Vittelius

They absolutely should. But how to account for outside spending?

In the case of Israel the broadcaster didn't buy ads, the government did.

I really like the article you linked, because it gives an alternative explanation for why Israel is allowed to stay in the contest (other than "the EBU is really into genocide"):

In 2017, Benjamin Netanyahu abolished the old Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) – Eurovision in that year was its last broadcast. The reasons cited were financial, but commentators argue that it was a political move: the IBA was seen as too leftwing. It was replaced with Kan, the current broadcaster. Kan is more docile than the IBA – but still not docile enough for the government, which wants to it handed to the private sector. The communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, previously put forward a proposal to this effect in 2023, accusing the network of biased coverage and claiming that it spoke in a “disgraceful manner” towards members of the government. Such a body would be breaking EBU rules and would not be allowed into Eurovision.

The EBU feels obliged to protect Kan, even if that means risking the Eurovision brand. That’s what it was created for: to champion “free and independent” public service broadcasting. Running the Eurovision song contest is only tangential to that mission.

Basically the EBU is using the ESC as a bargaining chip to protect the independence of Kan. The problem with that: The Israeli government is taking advantage of that. And Kan doesn't seem to have a big problem with the actions of their government. After all even the "leftwing" IBA showed illegally occupied land in the 2017 postcards.

Lebanon is already allowed to compete (their national broadcaster Télé-Liban is a full EBU member) as is Egypt (National Media Authority), Algeria (Etablissement Public de Télévision Algérienne) and Tunisia (Télévision tunisienne). They just opt not to.

See https://www.ebu.ch/about/members

Especially interesting if you consider that both Israel and Estonia are this years producer pick. For every other act the general position (first half / second half) was predetermined. But those two could have appeared anywhere in the order

The show also streams on YouTube if you're in a EBU country. So all you need if you're in the US (for whom the article is written) is a VPN with servers in Europe. That's probably cheaper than a peacock subscription

Or set your VPN to Europe and watch it on YouTube

Have you tried HERE WeGo, previously known as HERE Maps?

The app started live as Nokia Maps (so Finnish) and is now owned by a consortium of German auto makers (for some reason headquartered in the Netherlands).

I don't have an iPhone, but according to the AppStore listing the iOS version should include CarPlay.

Another theory that I have been seeing floating around is that Poppy is the Timless Child and space babies was the doctor bootstrap paradoxing their own morality

(Possibly slightly bigger spoilers)

One additional piece of information Dobson shared at Comic Con Cardiff is that season 2 will recontextualize "Space Babies," an episode that currently holds the lowest rating on IMDb for last season. What could the Notting Hill resident have to do with a spaceship in 21506? It seems only time will tell.

https://doctorwhowatch.com/anita-dobson-promises-season-2-will-reveal-about-mrs-flood

Depends on where you bank and on what you mean by banking app. There are generally 2 parts to online banking: The banking client and the two factor authenticator app.

If your bank supports the FinTS standard (so mostly German banks), then you can use Saldo for the first part. The second part doesn't work like that. You'll have to use the official apps, that aren't built for Linux. You might be able to run it in an Android container such as Waydroid or AlienDalvik, but that's usually difficult to impossible to do. Maybe your bank still does 2fa via sms, then you're good to go. You're less secure but it works

It's not European (in fact it's US American) but PebbleOS was open sourced a couple of months ago as well

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz sagte, die Einschätzung des Verfassungsschutzes sei eine sehr detailreiche Begründung. Ein Verbotsverfahren dürfe aber jetzt nicht überstürzt kommen. »Ich bin gegen einen Schnellschuss«, so Scholz.

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/verfassungsschutz-zur-afd-olaf-scholz-mahnt-zur-vorsicht-bei-verbotsverfahren-a-80d1d4d2-be8e-4a46-aa58-dbec18e64680