#Meanwhile in Sweden

[tehri]

Meanwhile in Sweden - Tesla Strike Edition

So we all know about the strike action against Tesla in Sweden? Yes? Yes, good.

It was in the news in Sweden today that apparently, someone on Tesla tried contacting the Minister for Employment about the strike-situation, very literally asking for "an audience". Yes, that wording. He asked for an audience to discuss the situation.

Of course, that request was also rejected. Because the government is not supposed to get involved in these things - it's between the unions and the companies, the government doesn't really have a say.

IF Metall, the company that Tesla is beefing with, have made a statement on the matter saying that it's clear that the people at Tesla have no fucking idea about how things work in Sweden.

But let it just sink in for a moment that someone at Tesla thought this was a good idea. We don't know if they had directions from higher up (perhaps even from the Rat himself?) or if they just acted alone. But they acted. And they thought they could get the government involved. They thought they could get the government to intervene on Tesla's behalf.

Let it sink in just how willing they are to take underhanded actions and also just how UNwilling they are to accept that they're not going to get their way.

Oh and also apparently Norway is getting involved now too and are saying that they'll stop the import of Tesla cars into the country if Tesla does not agree to IF Metall's conditions at the latest on the 20th of December.

#Sweden #Swedish things #Swedish stuff #Meanwhile in Sweden #Tesla strike #Swedish unions do not fuck around #honestly fuck Elon Musk #Swedish unions take down the Muskrat 2023 challenge? #Nordic unions #The Nordics do not fuck around about their unions at all #Nordic Unions Kill The Muskrat 2023 Challenge

[victusinveritas]

For those of you following tall ship news who saw the update about the sailing boat that was rescued by the Götheborg last week off the French coast: We have now got into contact with the sailors, and they have shared both their story and photos with us. Or in their own words “This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?”

You can read their story in this post or here https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/. It's a long, but nice, read.

Photo: David Moeneclaey (photos from the sailing boat) and Linus Hjelm (photos from Götheborg)

Text from the two sailors on the sailing vessel Corto:

On April 25th at 01:00, we left Cherbourg and set sail for Camaret (the tip of Brittany).

We are two experienced sailors on board (Simon and me) with the objective of bringing the boat to Southern Brittany.

At 15:30, we were at sea, more than 50 nautical miles from the coast, when our rudder broke. After sending a PAN-PAN call on the VHF radio, the three-masted sailboat Götheborg quickly responded to our call, offering to tow us to Paimpol (France).

We repeatedly emphasized that we were aboard a small 8-meter sailboat, but the response was the same each time: "We are a 50-meter three-masted sailboat, and we offer our assistance in towing you to Paimpol." We were perplexed by the size difference between our two boats, as we feared being towed by a boat that was too large and at too fast a speed that could damage our boat.

The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it? The Götheborg approached very close to us to throw the line and pass a large rope. The mooring went well, and our destinies were linked for very long hours, during which we shared the same radio frequency to communicate with each other.

The crew of the Götheborg showed great professionalism and kindness towards us. They adapted their speed to the size of our boat and the weather conditions. We felt accompanied by very professional sailors. Every hour, the officer on duty of the Götheborg called us to ensure everything was going well.

The next day, as we approached the French coast, we radioed for another boat to help us enter the port, but no one responded positively. Around noon, the Götheborg approached us as closely as possible and stayed by our side until the arrival of a French rescue boat to ensure that everything would go well for us before letting us go.

This adventure, very real, was an incredible experience for us. We were extremely lucky to cross paths with the Götheborg by chance and especially to meet such a caring crew.

Dear commander and crew of the Götheborg, your kindness, and generosity have shown that your ship is much more than just a boat. It embodies the noblest values of the sea, and we are honored to have had the chance to cross your path and benefit from your help.

We thank you again for everything you have done for us.

Sincerely,

David Moeneclaey (skipper of the sailboat Corto)

#age of sail #tall ship #götheborg #high seas #meanwhile in sweden #meanwhile in france #meanwhile on the french main

[corgifruityart]

me and the bestie assigned their music tastes

#corgart #hetalia #aph hetalia #aph sweden #aph finland #sufin #come on. finland needs to listen to heavy metal and lordi!! #meanwhile sweden listens to ted gärdestad and ace of base. abba. all hot swedish artists #they also share the taste of ghost music because 1) the band is swedish 2) heavy metal #also im swedish so its canon that sweden listens to his music. its so obvs

[simple-persica]

It took Fin a long time to figure out his feelings

#hetalia #sufin #aph finland #hws finland #aph estonia #he's here too #meanwhile sweden in the 1500's be like: #oh...ok gonna repress that ig #also very proud of how Fin's body turned out #perfectly shaped

[because-its-eurovision]

I am. Angry. I am so pissed off.

Tbh I think winners shouldn't be sent in again

My take is that winners can take part again if they want to, but if I were one of them I'd consider it really carefully. There is no going higher than winning the contest. Apart from Lena who finished in respectable 10th place while defending her trophy, Rybak won his semi but then bombed to the 15th place in the final, Niamh Kavanagh finished 23rd in the final and Dana International didn't even qualify.

Loreen did win, but at the cost of people getting angry at her, at Sweden, at the voting system and at the juries' taste, people saying that Finland was the real winner and Cha Cha Cha trending number one in numerous countries instead of Tattoo. Even Swedes don't seem to be happy with the result judging by the shit they are throwing at Finland in their media at the moment.

Loreen went from a legendary Eurovision winner who really redefined the contest with her modern song and creative choreography to someone who is deemed to have won unfairly with a literally beige performance, predictable pop song and jury nepotism against people's favourite Finnish original techno-metal-rap-disco with a charismatic singer and a crazy, unpredictable performance that got all the arena singing along without understanding a word.

Was it worth it?

#I'm not as much angry at her as I am for the juries having clear favourite countries year after year #Sweden has now been in jury top-3 NINE times since 2012 #meanwhile they've block Finland's qualification three times and now prevented our win #idk guys it starts to feel a bit personal #asks

[bitchapalooza]

Ladonia gets grounded and he just hops into the computer and Sweden and Finland can’t do shit about it lmao

#Sealand meanwhile is laughing his ass off in the background #hetalia #hetalia headcanons #hws ladonia #hws sweden #hws finland

[silvercaptain24]

Growing up is weird

#silver rambles #vent #that post about the ‘how you knew someone else came from money’ is just. sticking with me #mostly cause as a kid I didn’t realize how bad off we were #like. I didn’t realize we got groceries from the food bank run by the church my dad worked at until I was a teen #it just. affected me subtly I guess #being worried about a $2 difference in shoes when I needed new ones because I liked the more expensive ones #and my mom having to convince me that it was fine #it still sticks with me #it’s really hard sometimes to not think about cost if my dad and I go get lunch or something #I’ve never been to another country #meanwhile my friends would go to Rome and Sweden and India and Greece and Mexico for their 12 year old trips #I stayed in the same state for the one with my mom and only went a state over for the one with my dad #but like #yeah. I always sorta knew #I just. couldn’t have told you that I knew #all the little things you didn’t know growing up #I didn’t know about the groceries thing until yeah. I was…16-17 I think #and now we’re much better off and I have my own job (technically two) but like… #hhh. #why is my brain fixating on this? idk #sorry #needed the thoughts out

[potatounicoorn]

The funniest thing I have seen this week is the fact that Russia called both Finland and Sweden, Santa Claus lands. And then they told that finns will die to cold and finns answered to that with memes of people ice swimming

#Meanwhile in Finland #Russia #Finland #Sweden #Greetings from Santa claus land! :D #We are totally not ice swimming and shit

[skania]

The entire audience screaming CHA CHA CHA at the top of their lungs whenever the clown juries gave Sweden points is the only thing I'm taking away from this year lmao

#eurovision 2023 #fuck the juries #they should just split the award at this point because the juries are literally only there #to either vote for their neighbours or to screw over the favorites #lmao #I forgot Sweden's song the moment it was over I can't even remember a single word of it #meanwhile CHA CHA CHA

[tehri]

So this is hilarious.

Apparently the Swedish commentator for Eurovision is critical of the fact that the Finnish commentator said “vote tactically” in connection to how many votes you got. Which was NOT intended as “sink Sweden”, but the Swedish commentator thinks it was because Sweden didn’t get any votes from Finnish viewers.

You guys WON, isn’t that fucking enough? Yeah, we’re mad about the jury-votes, we are allowed to be. Do you guys REALLY need to try to discredit that anger by claiming that we were TOLD to not vote for Sweden when you just had a bad fucking song?

#Eurovision Song Contest #Eurovision #esc2023 #Sweden #Meanwhile in Sweden #Finland was FUCKING robbed #Käärijä was robbed

[victusinveritas]

The story of Skutt the moose and little Princess Tuvstarr, from Among Gnomes and Trolls 7 by John Bauer (1913)

#art #john bauer #folklore #meanwhile in sweden #meanwhile in norway

[lehdenlaulu]

Finland (alongside Sweden, most likely) is joining NATO and Russians are throwing tantrums, as expected.

It might feel like a foregone conclusion at this point, but this is honestly pretty huge. This would have been inconceivable a year ago, or even six months ago. We were happy with our neutral, diplomacy-oriented position. 

Also inconceivable? You know how I said earlier that the President of Finland is not so much a leader as our head diplomat, with his most important duty being maintaining good relations with Russia? Well, his message to Russia while announcing with our PM that they’re in favor of joining NATO: “You caused this yourself. Take a look in the mirror.”

Well played, Vlad. You’re getting a brand new 1,300km border with NATO and one of the most powerful armies in Europe -- one that exists to fight Russia -- to protect the Baltic states as well as our own borders. And we are not afraid of you.

#meanwhile Sweden and Finland both entered a defense pact with the UK #to guarantee our safety in the interim period #not that we probably couldn't handle them ourselves at this point #but good to have the British intelligence on our side at the very least #(and as stated -- we would obviously go to UK's defense as well should they need it) #Finland #Sweden #NATO #current events #war in Europe #WW3 #Darna's wartime news agency

[theflyingfeeling]

'snus import trip to sweden with bae🥺'

The romance!! 🥺🤭

No but the fact that they went to get fucking snus aside, we can imagine they also stopped at the Ikea in Haparanda (the town you pass when going to Sweden from Finland by car in the north) and had a lovely meatball date there! 🥰

#i think it's safe to assume they (or someone from the crew) go to sweden for snus import purposes regularly #i find it so funny how selling snus is illegal in finland but in sweden they just. have it on the shelves full on display?? #like ''please help yourself to some snus we have plenty for everyone!'' #and these losers bring it to finland and pass it around in the black market for garbage-filled mouth-teabags 😂 #because meanwhile in finland you're not even allowed to have regular tobacco products on display in stores #anon asks #ollixtommi #answered asks

[dentixvoxel]

i looked at eurovision twitter for a moment and never again

#ivan.docx #eurovision #some people are really salty ukraine won #and demand that spain shouldve won like????? #imma b real spain songs sucked imo. its really forgettable #meanwhile ukraine's song is memorable #same with moldovas song. and serbia #like. for me the UK and sweden just felt forgettable #like ill just forget about their songs #as i already have AKBDKSHDJD #edit i just reread my tags and they make no sense hang on #what i meant is that the three countries after ukraine all had forgettable songs

[cartoon-of-milk]

Downloading the app just to give Norway the love they deserve

#our neighbouring countries doing amazing meanwhile sweden boring as hell #esc #toony goes live

[norrkatt]

I'm calling the stream off today after all, heat beat my ass. Pleae check out my friend's birthday stream instead!! They're a really sweet pngtuber of colour! https://www.twitch.tv/sleepy_buni If I am not too exhausted after buying groceries tomorrow I may drop a bonus stream and basically it would be what i was going to stream today!

#please excuse my weak to heat ass #i'm from northern sweden after all... #idk how americans do it i see them standing around unbothered meanwhile im like PANT PANT PANT