This Week in WTF, July 10, 2015

(NOTE: I’m still catching up on my backlog, so some of these may not be especially timely.)

Det regnar män. Halleluja!: Sweden came up with a fun way to address Russia’s recent spate of “no homo” legislation that is totally not trying to throw us off of anything. Okay, look, Russia and Belarus have known each other a long time, but they’re just bros, okay? Can we drop this now?

Oh, anyway, Sweden is trolling Russian submarines (which, I should mention, are long, hard, and full of seamen):

The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS) is to deal with encroaching Russian submarines in Swedish waters with a device emitting anti-homophobia Morse code.

The device – officially titled The Singing Sailor Underwater Defence System, but nicknamed the “gay sailor” – is a “subsurface sonar system”, which sends out the message: “This way if you are gay” in an attempt to deter apparently homophobic Russians.

(h/t Marcus) Continue reading

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Monday Morning Cute: Adventure Dog

You may have heard about Arthur, the dog who joined a Swedish adventure racing team during the Adventure Racing World Championship in Ecuador in November.

Via Team Peak Performance/Facebook

Via Team Peak Performance/Facebook

Via Team Peak Performance/Facebook

Via Team Peak Performance/Facebook

The team has posted updates about Arthur on their Facebook page and elsewhere. Arthur, who is now world-famous, arrived in Sweden on November 20, and the team created the Arthur Foundation to help other dogs like him around the world: Continue reading

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