På Irland har datacenter kostat hushållen 715 miljoner euro i högre elräkningar – och svenska familjer kan vara näst på tur, skriver Lotta Ilona Häyrynen.

Del 7: Birgitta Ed meddelade att hon ville arbeta med ”existentiell hälsa” på sin herrgård. Ett halvår senare gav regeringen Folkhälsomyndigheten i uppdrag att lyfta ”existentiell hälsa”. Generaldirektören ifrågasatte begreppet - och fick sparken från myndigheten. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Gx...

A nuanced report from Iran: "the more thoughtful, were fearful...Of civil war...that would bode ill for...society... little hope of a peaceful transition to a better government.... Many are just too knee-jerk against the regime to see the real dangers" themarkaz.org/beyond-black...

‘A lot of fear’: the families bearing brunt of Sweden’s immigration crackdown

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde

Weaponising Migration 2.0: From Wagner’s Libya Footprint to Jan Marsalek’s Private-Army Plan As Starmer's Labour Government falls into the 'boat people' trap set by Farage, a look back at Russia's strategy of creating refugee crises open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

Polisens hemliga samarbete med spionbolaget Palantir • Hjälper Ice att jaga papperslösa – används av svensk polis sedan fem år • Okänt antal svenskar övervakas

“The actual state of Palestine” — brilliant front page from UK Observer

99 months since we lost 72 loved ones in the Grenfell fire. Still no justice. As the Government begins to demolish the Tower, please keep Grenfell in your hearts. We will never forget — and we will not stop until justice is done.

#OtD 29 Jul 1996 four women anti-war activists were acquitted in Liverpool, UK of all charges related to extensively damaging a fighter jet. They were found not guilty on the basis of preventing a greater crime: the genocidal occupation of East Timor stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1010...

Race is a social construct. But what does that mean, and why do we say this? An explainer, in the wake of Trump being racist and wrong (pt 675) www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Thousands of shoes laid out in Dutch city of Leiden in memory of children killed by Israel in Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/4dznck

Opportunity for palestinian students at goldsmiths www.gold.ac.uk/fees-funding...

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine

Lite bilder från stormningen av Maersk. Fortfarande många här. Polisen har försökt flytta sittande demonstranter men misslyckats. Greta Thunberg på plats i aktionen.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as

Well I have moved over here from twitter (I refuse to use its stupid porn name), and honestly, it is such a relief not to be wading through bots all posting identical rightwing rage bait.