"Essentially, staging an Olympic Games is about improving how the world thinks of you. With an absoluteness hard to describe, Parisians don’t give a stuff what the world thinks about them. It is, by far, their best feature"
Today the beauty and peace and pristine nature of Teahupo’o is in danger. It's #France 's turn to host the '24 #Olympics so the logical place to hold the #surfing is at the world's most beautiful wave, here in Teahupo'o.
Because of powerful economic incentives for the local government and numerous local contractors, the project has been rammed through with no ecological impact study.
Russians, Belarusians allowed to compete as neutral athletes at 2024 #Olympics
#Russian & Belarusian athletes will not be able to participate as teams nor display flags or any official identification with either country
Athletes or support personnel who have openly supported the war will not be allowed, as will anyone who has served or is affiliated with either the military or security organizations of Russia or #Belarus
#Russia should not be welcome to the #Olympics2024 while this is happening. It should be standard for any countries enacting genocide. #Ukraine deserves that much, at least from the #IOC