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London’s biggest screening party for the Eurovision Song Contest finals has been canceled, the venue Rio Cinema and organizer Eurovision Party London have said. “Following discussion with the organizers of Eurovision Party London, we have collectively decided not to screen the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest this year while Israel remains in the competition,” the Rio Cinema said in a statement on X. “The Eurovision Party London has been a beloved partner of The Rio Cinema for many years, and we will continue to work with them in the future. We firmly believe that the Eurovision Song Contest has the power to bring people together across the world, and when its core values of inclusivity, equality and universality are upheld, it can be a genuine force for good. With its own slogan in mind, we hope that we can all be United By Music again soon. We will continue to organize fundraising events for the charities we support, including Doctors Without Borders and Medical Aid for Palestine.”

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she has a flower for you!

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honestly have seen the sentiment shared around quite a few times that dementia/drugs/psychosis will never make you say something racist or mean or do something ethically bad, and if you have dementia/etc and say something racist/etc that’s actually your “”true self”” showing and you were a terrible person all along . which is crazy . genuinely just a crazy thing to think.

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I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

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i must ask you reblog this so said beast, you know. actually has attributes

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every time I see those screenshots from queering the map it makes me fucking weep

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- Silas Denver Melvin @sweatermuppet, Grit Poetry Collection

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he was the cool uncle

inspired by this post^

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Naoki Urasawa & Mai Yoneyama on the Passion of Drawing

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Harm Happening Around the World

Please note that there are actually more humanity crisis situations happening about the world.

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I have just learned that Mountain Goats are NOT, in fact, actual Goats.

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Everybody say a silent prayer for me as I smash the head of baby Jesus clean off this statue in the name of art.

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phrases like "the house always wins" and "it's on the house" but used to imply that the building you're in is alive and personally invested in the situation

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“Why should rich people pay more” because fuck ‘em

“So you are okay for paying more when you have money” I am not excluded from ‘fuck ‘em’ when relevant