temperatures likely to be increasingly frequent, tournaments need to consider longer-term preventive measures rather than relying on short-term reactive ones.””
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#Tennis #Sports #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateDiary #Health #Medicine
"Two World Cup matches were played in ‘severe heat’, analysis finds"
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Two World Cup matches were played in ‘severe heat’, analysis finds
Games in Miami and Monterrey were at heat level a players’ union had warned in the past should trigger delaysOliver Milman (the Guardian)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: ⚽🎨 #Artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. started twisting and painting discarded gum wrappers into #art when he was around 11 years old.
Today, these miniature #sculptures capture iconic moments from nearly 100 years in women's and men's #soccer aka #football.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/lacma-gum-wrap…
#aluminum #aluminium #history #hobbies #museums #paint #paper #papercraft #play #recycling #sports #toys #trash #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: ⚽🎨 #Artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. started twisting and painting discarded gum wrappers into #art when he was around 11 years old.
Today, these miniature #sculptures capture iconic moments from nearly 100 years in women's and men's #soccer aka #football.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/lacma-gum-wrap…
#aluminum #aluminium #history #hobbies #museums #paint #paper #papercraft #play #recycling #sports #toys #trash #tksst #video
“As our planet gets hotter, mandating hydration breaks and changing where, when and how sports are played will be necessary.
“No matter what sport you play, there’s going to be adjustments that have to be made in the face of climate change””
—> I hope especially in *when*, it’s becoming senseless to drain athletes in summer season, across many sports.
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#Sports #WorldCup #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Heat #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateDiary
How FIFA's climate solution has turned into 'water-gate'
Anyone who hasn’t watched a match since the last World Cup will notice something new: players stopping midway through each half to drink some water.Introduced in the name of player safety, these mandatory three-minute breaks are a surprise controversy that has shoved climate change into the spotlight.
How FIFA's climate solution has turned into 'water-gate'
When the United States takes the pitch against Australia this afternoon, millions of soccer fans will tune in.Tik Root (Grist)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: ⚽🎨 #Artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. started twisting and painting discarded gum wrappers into #art when he was around 11 years old.
Today, these miniature #sculptures capture iconic moments from nearly 100 years in women's and men's #soccer aka #football.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/lacma-gum-wrap…
#aluminum #aluminium #history #hobbies #museums #paint #paper #papercraft #play #recycling #sports #toys #trash #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ NEW: ⚽🎨 #Artist Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. started twisting and painting discarded gum wrappers into #art when he was around 11 years old.
Today, these miniature #sculptures capture iconic moments from nearly 100 years in women's and men's #soccer aka #football.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/lacma-gum-wrap…
#aluminum #aluminium #history #hobbies #museums #paint #paper #papercraft #play #recycling #sports #toys #trash #tksst #video
"The 2026 World Cup could be the hottest yet"
#WorldCup #Football #Sports #Climate #ClimateChange
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The 2026 World Cup could be the hottest yet » Yale Climate Connections
A new analysis finds climate change is increasing the odds of dangerous heat during many 2026 World Cup matches, putting players, fans, and workers at greater risk.Johani Carolina Ponce (Yale Climate Connections)
3 countries. 16 stadiums. 104 matches. 2026 World Cup set to become ‘most #polluting’ #games ever
source: latimes.com/environment/story/…
They found that the 2026 games will generate over 9 million tons of carbon #dioxide, about double the average for the last four World Cups — 4.7 million tons. A million tons is the equivalent #emissions of about 220,000 cars on U.S. roads for a year.
#wc #worldcup #soccer #pollution #co2 #carbonDioxide #crisis #climate #environment #earth #sports #event #usa #mexico #canada #travel #flight #nature #future #fifa #humanity #fail #game
Dutch #soccer fans prefer to watch the World Cup at home because of the exorbitant #ticket #prices.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=BscTQeZS3N…
#wc #Worldcup #sports #fifa #corruption #fail #mafia #usa #canada #mexico #travel #fans #advertisement #economy #nerd #humor #just4fun #trump #money #finance #society #Netherlands #protest #criticism #tv #home #orange
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"The World Cup is one wildfire away from an air quality disaster"
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The World Cup is one wildfire away from an air quality disaster
FIFA says it's prepared for "climate-related risks" but doesn't appear to have a plan for wildfire smoke, which can be harmful to players and fans.Tik Root (Grist)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏀🧮 Researchers at the University of #Copenhagen worked with over 300 Danish students aged 11–13, combining fraction lessons with #basketball drills in weekly hour-long workshops.
Students shot hoops while calculating #fractions and scored 15% higher on tests than peers who didn’t, with a 5% bump in other #math too. Lead researcher Jacob Wienecke says the method opens math up for #kids who don’t usually connect with it, without losing the #fun.
👉 popsci.com/science/basketball-…
#education #denmark #middleschool #learning #science #research #pedagogy #sports
Basketball can make you better at math
Combining math concepts with sports can help boost your fractions game.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
"The dark side of the 2026 World Cup: Record-breaking emissions and thousands of flights"
#Football #WorldCup #Sports #Emissions
euronews.com/2026/06/05/the-da…
How polluting will the World Cup be? 2026 could break all records
A report warns that the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico could produce twice the emissions of previous editions.Christina Thykjaer (euronews)
The Queen of Cool
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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #California #SoCal #LA #USA #US #Surfing #Surfer #Pacific #Sport #Sports #People #Surf #LeftCoast #WaterSports #PacificOcean #HermosaBeach #WaterSport #WaterSports #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome
"Argentine football club inaugurates 120 kW solar system"
#Argentine #Argentina #Footballs #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables #Sports
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Argentine football club inaugurates 120 kW solar system - pv magazine Global
Buenos Aires-based Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield has switched on a 120 kW rooftop solar system on top of its football stadium, expected to cover up to 20% of its annual electricity demand.Luis Ini (pv magazine Global)
colore & ombra
🏀📐 Sport scientists and physicists break down how Victor Wembanyama’s extreme height (7'4" / 223 cm), near-vertical torso, minimal jump, hip/knee flexion, and creative shot selection combine to make him a uniquely effective three-point shooter in the #NBA playoffs – disproving skeptics that very tall players can’t shoot from deep.
👉 scientificamerican.com/article…
#basketball #physics #biomechanics #science #sports #engineering #sanantonio #spurs #playoffs #kinesiology
The science of NBA superstar Victor ‘Wemby’ Wembanyama’s epic three pointers
Wemby’s height gives him an advantage in blocking and rebounding, but how does the tallest player in the NBA keep hitting all those threes?Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Scientific American)
"FIFA's huge World Cup to generate unprecedented cash and CO₂"
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FIFA's huge World Cup to generate unprecedented cash and CO₂
The biggest and most lucrative ever World Cup this summer will also set a record for the most-polluting sporting event in history, environmental experts say.Coralie FEBVRE (Phys.org)
🚴🧠 New research shows that reducing sedentary time in schools – through simple strategies like standing to answer questions or adding unstructured #play – improves #children’s waist-to-hip ratios, cognitive performance, and emotional wellbeing.
Researchers emphasize that all movement counts, from climbing #trees to riding #bicycles.
👉 bbc.com/future/article/2026052…
#children #health #exercise #education #play #schools #wellbeing #fitness #cognitive #development #obesity #sports #parenting #neuroscience #denmark #bbc
Why moving about is key for children's health - and happiness
Children are less physically active than they used to be. Scientists are finding effective ways to encourage children to move more, leaving lasting benefits on their health.Melissa Hogenboom (BBC)
Move the thing to the other thing
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🏋️♂️📏 Olympic weightlifters utilize #physics to lift massive weights by timing their movements with the barbell’s flexibility.
As the steel bar bends and oscillates, athletes catch the upward "whip" to gain momentum. The technique allows lifters to move loads that would otherwise remain stationary through precise mechanical synchronization.
👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0…
#science #sports #engineering #biomechanics #research #discovery #education #mechanics #energy #olympics #science
The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"
The type of bar matters when it comes to how it bends and recoils, but why is still a mystery.Jennifer Ouellette (Ars Technica)
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#Damen#Weltmeisterschaft#Sport#Salibandy#Floorball#Unihockey#Florbal#sport#innebandy#TheWorldGames#Sports
Serious-looking runner rounds the last corner before the finish line
#photo #photography #flrc #sports #running #skunkcabbagerun #cornell #ithaca
Triumphant runner about a block from the finish line
#photo #photography #skunkcabbagerun #flrc #sports #portrait #ithaca #cornell
I was stationed at the intersection of Tower and Garden which gave me a choice of backgrounds such as Bailey Hall in this shot
#photo #photography #running #sports #flrc #portrait #cornell #ithaca #skunkcabbagerun
Hello! 👋 New here after being "deleted" by FB. Ready for a decentralized start as #AnandaSiddhartha.
My interests:
🌌 #SciFi & #Fantasy > ✨ #Religion & #Philosophy (#AdvaitaVedanta, consciousness)
⚔️ #Gaming (#ARPGs, #Diablo4, #LastEpoch, #Dragonkin, #D3)
🛠️ #Tech & #Ethics (AI rights & accountability)
🏃 #Sports (keeping the avatar moving)
Looking for authentic, algorithm-free connections!
NEW MASTODON WEB CLIENT
I'm launching a new way to liveblog events with persistent hashtags and CWs across posts, easy threading, and focused search column.
Try it here:
liveblog.stefanhayden.com/
read more here:
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#mastodon #liveblog #events #awards #sports
Liveblog - a new mastodon client to quickly post durring live events
TLDR: do your live blogging here. The Problem I have had the the same problem since the dawn of micro blogging. If I am watching a live event like an awards show, I often want to have a series of posts all properly tagged with the right hashtags.stefanhayden.com
How are we in a world where these two statements are widely seen as simultaneously true: (1) You always know when you see a trans woman so Sex Matters toilet terrorists are just fine, and (2) trans women are so sneaky the IOC has to catch them out with genetic testing?
There has only ever been one trans woman athlete at the Olympics, and she finished last. It wasn't a trans sneak attack, the athlete made no secret of her history. There is no evidence at all of trans women "stealing" sport from cis women. In fact, trans women are underrepresented on the winner's podium.
This ban is transphobic but the direct victims of the ruling are intersex and cis women who are now required to "prove" they are women. The violence is that people who have lived their whole lives as women will be told they aren't really valid. That they are a threat to their sisters.
Fuck the IOC.
Bouldern in Fountainbleau
Felsen mit Überhängen sind eine gewaltige Anstrengung #FotoVorschlag
Overhanging #boulders are a real challenge. As well as needing quite a bit of strength just to pull yourself up, you also need the right technique. It’s not at all easy to hold yourself up using just your fingers and toes. This is Gideon and my contribution to today's #PhotoSuggestion, “Effort”.
Last year we went on a climbing holiday to #Fontainebleau in #France. The area is absolutely beautiful and, as well as offering sporting challenges, is perfect for hiking or cycling along the Seine.
#photooftheday #picoftheday #photography #fotografie #fotografia #sunstar #portrait #boulder #bouldering #climbing #rockclimbing #frankreich #sports #outdoors #nature
Noch ein letztes Bild von Ylvi und mir beim Schwabentrail 2026.
Ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass wir im nächsten Jahr wieder dabei sind. Die Strecke ist echt schön - zumindest, wenn sie nicht gekürzt wird - die Atmosphäre entspannt. Und ich hab' ein Ziel: den Kotzbuckel das nächste Mal fahrend zu schaffen. Der damit verbundene Vorsatz: Mehr Eigentraining am Rad in den nächsten Monaten. 😀
Foto: Tierische Augenblicke by Stefan Grube
#Dogs #Hunde #DogsOfPixelfed #FediDogs #Zughundesport #Bikejoring #Mushing #Sleddogs #EuropeanSleddog #Bike #MTB #Sports #Training #DogsAreFamily #Photography #SportsPhotography