Fun stuff: from Olympic horses to Olympic moments, from Fox News to other stuff, from dogs to plate tectonics. And fall is coming!

Well, the Olympics are over for another two years. Here are a few remaining odds and sods:

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Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem just broke the world record. He’s from a village called Mian Chunnu, whose residents pooled in money so he could train. He had next to no support from any officials. He had to appeal for funds to buy a new javelin to prepare for these Olympics after his… pic.twitter.com/548G2PFp2P

— ashok kumar 🇵🇸 (@broseph_stalin) August 10, 2024

A lot of great moments in the Paris Olympics, but this is my personal favorite. pic.twitter.com/rSjVENVkN0

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) August 12, 2024

Going for Gold in the cellphone Olympics. My favourite photo from Paris so far? Mobile-addicted Millennials not realising they’re sitting next to Mick Jagger. #Olympics pic.twitter.com/6EPOvtpaVG

— Kathy Lette (@KathyLette) July 30, 2024

An outstanding Olympics:

It started in the pool. It ended on the water. Relive all of Canada's 27 medal moments. #MedalMoments presented by @PetroCanada pic.twitter.com/8Fr1Wdt1hj

— CBC Olympics (@CBCOlympics) August 11, 2024

By the way, the reason Poilievre was weirdly quiet about the Olympics is because he’s hoping people don’t realize that all that amazing free coverage only exists because of the CBC and that if he follows through on defunding it, we won’t be able to watch next time without paying.

— Aaron Hoyland (@aaronhoyland) August 12, 2024

I thought Breaking was a great event, its too bad that apparently LA isn't planning to continue it in 2028:

Here’s the dance battle that won Canada’s Phil Wizard the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men’s breaking 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/x9qxxCbrem

— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) August 10, 2024

My 2 big takeaways from the Olympics are:

1. The USA should forget the men's 4x100m relay forever, and

2. When the women perform with ribbons in rhythmic gymnastics, they should put some cats on the floor to liven things up.

— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) August 10, 2024

Fox News is freaking out about Harris and Walz -- apparently cooking, and giving children free lunches, are marks of the Beast:

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Some funny stuff: Maybe Bill Walz does have a "Canada" look?

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Dogs, bruh:

the best workout partner you can get
(jukin media) pic.twitter.com/rMyBi2h9kw

— theworldofdog (@theworldofdog) August 9, 2024

And a dog of the sea:

85 year old diver and this fish have been best friends for 30+ years after he nursed her back to health..🤿🐬😊 pic.twitter.com/bfO79dTDFG

— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 10, 2024

Someday, nobody will care whether Trudeau or Poilievre is Canada's next PM:

This is what the Earth will look like in 250 millions years according to plate tectonics theory.pic.twitter.com/UN57NSqcV2

— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) August 10, 2024

Finally, this:

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