Anyone who flies has seen passengers trying to jam an obnoxiously large carry-on bag carrying God knows what into an overhead bin, or heard about odd critters in the cargo hold and bizarre things found in the seatback pocket.

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By Duncan Geere, Wired UK

The Jolly Roger is flying at half-mast across Sweden today, after the country’s Pirate Party failed to secure enough popular support to enter parliament.

The party, which supports copyright reform, free speech and opposes state surveillance, polled just one percent of the total