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Swedish symphony turns homophobic hate mail into beautiful music

sudshr47 May 28, 2018

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There’s no better troll than a classical music orchestra troll.

Last month, the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden received a piece of homophobic hate mail after the orchestra performed music by LGBTQ composers. Instead of tearing the hate mail up, however, the orchestra decided to turn the letter into a beautiful cantata.

It’s hard to imagine what the Orchestra could possibly do with the letter, which included such choice phrases as “want to vomit” and accused the orchestra of “hopping aboard the f*g train.” Read more…

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Volvo cars and trucks can now share real-time traffic information

sudshr47 May 7, 2018

Starting in Norway and Sweden, vehicles from Volvo cars and Volvo trucks are now able to share traffic information through Volvo’s Connected Cloud. Let’s say car A runs into a road hazard. Car A will then upload that information to the Volvo Connected Cloud where it will broadcast the information to Volvo Cars and Trucks […]

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Five-storey blue penis mural erected on a building in Stockholm

sudshr47 April 16, 2018

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Yet another giant penis mural has popped up. Now, there’s a sentence you weren’t expecting to read. 

You might recall an enormous pink penis appeared on the side of a building in Broome St. in New York City on Christmas Eve—only to be painted over days later. This time the five-storey-high turgid penis is bright blue and painted on the side of a building in Kungsholmen island, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt is the creator of both penis murals. Her most recent work in her native Sweden is entitled “Fuck the World”. Read more…

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Algae contains twice as much protein as meat and could transform the future of agriculture

sudshr47 November 15, 2017

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At this year’s London Food Tech Week, we met up with Fredrika Gullfot, founder of Simris – an algae farm in Southern Sweden.

Simris produce foods and supplements rich in Omega-3, which is predominantly sourced from fish and is a major cause of overfishing. Read more…

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Swedish soccer players totally demolish live TV set after qualifying for World Cup

sudshr47 November 14, 2017

For the first time in 60 years, Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Sweden did, though. And judging by the players’ reactions in the video below, they’re pretty excited about it.
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