Sweden about to throw away an 8th win for a better song, what a time to be alive

KAJ - Bara bada bastu YouTube video by Melodifestivalen

I guess I'll be eating my hat.. This is the most unserious song we've ever sent to ESC 😂 The question is if they'll translate it to English or not.

The QUEEN of ESC, Petra Mede, has blessed us with her presence 💜

Last year we had the Norwegian twins - will a couple of Finns compete for us this year? "Bada bastu" has been this year's talk of the Mello-town. Yes, we love sauna here in Sweden but if this wins I will eat my hat.

Annika Wickihalder has one of this year's strongest songs story-wise - it's all about finding back to life and joy. If the Swedish people take to the story I think she has a good chance on winning. The stage also looks great!!

It's giving CUNTRY! Great song, a bit repetitive but good energy and cute narrative on stage. I think Saga has a great career ahead of her.

I think we have this year's winner!! Måns Zelmerlöw has a super strong performance, a good song and won ESC in 2015 with "Heroes". I just wish his vocals in the verses was stronger.

Meira Omar is on stage now. I appreciate what she's trying to do, but the song is so UTTERLY boring. It also sounds like another song and I can't for the life of me figure out which song it reminds me of. Fun fact: she was on Love is Blind: Sweden.

The singer from The Sounds (LEGENDS!!), Maja Ivarsson is giving us a punk rock-performance that smells like the early 00's. No winner here, but she does what she's done for 20 years and it's good so can't fault her.

This is such a snoozefest and feels like CPR on a dead-ish career. Hope you enjoy your upcoming short summer tour, Erik Segerstedt.

Another one for the kids: Scarlet. Good on stage, great vocals and super professional - but what else would you expect from a rock performance?

Influenced by Lady Gaga and Eurotrance, we have Klara Hammarström. As my partner said "Is it called On and on and on because it feels like it'll never end?". Good for her career, not ESC-material.

We got Grezcula - a mix between Queen and Måneskin but with Swedish charisma. Anyone who is above 50 years old will vote for this.

Next up is Dolly Style. They're just here to make sure they stay relevant for the kids and make sure the parents have to get sms-loans to buy all their tickets and merch. The one thing I can relate to with this song is that yes, I, too, "just want to ride my horse".

First out is John Lundvik with "Voice of the Silent". He's super strong vocally, but the song itself doesn't have enough umph to win.

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Cleaning up in my inbox 🧹

Cancelling my Spotify subscription, changing phone browser, signing up for a paid search service, and looking into what more I can do to not support fascism with my dollars and data.

They will go after Wikipedia.

They will go after libraries.

They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports.

They will go after archives.

Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy.

Thinking is the enemy.

I honestly debate taking on a client if it means I have to work in Teams.

PowerWash Simulator!! Surprisingly fun story in it as well. Traveller’s Rest is another banger if you’re into Stardew Valley-type of games.

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Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

Cover of the book ”Strongmen” by Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

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Covet of the book ”Mindf*ck - Inside Cambridge Analytica’s plot to break the world”.

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”Why am I feeling so annoyed at the world??” starter pack.

fix your hearts or die ❤️

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my mantra for the year (or life?).

day 1 of posting instead of just lurking.