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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.

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 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 News Dec 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