Estonia

…BTW, a ‘rutgängare’ uses a ‘slagruta’ in their profession
This week in TWISH we hear about Rosalind Franklin and Pope Frankie is on a diplomatic mission from God. In the news, we hear about:

• SWEDEN: Greta Thunberg gets fined for disobeying police, goes back to protest and confront police the same day
• AUSTRIA: Wanted holocaust denier gets stopped by the police – with the body of his wife in the trunk
• SWEDEN: Estonia sinking: Ramp from ferry recovered raised after 29 years
• ITALY: Climate Crisis: Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C
• EUROPE: Heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

Putin gets a new Really Wrong Prize for his collection and we have two words of the week: slagruta and rutgängare.

Enjoy!

Segments: Intro; Greetings; TWISH; Pontus Pokes The Pope; News; Really Wrong; Word Of The Week; Quote And Farewell; Outro; Out-Takes
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:53 GREETINGS

• Wildfires in Greece: Plane crashes while battling blaze
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-66298793

0:03:02 TWISH – THIS WEEK IN SKEPTICAL HISTORY

• 25 July 1920: Birth of Rosalind Franklin
  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin

0:09:50 PONTUS POKES THE POPE

• Diplomatic missions from God
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/06/popes-peace-envoy-meets-pro-putin-russian-orthodox-leader
  • Crux: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/07/biden-papal-envoy-meet-for-two-hours-on-ukraine-focus-on-humanitarian-aid

0:14:39 NEWS

• SWEDEN: Greta Thunberg gets fined for disobeying police, goes back to protest and confront police the same day
  • TT / Omni: https://tt.omni.se/greta-thunberg-efter-domen-vi-backar-inte/a/Xb2LrW
  • Omni: https://omni.se/greta-thunberg-i-ny-aktion-bortlyft-av-polisen/a/WR2ABG
  • Sydsvenskan: https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2023-07-24/allt-ar-bisarrt-utom-greta-thunbergs-aktion
• AUSTRIA: Wanted holocaust denier gets stopped by the police – with the body of his wife in the trunk
  • Edzard Ernst: https://edzardernst.com/2023/07/being-a-corona-activist-and-holocaust-denier-is-weird-enough-but-you-will-never-guess-what-this-man-has-done-now/
• SWEDEN: Estonia sinking: Ramp from ferry recovered raised after 29 years
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66299183
• ITALY: Climate Crisis: Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/25/italy-wildfires-palermo-temperatures-sicily-airport-heatwave
• EUROPE: Heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
  • AFP / Omni: https://afp.omni.se/europe-us-heatwaves-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change/a/2B0AMl

0:33:53 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Vladimir Putin signs law banning gender changes in Russia
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/24/vladimir-putin-signs-law-banning-gender-changes-in-russia

0:37:06 WORD OF THE WEEK

• SWEDEN:
  Slagruta – ‘dowsing rod’
• Rutgängare – the profession of a person using a dowsing rod

0:41:38 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.”
/ Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958), British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. /

0:43:46 OUTRO

0:45:01 OUT-TAKES