Just extraordinary bravery from Zelensky to walk out of *that* and go straight onto Fox News and appeal directly to Trump supporters and, despite hostile interviewer, I think he aced it. www.foxnews.com/media/zelens...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.

It really is secret! I've lived here 13 years and never in my life heard of Vit Jul! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Glad Lucia! Malmös bäste Luciabulle på #brödochvänner

Det äldsta belägget i SvD för frasen ”god helg” är februari 1886 då man under rubriken Julafton i Vatikanen skriver: Man önskar hvarann en god helg, man träffas efter en längre frånvaro.

My contribution to the genre of "pretend you're above everyone writing the clickbait news story while actually writing the clickbait news story".

Detta är enbart fånigt och onödigt, SSAB. Ni ger trollhögerns kulturkrigare onödigt vatten på sin kvarn. Självklart ska vi önska God jul/Merry Christmas. Tror ingen tar illa upp över det, tvärtom www.expressen.se/nyheter/sver...

I think Peter Carlsson has got off very lightly for this.

Every foreigner who applies for a residency permit, whether for work or asylum, will have their fingerprints stored long-term in a database to which the Säpo secret police will have direct access (according to recommendations of this government inquiry). www.thelocal.se/20241129/exp...

The number of rejected asylum seekers deported by force from Sweden has almost halved since Sweden's current government, which is supposed to be driving through "a paradigm shift" towards tighter migration policy came into force. Anyone know why? Would have thought it would go the other way.

Sweden's far-right aren't contented with tightening citizenship rules, the want a moratorium on new citizenship awards while they get the laws in place. www.thelocal.se/20241121/swe...

Think he's been getting a more appreciative send-off than he feared. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

These Starter Packs are all very well but I foolishly pressed "Follow All" on what seems to be a list of 150 radical left US academics, and my God are they brain dead.

👋 A fast-growing list of The Local’s journalists & official newsroom accounts from nine European countries. Get all the latest must-know info, news & analysis for interested observers & clued-in foreigners in #Austria, #Denmark, #France, #Germany, #Italy, #Norway, #Spain, #Sweden & #Switzerland. ⬇️

The Local now has a starter pack so you can follow the best European network of journalists out there. go.bsky.app/DKNKtm5

I really hope they don't do this. That Sweden lets foreign citizens vote in local elections is one of the things I like best about how democracy works here.

Why Bluesky isn’t really decentralised or federated This is the best explainer I’ve read anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m... Does this matter? If Bluesky Social PBC enshittifies there’s not much users can do currently other than quit

Har skapat en lista av alla svensk Riksdagsledamöter som finns på Bluesky. Finns minst en Moderat! go.bsky.app/NNcYUwF

Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu

Willing to bet 10,000 kronor that no new nuclear power station ever gets built in Sweden. www.dn.se/sverige/elis...

Supergullig av Teresa Carvalho, Brandberg's politisk motståndare att erkänna att hon också lida från bananfobi. Visst är det på något sätt roligt men också tycker att man borde inte reta politiker för sådant.

This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with Hanna Geurtsen, the deputy head of the Migration Agency's new 'special focus area' for work permits.

Sweden's parliament is due this month to debate and vote through the EU's new Blue Card rules, meaning from January 1st next year highly skilled professionals will be better able to use the card as a convenient way of building a career in Sweden.

This is a great word of the day for those with green fingers.

A common complaint from people who moved to Sweden from elsewhere is the climate – sometimes it feels like Sweden is grey for 80 percent of the year. But once I started growing my own produce it taught me to appreciate the climate here, and even look forward to the colder months, The Local's deputy…

Northvolt, the struggling Swedish battery producer, is selling its factory in California to Lyten, a US competitor, the Bloomberg newswire has reported.

Yay! My employer @thelocalsweden.bsky.social has finally made the move to Bluesky, although I suspect its X account will limp on for a few months yet. Give us a follow for the best mix of news and essential information for life in Sweden. .

Well that'll show 'em. I just deactivated my X/Twitter account. Take that Musk! x.com/Richard_Orange

Love it when Swedes casually drop the f-bomb. People will be able to build "fuck-off capital", argues Cecilia Rönn, Liberal Party finance spokesperson, now government is bringing in a tax-free threshold for savings accounts. regeringen.se/pressmeddela...

Next up Malmö to Brussels pls.

'Risky and best avoided': Swedish inquiry rejects idea of paying migrants to return. www.thelocal.se/20240814/ris...

It's crunch time! Will Sweden's government put its money where its mouth is and decide on how it plans to fund its plans for 10 new nuclear power stations? The inquiry on funding options reports today. www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...

A classic of the genre!

Jag är villig att satsa 100 000 kronor på att inget nytt kärnkraftverk byggs i Sverige till 2040. Jag skulle också satsa för 2050 men jag vill inte vänta så länge. Finns det någon som bjudar emot?

Tycker det är lite märkligt att Migrationsverket trendar på Svensk Twitter och alla säger att Socialdemokraterna misslyckades med återkallelse av uppehållstillstånd när många fler tillstånd drogs tillbacka i 2020 och 2021 än in 2023.

Palestinsk knafeh är farligt beroendeframkallande och en av den bästa grejerna man kan äta i Malmö.

En till steg mot riktiga svenskhet (inte en inbjudan att kritisera min ved hantering).

"Det fanns bosnier och somalier, chilenare och marockaner, folk med knappt någon utbildning och andra med avancerade examina, och vi skurade golv och vårdavdelningar tillsammans medan vi flyttade från arbetsuppgift till arbetsuppgift i kulvertarna under sjukhuset." www.thelocal.se/20231025/who...

"Vi har över 500 000 muslimer i Sverige. Det här är deras tröja också". Så mycket klokt från före detta statsministern i den här intervju. www.dn.se/sport/reinfe...

In favour of this sort of initiative everywhere apart from outside my own building. "These six bike racks replace just one car parking space" is all very well when that space isn't one of only ten on your street!

There are 10 days left in October - the month during which Erdogan promised Turkey would ratify Sweden's NATO accession.

Two Swedish football fans shot dead in what looks likely to be the first terror attack targeting Swedes in revenge for this year's spate of Quran burnings. www.thelocal.se/20231016/two...

Välkommen till Le Mondes @afhivert.bsky.social! . Utrikeskorrespondenter verksamma i Sverige har börjat dyka upp.

Jag vill har mer debatt på svenska Bluesky. Just nu är det som motsatsen till Truth Social. Finns det några rimliga människor från högern ni skulle vilja ha här?

On the death of the bird www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...

Horrific crimes against civilians are not redeemed by horrific crimes against civilians.

Att många i Sverige är så chockad att flera med Palestina härkomst jublar och tuta över Hamas frutkansvärda attacker i Israel visar den bristande förståelse Svenskarna har för de som har flyttat till landet. Jag är inte förvånad alls.

@kark1tty14.bsky.social are you real or are you a bot?

Warning! I foolishly posted an invite code on my Twitter feed and this very bot-like profile took it. bsky.app/profile/kark... are you real? I suspect not.