A direct result of America’s Supreme Court ruling last week. They say they care about unborn children. It’s obvious that they couldn’t care less for children already born.

This study was published in 2016, but it’s perhaps more relevant than ever before.

I’m watching the news on Danish television. An undisclosed number of people have been shot in a shopping centre. It was only a week ago we saw similar scenes in Oslo. Horrifying.

I’m now on the train towards Copenhagen. After a week of fever and coughing, it’s great to return to work.

Boris Johnson has resigned and his downfall has been received as a reason for hope in Brussels and Dublin. Understandable considering that few people has spread more lies about the EU than Boris. Add to that his complete disregard for the delicate situation in Northern Ireland.

Normally, I post an image on Fridays to mark the beginning of Shabbat. This week I forgot to prepare one, so I just wish everyone a joyful Shabbat in writing only.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.

Today I read a tweet by a Swedish MP from what used to be known as the Communist Party. He’s annoyed by middle-class people saying they lose money on leftist politics. The middle class, he argues, has fooled itself into believing that it’s the upper class. Everyone except the very rich gain from leftist politics, he writes.

This is simply not true. If this MP’s party had its way, new and heavy taxes would hit hard on everyone working. People on welfare might gain some, but even they would suffer long-term by the slowing economy. Because a society never makes money by redistribution. What makes people better off is a growing economy, and for that to happen, the middle class must be allowed to keep their earnings.

Socialism make people of all classes poorer. What’s worse, it makes everyone but the MPs deprived of power over their own lives. It’s like being a housewife and realising that you have no freedom when the husband finds a replacement and cuts your credit cards.

The Sweden Democrats today published a white paper on the party’s own history. Now the leaders act surprised to find that the party they joined was an openly fascist party when they joined.

“We blew our chance to quickly contain monkeypox,” David Axe of the Daily Beast writes. “Now the dangerous virus is spreading fast all over the world.”

Great! We’re doomed again.

The Guardian runs a story about Ukrainian academics who are fighting to counter the fake tales of their country’s past that are peddled by the Kremlin.

Sometimes I come across a song that makes the past come to life again. I guess it’s nostalgia. This 1990s song by Sneaker Pimps gave me that feeling this weekend.

I love Europe, it’s my home in the world. It hurts me when Europe suffers, and now it does. There are large, ongoing fires in much of the south, and in the east, Putin threatens annexation of Ukraine. It’s not an easy time to be a devout European. But we must learn two things from this year:

1. Europe must get stronger and able to defend itself.
2. Never trust Russia. Never!

One small step…

Found an article about it at Universe Today. I guess this could be the answer to the environmentalist talk of humanity consuming more than what our planet can endure.

Foreign Policy debunks nine myths about the effects of sanctions and business retreats. This a good reading as the Russian propaganda tells us what a failure the sanctions are.

The trains are delayed. People are frustrated. Crowded platforms. It’s not what I need at 7am.

I read in the morning newspaper that Russia has, again, fired bombs at Odesa. So much for the cease-fire Putin promised Ukraine yesterday.

I had planned to go to bed early because it’s been a lot of work for several days now. Long hours. But what am I doing when I get home? I turn the computer on and get stuck fixing some odd code. I never learn.

Early morning, 6.53am, and train to Copenhagen is delayed. I hate the stress in the morning. Thankfully, I have bought coffee to calm my nerves.

Starting tomorrow, I will work 12-hour shifts for a week. There will not be time for anything apart from work, commuting, and sleep. I’ve agreed to this myself, so I can’t blame anyone else. They need people to fill vacancies at my workplace, and the extra money are too good to turn down.

A good thing about work a lot is that I have let time to think about the atrocities committed by Russia.