Sofia Nyblom

Det här är jättekonstigt. I natt drömde jag att jag befann mig på Gotland, och att vattnet tog slut pga någon slags kris. I dag berättar DN att gotländska vattentäkter utsatts för sabotage. Spooky.

Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.

"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"

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Ursula von der Leyen calls for a new leader of the free world. We already have one: Volodomyr Zelensky. All except the bullies and mafiosi rally behind Ukraine. That’s why Trump is so jealous.

Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

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It’s infallible: when war is looming, people head to the opera. Tonight: a Czech national icon. Guess the title!

This gloomy interpretation of Dante Alighieri (by an unknown Prague artist) doesn’t quite rhyme with the lovely quote - but alas, it does rhyme with the present times, and with the darkest parts of Divina Commedia.

@Rudolfinum yesterday, Prague’s extraordinary concert hall: two very fine world premières, one by Jiri Teml, the other a cello concerto for Alisa Weilerstein by Richard Blackford; wrapping up this happy evening, Debussy’s La mer. Audience dressed up - men with bow ties, no less! Very posh.

DN Debatt. "Liljestrands kulturpolitiska lyra har bara två strängar" Fackförbundet DIK om talet på Göteborgs filmfestivals, kulturkanon och -kris.

Vilken strålande debattartikel! Väl rutet av @Annatroberg om kulturkrisen. En plats i politiken? www.dn.se/debatt/lilje...

Thus spoke the all-but-mad dictator and diligent student of Russian autocracy, Donald J.

#praguelibraries: in the course of one week I’ve acquired three (!) librarycards, for the pleasure of entering these palaces of wisdom. Do I have to explain why I struggled with the 17th century handcrafted lock in the Czech National Library reading room..?

Utsålt! Kräver en svensk turné!

Sofia Nyblom: Lindy Larssons Carmen sjunger brallorna av AFD Lindy Larsson gör en sensationell Carmen på Maxim Gorki Theater. Det är omöjligt att inte ryckas med av den chockrosa protesten i hans romska dragshow.

I saw fabulous Lindy Larsson perform ”Carmen” in drag at Maxim Gorki Theatre, Berlin. It was an act of protest. Here is my review:
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Trump freezes foreign aid. To Ukraine, this is a major blow that leaves vulnerable citizens without support.

NEWSFLASH: Trump foreign aid freeze blow to Ukraine civil society The sudden policy change under the new administration is likely to be felt more strongly in Ukraine than anywhere else in the world.

Humanitarian workers across Ukraine were told to stop working today after the Trump administration froze (Congressionally approved) foreign aid

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Extraordinary. A major US news anchorman quits CNN as political protest. For some reason this makes me recall 2022, when Russian TV anchor Maria Ovsyannykova held up a protest sign against the war on Ukraine.

I love libraries ❣️ @ Academy of Sciences, Prague

Lindy Larsson as ”Carmen” at Gorkijtjeater / Berlin - what a knockout experience! Funny, queer, touching and beautiful to hear the Seguidilla in romani . This might be the best production I’ve seen ❣️🎵 thank you Katarina Szeczi Åsbrink for a lovely weekend - and this perfect treat!