@mecfs
Welcome to the PwMElympics
People with myalgic encephalomyelitis (PwME) perform daily exploits.
Decathlon: working outside home
Climbing: going upstairs
Marathon: walking
Relay Race: taking part to a conversation
Gymnastics: turning in bed
Obstacle course: getting a disability pension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTXaxN1QObA
@mecfs
This is an entirely English-translated version of the first element of the ME awareness campaign made by CMGouin and AQEM, the ME association of Quebec.
You know Olympics and Paralympics, but do you know there are also PwMElympics.
Decathlon: working outside home
Design and illustration by CMGouin cmgouin.com
aqem.ca
You can find the other elements of the campaign at @cmgouin (though they're not entirely translated) #MEcfs#May12#MEAwarenessDay#pwME#OlympicGames#ParalympicGames
In exactly 100 days, the 33rd Summer Olympic Games will start in Paris. NBC News has curated this @Flipboard Storyboard about what to expect from the opening ceremony (a 3.5-mile boat parade along the Seine!), the venues where events will take place, and how the City of Lights has evolved in the 100 years since it last hosted the Games. Plus, a quiz to test your knowledge on the Olympic sports that have come and gone — or never been.
Hoy el skateboarding español está de celebración. Naia Laso y Danny León se ha coronado con la medalla de oro en el World Skate Tour de Dubai. Esta es una de las paradas previas a los Juegos Olímpicos de Paris 2024 y contamos con una representación de lujo. ¡Enhorabuena a los dos!
An immediate suspension of Israel from participation in all international sports until it fully complies with international law and sports regulations
For global and European sports governing bodies to immediately uphold their statutory obligations – especially their own rules on human rights and non-discrimination given Russian, South African and other precedents. This would include, inter alia, a ban on Israel competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, UEFA’s European Championship and FIFA’s World Cup. …"
@EU_Commission
We are not looking forward to these #olympicgames of shame, which will be altogether the biggest fall in human rights that France has known (algorithmic surveillance and banning people from public space), and the circus of "business as usual" with thousands of planes and their devastating effect on climate. #olympicshame#paris#france#humanrights
Hmmmm... So, like when a country is selected to host #OlympicGames, they seem to come up with TONS OF MONEY to pay for Olympic #Infrastructure, and yet there's NO MONEY when #ClimateChange could be mitigated by IMMEDIATELY FUNDING 100% #Tidal, #SolarPower, #WindPower, etc., with the technology and resources we have on hand?!!! SOUNDS LIKE CAPITALIST BULLSHIT TO ME!