The text appeared to have been accidentally copied and pasted into legislation on the price of drugs and medical supplies, BBC reports.

Source: Statistics Sweden’s “Political Party Preference Survey” (May 2021).

Which party would you vote for if an election were to be held in the next few days?
Social Democrats	28.2%
Conservatives	22.4%
Nationalists	18.9%
Centrists	9.5%
Communists	8.9%
Christian Democrats	4.5%
Greens	3.8%
Social Liberals	2.5%
Other	1.4%

The Guardian has found papers that reveal racism in the palaces. This goes far beyond any one royal’s stupid remarks on race.

It’s astonishing that some still believes this crap. There is no cure for homosexuality, but there is one for homophobia. To find a man with homosexual experiences who chooses to marry a woman is not a breakthrough.

A year ago, Times of Israel ran this article on the shady business of cure-the-gay-away therapy. They compare sexual orientation to whether or not someone likes to eat certain food. 🤬

The Jerusalem Post has posted some pictures. Looks fun. A bonus is that it annoys the religiously fanatics. 🙂

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David Brooks writes in the New York Times what many of us have thought—human chronological age and biological age are not always in sync.

Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp has died aged 98, the Guardian reports.

“A toddler whose body washed up on the southwest coast of Norway on New Year’s Day has been identified as a boy who died with his family while trying to cross the English Channel,” Reuters writes.

Tatchell is a hero of the gay-rights movement. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Now Netflix has a new film about him. Watch it!

A prosecutor provided a detailed discussion to the Bulgarian court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in a 2012 bus bombing, Jerusalem Post reports.

“The egg, an extraordinary discovery from the Islamic period, had been in a toilet all these years,” Haaretz writes.

Oops!

Safe space gone berserk.

Trade with non-EU contries has overtaken trade with the EU, but this is only because the sharp decrease in trade with Europe. In Q1 2019, EU-UK trade was worth ≈£118bn. In Q1 2021 it was ≈£83bn.

Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan thinks that those who thought that the Öresund region is irrelevant for Scandinavian future will be be surprised byf a new OECD report on possible changes with the Fehmarn Belt tunnel.

No one should be surprised by the remarks from this racist congresswoman. She hates Jews and the country she pretends to represent. But it’s a joke when reactionary politicians call themselves progressive.

Elena Sánchez Nicolás of EU Observer explains.

American airline United is the first to sign a deal for this new aeroplane. These press images from the manufacturer are stunning. ♥️

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Tom McTague of the The Atlantic writes about Boris Johnson’s “Global Britain”.

It’s absurd that the British continue to view the agreed Brexit deal as negotiable before implementation. What’s the point of negotiating with such a country?

The Jerusalem Post reports that Joe Biden has congratulated Israel’s new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, in a telephone call.

Mark Landler in New York Times:

Rather than extolling global agreements to combat climate change or confront China, Mr. Johnson found himself at a news conference on Sunday dodging questions about a four-week delay in Britain’s reopening of its economy and trying to play down an ugly clash with the European Union over Northern Ireland.

Blooper Britain?

Scientists say humans can reproduce on Mars, Daily Star reports.

The composer Daniel Elder’s “hateful rhetoric” was a two-sentence objection to arson, Reason writes.

I intend to take sporadic breaks from the Internet this summer, so I might not be answering your DM on Twitter and Messenger right away. Diary entries will be scarce with some days in complete cyber silence.

"We have a generation of young people on social media so terrified of having the wrong opinions that they have robbed themselves of the opportunity to think and to learn and to grow," the Nigerian author and feminist writes.

Johan Norberg sums it up well in a tweet:

Latest from Sweden: the post-communists (The Left Party) and post-nazis (Sweden Democrats) agree on a no-confidence vote on the Social Democratic government because of its proposal to deregulate the housing market.

NBC News writes about fossils of two 22m-year-old giant rhinos found in China. The research was published in Nature.

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The Indian Express explains Hungary’s new homophobic and transphobic law, which prohibits free spend on issues related to gay rights and gender identity.

For once, Swedish politics is really dramatic. The government could be forced to resign after a vote of confidence in the Swedish Riksdag tomorrow. A snap election might be the only way for Stefan Löfven, sitting prime minister, to save face.

The Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, has voted against Prime Minister Stefan Löfven. He now has a week to form a new parliamentary majority or decide between resignation and snap election.

“Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib on Monday became the first active NFL player to come out as gay,” ESPN reports.

This is so important. People don’t realise how many closeted gay men there are among sports profesionals. 👍 🏈 ♥️

Swedish support for membership of the EU is about 70%, yet Britain’s Europhobic Daily Express is predicting a Swexit after talking to a far-right MEP and a German (!) Eurosceptic. It’s a bit like analysing Britain based on an interview with George Galloway.

YouGov asked 1,711 Britons 22–23 June 2021.

Is Britain economically better or worse off as a result of leaving the EU?
Better off	16%
Worse off	43%
No difference	21%
Don’t know	20%

Henry’s set of armour indicates a weight of about 145 kilograms. Now you know.

Midsummer is perhaps the most important holiday in Sweden.

The fragile homophobes take to violence once again. Bastards!

Stefan Löfven didn’t have much of a choice—resignation or snap election.

Prime minister Stefan Löfven, who got fired by Swedish Parliament last week, now threatens to resign (again) from the job he has already lost. The strange logic of party politics.

From Mother Jones:

In an interview with TMZ, when Jenner was asked her opinion on “biological boys” participating in school sports, she responded that it was it “is a question of fairness.” “That’s why I oppose biological boys who are trans from competing in girls sports in school,” she continued. “It just isn’t fair. We have to protect girl’s sports in our schools.”