Eating some black currant berries. Tastes delicious 😋

Oliver the cat is a bit disappointed I'm not gonna stay at home tonight.

The heatwave and drought causes big issues for several countries on the European continent. The mighty Danube river is drying out and the wildfires from Spain to Greece are getting worse. The climate change humanity is causing have severe effects on mother Earth 🌍 youtu.be/uw--rQBsi8E?...

Romania blasts Danube River to protect nuclear plant cooling

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An old favourite of mine from the 1990's - Diedre's Samba, performed by Anne Lie Rydé 🎶 💃 🕺 youtu.be/k1IzYjqvfXg?...

Anne Lie Rydé - Deidres Samba (Mycké Mer 1992)

YouTube video by Rosa Mannen

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Charles XII of Sweden (king 1697-1718) spent all of his grown up life as a soldier until he was shot in his head at Frederiksten fortress, Norway. The fact his uniform is kept as it was; the cape full of mud, gloves with blood and a bullet hole in the hat, is a time capsule youtu.be/iA3PGDXobTs?...

A Uniform from a Fateful Moment

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Watching author and comedic legend Jonas Gardell talking about how he's been walking in pride since 1979, only months after hundreds of gays in Sweden took sick leave, since being gay was viewed upon as a sickness, brings a smile. His work made Sweden to a so much better place. Love his T-shirt 🇸🇪🫶🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Today around 50.000 people took part in Stockhom Pride Parade. This after the scary news that hatred towards lgbti + people in Sweden has increased from 3% in 2022, to 15% in 2026. Watch the parade by following this link to Swedish broadcaster Svt. #equality 🫶🇸🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶 www.svtplay.se/video/8opX7z...

SVT Nyheter Direkt – Stockholm Prides parad - i skuggan av Berlin

En av Europas största prideparader går genom Stockholm i dag. Över 50 000 deltagare och en halv miljon åskådare väntas - i skuggan av dådet mot Pride i Berlin. SVT Nyheter sänder direkt med Fredrik Ra...

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Time for lunch, eating a Swedish Classic: Flygande Jakob (Flying Jacob) is a casserole with the rather odd combination of chicken, roasted peanuts, bananas, bacon, yoghurt and chilis. The dish tastes rather nice. You serve it with rice and some pickled cucumbers. 🍗 🥜 🍌 🥓 🥛🌶️ 🍽️ 🍚 🥒

A new wave of arrestments of Erdoğan critics is right now going on in Turkey, only a couple of weeks after dictator Erdoğan handed out guns to crawling Nato leaders. Among the arrested are the mayor of Üsküdar, Istanbul, Sinem Dedetaş, aswell as Erdal Beşikçioğlu, mayor in a district of Ankara 🕊️

When, after a peace treaty, will the relations between two neighbouring contries in conflict be restored? For Sweden it took nearly 10 years to fully come to terms with Norways independance 1905. Here are pics from the Three Kings Meeting in 1914, the first state level summit after the divorce 🇸🇪🫶🇧🇻

Tens of thousands of migrants have entered the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in the past 24 hours. At least 27 people are thought to have died. The leader of former Nazies, the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson are calling for Spain to face consequences, not for the deaths but for letting the refugees in😱

Eating a plate of nachos with grounded beef and cheese. Not that healthy, but rather tasty a Friday night like this. 109:- (SEK), sparkling water and tip included. That's around 12$, 10€ or 9£.

President Taft's speech from 1912 - how I wish for America to select a president with his determination for humanity to abolish war, once and for all. youtu.be/7n4OKbyht9k?...

Hear WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT'S Voice from 1912 Calling for an End to WAR?

YouTube video by Voice of leaders

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Looking forward to have "Nardole" in series 22 of Taskmaster

Cloudberries, the best tasting berry there is. Especially to icecream or to cheese. One favourite of mine is to have them to both. Make jam out of the berries. Whip some brie cheese, take a spoon of vanilla ice cream, roast some oats to put on the top and then enjoy the tastest treat there is.

Germany has raised its terror threat level after the attack on a Pride celebration in Berlin on Saturday. Now, just days after the attack, Pride Week is starting in Stockholm. The Swedish police have the main responsibility for security during the event but they also cooperate with Security force 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Armed conflict and violence remain the primary drivers of acute food insecurity in 12 out of 13 hunger hotspots identified by the World Food Programme and the FAO. The drop to 7.8 percent is a huge improvement since 1970, when undernourishment afflicted nearly 35 percent of people.

The major forest fires in southwestern Europe have so far led to the evacuation of 220,000 people and are now spreading rapidly towards the city of Bordeaux, just a few kilometers from the fire. The forecast tells of a new heatwave with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees between Wednesday and Sunday

The Swedish defense group Saab has, after the NATO deal, secured another multi-billion-dollar order for it's Globaleye aircraft model. The buyer is unknown, however, Saab only states “a country in the Middle East region” showing that not only Europe and Nato finds Donald Trump's USA unreliable.

When Sweden's biggest Lgbtqi + organisation RFSL compares the 8 Swedish parties policies for lgbti+ people, the Greens comes out on top ahead of the Left and the Center party. The center-right government and it's ally, former Nazi party the Sweden Democrats,SD, are not supportive of equal rights 💚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir says that now is a good time for Iceland to join the European Union, not least because of the changing world situation. She believes that membership would benefit the EU as much as Iceland. She says this in an interview on the Rest Is Politics podcast 🇮🇸

President Tokayev of Kazakhstan dared to call for a freeze of Russias military invasion of Ukraine. Giving such a statement in Omsk in front of Putin clearly show that Russia slowly is losing controle over it's allies and also that Tokayev tries to move closer to China 🇰🇿 timesca.com/tokayev-call...

Tokayev Calls for Ukraine War Freeze as Black Sea and Caspian Risks Grow - The Times Of Central Asia

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war and return to negotiations, delivering one of his clearest public

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Alexandra Bravo, the prosecutor assigned to investigate U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats and the 36 survivors’ subsequent accounts of torture and kidnapping, has sadly been shot dead in the streets of Manta. Bravo’s sister, who jumped to protect her, was also killed in the attack. 🇪🇨 ⚖️ 👮

TJ #Eurovision thoughts - Best #melfest ballad each year, part 21 Year: 1995 Winner: Se på mig Best ballad: Det vackraste (the most beautiful thing) by Cecilia Vennersten 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 Reason: One of Sweden's the best #melfest runner up ever. Like a hymn. youtu.be/3lgTbKAZM2Q?...

Melodifestivalen 1995 – 09a. Det vackraste – Cecilia Vennersten

YouTube video by SchlagerArchive

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Record many participants at Faroe Islands pride in the north Atlantic country's capital Torshavn. During many years the Faroe Islands trailed behind when it came to equal rights for lgbtqi + people, but the last decade they've really turned to one of the most lgbtqi + friendly countries there is. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

In Mozambique, trained rats played a key role in the country’s progress towards being declared mine-free. By using mine detection rats, known as HeroRATs, over 11 million square meters of land was cleared. This cleared land, heavily affected by landmines and unexploded remnants of war, is no free. 🐀

Plans to build the world’s first commercial octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain, have been scrapped, in a major victory for octopuses and the global animal welfare movement. Octopuses are highly intelligent, curious and solitary animals, making them fundamentally unsuited to intensive farming. 🐙

The government of Mexico will invest 58.415 billion pesos in educational infrastructure during 2026, the highest amount allocated by the federation to improve schools in the country, reported President Claudia Sheinbaum. Nicely done. Good education always leads the way towards future prosperity. 🇲🇽

The proof there's still hope for America. Having journalists standing in front of Trump, speeking the truth and giving an award to journalists who told the truth about Trump's relations with Epstein, that was bloody awesome. youtu.be/8XIrTFRxF6E?...

Watch Trump Get HUMILIATED To His Face...

YouTube video by Harry Sisson

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The key takeaway from Indonesia’s ambitious work for a national health insurance is that while expanding insurance coverage is important, it is not by itself sufficient. Success requires improvements in the quality of health services aswell as access to diagnostics🇮🇩 www.worldbank.org/en/programs/...

Lessons from Indonesia’s 10-year journey towards universal health coverage

In a bold move, the world’s fourth most populous nation launched a health sector reform, using the JKN National Health Insurance program to consolidate all existing insurance schemes to form the large...

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