N-gated Hacker NewsMar 31
Ah, #Italy 🇮🇹, the land of pasta 🍝 and unexpected roadblocks 🛑! Apparently, they're now the gatekeepers of Sicilian airspace, sending Uncle Sam's warplanes ✈️ on a one-way trip to nowhere. Who knew geopolitical posturing could double as a spectator sport? 😂
https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-blocks-us-use-of-sicily-air-base/ #SicilianAirspace #Geopolitics #PastaWarplanes #SpectatorSport #HackerNews #ngated
Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base

The Italian government didn’t allow airplanes taking part in the Iran war to use the base, but Rome insists that doesn’t mean the bases are closed to other U.S. uses.

POLITICO
Janet FraserMar 6

Paralympics opening ceremony is today, Friday. What percentage of those who watched Olympic events will watch Paralympic events, do you think? How many para-allies are out there?

#Paralympics #olympics #sports #spectatorsport #differentlyabled

Edit: to reflect the fact that today is, indeed, Friday.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/how-to-watch-paralympics-on-cbc-digital-platforms-9.7112353

How to watch Milano-Cortina Paralympics on CBC | CBC Sports

CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's Paralympic Network, will bring audiences around-the-clock coverage, with more than 120 original hours of broadcast coverage and an additional 400 hours of live streaming content on CBC Gem. Here’s how you can watch all of CBC's live Paralympic coverage.

CBC
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 20
🥇🏆 OMG! Hold the presses! Apparently, being the "LeBron James" of Excel is now a thing, and it's not even a typo! 🤯 Who knew spreadsheets could be a spectator sport?! 😂
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qzgvxxgvo #ExcelChampions #SpectatorSport #SpreadsheetHumor #LeBronOfExcel #ViralTrends #HackerNews #ngated
Meet Ireland's 'LeBron James' of Microsoft Excel Diarmuid Early

Ireland's 'LeBron James' of Microsoft Excel has won the 2025 world championship in Las Vegas.

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 13
After 50 years of "progress," proof assistants are still just glorified calculators for people who think typing "Isabelle Coq" makes them sound smart. 🤓🔧 It's the same old story of academia's perpetual quest to turn #math into a spectator sport—except this game has fewer fans than a #calculus lecture. 🥱📉
https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2025/12/05/History_of_Proof_Assistants.html #proofassistants #academia #humor #IsabelleCoq #spectatorSport #HackerNews #ngated
50 years of proof assistants

Tom Myers May 11, 2024
Hoping we'll get some baseball in tonight! #NightOff #SpectatorSport ⚾️ 🧢