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Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Sepulchral art offers insights into historical Northern European attitudes toward mortality.

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Aug 2
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Trump Officials Want To Use Human Rights Aid To Advocate For White South Africans And Right-Wing Causes In Europe

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights and persecuted minorities in poor and authoritarian countries. To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses...

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Jul 27
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Enilive Signs Binding Agreement to Acquire OIL! Fuel Service Stations from Prax
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Enilive Signs Binding Agreement to Acquire OIL! Fuel Service Stations from Prax

ROME, July 23, 2026 — In a market where everyone is sprinting toward “pure” electric plays, Enilive is taking a different, more pragmatic approach. They are betting on the dirt—or rather, the pavement. The company, via its Enilive Deutschland GmbH subsidiary, announced a binding agreement to acquire 100% of OIL! Tankstellen GmbH, a massive network […]

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Jul 23
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Éthique de la recherche : entre réformes européennes et retards de rédaction
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Éthique de la recherche : entre réformes européennes et retards de rédaction

Pourquoi ne pas démarrer un nouveau projet plutôt que de terminer sa thèse lorsque le temps vient à manquer...

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Jun 24
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W Social's Beta Is Live. The Problems Didn't Wait.

I am definitely not touching W.

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Jun 17
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The Win Was Never Bluesky. It Was the Protocol.
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The Win Was Never Bluesky. It Was the Protocol.

The better question is whether we can stop rebuilding the same landlord model with a different logo on the door. Right now, our social graphs are corporate hostage files. One model lets you leave a platform and take your world with you; the other forces you to download your history as a static zip file and start over from zero.

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Jun 6
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The Dutch Government Just Made a Procurement Decision That Every Digital Marketer Should Notice

On the surface, the Rijksoverheid’s new cloud agreement looks like an IT story. It isn’t. It’s about strategic sourcing, geopolitical risk — and why your analytics tool is a political choice.

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Apr 24
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When Bluesky goes down, we go down. That needs to change.

What happened this week, why it affected Chunky Guys, and what we're building so it doesn't happen again.

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Apr 18
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To the EU: remove links to GAFAM on europa.eu
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To the EU: remove links to GAFAM on europa.eu

I've sent this to the European Union administration via their contact form. Feel free to re-mix and do the same. If enough of us do it, it might make an impact!

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Mar 9
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AHOY! 2025 Videos
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AHOY! 2025 Videos

AHOY! European Social Web Day Hamburg 2025

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Feb 11
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Alexia's Ocassional Ramblings

European Social Media is already here.

A response to "W Social" and many other people that have not yet noticed.

Jan 26
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Tynan's Leaflets

I Do Not Accept Your TOS

W is proof that the ecosystem is working

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Jan 21
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The Daily Planet #107: The China Shock, Part 8

A mercurial American president who treats Europe with distrust, if not outright enmity is making Europe closer to China when it comes to climate action.

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Dec 16 '25
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The mad king’s digital killswitch

"The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world's devices." Cory Doctorow explains why responsible governments should have to accelerate their countries' independence from US tech and not just Russian gas. pluralistic.net

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Oct 26 '25
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🇪🇺 5 key takeaways from the EU's »The future of European competitiveness« report
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🇪🇺 5 key takeaways from the EU's »The future of European competitiveness« report

Summary of the new EU strategy for competitiveness shows the EU must close the innovation gap, especially in advanced technologies, to reignite productivity growth.

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Sep 13 '24
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Re: Europe's future – eu/acc
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Daniel Freytag
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Re: Europe's future – eu/acc

The EU needs a clear vision for the future, focusing on sustainability and quality of life, rather than just growth and GDP.

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May 2 '24
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The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the future of Europe

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is no more, but something like it may yet rise again.

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Dec 30 '22
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Europe’s Big Tech Bet

How the European Union invested heavily in local manufacturing of microprocessors … only for that technology to become completely globalized anyway.

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Apr 9 '21
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Putting Beer On Ice

For decades, it was easier to get a bottle of vodka in Iceland than a pint of beer. The reason says more about Iceland’s politics than its temperance movement.

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Aug 14 '20
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