It’s been clear for a couple of years, but in 2026 it is especially clear that in supporting Israel’s entry to its contest, #Eurovision is an enabler of terrorism https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvn036evlo

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

It’s been clear for a couple of years, but in 2026 it is especially clear that in supporting Israel’s entry to its contest, #Eurovision is an enabler of terrorism https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvn036evlo

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

“The IDF, the world’s leading killer of journalists, was blocking rescue operations.”

elia ayoub (@ayoub.bsky.social)

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil is confirmed to have been killed by the IDF. Al Akhbar, her outlet, as well as LBCI and Al Jadeed, have confirmed it. The IDF, the world’s leading killer of journalists, was blocking rescue operations. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social (bsky.app)

#Eurovision

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

…It seems crass to bring a song writing and performance contest into any individual tragedy that arises from the pursuit of journalists, the depraved targeting of children, and the psychotic application of mass cruelty, but soft power is one of the few tools we have to express dissent.

And we need all the tools we have to push back against the normalisation of murder

#Eurovision

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@urlyman You can remove the “rovision” and it still reads true.

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

@aral sadly yes