#fly that flag

[kdnotkevindurant]

I no longer identify as bisexual instead I am graight now

[notherpuppet]

Alastor pulls the “we’re not so different; you and I” card 🤪

Don’t fall for it Vaggie!!!!

[heritageposts]

🇵🇸 From the second ESC semi-final: man waves a small Palestinian flag during Israel's performance, and is immediately escorted out by security

I've seen people try to excuse this by saying there's always been a list of approved flags for Eurovision.

And yes, while it's true that ESC has had an official flag policy for years now—with nation flags either limited to those with UN status, or to participating countries—it's also something that has only been selectively enforced in the past, and never which the kind of hostility we're seeing in Malmö right now.

The first time I remember hearing about the Eurovision flag policy was in 2016, when a Sami artist was representing Norway. The Norwegian broadcaster of ESC, NRK, reported then that the Semi flag was "technically" banned from the ESC arena, but that, according to ESC's the former head of communications, it would be up to the security at the arena whether they enforced this ban or not:

The music competition's rules state that it is only permitted to use flags from the participating countries, from countries that have previously participated, or from countries that are full members of the UN. It is therefore not allowed to wave the Sami flag when Agnete goes on stage on 14 May in Stockholm. - Technically speaking, that is correct, as the Sami flag is not part of the UN or is represented in the Eurovision Song Contest. I understand that the question can arouse emotions as Agnete has Sami roots, says Paul Jordan, communications manager for the Eurovision Song Contest to Sameradion in Sweden When asked what might happen if the public shows up with a Sami flag during the competition, the communications manager says that it will be up to the doormen to decide. - Technically, it is not allowed according to the current rules. Right now I don't know what would have happened at the entrance. Technically, it can be confiscated, but I cannot guarantee that, says Jordan to Sameradion.

I could write several paragraphs about just how revolting it is that the Sami flag was even banned to begin with (they reverted it in 2016, after months of backlash), but the point I want to drive home right now is that there is nothing "apolitical" about the EBU's flag policy, or the way it is enforced.

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

Don't watch, don't vote.

[imptwins]

i just want y'all to know that i respect all freaks and this is what I look like when you talk about it. doesn't matter how much i'm not into it, even if i find the content itself actively unpleasant, when someone is being a freak i look like this and giggle and kick my little feets

[sunshades]

What is happening...

[bizarrelittlemew]

obsessed with how both Ed's feet fully leave the ground when he collides with the solid tree trunk of Stede's body

[three-taikas-in-a-trenchcoat]

I just really love that Karl the seagull is actually real. I am a Johnathan stan now.

ALT TEXT: Trivia: David Jenkins revealed that Karl standing on Buttons’ head rather than on his shoulder was caused by Ewen Bremner being afraid of getting his eye pecked out by Johnathan, the seagull who played the part.

[littlenastieswewhispered]

[fez-pwned]

This diva needs a WIN!

[protagonist-art]

recent veneer art >:o)

[celestialrealms]

simeon...😳👉👈

[sakuraspoke]

"phantom of the opera and ONLY phantom of the opera"

😭😭😭😭😭

just in case i couldn't already love it enough ffs

[slutforpringles]

Max: “Maybe together, with Daniel. It’ll be good fun in one car.”

[mytvjunk]

[bo0tleg]

When an important person in the Navy dies in office (as in, still in the position they held, not necessarily in the actual office), it's tradicional to fly a U.S. flag half-staff from the base that person served in at time of death. The more important the person, the more bases and vessels affected.

Ice died in office as the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. There's no doubt that at least his home base (I'm assuming Miramar, but officially it should be Pearl Harbor-Hickam) flew half-staff for at least the day and the day after. But he was Commander of the Pacific Fleet. That's an entire fucking FLEET under his control.

I haven't been able to find any occasion in the Pacific Fleet History where a Commander of the Fleet died in office (specifically Pacific, I did find Atlantic Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations), but I trust that it's a big fucking thing.

When I was FINALLY able to find what would be the protocol on this shit, it said that 'all ships present, not underway, and by naval stations in the vicinity should fly the National Ensign Half-Mast'. From the time off death until sunset of the day of funeral.

What If they let it fly for longer? I mean, Iceman was a big fucking thing. One more star and all of the Navy would be affected. What if they let it fly half-staff a little longer, to honor the man that died?

Just imagine Mav coming back from that mission, happy to have his son back, only to be faced with a half-staff flag flowing in the wind.

[onecricket]

we were talking abt "cringe culture" at work (I work in a v white collar office job) and the folks I work with aren't particularly creative personalities, but understand the broad strokes of OCs, fanfic and fanart, if nothing else in a joking sense

it was in this moment of "I could never" that our intern was having - insisting on keeping her nerd interests off the clock - that I recalled a situation where our manager came to us with such excitement to tell us he found a new book recommendation

mind you, he is a 30-something white cis man with a kid and townhouse and we're in Indiana, USA, not exactly the paragon of progressive people

and he no hesitation states he found a Harry Potter fanfic AU and starts describing it in such detail and fervor "I couldn't put it down! I can't wait for them to update it!"

say what you will about the content of his reading choice and the judgment of his character... that's not exactly my focus here

the heart of the post is: if a White Cis Man, who likes golf and daytime TV, who works at a Office Job with Reports and Faxes, who is so far detached from anything creative can gush about his newly discovered AU FANFIC on AO3 NO LESS

then cringe is truly dead. we are free to enjoy anything we want forever and get excited about our interests