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World AIDS Day 2025 This is always a sad day for me. I’m happy that the medical situation is great for nearly all people living vid HIV, but World AIDS Day makes me remember all the gay men we lost in the 1980s and 90s. You’re not forgotten.

World AIDS Day 2025: This is always a sad day for me. I’m happy that the medical situation is great for nearly all people living vid HIV, but World AIDS Day makes me remember all the gay men we lost in the 1980s and 90s. You’re not forgotten.

The End of November: I hate November, so I’m happy it will end in a few hours.

Just Can’t Get Enough | Aqurette This page contains a diary entry without description.

Just Can’t Get Enough

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Shabbat Shalom

A Chat that Made Me Think: I had a chat with someone a few days ago, and it made me think about myself as a blogger. He asked me why I’m paying so much attention to American politics and Donald Trump? My friend is right to ask this question. I have been too focused on America, but one cannot ignore…

Putin’s Army Bombs Russian Town by Mistake: Ha! 🙂 Read it at Expressen.

Wool of Gay Sheep Passes Woke Test for New York Fashion Debut: Love this! Designer Michael Schmidt uses fleece from rams that prefer same-sex partners. Read it at the Telegraph.

315 Students and Teachers Kidnapped in Nigeria in Second School Abduction This Week: “A mass abduction at a Christian school in Niger state has pushed authorities to close schools and escalate security measures as armed gangs and jihadist groups expand their operations.” Read it at Le Monde.

Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan Only the Kremlin Can Love: It’s no secret that Trumps favours Putin over Zelensky, but this is so, so bad. A real insult to everyone. Read it at the New York Times.

The Economist puts it blunt:

It is hard to know whether to laugh or panic. The 28-point peace plan…

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Shabbat Shalom

Hamas Stockpiling Weapons in Africa and Yemen: “Hamas has started stockpiling weapons in African countries, Yemen, and other nations sympathetic to the terrorist organisation.” Worrying but hardly surprising. They are terrorist, after all. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

AI Creates First 100-Billion-Star Milky Way Simulation: This is so cool! Researchers combined deep learning with high-resolution physics to create the first Milky Way model that tracks over 100 billion stars individually. Read the study at the Association for Computing Machinery.

Animals Are Developing the Same Chronic Diseases as Humans: Cancer, diabetes, and obesity aren’t just human problems anymore. Read the study at Risk Analysis.

Tucker Carlson Injects Anti-Semitism into Republican Party: This is truly worrying: “The conservative commentator has further fractured the right with his anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for a white nationalist.” Read it at the New York Times.

A Short Break in Värnamo I drove from Stockholm to Malmö yesterday. Snapped this photo of the river Lagan during a break in Värnamo.

A Short Break in Värnamo: I drove from Stockholm to Malmö yesterday. Snapped this photo of the river Lagan during a break in Värnamo.

Shabbat Shalom Photo by Luca Casartelli (Wikimedia Commons). It’s Friday afternoon.

Shabbat Shalom: Photo by Luca Casartelli (Wikimedia Commons).

It’s Friday afternoon.

Physicists Prove the Universe Isn’t a Simulation after All: New research from the University of British Columbia mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Read it at the Journal of Holography Applications in Physics.

Vast Majority of Americans Still Support Same-Sex Marriage According to New Study “Research published earlier this week found that 65.8 per cent of Americans support same-sex couples’ right to marry, with 36.2 per cent saying they ‘strongly’ support keeping protections in place. Comparatively, just 34.3 per cent of respondents said they oppose same-sex marriage, 16.1 per cent of which said they strongly oppose it.” Read it at Pink News.

Vast Majority of Americans Still Support Same-Sex Marriage According to New Study: “Research published earlier this week found that 65.8 per cent of Americans support same-sex couples’ right to marry, with 36.2 per cent saying they ‘strongly’ support keeping protections in place. Comparatively,…

Scientists Find Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. Read it at Nature Communications.

Scientists Find Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel: Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. Read it at Nature Communications.

Doctors Are Now ‘Prescribing’ Sweden: “With Sweden now available on doctor’s orders, Annabel Grossman shares her experience of going off-grid in one of the most remote regions in Scandinavia.” Read it at the Independent.

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The news that doctors are now able to prescribe “Sweden” may well…

Maspalomas Launches New Festival Combining Eurovision and Pride: Europe’s gayest place just became gayer. Read it at Canarian Weekly.

The Prince Was Under Duress: Hat gate? 🙂 Read Sarah Anderson at PJ Media.

US Supreme Court Rejects Case Threatening Same-Sex Marriage: Good news! Read it at Pink News.

Tucker Carlson and Zohran Mamdani Have a Lot in Common: Anti-Semites on the right are reading from the same anti-Israel playbook as their left-wing foes. Read Jonathan Tobin at the Jewish News Syndicate.

AI Chatbots vs Human Healthcare Professionals: According to a new study, AI is acting more human than some doctors. Read it at the British Medical Bulletin.

Shabbat Shalom Image: ESA & NASA. It’s Friday afternoon. Have a nice weekend!

Shabbat Shalom: Image: ESA & NASA.

It’s Friday afternoon. Have a nice weekend!

Orbán to Visit Trump to Try to Broker Another Putin Summit: An authoritarian Putin-puppy to meet an orange narcissist. What can go wrong?! Read it at the Guardian.

Common Acne Drug May Protect against Schizophrenia: Nice skin and better mental heath. Read the study at the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Astronomers Have Unveiled the First-Ever 3D-Map of an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere: A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first atmospheric map in 3D of an exoplanet. Read it at Nature Astronomy.

Homophobic Pastor Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Charges: Californian youth pastor Joshua David Kemper, who shared posts that claimed children weren’t safe around gay people, has been arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. Read it at Pink News.