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Tony Johansson
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Former politician (for 30 years) from Sweden. Interested in democracy, history, equality and environmental issues. Therefore interested in global issues. Fan of Eurovision, Doctor Who, Theatre Plays, Taskmaster and witty old sitcoms. 🇸🇪🌍🏳️‍🌈💚🇪🇺🕊️🇺🇦
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While the USA on a federal level ain't to be seen at the international climate summit in Belém, COP30 (Trump is as usual busy doing nothing), the US state of California is taking part and has signed an interesting deal with Brazil, Colombia and Chile. Really good
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www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/12/g...
Governor Newsom expands California’s global climate leadership at COP30, creating new partnerships with Brazil, Colombia, and Chile | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Most beautiful lyrics of Melodifestivalen 1959-2025, #mellyr, part 58
Year: 2019

Kärleken finns kvar /
Love is still there
(About then recently deceased Lill-Babs, ESC 1961)

By Ann-Louise Hanson (1944-)

Real place: 17th out of 28

Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
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Ann-Louise Hanson – Kärleken finns kvar
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen
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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Most beautiful lyrics of Melodifestivalen 1959-2025, #mellyr, part 57

Year: 2018

Every Single Day

By Felix Sandman (1998-)

Real place: 2nd out of 28

Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
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FELIX SANDMAN – Every Single Day
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen
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November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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The Eurovision history of Iceland #tehoICE, part 8
1993
Þá veistu svarið
(Then you'll know the answer)
by Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir (1972-)
Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Staging: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Thoughts: A quite decent effort with a charming flow of the song
Overall: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
youtu.be/eRXaQgwLEs4?...
Iceland 🇮🇸 - Eurovision 1993 - Inga - Þá veistu svariđ
YouTube video by Library of Eurovision
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November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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The Eurovision history of Germany #tehoGER, part 63
2017
Perfect life
by Levina (1991-)
Music: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Staging: 🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑
Thoughts:A perfect life should'nt be as grey & dull as this staging or music.Levina shines through the screen,though
Overall: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
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Levina - Perfect Life (LIVE) | Germany 🇩🇪 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2017
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The Eurovision history of Spain #tehoESP, part 20
1980
Quédate esta noche
by Trigo Limpio (1975-1990)
Music: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Artists: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Staging: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Thoughts: To me, this entry does'nt feel right. I'm not sure of why, it just ain't my cup of tea.
Overall: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
youtu.be/SjfcjhM-DRg?...
Eurovision 1980 Spain - Trigo Limpio - Quédate esta noche (12th)
YouTube video by ESC 1989
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November 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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The inner conflicts of the center-right government of Sweden has escalated the last couple of days. This after the deputy PM and leader of the Christian Democrats (KD) Ebba Busch has told she's open to discuss with leading opposition party, the Social Democrats.
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/swed...
Sweden's deputy PM in public spat with coalition allies - Radio Sweden
Leader of the Christian Democrats Ebba Busch — who's also Sweden's deputy prime minister — says she's holding the door open for future cooperation on some ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Every Christmas, Swedish TV channel Svt 1 choose a famous person to host the broadcast from 2.45 PM until midnight. This year wonderful Eurovision legend Siw Malmkvist (ESC 1960 & 1969), 88, will be the host. A wonderful human being, a wonderful decision.
www.svt.se/kultur/nu-pr...
Siw Malmkvist är årets julvärd i SVT 2025
Nu ska det avslöjas vem som får det traditionstyngda uppdraget att tända ljuset och hålla tittarna sällskap genom julaftonens tablå-tv i SVT. Årets julvärd har nu presenterats och det blir Siw Malmkvi...
www.svt.se
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The delightful thing with the big family of Eurovision fans is that we all cherish this yearly event as much as we do. And it's always nice to watch wich songs other fans enjoy to listen to. Here's my #ESC250 vote for 2025.
#celebratediversity
Turkey 1975, 1 point Lithuania 2018, 2 points Hungary 2013, 3 points Netherlands 1969, 4 points United Kingdom 1977, 5 points Ireland 1993, 6 points Portugal 2017, 7 points Luxembourg 1973, 8 points Denmark 1993, 10 points Ireland 1967, the maximum of 12 points
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Sunrise taken from the north towards south over Norra Kornsjön, a lake at the Swedish-Norwegian border between Swedish County Västra Götaland and Norwegian County Östfold. Sweden's on the left side (blue and yellow sky) 🇸🇪, Norway on the right side (blue and red sky) 🇳🇴.
Photo taken from north on the sunrise at lake Norra Kornsjön at the border between Sweden and Norway. Sweden to the left, Norway to the right.
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Yet another day on my way to work. November's a gloomy month up here in West Sweden. 🌒 But still, it's only a month and a week left until it turns towards brighter days, once more. ☀️
The train's five minutes late this morning. That's allright. Me in my campaign cap for the Green party of Sweden.
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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The latest poll ahead of next year's Swedish election shows a majority for the left-green opposition (V, S, MP, C) while the smallest party of the center-right government (L) would lose all of their seats. Former nazi's, SD (marked in yellow), are still bigger than PM Kristersson's Moderate's (M).
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Most beautiful lyrics of Melodifestivalen 1959-2025, #mellyr, part 56

Year: 2017

Himmel och hav /
Heaven and sea

By Roger Pontare

Real place: 20th out of 28

Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
youtu.be/sCxy_5dqZUk?...
Himmel och Hav
YouTube video by Roger Pontare - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The Eurovision history of Iceland #tehoICE, part 7
1992
Nei eða já
by Heart 2 Heart
Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Artists: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Staging: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Thoughts: A catchy, heartwarming tune quite well delivered. Those Mustard and Ketchup outfits looks surprisingly good.
Overall: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
youtu.be/B4Ij5N6bWtc?...
eurovision 1992 Iceland 🇮🇸 Heart 2 Heart - Nei eða já ᴴᴰ
YouTube video by Georgios Symeonidis
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November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The Eurovision history of Germany #tehoGER, part 62
2016
Ghost
by Jamie-Lee Kriewitz (1998-)
Music: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Artist: 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
Staging: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Thoughts: Somewhere there's an allright tune, but nothing happens through song. It feels underwhelming.
Overall: 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
youtu.be/bHDHi37bboE?...
LIVE Jamie-Lee - Ghost (Germany) at the of the Grand Final 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The Eurovision history of Spain #tehoESP, part 19
1979
Su canción
by Betty Missiego (1938-}
Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Staging: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
Thoughts: The only time in the ESC history where I felt allright with having kids on stage. A great entry.
Overall: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
youtu.be/50UBf6wM9IQ?...
SU CANCIÓN – BETTY MISSIEGO | Spain 🇪🇸 | Eurovision Song Contest 1979 [HD Remaster]
YouTube video by Eurovision OLD
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November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Et tu, Brute?

Eight democrats seems to be weak as water, ready to sell out the American health care, giving their full support to the Republican budget. Shameful behavior.
Eight senators wich should never be elected again.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Since Machiavelli wrote Il Principe (published in 1532) the basic principle for every authoritarian regime have been "divide and conquer." That's also the case in Russia's hybrid war against Europe and Nato, leading to inner conflicts. Here's an explaining news report.
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Russia is waging a war against Europe - here's the proof
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Most beautiful lyrics of Melodifestivalen 1959-2025, #mellyr, part 55

Year: 2016

Mitt guld /
My gold

By Pernilla Andersson (1974-)

Real place: 24th out of 28

Music: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Lyrics: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
Artist: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
youtu.be/5Zy6Ftnvdso?...
Pernilla Andersson – Mitt Guld | Melodifestivalen 2016
YouTube video by Melodifestivalen
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November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Instead of plastics, some fruits and vegetables in Sweden are covered by a thin layer of rapeseed oil to prolong the freshness. That means your cucumber will be free of micro plastics but may have a tiny bit of rapeseed oil on it. A nice way to work against food waste in a more eco friendly way
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Swedish cucumbers free from plastic but with a tiny layer of rapeseed oil to prolong the freshness.
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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A very creative solution. Imagine if every country did the same as South Korea? With all the endless parking lots in every town or city, in every country over the whole world? There'd be no more demand for fossil energy, to the benefit of our future generations.
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electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Listening to Joe Biden's speech from Nebraska make me realize how much I miss the days when this former president was still in office. A true gentleman. A wise one. Compared to Sleepy Don, Joe Biden is truly a breath of fresh air and sanity.
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youtu.be/X8UO5xmgDtk?...
Biden on Trump blocking SNAP benefits during shutdown
YouTube video by WHAS11
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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November 30 there's elections in Kyrgyzstan. The very flawed democracy has about 590 candidates running for the 90 seats, but several will be turned down from running because they don't meet the criterias. President Japarov's little commission will decide all about it.
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timesca.com/kyrgyzstan-e...
Kyrgyzstan Election 2025: New Rules, New Map, Same High Stakes - The Times Of Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan is conducting snap parliamentary elections on November 30. The deadline for would-be candidates to hand in their forms was October 30.
timesca.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Solution by negotiation instead of war? The war strikes made by the United States will be among the issues discussed by the leaders of the European Union and 33 countries from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States at a meeting in Colombia tomorrow Sunday
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www.dw.com/en/colombia-...
Colombia hosts talks on US drug strikes, EU cocaine crisis – DW – 11/08/2025
On Sunday, leaders from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean will meet in Colombia to discuss US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats and tighter cooperation to combat what officials call the EU...
www.dw.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Talked with a friend about the ongoing conflict in Tanzania. If you're in the country, try head for Zanzibar. There it's a more calm situation, since authoritarian president Samia Suluhu Hassan have her roots there and this far has kept a more low key profile there 🇹🇿
www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Tanzanian police arrest senior opposition official, hundreds charged with treason
Tanzanian police on Saturday arrested a senior official from the opposition Chadema party and charged hundreds of people with treason in a continuing crackdown following last month's disputed election...
www.france24.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM