This according to Antonio Giustozzi in the Guardian. It’s not as many as the Taliban, but more than enough to cause great harm. We can expect a flood of refugees.

“Doing so can boost the number of job applicants by as much as 400%, Amazon says in one message, without explaining how it came up with the statistic,” Bloomberg writes.

Four decades after disbanding and vowing never to get back together, Swedish superstars ABBA today announced a new album and a London show featuring their performances captured by digital avatars.

The court has allowed Texas to ban most abortions after six weeks. It’s a frightening sign of things to come. The rights of American women are under siege.

His name is Eduardo Leite and he’s a conservative politician with a strong support.

שבת שלום

I read that Sweden is about to fly home female ISIS supporters from captivity in Northern Syria, which reminded me of research published in 2019. We must not be fooled by the idea that women are any less extreme in their terrorist views.

“Wealthier nations must act faster and do more to support those countries already suffering under higher temperatures,” Dr Fiona Godlee of the British Medical Journal says. “2021 has to be the year the world changes course—our health depends on it.”

At sunset tonight, Rosh Hashana and the year 5782 begin. 🍯🍎 ראש השנה!

A great back and gay actor has left us due to heroin overdose.

A new study conducted by the Swedish Defence University suggests that it’s among Islamists a clear connection from Sweden to terrorists abroad can be verified. This is mainly illustrated by the extensive travel from Sweden to terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq, and other conflict zones.

The study is available in Swedish only.

➜ Gränslös extremism: En studie om transnationella kopplingar till svenska radikala miljöer.

“It used to be ‘Don’t talk about my private life!’ to avoid a tabloid onslaught. Thankfully there’s more acceptance today.”

Read about it at the Guardian.

“Reports show the armed group being violent and intimidating journalists, despite their free-press pledge,” Al Jazeera writes.

Anyone surprised by this? 🤷‍♂️

The Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, reopened today after the summer recess. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven gave a speech that contained no surprises.

The Institute for Science and International Security delivers the frightening prospect in a new report.

Lars Gårdfeldt, priest in a Gothenburg parish, has decided to stop marrying heterosexual couples. It’s a protest against a rule in the Church of Sweden that allows priest to refuse marrying same-sex couples. 👍

The most important day in the Hebrew colander begins tonight and goes on for twenty-five hours. No food. No coffee. Neither Internet not television. That’s if you’re frum. I’m just trying to be good.

Source: Statista.

Country	Prisoners
USA	2,094,000
China	1,710,000
Brazil	759,518
India	478,000
Russia	475,009

Timothy Garton Ash:

Critics constantly talk about a “democratic deficit” within the EU but in reality almost the opposite is true. The system is so complicated and slow-moving precisely because it requires the consent of 26 democratically elected governments plus Hungary, as well as a democratically elected European parliament and sometimes also sub-national states and regions. The EU is a permanent negotiation. The wonder is not that it moves slowly but that it moves at all.

I like this observation. I also like the fact that the EU can’t move too fast.

The evacuation of the population begins in the risk areas of La Palma, local newspaper La Provincia reports.

The eruption in the Canary Island of La Palma has not generated any personal injury but about 5,000 people have been evacuated, La Provincia reports.

The volcano eruption in the Canary Islands has destroyed nearly 200 homes, local newspaper La Provincia reports.

Good riddance!

The Economist in defence of a little word with many critics and lots of uses.

The Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands has estimated that the current volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma could last between 24 and 84 days, the Canary News reports.

A welcome move that makes it easier for me and other Swedish Jews to vote.

Anders Tegnell at UnHerd.

Meet Josiah Zayner, America’s most censored person.

Nearly two-thirds of Swiss voters backed the government’s plan to introduce same-sex marriage in a referendum held today. A welcome result! ♥️🇨🇭

From The New Yorker: “Professor Andreas Malm, who studies the relationship between climate change and capitalism, insists that the environmental movement reconsider its roots in nonviolence.”

This man is dangerous.

Social Democrats	25.7%
Christian Democrats	24.1%
Greens	14.8%
Liberals	11.5%
Far Right	10.3%
Communists	4.9%

Early this morning, a bomb exploded in a block of flats in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. People were injured. According to newspapers, a policeman who gave evidence in court against gang members lives in the building.

Lava from from the La Palma volcano now rushes into the ocean from a cliff and creates clouds of harmful gas.

“Researchers at the University of Southampton have invented a new way to generate human cartilage tissue from stem cells,” Medical Xpress writes. “The technique could pave the way for the development of a much-needed new treatment for people with cartilage damage.”

“French experts say the mountain has lost an average of 13 centimetres in height every year since 2001,” the Guardian reports.

Why can’t people get that there’s a difference between biology and gender identity?

That’s one result of last week’s federal election. Good! 👍🇩🇪🏳️‍🌈 Some might say it’s bad identity politics. I say that that representation matters.

A 55-year-old man about to be evicted is now the main suspect in the Gothenburg house explosion. Seems the gang connection wasn’t an explanation this time.