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With the semi-finals starting in Vienna this Tuesday, here's a guide to all 35 songs, sorted into poorly defined musical categories - because no functionally accurate system could define this madness.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

On the ground, for most of the roughly 125,000 people there each weekend, it’s still functionally a traditional festival, shaped by the sets you catch, the friends you’re with, and discoveries you stumble onto.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Roberts similarly warned his colleagues that “the comments of the E.P.A. administrator herself indicate that without immediate action from this court, this rule will become functionally irreversible.”

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

By 1900, however, the passenger pigeon was functionally extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

About 70 percent of people with criminal records did not complete high school, and according to at least one study, about half are functionally illiterate.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander