avesse

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Neophile, web geek, product builder, optimist, pragmatist. South African in Stockholm 🇿🇦🇸🇪

A news headline "Sweden 'would be totally up for inviting in 40,000 Hungarian gays'"
Trudeau says 'not a snowball's chance in hell' Canada will join US 8 hours ago Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto
The MV Liemba began life in Germany in 1913, as the Graf van Goetzen. From there, it took 5,000 wooden crates to move it to its permanent home on Africa’s deepest lake – Lake Tanganyika. It arrived at the beginning of World War I, and was swiftly converted into a warship that gave imperial Germany absolute control of the lake. When the tides of war turned against the kaiser, the ship was scuttled to prevent it from falling into enemy hands. No matter: it was salvaged from the lake floor a few years later, before being sunk again in bad weather. Somehow, after being salvaged a 23 In drydock: The MV Liemba has a rich past and, local traders hope, a rich future, too. Photo: Daniel Hayduk/AFP second time, British authorities found that its engines and boiler were still in working order – and so put it to work. Since 1927, the MV Liemba has been sailing south from Kigoma to Zambia, stopping at port towns and villages along the way. It was the backbone of the lakeside region’s economy – some of these towns could only be accessed by water. But it ceased operations in 2018, ahead of a proposed $13-million overhaul. A Croatian company has been contracted to do the work, and it should be ready to set sail again in June 2026.
Emu war
An email congratulating me on 20 years on LiveJournal
Options to add driving, cycling and walking routes
Beautiful garden with a smoking area.
Unlike other countries, which have anniversaries of independence or revolutions to commemorate, Sweden has never been occupied nor overthrown its monarchy. So it’s forgiveable that most Swedes still see National Day less as an occasion to celebrate their ancestors and more as a chance to have a barbecue on a day off.