It is as it is.

They most likely will have bigger problems if I fuck off than I do finding something new. Part of why I've stayed is the team, and if that's gone anyway, who gives a fuck?

I have my ducks in a row - there's a reason why I asked for a interim report when the CEO left last year.

Yuuuuuuup.

I've been told that my job at least is safe but fuuuuuuuuck staying under these circumstances.

They've announced that whoever consents to go CAN get a severance package but depending on "business circumstances" you may not be entitled to get one. Deffo fall under this then el oh el

AND IT'S STILL FUCKING GOING, four levels past, with each new level taking like a minute or two.

Vedal: "Chat, we beat it... we can... stop"

Poor turtle boy lol

Yeah. And she 100% knows.

It is near inevitable that Israel will win - the main audience of the show is, in the vast majority, opposed to Israel's participation and WILL boycott.

Add clear televote shenanigans in 2024 and 2025, if by Israel or other actors, and it's a done thing.

I'll post a full statement re: my decision to the blog when I get home or at some point tomorrow. I'm out at the moment. The EBU might as well bring Russia and Belarus back at this point. Today's decision goes against everything this contest once stood for and it truly is a sad state of affairs.

Aaaand we just had a meeting where it was announced that we're losing the support by the two trainees entirely, so come January we're 3.5 people doing the work of 6. Indefinitely.

I wish that was a fucking joke, but it's not.