Yeah, good point. The whole Epstein file thing is such a scam. People are obsessed about as if there was some magical file able to put powerful people jail. We already know what happened and who was involved. No one was punished. More files will not change that. There will be more outrage, maybe someone will resign from their position, retire early or lose some election. That’s it. We can still complain about the cover up but let’s be honest about the possible outcomes.

The president before Trump also didn’t indict anyone.

I can confirm, people are destroying their cameras. Dozens of them!

So sad yet so beautiful.

This is still absolutely shit take.

We should be aiming for no one to have a grim job. Not kids nor adults that didn’t ‘work hard at school’. First, he’s basically proposing torturing kids into studying harder which is simply stupid. Kids need time to rest. Sending them to work part time will just make studying harder for them. Second they are shifting the blame for poverty on people ‘not working hard enough’ while we know shit education system and lack of opportunities is the main reason people are stuck in grim jobs.

And he’s basing all this on a case of a kid that wants to be a cook and works… as a cook. How is that ‘grim job motivating him to work hard’? The kid apparently loves it. Can he find an example of a kid that worked in a shitty factory, hated it and got motivated to study hard and get out of poverty? I would love to see it and compare it with all the kids that had to work and abandoned education altogether. Want to bet which outcome is more common?

Not enough propaganda. They should call it ‘Beautiful, Clean, Greenest of the Green, Climate Protecting, Bird Saving, Woke Antifa Tears Inducing, All-American, Beef Loving, Lungs Restoring Coal’.

Yes. The solution for bots and foreign actors filling social media with propaganda is to identify its users. What’s the downside, in EU specifically, to giving social media companies your ID? What are they going to do with it they don’t do already?

That would be great, I would finally be able to get into extreme sports without worrying about my spine.

Police removed the guns family owned but the legal owner petitioned to get them back. Should be held responsible (if still alive) in my opinion.

Nobody would go to a political rally by an anonymous dude in a balaclava with a yank or russian accent

You would be surprised…

You do realize that the billionaires are already surveilling and censoring everyone? Google sharing info with ICE, Bezos killing Washington Post, Musk modifying algorithms to promote his messages and banning inconvenient accounts, Thiel promoting his crazy agenda through Palantir and so on and so on.

When you say “government should not surveil and censor” you’re really saying “only billionaires should surveil and censor”.

The proper way forward is to censor the shit out of Russian bot ridden, billionaire controlled propaganda machines that is social media and move discussion back to civilized places. People who think that places like Twitter are net benefit for society are delusional. They gave us nothing but bunch of right wing populists and disinformation while real media is still doing all the actual oversight. The sooner all those places are banned the better.

Free PR advice to Democrats: stop asking her questions. Letting her open her mouth to spew more bullshit is pointless. Just use your time to insult her and don’t let her speak.

It’s also possible their owners actually like what Trump is doing and want to support him.

I watched the entire final once and most of it was very forgettable. I like Iceland’s entry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSMhu-PrLME but I don’t remember anything else.

Oh, I just remembered two of my favorite Spanish music videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76yRU9y32I&list=RDn76yRU9y32I&start_radio=1 - this is from a TV show where they travel around Spain, visit different cities and record songs with local artists. Everything about it great, the artists, the places, the versions of the songs…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6L_lTrIFg&list=RDSW6L_lTrIFg&start_radio=1 - one of the best NPR tiny desk concerts ever

If you liked Rosalen you should like those.

Beautiful.

As far as I know Spain now selects artist from one of TV talent shows like Idol or The Voice. They used to let people vote but this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfeCIvOxXBo After that the artist is selected by some jury. Established artists like Rosalen don’t go to Eurovision since many years.

I still disagree. If you skip pop girlies you’re skipping most of it. Yes, the rest can sometimes be interesting but it’s still bland version of what each country has to offer. Blanca Paloma is ok but check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayrDdxs48wQ&list=PL0VTLQWtqr3_4bYYgDK7cii6ixuzJVGNy&index=1 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFRcJpzEwA&list=RDOtFRcJpzEwA&start_radio=1

From Ukraine for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsNKSbTNd5I&list=RDhsNKSbTNd5I&start_radio=1 is so much more interesting. I think it was different 20-30 years ago but countries no longer send their best to Eurovision.

I did try and it’s really good. You can check out ‘Califato ¾’. It’s a similar idea but they are playing with Andalusian classics (which also have a lot of Arabic influences).

The most interesting thing is who different countries vote for. There are whole university departments dedicated to studying this. The music itself is very meh. It’s specific type of music that doesn’t really reflect any differences between the countries. Interesting entries happen but most of it just sounds the same.

Ok, everyone share the best song from your country.

I’ll start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&list=RDdQw4w9WgXcQ