Chopin et al.

Aloha! I am Nas and this is my main blog. Commission status: closed

[fawfulydoo]

bird up

[ryo-maybe]

@pidpigeon

[butchscientist]

Israel doing well in Eurovision is a completely predictable result of the boycott. The people who are watching & voting in Eurovision are now at best willfully ignorant and apathetic and at worst actively pro-Israel, meaning there will be a disproportionate amount of people willing to vote for Israel and even people voting for them because of the boycott.

But saying that means that boycotting Eurovision was the wrong call completely misses the point of the boycott. The point is not "Israel should not win Eurovision", it is "Israel should not be allowed to compete in the first place". The point of the boycott is not to give the EBU views or money, so if you've been boycotting... don't give them money or legitimacy by voting for someone tomorrow to prevent Israel from winning. If Israel does win, that does not mean boycotting failed; it only further delegitimizes the competition and confirms we should burn the whole thing down.

[heritageposts]

If Israel ends up winning, that's the EBU's problem, not ours.

Don't watch, don't vote.

[fleshdyke]

you cant fucking hurt me bitch im protected by the migratory bird act

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[monkeysaysficus]

Generational trauma

[ashestoashesjc]

hurt people hurt people :/

[lostinhistory]

Sad news: Walnut the crane, famous for murdering all potential crane suitors before choosing her keeper as her mate, has died

Condolences to her widower

[the-puffinry]

bird details from the incredible Byzantine Wall Mosaic in the Rotunda of St. George, Thessaloniki. photo source links in the pictures for the ones from twitter, the others by Helen Miles

[theyll-never-search-the-pfp]

[the-vegan-muser]

Words cannot express how much I love this bird.

[coralei]

[inkkyte-deactivated20240301]

Bird are so perfect for cool epic battle scenes and would make such cool characters and ocs (wink wink)

[zvaigzdelasas]

Link to read the full provisional ICJ ruling here [PDF]

[zvaigzdelasas]

Special livestream: Decision at the ICJ

In an historic and much-anticipated decision, the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Friday ordered Israel to halt with immediat

Analysis of the ruling by the Electronic Intifada joined by legal scholars

[zvaigzdelasas]

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[cockmcstuffins]

bella was lucky she didn’t have a cell phone of any kind because you know ya boi edward would be blowing up that phone 24-7 going “saw a snail today…. effervescent” or some shit equivalent

[venusforfran]

oh BTW here's my teeny tiny list of my favourite pigeon species

White breasted ground dove

Nicobar pigeon

Cinnamon headed green pigeon

Yellow footed green pigeon

Pheasant pigeon

Yellow breasted fruit dove

Many coloured fruit dove

Crowned pigeon

[horrid-mothlegs]

Reblogging for nicobar pigeon awareness (the best pigeon)

[intersectionalpraxis]

Take a good look at the countries leading/have started the legal battles to hold the IOF accountable -their fights to end IOF terrorism and war crimes, as this should have been done months ago, are now beginning.

So many Palestinian people have been genocided, and the rampant global government inaction has caused chaos, death, and destruction of Gaza... I just hope this leads to a permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation. I truly do.

[porcupine-girl]

When y’all talk about the horrors being unending, you’re referring to the eternal cycle of meal planning/grocery shopping/cooking/dishes, right?

[cryoverkiltmilk]

the kitchyphean torments, yes

[kaban-bang]

[kaban-bang]

Today is the last day you can reblog this

[cannibal-sarracenian]

"Alright, time to see what this animated poetry movie is like-

Oh jesus christ"

[cannibal-sarracenian]

To elaborate outside of initial tags:

So this is from 30,000 Miles From Chang’an, which is a 2 hours 47 minutes(!!?) long Chinese animated film that is basically an actually legitimate historical epic and historical biopic (think Gladiator & Amadeus) made into animation, and also passionate tribute to classical art and culture, similar to something like Miss Hokusai or Millennium Actress.

I heard it was decent before, but was not expecting it to be This Ambitious. The Criminally Underrated Champ of 2023 Animation

[tatsuma-forever]

i’m going to try to explain this in very basic terms so everyone understands

the only reason russia was banned from eurovision is because the groups funding eurovision threatened to pull out if they were allowed to compete. these groups have not applied the same pressure to eurovision over israel committing genocide. these groups have not applied the same pressure regarding azerbaijan either.

no matter how much you hear the opposite, eurovision is extremely political. the ‘no politics’ rule exists to silence people the broadcasters disagree with. in 2019, eurovision was held in tel aviv. the icelandic group hatari brought out palestinian banners while their points were being announced, and they got booed and fined. politics are allowed if eurovision deems them palatable. war is ‘okay’ to talk about IF you agree with eurovision

belarus was disqualified for propaganda, israel should be too.

[tatsuma-forever]

“but i’m in it for the music!” former eurovision acts are still making music.

“but it’s not as quirky!” listen to songs from outside of europe, you’ll have a great time.

“what about the stages?” other artists have creative stages that you can find very easily.

“but i’m in it for the contestants!” no, you’re not. you are in it for a song. every song probably has a song that sounds just like it, go look for it.

“i like the live music aspect!” you can watch concert footage. you can go to a concert.

“what about my country?” i’m sure there are local artists who would appreciate your support.

“i like how there are so many genres in one place” make a playlist with different genres. fucking listen to it. it’s the same thing. put it on shuffle even. god, you people can’t do anything