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@danielflax.bsky.social

Eurovision fan-in-exile, also talking about other things

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Daniel@danielflax.bsky.social · last mo.

Once again I'm coming away from a show like #PanArcticVision feeling inspired and with a feeling of warmth and inspiration. Eurovision could and should embody everything that I watched tonight, but it just doesn't anymore. I really hope that changes one day.

Daniel@danielflax.bsky.social · last mo.

doing my duty as the guy who likes music from really far north to tell you that Pan-ArcticVision 2026 is this Friday and they have a special guest artist from Palestine

Pan-ArcticVision is all about song, community and independence – it is about making local voices, local languages and local perspectives heard, it is about fighting for self determination and freedom from oppression. This is a global struggle. Pan-ArcticVision is proud to introduce a special solidarity guest who is using his music to voice the life of a community and a people in one of the hardest and most violent struggles against oppression and injustice today. Kokym / كوكيم is a Palestinian independent pop artist born and raised in the occupied Palestinian village of Jatt Al-Muthalath, close to Jenin on the West Bank. He has pioneered “Fallahi Pop,” a genre he created by blending alternative Arab pop with rural Palestinian folklore and dialect. Kokym taught himself music from the age of 13. In 2015, he moved to Istanbul to study Arabic music under Syrian maestro Maher Na’ana’a. Since releasing his debut single in 2018, Kokym has dropped over 50 tracks and two EPs, building a powerful presence across Palestine, Jordan, and the Arab diaspora. “I’m trying to get out of the box and show you different aspects of Palestinian art and how it should not always be misery. (...) What I'm trying to do is humanize us, inspire strength and power to the people through music, and make them feel the way I feel: that we are actually very cool, strong, and trendy." If there ever is such a thing as a "Eurovision" where Palestine can take part, Kokym would have been a brilliant participant. If Israel can join the Eurovision, surely Palestine can be a guest of the Pan-ArcticVision. Welcome to the party, Kokym!
Daniel@danielflax.bsky.social · last mo.

truly fascinated to discover that belgian trade unions are divided up into socialist, liberal and catholic anyway solidarity with the workers

ESC Discord@escdiscord.com · last mo.

🇧🇪 VRT trade unions ACV VRT and ACOD-VRT plan to strike on the days #Eurovision 2027 takes place. "The two trade unions want to protect all employees who have moral objections to contributing [...] to the programs and broadcasts of and about the Eurovision Song Contest."

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3mo ago

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

Ä14 Jason Arday found dead 2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His . 6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11 r— mm-WI 3 A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday 1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book We are all Jason Arday now S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up.. 2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more . 7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising, Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography 8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_ Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow 6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre ÄIO Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she 4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after cornplaint about essay SOOre. Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his academic career. Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
Daniel@danielflax.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Have decided the think I love the most about the UK is the sheer amount of museums and galleries (and other places of interest) that are completely free to enter. Was in Edinburgh over the weekend and didn't pay a single penny for admission anywhere.

A dinosaur skeleton in the national museum of ScotlandSome bunting between treed in the Royal Botanic Gardens in EdinburghThe Monarch of The Glen Painting, featuring a very majestic looking stag