magic rabbit

magic rabbit

@magicrabbit.bsky.social

Eurovision, US politics/government, civic tech, cooking, and DMV-area news. Fat, gay, and Jewish. Also on Discord. Languages: 🇬🇧🇪🇸, some 🇫🇷.

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thank god she's at least rich enough to afford top-quality therapists for her children, who will undoubtedly need them when they realize their mother is incapable of naming three positive qualities of theirs absent AI assistance

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

AI! It can help you find software vulnerabilities, parse grainy PDFs into readable formats, and expose just how little you've bothered to learn about your own children. Truly a miraculous invention.

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A friendly reminder for the well meaning people I see making this mistake: If you want to refer to the community of Somali-Americans use Somali, the proper term, and not "Somalians". Anyone from Minnesota hears "Somalians" and braces themselves for something racist.

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🇺🇦🥲 28.5 million people remain in Ukraine, — Director of the Institute of Demography Ella Libanova. At the beginning of 2022, the State Statistics Service estimated the population at 41.2 million.

sorting through my thoughts on You Can See Everything. one major one is that Billy Evans might be one of the worst people I’ve ever seen captured on film?

uh what’s going on here

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com

#BREAKING US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP

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Canada's province of Alberta has rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results show, a setback for separatists backed by allies of US President Donald Trump u.afp.com/SCah

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Impoverished children have no recourse if their food assistance gets stolen because the richest man on earth used his power and influence to kill a bill that would have helped them.

Katie Bergh@katiebergh.bsky.social

Criminals have been exploiting outdated EBT card technology to steal SNAP benefits from unsuspecting low-income families. Since December 2024, the victims of this theft have had no recourse & federal action to prevent it has largely stalled — for a deeply infuriating reason:

Lmao okay but this makes sense because it sounds almost a decade old

ESC Discord@escdiscord.com

🇲🇳 Mongolia’s entry for #EurovisionAsia 2026, “Light” by Beck, has been available online since 2018. The song was first published on Facebook by the Mongolian label Royal Music Production. All Eurovision Asia entries are expected to be new, previously unreleased songs.

i liked superbloom from first listen but I have a much greater appreciation for it now that i’ve seen her perform it. The beat drop in the chorus of sauna and then the transition to ride? magnificent

magic rabbit@magicrabbit.bsky.social

holy fuck jessie ware is absolutely transcendent live. that concert was a religious experience

Hyped for this whole list! I’ve rewatched E-Type’s interval act from Mello 2026 so many times lol youtu.be/055snHS9wwI?...

youtu.beMELLANAKT: Gina Dirawi & E-Type - Gina GråterYouTube video by Melodifestivalen
ESC Discord@escdiscord.com

🇸🇪 Aftonbladet reports four more artists set to participate in Melodifestivalen 2027: 🔸 1996 #Eurovision artist Nanne Grönvall 🔹 2020 runner-up Dotter 🔸 2026 entrant Eva Jumatate 🔹 2004 & 2008 artist E-type More: www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/...

just did a population health survey outside the gay bar and got $75 in compensation. balance restored

magic rabbit@magicrabbit.bsky.social

just spent $75 on 15 new games. steam backlog is reaching unmanageable levels. will this stop me from buying more games? no.

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ICE’s new tactic, witnessed repeatedly at the federal building in MN: when a detained immigrant makes a successful habeas petition, release the immigrant for a few steps outside the building… then tackle and re-arrest them, and claim the habeas petition has been honored and nullified

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Replying to @acarsdrama.bsky.social

Air to Ground Message: YOURE MY HERO AND THAT SAYS ALOT BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT BATMAN ALOT Area: Philadelphia, PA, USA Type: Embraer 175 (Enhanced Wing) A: #a03819c28d9 F: #fb405327446

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Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.

people.comGov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

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Replying to @mariasergiivna.bsky.social

On top of that, Russia blocks all evacuation proposals for the remaining residents #UkrainianView

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Replying to @gnoahphungate.bsky.social

It was 12/3. I was in high school then. We didn’t close down, but will never forget our preparations for it. In English class I sat in front of the flag. The teacher would say “now remember class, when the wall collapses, the flag will go into his chest. We don’t want to remove it, but break it off”

For the record, as someone who thinks AI is interesting and AI tools can be valuable for some white-collar work, copilot is an absolute trash fire of a product