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Lena Dour
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Churchy, engaged in art and protection of democracy.
Ret. vicar/dean. Sweden, EU & UK.
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Minneapolis
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Anne's article which should be read in full is available here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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It’s bigger than you think.
The Far Right Hits The BBC
The assault on free media gathers pace
chadbourn.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Den här artikeln är så viktig. Det som Petter Larsson tar upp här och @vanstrastranden.bsky.social även visar i sin forskning om svensk opinion utgör kontexten för min avhandling om relationen mellan sv journalistik och flyktingrörelsen 2013-2023. Snart snart är jag klar med den!
Petter Larsson: Det som utlöste flyktingkrisen var inbördeskriget i Syrien. Det som stoppade den var varken idiotierna om miniminivåer, slopade permanenta uppehållstillstånd eller inskränkt familjeförening.
Medier måste sluta sprida lögner om flyktingkrisen
Krig skapade flyktingströmmen, inte generös invandringspolitik.
www.etc.se
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.

For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.

The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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⚡️Update: Russia has seized 3 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast amid 'fierce fighting,' Syrskyi says.

Russian forces have advanced their positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, seizing three settlements in the region, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed on Nov. 11.
'The situation is quite difficult' — Ukraine pulls back from positions near 5 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed that Russian troops have managed to seize "three settlements" amid "fierce fighting" in the region.
kyivindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Labour should be defending the BBC. A mistake was made, but despite being politicised by Tory infiltration in recent years, they still provide a great service. This passivity in the face of fascistic Trump and Farage is pathetic. We will go the way of the US if we don’t defend our institutions
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:

1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Svenskt hopp döda EUs minilöner sprack omeuropa.se/svenskt-hopp...
Svenskt hopp döda EUs minilöner sprack – Om Europa – av Brors & Elvis
omeuropa.se
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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CJEU: limits on EU employment law power re wages and freedom of association only rule out 'direct interference' in those issues - so EU framework minimum wage Directive is partly invalid where it sets criteria for statutory minimum wage, and prevents minimum wage dropping - but is otherwise valid 1
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-19/23 Denmark v Parliament and Council: is the #EU competent to adopt a directive on adequate minimum wages?

🎥 💬 The President of the Court explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

#MinimumWage
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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3/3 St Martin cuts his cloak to share with a beggar in 15th Century glass, another one from Musée de Cluny, Paris. Today's the feast of St Martin.
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Skakad!

Läst regeringens förslag om att riva upp permanenta uppehållstillstånd retroaktivt och har, under mitt halvsekel på jorden, aldrig mått så dåligt över ett politiskt förslag i det här landet. Aldrig!

90-talets SD-nazister kunde inte ens drömma om att uppnå något liknande.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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From the past. A look back to on this day 11th November with our farmily of farm animals & friends
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Marraskuu näyttää, että elämästä voi aina löytää kauneutta.
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November shows that you can always find beauty in life.
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07.11.25 Naantali #Finland #nature #photography
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Vetenskapsradion: 400 gps-märkningar avslöjar älgarnas preferanser

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/9090853
400 gps-märkningar avslöjar älgarnas preferanser - Vetenskapsradion Nyheter
De flesta älgar vill hålla till i unga skogar och blandskogar, där det finns mat. Enligt en SLU-studie med 400 gps-märkta älgar som pågått sen 2004.Älgarna ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Good morning Tuesday friends at Bluesky. It's really dark now and I'm starting to long for the snow that lights up our part of the world again.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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It's being an extraordinary warm November in Europe where hundreds of records have fallen from West to East from South to North.
The exception is Italy,which is also the only country worldwide which hasn' t broken a single heat record in the whole season and is not expected to do so

Map by Dr. Maue
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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"... högerpopulister som gör invandring och kriminalitet till sina huvudfrågor samtidigt monterar ner tillgången till folkbildning, eftersom en bildad befolkning ofta vet bättre än att vara rasister eller förneka klimatförändringar."
Idag fyller jag år och det enda jag önskar mig är att ni läser den här texten och delar vidare om ni tycker den är rimlig att dela vidare.
Jag har läst Erika Bjerströms nya bok.

www.vk.se/2025-11-09/m...
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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What a remarkable woman. 📚💙
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Sylvia Beach interview on James Joyce and Shakespeare & Company (1962)
YouTube video by Manufacturing Intellect
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There are glimmers of light even on a dark November day.

#Sweden
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.

This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.

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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM