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  2. Midweek Movie Free Talk

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  12. Comment on The Midsummer pole falls during a celebration at Stenegård / Här faller midsommarstången – under firandet på Stenegård in ~life

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    Firandet på Stenegård, i Järvsö, drog igång som vanligt under midsommarafton. Men i år blev det ändå inte riktigt som vanligt. Här är klippet som visar hur den stora midsommarstången faller rakt...

    Firandet på Stenegård, i Järvsö, drog igång som vanligt under midsommarafton. Men i år blev det ändå inte riktigt som vanligt. Här är klippet som visar hur den stora midsommarstången faller rakt mot besökare precis när den håller på att resas.

    The celebration at Stenegård, in Järvsö, started as usual on Midsummer Eve. But this year it still wasn't quite as usual. Here is the clip that shows how the large Midsummer pole falls straight towards visitors just as it is being erected.

    Flera tusen personer var på plats, och många av dem blev vittnen till händelsen när midsommarfirandet precis skulle dra igång efter lunch. Den praktfulla stången skulle resas Stenegård, men då gick något snett.

    Several thousand people were there, and many of them witnessed the incident when the Midsummer celebration was just about to start after lunch. The magnificent pole was to be erected in Stenegård, but then something went wrong.

    Istället för att stanna upprätt föll stången rakt mot besökarna på plats. En del av fästet hade rostat och gick ska ha gått av i samband med att stången skulle resas, varför den därefter inte stannade kvar i själva fästet.

    Instead of staying upright, the pole fell straight towards the visitors in place. Part of the bracket had rusted and is said to have come off when the pole was to be erected, which is why it did not remain in the bracket itself.

    Bland annat fanns ett stort antal barn på plats. Flera besökare beskriver för SVT att det var ren tur att ingen person träffades. Ingen person ska heller ha skadats i samband med händelsen, och efter ett tag kom ändå midsommarfirandet igång och dansen kom igång.

    Among other things, there were a large number of children on site. Several visitors describe to SVT that it was pure luck that no one was hit. No one was injured in connection with the incident, and after a while the Midsummer celebration got underway and the dancing began.

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  14. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    ’I’m not a model!’ Uruguay’s Bielsa defends bizarre World Cup portrait The Guardian – Jonny Weeks – 16th June 2026

    ’I’m not a model!’ Uruguay’s Bielsa defends bizarre World Cup portrait

    The Uruguay head coach, Marcelo Bielsa, has lived up to his maverick reputation by refusing to cooperate during a photoshoot for Fifa. Bielsa stared down at the floor, hands in pockets, statuesque, during the obligatory media duty last Wednesday and the 70-year-old hit back when asked about the incident after Uruguay’s 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia on Monday.

    The Guardian – Jonny Weeks – 16th June 2026

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  15. Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

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    Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like outages, arch user repository and phishing. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone...

    Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like outages, arch user repository and phishing. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was sharp-eyed.

    But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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  18. Midweek Movie Free Talk

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    10 votes