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Richard Orange

@richardorange.bsky.social
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British hack marooned in Sweden. Nordic Editor at The Local. podfollow.com/sweden-in-focus. Posts in English and bad Swedish. DMs open to all. Richardworange@gmail.com. 0046727200156

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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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...
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Zelenskyy speaks out after public spat with Trump, Vance, says dustup 'bad for both sides'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down for an exclusive interview on "Special Report" after his tense meeting with President Donald Trump.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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...
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No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It really is secret! I've lived here 13 years and never in my life heard of Vit Jul! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
The Swedish sobriety secret: dry December – and off-licences shut on a Saturday night
For decades, the authorities in Sweden have encouraged people to drink responsibly – and with a state alcohol monopoly, strict rules and growing abstinence, they seem to be succeeding
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Glad Lucia! Malmös bäste Luciabulle på #brödochvänner
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Svenska högtider och vanor @svenskavanor.se · 10/12/2024
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.
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När kan man säga ”god helg”?
Kort svar: Uttrycket ”god helg” är en hälsning som används främst i samband med högtider i december månad (jul och nyår).  Ordet ”helg” är en benämning på ”e…
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
My contribution to the genre of "pretend you're above everyone writing the clickbait news story while actually writing the clickbait news story".
thelocal.se
FACT CHECK: Did a Swedish company really tell staff not to say Merry Christmas?
There was predictable outrage in Sweden after it was reported that the steel company SSAB had advised employees not to use the 'god jul' Christmas greeting to avoid excluding non-Christians. But did i...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
No afterlife for me, but I suspect that if we properly understood time (and I don't) we might realise that what is past, including our finite lives, is never destroyed, never ceases to be.
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Mats Erikson @matserikson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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...
expressen.se
Svenska storföretaget till sina anställda: Säg inte ”god jul”
Undvik att säga ”god jul” till dina kolleger i jul. Det är det svenska storföretaget SSAB:s uppmaning till sina anställda i år. – Internationellt har det varit mestadels positiva reaktioner, men några...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I think Peter Carlsson has got off very lightly for this.
affarsvarlden.se
Peter Carlsson om sitt största misstag: ”Väntade på att ketchupflaskan skulle släppa” | Affärsvärlden
Grundaren Peter Carlsson lämnar som VD. Till Afv säger han att Northvolt har varit i ett ”production hell” som de nu är på väg ut ur. Han kommenterar nu miljonerna han tjänat, och uppger också att Skellefteå-fabrikens hastiga uppskalning var hans största misstag under tiden som VD. ”Den här gången satt vi lite för länge och väntade på att ketchupflaskan skulle släppa.”
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
It seems so! Not sure what it's got to do with boosting the number of rejected asylum seekers who leave Sweden.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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...
thelocal.se
EXPLAINED: How Sweden wants to make it easier to find and deport paperless migrants
Seizing phones of newly arrived asylum seekers, forcing six-year-olds to give fingerprints, making government agencies report paperless people: a new inquiry has proposed a string of measures to force...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
That is probably it!
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
True. This shift is very different though, even for non-norms. Google was just so much better than what went before everyone moved automatically and unthinkingly, same with Facebook. Shift to Bluesky has been an effort. Bluesky helped by making itself really good, but it's not a whole new thing.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
These mean nothing to me. They look like PKXD for those over the age of 7.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The big shifts of the past happened almost unconsciously. I hardly noticed the shift to Google, the explosion of Facebook, or the emergence of Twitter or Instagram. They met needs we didn't know we had. What makes Bluesky different is that it's a self-conscious shift and it doesn't do anything new.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
What drives me nuts on Facebook but others too is having stuff shovelled at me they algorithmically know I'll be compelled to watch leaving me with the indignity of spending half of my life watching footage of Jimmie Hendrix jamming with Buddy Guy or some such rubbish. Hope Bluesky never does that.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I'm still weeding them out mindless post by mindless post.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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...
thelocal.se
Sweden Democrats call for ban on new citizenships until tougher rules are in place
The Sweden Democrats are calling for a complete moratorium on Swedish citizenship until the right-wing government it helps prop up has introduced new and tougher rules.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Think he's been getting a more appreciative send-off than he feared. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I was pumping out features on development schemes for Dharavi as a young freelancer back in 2007 and it STILL hasn't happened. If anyone can do it, it would probably be Adani. I suspect it can't be done.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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.
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The Local @thelocal.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
👋 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. ⬇️
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
It needs to be a non-profit foundation, I think, or maybe an intergovernmental organisation.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The Local now has a starter pack so you can follow the best European network of journalists out there. go.bsky.app/DKNKtm5
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Someone needs to start a campaign to make Bluesky a non-profit.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
bsky.app/profile/thel... The Local Denmark
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Don't forget The Local! bsky.app/profile/thel... Definitely major.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Would be fantastic to somehow launch a user-led campaign for a Wikipedia-style non-profit foundation structure.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 16/11/2024
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
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Maybe Bluesky has “won”
November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Thanks! Wrong momodou Jallow i think!
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Har skapat en lista av alla svensk Riksdagsledamöter som finns på Bluesky. Finns minst en Moderat! go.bsky.app/NNcYUwF
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Would love some (but please not too many) voices from the nationalist, full-on, MAGA-adjacent right, so long as they don't bring all their bots.
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Sebastian Payne @sebastianpayne.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here’s a centre right starter pack, for those who want to ensure this isn’t entirely an echo chamber go.bsky.app/DNLEPTu
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Evenin'
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Willing to bet 10,000 kronor that no new nuclear power station ever gets built in Sweden. www.dn.se/sverige/elis...
dn.se
Elisabeth Svantesson (M): Inget undantag för kärnkraft i de nya budgetreglerna
Finansminister Elisabeth Svantesson vill inte kringgå de strikta budgetreglerna för att kunna investera i ny kärnkraft.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
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.
thelocal.se
Sweden's equality minister reveals she suffers from banana phobia
Equality minister Paulina Brandberg has revealed that she is 'receiving professional help' for a phobia of bananas, which is so bad that colleagues in parliament need to remove fruit bowls from meetin...
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
But I would like to get more right-wingers on Bluesky.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
What are the odds of them making it to the inauguration without falling out catastrophically?
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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.
thelocal.se
Why Sweden's Migration Agency expects a rise in work permit rejections next year
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.
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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.
thelocal.se
How a new proposal will make it easier to get an EU blue card in Sweden
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.
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This is a great word of the day for those with green fingers.
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Swedish word of the day: odla
This is a great word of the day for those with green fingers.
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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…
thelocal.se
How a year on my allotment taught me to appreciate the Swedish seasons
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…
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The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Northvolt, the struggling Swedish battery producer, is selling its factory in California to Lyten, a US competitor, the Bloomberg newswire has reported.
thelocal.se
Northvolt sells US factory as it seeks to shore up struggling battery business
Northvolt, the struggling Swedish battery producer, is selling its factory in California to Lyten, a US competitor, the Bloomberg newswire has reported.
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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. .
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Richard Orange @richardorange.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Well that'll show 'em. I just deactivated my X/Twitter account. Take that Musk! x.com/Richard_Orange
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