magic rabbit
@magicrabbit.bsky.social
Eurovision, US politics/government, civic tech, cooking, and DMV-area news (based in Arlington). Fat, gay, and Jewish. Also on Discord. Languages: 🇬🇧🇪🇸, some 🇫🇷. Eurovision blogging here: https://magicrabbit84.substack.com/
lmao
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
lmao
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It’s #ESC250 time! Like last year, I set myself a few rules:
-no more than one song per country
-no more than one song per year
-try to get a good mix of decades
-nothing that I voted for in 2024
And here’s my 2025 ESC 250 ballot!
-no more than one song per country
-no more than one song per year
-try to get a good mix of decades
-nothing that I voted for in 2024
And here’s my 2025 ESC 250 ballot!
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It’s #ESC250 time! Like last year, I set myself a few rules:
-no more than one song per country
-no more than one song per year
-try to get a good mix of decades
-nothing that I voted for in 2024
And here’s my 2025 ESC 250 ballot!
-no more than one song per country
-no more than one song per year
-try to get a good mix of decades
-nothing that I voted for in 2024
And here’s my 2025 ESC 250 ballot!
Ok Pluribus is incredible. The most excited I’ve been for a show since Severance
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ok Pluribus is incredible. The most excited I’ve been for a show since Severance
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@apsva.us offering free family evening meals at WHS, YHS, at WLHS. No ID required no questions asked. Come and build up our community. Reduce stigma of accepting help. Everyone welcome.
Thank you APS
Thank you APS
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@apsva.us offering free family evening meals at WHS, YHS, at WLHS. No ID required no questions asked. Come and build up our community. Reduce stigma of accepting help. Everyone welcome.
Thank you APS
Thank you APS
No I don’t think so
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
No I don’t think so
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doing my regular check of Baseballs Signed By Celebrities On eBay and i gotta say this feels like a great deal
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
doing my regular check of Baseballs Signed By Celebrities On eBay and i gotta say this feels like a great deal
incorporating this into all my workflows immediately
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
incorporating this into all my workflows immediately
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
And we have an artist! Would love to know what kind of music she makes or what her background is.
🇨🇾 BREAKING: ANTIGONI will represent Cyprus at the #Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.
She becomes the first artist announced for the 2026 contest.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DQtwZojDR8...
She becomes the first artist announced for the 2026 contest.
More: www.instagram.com/p/DQtwZojDR8...
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And we have an artist! Would love to know what kind of music she makes or what her background is.
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A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
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democrat abigail spanberger wins virginia governor's race, nbc news
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
democrat abigail spanberger wins virginia governor's race, nbc news
what the fuck
🇨🇦 The Canadian government, in its 2025 budget released today, has stated it is “working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in #Eurovision.”
CBC/Radio Canada is an associate EBU member and would need an invitation from the EBU to participate.
CBC/Radio Canada is an associate EBU member and would need an invitation from the EBU to participate.
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
what the fuck
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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“Selma van de Perre, a valiant Jewish secretary who during World War II covertly transported suitcases bulging with cash, seditious newsletters, identity cards and ration books to Dutch resistance agents, even penetrating Nazi headquarters in Paris, died on Oct. 20 in London. She was 103.”
Selma van de Perre, Dutch Jew Who Resisted Nazis, Dies at 103
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Selma van de Perre, a valiant Jewish secretary who during World War II covertly transported suitcases bulging with cash, seditious newsletters, identity cards and ration books to Dutch resistance agents, even penetrating Nazi headquarters in Paris, died on Oct. 20 in London. She was 103.”
LET THEM KEEP THE PLANE
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Area: New York City, NY, USA
#acars #vdlm2 #N566GJ #G74390
Message: CAN WE PRETTY PLEASE KEEP OUR PLANNEEEE
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November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
LET THEM KEEP THE PLANE
first Romania, now Bulgaria? Are we gonna get a Slovak announcement next week lmao
🚨🇧🇬 BREAKING: Bulgaria will take part in #Eurovision 2026, after having last participated in 2022.
The reveal was made on the official Eurovision Instagram, though an official confirmation from BNT is pending.
[🎥 eurovision]
The reveal was made on the official Eurovision Instagram, though an official confirmation from BNT is pending.
[🎥 eurovision]
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
first Romania, now Bulgaria? Are we gonna get a Slovak announcement next week lmao
lmao what
🇸🇪 AleXa, winner of the only edition of the American Song Contest in 2022, will participate in Melodifestivalen 2026 according to Aftonbladet.
More: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/...
More: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/...
American Song Contest-vinnaren klar för Mello
Nu ska K-pop erövra Melodifestivalen. Aftonbladet kan avslöja att amerikanska artisten Alexa tar den populära musikstilen till tävlingen nästa år. – Hon vann Am
www.aftonbladet.se
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
lmao what
YES 🙌
🇹🇩 According to Romanian site Pagina de media in an exclusive report, TVR's board of directors has voted today for Romania to return to #Eurovision 2026 after missing the last two contests.
No official announcement has been made by TVR.
No official announcement has been made by TVR.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
YES 🙌
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One of the heroines of modern Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of the heroines of modern Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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SCOOP
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
SCOOP
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
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Sometimes the wikipedia mobile app freaks out a little and it makes better shitposts than me
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes the wikipedia mobile app freaks out a little and it makes better shitposts than me
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New: In the wake of the Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Mayor Adams privately compared pro-Palestine protests in NYC to KKK rallies and claimed he can't tell "the difference between a Palestinian" and "a Pakestinian," per a new lawsuit. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/28/l...
Lawsuit accusing Mayor Adams of anti-Muslim bias reveals heated debate inside City Hall after Oct. 7
In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, Mayor Adams privately compared pro-Palestine protests to Ku Klux Klan rallies, claims a new lawsuit accusing him and other members …
www.nydailynews.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
New: In the wake of the Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Mayor Adams privately compared pro-Palestine protests in NYC to KKK rallies and claimed he can't tell "the difference between a Palestinian" and "a Pakestinian," per a new lawsuit. www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/28/l...
Just heard this go by
Heads Up: Military Aircraft Flyover coming over the National Mall www.popville.com/2025/10/head...
Heads Up: Military Aircraft Flyover coming over the National Mall - PoPville
photo by Victoria Pickering From AlertDC: "The U.S. military will conduct an aircraft flyover in the National Capital Region (NCR) over the National Mall on Monday, October 28, at approximately 11:15A...
www.popville.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just heard this go by