Det här är jättekonstigt. I natt drömde jag att jag befann mig på Gotland, och att vattnet tog slut pga någon slags kris. I dag berättar DN att gotländska vattentäkter utsatts för sabotage. Spooky.

"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"

www.wsj.com/opinion/most...

Ursula von der Leyen calls for a new leader of the free world. We already have one: Volodomyr Zelensky. All except the bullies and mafiosi rally behind Ukraine. That’s why Trump is so jealous.

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

It’s infallible: when war is looming, people head to the opera. Tonight: a Czech national icon. Guess the title!

This gloomy interpretation of Dante Alighieri (by an unknown Prague artist) doesn’t quite rhyme with the lovely quote - but alas, it does rhyme with the present times, and with the darkest parts of Divina Commedia.

@Rudolfinum yesterday, Prague’s extraordinary concert hall: two very fine world premières, one by Jiri Teml, the other a cello concerto for Alisa Weilerstein by Richard Blackford; wrapping up this happy evening, Debussy’s La mer. Audience dressed up - men with bow ties, no less! Very posh.

Vilken strålande debattartikel! Väl rutet av @Annatroberg om kulturkrisen. En plats i politiken? www.dn.se/debatt/lilje...

Thus spoke the all-but-mad dictator and diligent student of Russian autocracy, Donald J.

#praguelibraries: in the course of one week I’ve acquired three (!) librarycards, for the pleasure of entering these palaces of wisdom. Do I have to explain why I struggled with the 17th century handcrafted lock in the Czech National Library reading room..?

I saw fabulous Lindy Larsson perform ”Carmen” in drag at Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin. It was an act of protest. Here is my review:
www.dn.se/kultur/sofia...

Trump freezes foreign aid. To Ukraine, this is a major blow that leaves vulnerable citizens without support.

Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid

open.substack.com/pub/countero...

Extraordinary. A major US news anchorman quits CNN as political protest. For some reason this makes me recall 2022, when Russian TV anchor Maria Ovsyannykova held up a protest sign against the war on Ukraine.

I love libraries ❣️ @ Academy of Sciences, Prague

Lindy Larsson as ”Carmen” at Gorkijtjeater / Berlin - what a knockout experience! Funny, queer, touching and beautiful to hear the Seguidilla in romani . This might be the best production I’ve seen ❣️🎵 thank you Katarina Szeczi Åsbrink for a lovely weekend - and this perfect treat!