This is Tobson

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Journalist turned kids' librarian. Swedish in Finland. Eurovision. Vinyl records. Rather gay. Looks pretty when the light is right. Ibland på svenska. Bear with me. He/him. linktr.ee/tobsonhelsinki

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Great thing: I'm going to Tallinn tomorrow Not so great thing: my alarm rings at 06:30

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I watched this @lindsayellis.bsky.social video (which is stellar) when it first came out on @nebula.tv a while ago, I recommend people check out the service if they use YouTube the way I do. It's a great way to more directly support the better video essayists working today.

I really enjoyed @lindsayellis.bsky.social's new video about The Beatles and Yoko Ono, and I'm not even a Beatles guy! It's THAT GOOD www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMOA...

Yoko and The Beatleswww.youtube.com YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

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I don’t know how to explain what it’s like when your city is being bombed for more than 2 years to people living in the safe Western countries. It hurts even more when it’s a place you’ve been to, it hurts even more when it’s a hospital for children with severe diseases like cancer. #UkrainianView

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Actually no, let's do this; it would be Good, Actually

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I’m convinced the democrats could win in a landslide if they just kept repeating “these shitheads are banning books” as their only campaign message over and over

I'd like to say something meaningful about the French election results but everything looks so trivial in writing.

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The UK and France just proved that getting out and actually voting makes a difference. Don’t let anyone ever tell you differently.

It's funny how the four remaining countries in Uefa Euro 2024 are the same four countries that had to share #eurovision victory in 1969. How would the song contest have ended had there been penalties? allaeurovisionsbidrag.blogspot.com/2020/10/de-t...

De troubadour / Nederländerna 1969allaeurovisionsbidrag.blogspot.com Reglerna var glasklara: i händelse att två eller flera länder delar den högsta poängsumman ska även segern delas. Även om det innebär att en...

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It's indeed a mystery why younger voters don't connect with the older Dems who have refused to step aside well past their due date. And why can't they connect with former presidents who spend more time bashing up and coming Democrats instead of the far right? Gosh it's a mystery.

In this book article from Feb, Barack Obama says Dems, and Biden, need to do more to get young people engaged. "Obama is unmistakably of the opinion that they’ve got a lot of political work to do." What's Obama thinking now? talkingpointsmemo.co...

The Inside Story Of Barack Obama’s 2024 Campaign Calculationstalkingpointsmemo.com Barack Obama is worried about America in 2024.  This is an “all...

Drinking rhum I got from @freighttraindisco.bsky.social. It's nice.

Been so lazy today. Didn't even finish that damn thread I started.

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So hey, here's a thing I don't think a lot of folks know: That whole "Patient Zero" thing? The French-Canadian airhost who supposedly spread HIV all over America? That's not real. That's not what happened or how it happened.

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En sommarbok? En (1) bok? Var 10e kommun skar ner budgeten för biblioteken 2023 och nästan inga bibliotek kompenseras för den höga inflationen. Sedan 1998 har 435 folkbibliotek lagts ned i Sverige. Friskolor har haft obemannade bibliotek i massa år men oroa er inte: Barnen ska få en sommarbok

A bit over six hours and then vacation and I'm busy working like

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reskeet with a tweet you still think about

I think I just booked myself a Tallinn day cruise for next week

Tried to be nice to strangers. Told a woman on the train that her backpack was open. Got a blank death stare in return. So that was fun and worthwhile.

Sad prediction: Labour will turn out to be a huge disappointment for the UK (mainly due to not really having any proper goals or visions).

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With “allies“ like these who needs enemies

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“there’s only one poll that matters” sounds like one of boris johnson’s chat up lines

How did the Tories win so many UK elections given how shit they are? Maybe because Labour seems eager to be pretty shit too?

Keir Starmer: Trans women don’t have right to use women’s spaces – even if they have a GRC. Britain's Labour Party is now a TERF party. #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA www.thepinknews.com/...#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA www.thepinknews.com/...

Keir Starmer says trans women don't have the 'right' to use women's spaceswww.thepinknews.com Labour leader Keir Starmer has said that trans women do not have the right to use women-only toilets or spaces, even if they have a GRC.

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Remember: Make a plan to vote tomorrow – Where is your polling station? When will you go? Which ID will you take? How will you make sure you remember it? Then share your plan with someone who can hold you accountable. I will be voting at 7 - 7.30 am, round the corner, with my drivers licence.

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My letter in today’s Herald about the political establishment pandering to JK Rowling and her anti trans obsession while ignoring the majority of women and women’s issues www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2442...

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Literally saw a TikTok awhile back where someone was interviewing tattoo artists, asking "What's the most stereotypical Millennial tattoo?", and two different artists answered "Harry Potter tat cover-up."

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Lettland tillåter samkönade partnerskapwww.aftonbladet.se Samkönade par i Lettland tillåts nu att registrera partnerskap – enligt en lag som trädde i kraft på måndagen. Det är första gången som samkönade par erkänns ju

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Fotballspiller Benjamin Verbič var alltid den i vennegjengen som var mest opptatt av å bare få ting gjort, i motsetning til kompisen Adverbič som var mer opptatt av hvordan ting skulle gjøres.

Everyone in my feed is hating Portugal and I know they're talking about football but I still love Portugal in general and it makes me feel awkward

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