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New revelations about the lengths to which 41-year-old Liberal Party politician Paulina Brandberg, Sweden’s Minister for Gender Equality, has her aides go to protect her from bananas have emerged in Sweden. Brandberg admitted to the fear in 2020, but the revelation that she has her staff clear rooms and “secure” them before she enters them hit headlines earlier this month. Now, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet says it has seen no less than 44 emails from Brandberg’s office, where her staff have written ahead of very high-profile meetings to prevent fruit-based gaffes. Brandberg’s staff emailed EU summits, the Norwegian government, and the...

Link post: please direct any discussion of this image in the thread below. This link is posted in News/Activism to alert FReepers with a possible interest in the subject. Geology Picture of the Week, February 1-7, 2004

This one was sure easy. The Brandberg is another one of those African features that stands out from space, and a unique hospitable environment in the hostile deserts of Namibia. Click on the picture below will provide the big image (~3.5 MB); in the big image, the striations in the metamorphosed gneiss are pretty remarkable. I sure wouldn't want to get lost there. Brandberg Massif