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why is everything so beaugiful...

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“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

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I hate the “open floor plan” that everyone is obsessed with in houses now. I want nooks and crannies and bizarre floor plans. I don’t need to be able to see what someone is doing on the other side of the house. I want places to hide and lurk and dwell in the shadows. I am the beast who awaits in the labyrinth

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More than 1,000 Swedish artists have signed an open letter against Israel's participation in the music competition, including famed international acts like Fever Ray and Robyn, and contest veterans such as opera star Malena Ernman — who performed in the song competition in 2009 and is the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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The Slovenian public broadcaster has announced they will ask the EBU to open a consultation with all their members about the participation of Israel in Eurovision! This was in response to a public letter by Slovenian musicians and NGOs demanding Israel be banned from Eurovision. The pressure is working and it's only going to build in the coming months!

Here is a contact list for all the broadcasters participating in Eurovision with a template letter translated into 20+ languages. Message your national broadcaster and keep up the pressure!

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Not surprised that Eurovision is letting Israel compete after all, however I never want to hear them use the “we’re not a political contest” EVER again. The Russian invasion of Ukraine lead to a ban in the contest, as well as many other competitions, like the Olympics where athletes can’t compete under their flag, but when the Israeli state kills over 30000 people, where the mortality rate is higher than anywhere else, a war where more journalists have been killed than in any other modern conflict, when they commit a genocide against an entire population, the world goes silent.

It’s hypocrisy is what it is. And it’s certainly political.

The war in Ukraine is horrendous, and the effects of it have had a rippling effect throughout the entirety of Europe. But why is this genocide in Palestine that similarly has a rippling effect throughout the entire Middle East not get the same global outrage from certain world leaders? I commend the countries that are speaking out, the humanitarian organisations that have called for a ceasefire since forever and also the contestants in the Eurovision Song Contest who are boycotting the program because of Israel’s involvement!

Now it’s up to us to do the same. Boycott Eurovision!

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We have this going on Instagram but I wanted to bring it here too in case no one has talked about it

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as a huge fan of esc genuinely? i’m not gonna be watching next year . the european broadcasting unions decision to continue to include Israel as an active participant in the midst of their targeted genocide of the palestinian people proves time and time again that the board is not on the side of the people and actively support the war crimes being committed by the israeli state on the gaza strip and the huge support from fans under their instagram announcement makes me ashamed to be part of such a community . truly and utterly fucking disgusting . russia was removed for their invasion of ukraine and support was sent out to the people in need but now that we ask again for the same support to be shown to the palestinian people suffering under israel’s expansionist regime impartiality is preached and a ceasefire drifts further from reach and its truly and utterly infuriating that we are having to fight against tv shows and super markets to stop a national genocide . it’s beyond excusable

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Absolutely!

Back in 2022 the EBU was originally gonna allow Russia to participate on the basis that the Eurovision "Is not a political contest" even though it very much is.

Ukraine initially protested this but they, still, didn't budge.

Only after Finland, Estonia and Iceland threatened to withdraw (I think it was these three) and only then did the EBU decide to suspend Russia on the basis that their broadcaster was spreading misinformation and propaganda regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The official statement given was not that they had an issue with one of the contestants actively invading another, rather that they weren't being honest about it.

It's worth noting that each country has to pay a participation fee based on their population. In other words, a country like Poland is not paying the same amount of money as a country like San Marino. You can therefore see why the EBU did not want to lose Russia. If one country with large population leaves that means the participation cost for the remaining ones will rise. In fact, Russia's expulsion has inadvertently caused Bulgaria's, North Macedonia's and Montenegro's withdrawal as they could no longer afford the participation fee. This year, Romania, a country with a large population but facing financial difficulties is possibly also withdrawing. Their participation is still up in the air, well after the period to announce their participation has ended, and Australia also took quite a well to finalize negotiations for their participation.

Just like they did with Russia, the EBU has already announced that they do not intend to ban Israel and unless no other countries complain about it and threaten to withdraw, like Estonia, Finland and Iceland did before for Russia, they're gonna keep Israel around.

I'm not here to discuss who should be allowed in and who not, because if we start with Israel then we should also take Azerbaijan, Serbia and every single northwestern European country that retains colonies around the world out too, but my point is, if the EBU's official reasoning for expelling Belarus was that they were trying to send a propaganda song and for Russia was that their broadcaster was spreading propaganda, I don't see how Israel's broadcaster isn't doing the exact same thing about the ongoing situation in Palestine.

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I’m seeing people get excited about Eurovision now that olly alexander is representing the uk… Palestine is still calling for a boycott as long as Israel is in it, and yet people who were previously encouraging boycotts and saying “free Palestine!!!” are now ignoring all that just because they happen to like one of the contestants.

Y’all clearly only care about Palestine as long as it doesn’t disrupt anything about your life, and we can see that.

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NO ISRAEL IN EUROVISION

TO THE EBU: 200 MILLION PEOPLE ARE WATCHING

Do not let this slide, do not let this be ignored. Israeli aggression to Palestine may have been something your viewers could miss or ignore in the past, but everyone is aware. Everyone is watching. Make it loud and clear that an apartheid state carrying out an ethnic cleansing has no right or honor to compete in Eurovision.

REMINDER: IF YOU LIVE IN A EUROVISION-COMPETING COUNTRY, MAKE IT LOUD AND OBVIOUS TO YOUR BROADCASTER THAT ISRAEL HAS NO PLACE IN THIS CONTEST.

Just like we held Russia accountable for their crimes against Ukraine in 2022, we need to do the same for 2024. Please spread and amplify this message.

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btw, just quietly boycotting eurovision / saying you "don't watch anyway" won't accomplish anything. i know eurovision is cringe. i know its included israel uncritically until now (and that wasn't okay before the current genocide either). i know israel has used eurovision as a pinkwashing opportunity / marketing stunt for years. i know the eurovision overall claim of being "non-political" is bullshit.

but any boycott is only effective when its coupled with protest. if you already don't watch eurovision, and your reaction to israel's inclusion is just to roll your eyes and move on, your boycott is literally meaningless.

we need people to protest. be loud. be annoying, be ever-present. make sure the EBU sees that they won't quietly get away with this. make sure the EBU hears that this is not okay. make sure that the hypocrisy of banning russia in 2022 for invading ukraine, yet allowing israel to continue participating amid an ongoing genocide, is disgusting and reveals the contest as being much more political than it likes to admit.

this thread of how to contact every single broadcaster taking part in eurovision 2024 is a good start. for my own country of norway (which was one of the first to protest russia's inclusion in 2022), i would also recommend throwing a message stig karlsen's way, who is the head of the norwegian eurovision delegation.

when contacting any of these broadcasters or representatives, please be respectful to the best of your ability. argue not just from the horrors of war and genocide, as important as that is, but argue about how it will harm the contest itself.

that's like, the one thing eurovision / the EBU actually cares about. how banning russia but allowing israel is an inherently political move, which goes against the contest's spirit. or how the ferocity of protest will harm the actual live contest in malmo, which will undoubtably be a target of widespread protest.

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BOYCOTT EUROVISION 2024

Contact your national broadcaster and make clear that you want your country to stay out of ESC if israel is staying.

Express that you will not support going to the contest with a country that is committing a genocide.

Do not watch eurovision. Post Palestine awareness posts on the days when the song contest is held. Use your voice.

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Remember when this happened:

A Palestinian songwriter/singer who made a single track, in order to convey a powerful message about Palestinian liberation and freedom from the occupation in their homeland -got censored and entirely banned from huge music platforms. YET when Israhell makes ACTUAL music applauding, inciting and encouraging the genocide of Palestinian people, it's acceptable??

Also, don't forget to boycott Eurovision.

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The EBU has allowed Israel to participate in Eurovision 2024 despite the genocide in Gaza, claming that it is 'an apolitical event that unites audiences around the world through music' despite removing Russia in 2023 due to the complaints of other countries.

Last year's Eurovision has been about showing support of Ukraine because they needed help, Palistinians need help now too. We have to show these organizations and countries that we aren't going to just stay silent when people are literally being systematically starved and dying on the streets.

Youtuber verilybitchie has listed the national broadcastors of the countries participating. Send your complaints. They can't get away with this.