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Hi Oleg, do you happen to know if there's any way to turn off the complaint pop-up when I don't have location on? I only turn it on when I need it, and it's frustrating to have to keep dismissing that message when I just what to see if there's a Mexican restaurant in the area or where a store is.

I have the opposite problem - so far it's failed to find a single place I searched up, either residential or commercial. I had the same problem with OrganicMaps too, so I think it's the OSM dataset. I'm happy to help, so I add the places once I find them in Google Maps, but I'd rather not need to keep switching back and forth!

Huh, I didn't realize decent laser projectors would be a reasonable price.

Thank you very much for the tip. It looks like this (and many other projectors) are basically smart TVs, with Hulu and Netflix and stuff. I assume they're controlled by a phone app instead of a remote?

I'll get an actual projector screen, but not an expensive one. Your stand idea looks great for the purpose. Trying to think how I could make it more wind-resistant.

I had no idea why I only see phantoms rarely. Nice.

He's got a really interesting vibe, but the guy can't sing.

The collabs I've seen were all pretty fun.

It was a joke by the State of Hawaii, from my understanding.

That's a great idea, thank you!

Oh, sorry friend! I misinterpreted you and I apologize.

Confusingly, your answer is a little different than the other one I got! I'll find a drag performer in real life and ask them.

Thank you, that's a helpful analogy!

I'm pretty sure Tommy is Estonian. He's got a bonkers video with Käärijä, too.

Maybe you could run a science program at your local library? They tend to be more welcoming.

As an aside, you implied in the OP that you were(are?) a drag queen on the weekends. Do you mind if I ask - I've never been quite sure about the self identity of drag queens.

Is a person a drag queen only when they perform in drag? That is, are you still a queen when you are in regular clothes at the grocery store? Also, is the drag queen the personality of the character you play, or the person doing the performing?

Italian had a great presence this year, with their own good song (#5), the unexpectedly fun San Marino (#26) entry, and the fake Italian song from Estonia (#3). I hear Italians were pretty pleased!

I had expected Sweden (#4) or Finland (#11) to win, but my favorites were Albania (#8) and Latvia (#13).

Austria performed really well and I knew the jury would love it, but I only really rooted for him toward the end of voting because the alternative was infuriating.

I appreciate the tips!

You're talking about how a projector throws out a trapezoid instead of a rectangle if it's above or below the screen, right? I didn't know that would impact the picture quality - I understood that you could adjust the shape of the image.

My reading suggests that a DLP projector is probably brighter than an LCD, so I'm thinking I should go with DLP. LASER sounds good but too expensive.

I have a WII, and you're on a good track, that would be fun as heck.

La la la lava!

That seems bonkers high. I would tape a klaxon to every cell tower and call it done.

Watching the national finals starts to feel like work. This year there were, I think, three Super Saturdays with several multi-hour shows to watch. Oof.

Benidorm Fest from Spain is usually good. San Remo (Italy) is great, of course, since they're the template on which the ESC was based and because the Italians view THAT as the real show. Ukraine's Vidbir is interesting because you can tell they have no budget and are often bombed during the show. Portugal's Festival de Cançâo has some amazing songs, because they don't care about winning ESC, they're just focused on highlighting the best Portuguese acts.

I have some favorites from 2025 that didn't make it out of the national finals - From Ukraine I loved Future Culture's Waste my Time Vidbir Live - Music Video . From Finland I'm still listening to Goldielocks's Made Of UMK Live - Music Video . Germany sent the wrong song again, they should have gone with Feuerschwanz's Knight Club is super fun. NDR live - Music video .

I found the Eurovangelists podcast, and they're a lot of fun to follow along with. Taking in too much media ABOUT the contest can color your enjoyment of the songs, though.

I listen to the music I liked as a youngin: grunge, 90's alternative, nu-metal, weird Al, and sea shanties.

I also watch and listen to the Eurovision Song Contest every year since I found it a few years ago. That gives me ~40 new artists every year that I might like. I follow a few favorites and see what else they've made. Watching some of the national final competitions gives me dozens more songs.

Eye see.

20 USD, for anyone too lazy to click!

Cuy!