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Peter Razenberg 🇳🇱 🇪🇺

@dbmodel.eurosky.social
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Defined by logical minimalism, existential humility, and non-anthropocentric realism. Private account. Opinions are my own. Mostly posting what fills me with hope. Not here to change minds, but to show like-minded people they are not alone.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 4h
Better pay ✅ A contract that lasts ✅ Hours that fit your life ✅ That's a "good job". But not everyone has these conditions. Our new Employment and Social Outlook shows progress across the EU, but more needs to be done. That's why we'll present our Quality Jobs Act later this year.
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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · 13/10/2026
🆕: Europe’s 1st geostationary sounder enters service today! 🛰️ The satellite - renamed as 'Meteosat-13' - will detect signs of atmospheric instability even before clouds form: "Forecasters will see weather risks earlier... and that saves lives," says EUMETSAT DG Phil Evans: bit.ly/4zshitH
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Jamez Frondeskias @jamezfrondeskias.wsocial.eu · 11/10/2026
@aljazeera.com report on #wero and how businesses are bypassing #visa and #mastercard Glad to see #EU independence being seeing abroad
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Europe builds its own payments system to challenge Visa and Mastercard
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I regret to inform everyone that, I, too, did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize for accomplishments that exist only in my imagination. I ask for grace and understanding during this difficult time.
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Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law. She served as a judge on the International Criminal Court. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wrote that “peace requires justice.” www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/ann...
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Announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 - Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 09/10/2026
We are digging for gallium 🪽 👀 Finding critical raw materials for smartphones or medical devices is tough. Ad now, we have selected strategic projects to boost extraction, processing and recycling – so we can keep powering everday life 👇 link.europa.eu/CdCpMP
A visual titled "Crack the Critical Material Act: spot the strategic ones" featuring periodic table tiles for Arsenic, Nickel, Copper, Lithium, Phosphorus, Iron, Oxygen, Carbon, Tantalum, Helium, Boron, and Neon against a light purple background with the European Commission logo. At the bottom the text, "Solution in comments."
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 08/10/2026
Today marks a new milestone for Europe in space. 🇪🇺🛰️ We unveil the first images from sentinel 3C a landmark moment for #CopernicusEU and for Europe’s ambition in space. European investment delivers knowledge, resilience and benefits for our citizens. #DGDefis @esa.int @eumetsat.int
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Hans Hamers 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 @hanshamers.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026
“Mistral said ML4 was trained from scratch over two months on 4,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs in its own European data centres. ML4 covers more than 160 languages, including every official EU language, and works across Latin and non-Latin scripts.”
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EU-Economics @eu-economics.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026
🇪🇺 🇩🇪 planqc wins the 2026 Made in Europe Award for commercialising quantum computing. The German company is building 100-qubit and 1,000-qubit systems for European research infrastructure. #EU #Germany #planqc #QuantumComputing #QuantumInsider thequantuminsider.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Kyle Bradley @kylebradley.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026
🇪🇺 Von der Leyen: €300 billion in European savings flown overseas every year, primarily to the US, will be invested in Europe from now on. A direct consequence of Trump's trade war with the world.
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Eurostack @qayin.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
The #EU will move Government pc’s to #Linux based alternatives. But migration will be phased and each Country will plan and execute independently. #Digital #Sovereignty #OpenSource #FOSS
cloudnews.tech
Should Europe Replace Windows With Linux in Government?
Schleswig-Holstein and France show Linux can run public-sector desktops at scale, as the EU names software sovereignty a strategic priority for Europe.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 04/10/2026
A study by three Spanish institutions shows how specific hippocampal neurons preserve past memories even as new information about those events is stored.
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Scientists discover how the brain adds new information to old memories
A study by three Spanish institutions shows how specific hippocampal neurons preserve past memories even as new information about those events is stored.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could change how we fight viruses forever.
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Martin Broughton @marbro.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026
European Space Agency taps OVHcloud and CGI for Earth observation system. Digital EO will provide Earth observation data to scientists, public bodies, businesses, and citizens. #MartinBroughton #ESA #OVHcloud #EuropeanSpaceflight #Technology #Space www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/euro...
datacenterdynamics.com
European Space Agency taps OVHcloud and CGI for Earth observation system
Digital EO will provide Earth observation data to scientists, public bodies, businesses, and citizens
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.sciencealert.com/scientists-w...
sciencealert.com
Chemo-Free Technique Destroys 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab
Scientists may have found a way to destroy cancer cells without initially relying on chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation.
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Stefan L. Couper @stefancouper.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
#EPI and #EuroPA move a step closer to pan-European interoperability by creating a joint venture called #ENP (European Network for Payments) that will have its headquarters in #Madrid. EuroPA, had previously stated they’d keep the different national branding but I’m not so sure now. #Wero
reuters.com
European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance
European payment groups serving 130 million people, including Spain's Bizum, Italy's Bancomat and Brussels-based Wero, said on Wednesday they were joining forces to create a cross-border payments netw...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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European News @eunews.social · 29/09/2026
EU to Trump: We will keep pushing for global AI safety rules EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said Washington’s opposition to global AI regulations won’t stop Brussels from moving forward on a new international safety system.
politico.eu
EU to Trump: We will keep pushing for global AI safety rules
EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said Washington’s opposition to global AI regulations won’t stop Brussels from moving forward on a new international safety system.
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Marius Guščius 🇱🇹 🇪🇺 @mguscius.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
youtu.be/SzlhO20QpGw I fucking love Poland's message to Russia 👍
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“You Cannot Win,” Poland's Sikorski Directly Answers Lavrov, Warns Russia at UN | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
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European News @eunews.social · 22/09/2026
The European Union and the Philippines announced a new free trade deal on Tuesday in the latest bilateral agreement struck by Brussels as it seeks to diversify its economy as tensions persist with traditional trading partners including China, Russia and the United States.
apnews.com
European Union strikes a new free trade deal with the Philippines
The European Union and the Philippines have announced a new free trade deal. The agreement announced Tuesday is part of an EU effort to diversify its economy amid tensions with China, Russia and the U...
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Peter Razenberg 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 @dbmodel.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
Countries simply cannot afford the risk of using software that a foreign government could shut down at any time, as happened with the international criminal court.
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European News @eunews.social · 21/09/2026
The digital euro made its debut in wholesale financial markets on Monday as the European Central Bank launched a system for tokenised payments between banks.
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Digital euro makes debut in wholesale financial markets
The digital euro made its debut in wholesale financial markets on Monday as the European Central Bank launched a system for tokenised payments between banks. Tokenisation involves creating digital versions of assets and money that can be securely exchanged online on blockchain-based systems to differentiate between existing online money.
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European News @eunews.social · 19/09/2026
South Korea opens door to joining EU secure satellite system It would be the first Asian country to join the constellation
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South Korea opens door to joining EU secure satellite system
It would be the first Asian country to join the constellation
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Peter Razenberg 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 @dbmodel.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
disconnect.blog/getting-off-... incentivising more non-US options by leaving US tech
disconnect.blog
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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European News @eunews.social · 17/09/2026
The European Commission and the Republic of Korea have agreed to strengthen cooperation on secure satellite connectivity and explore future integration with IRIS², the EU’s planned secure connectivity satellite constellation.
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EU and South Korea forge satellite pact to bolster secure connectivity
The European Commission and the Republic of Korea have agreed to strengthen cooperation on secure satellite connectivity and explore future integration with IRIS², the EU’s planned secure connectivity satellite constellation.
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European News @eunews.social · 17/09/2026
Canada in talks to join EU's Erasmus+ exchanges programme Ottawa and Brussels are in talks for Canada to join the Erasmus+ exchange programme, which would let students from both sides study at each other's universities.
euronews.com
Canada in talks to join EU's Erasmus+ exchanges programme
Canada is in early talks to join Erasmus+ and possibly Horizon Europe, as Ottawa and Brussels weigh an unprecedented "associate membership" of the EU short of full accession. #EuropeNews
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European News @eunews.social · 16/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Von der Leyen to call for ‘European Security Council’ The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft
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EXCLUSIVE: Von der Leyen to call for ‘European Security Council’
The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The EU has delivered greater stability across the continent, greater mobility for its citizens, and a single market that gives Europe global economic weight. An honour to hear President von der Leyen address the European Parliament today as we build a deeper partnership for the future.
Prime Minister Carney visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.Prime Minister Carney visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
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European News @eunews.social · 16/09/2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney received a standing ovation at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
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EU Environment and Climate @euenvironmentandclimate.ec.europa.eu · 15/09/2026
The clean energy transition is also a jobs engine 💼 A new report shows that clean energy technologies are creating hundreds of thousands of jobs across the EU, with 1.8 million jobs in the EU now linked to renewable energy ⚡ 🔗 Read the report: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
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European News @eunews.social · 15/09/2026
Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU Trade minister says Canberra is on the same page as Ottawa and ‘will take great interest in what Mark Carney does’
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Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU
Trade minister says Canberra is on the same page as Ottawa and ‘will take great interest in what Mark Carney does’
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ESA Navigation @navigation.esa.int · 15/09/2026
🛰️ ESA's Celeste demonstrates 5G positioning signals from low Earth orbit A new milestone has been reached in the integration of satellite navigation and mobile communications. www.esa.int/Applications...
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ESA's Celeste demonstrates 5G positioning signals from low Earth orbit
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully demonstrated the transmission and reception of 5G positioning signals from the Celeste IOD-2 satellite in low Earth orbit, marking a key step toward in...
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Council of Europe @coe.int · 15/09/2026
Today, we mark International Day of Democracy. Local democracy has made real progress across Europe in recent years. But Democracy is not a given – it is built and renewed constantly from the ground up, together with citizens, and this work is never finished - Congress President Helgesen.
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ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · 15/09/2026
Flying 820 km above Earth, The Vespa+R adapter has just separated, revealing FLEX to space. The AVUM+ engine will ignite one last time to place FLEX in its precise orbit, from which it will work in tandem with Sentinel-3.
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Likely not the biggest move in EU-Canada relations, but still a politically important signal:
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Forbes @forbes.com · 13/09/2026
Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
forbes.com
Canada Discussing Joining EU As ‘Associate Member,’ Report Says
Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
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Peter Razenberg 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 @dbmodel.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
US is no longer trusted by European Central Banks.
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Andrew Parsonson @andrewparsonson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Eutelsat has awarded major IRIS2 contracts worth more than €5.4 billion to Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space, and Airbus. europeanspaceflight.com/aerospacelab...
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Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts
Eutelsat has awarded Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space and Airbus major IRIS2 contracts covering all 330 satellites of the constellation’s LEO component.
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Eutelsat @eutelsat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A big day at the International Space Summit in Paris. We announced plans to procure 229 additional OneWeb satellites from Airbus and selected Arianespace for two dedicated Ariane 64 launches. We're strengthening our long-term LEO roadmap and supporting the future of the European space industry.
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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 10/09/2026
🚀 Europe is taking a major step towards autonomous cargo transportation in low Earth orbit. @esa.int has signed a contract with The Exploration Company under ALADDIN for an initial Nyx demonstration mission to the International Space Station and future cargo services. 🔗 www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...
A photo of the International Space Station captured by ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet in 2021. Credits: NASA/ESA–T. Pesquet
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 10/09/2026
Space is indispensable for Europe’s defence. We must better see the enemies, protect our satellites, communicate safely. We will help to build a European Space Security Architecture for our defence with Member States at the core 🇪🇺 #ParisSpaceSummit ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/09/2026
The EU's plans for a deeper partnership with Canada has won the support of governments across the political spectrum — including those usually cautious about angering Donald Trump's administration.
politico.eu
Even Trump-friendly EU countries back Brussels’ pact with Canada
The plan would see ties strengthened in areas such as technology, trade and critical raw materials.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/09/2026
Zelensky and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store met with leaders from FirePoint, Kongsberg, Weibel, Saab, Diehl Defence, Hensoldt, Thales, Safran, Sener and Leonardo to coordinate the FREYJA anti-ballistic program and agree on concrete next steps for governments and manufacturers. #Ukraine
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 09/09/2026
We are tabling two packages - two major shifts for Europe’s economic leadership. Our EU Innovation Act will help start-ups access finance and navigate the world of R&D procurement. link.europa.eu/jPp6jV
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European News @eunews.social · 08/09/2026
The European Union and Canada are working toward a new, all-encompassing relationship that will range from trade to security, as the transatlantic partners seek to build a new alliance to offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China.
bloomberg.com
EU and Canada Plan Far-Reaching Alliance to Strengthen Partnership
The European Union and Canada are working toward a new, all-encompassing relationship that will range from trade to security, as the transatlantic partners seek to build a new alliance to offset the global power politics dominated by the US and China.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 07/09/2026
Switzerland's great migration away from US Tech begins. 🎉🇨🇭 The Swiss Federal Government has launched a pilot program to replace MS365 on 3,000 workstations with openDesk, a German open-source alternative. Find out which other European countries are becoming sovereign:  tuta.com/blog/countri...
Image with text that says, "Switzerland is saying goodbye MS 365, hello openDesk!" with a Swiss flag and below it is the Microsoft 365 logo faded out with a small cross to cancel it and an arrow pointing towards openDesk.
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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 07/09/2026
We're strengthening Europe’s energy autonomy⚡ Our new €1bn financing to Elia Group for the Princess Elisabeth Energy Island will connect new offshore wind capacity to Belgium's grid & more, making way for greater EU energy integration from 2031. ➡️ go.eib.org/PrincessElisabethIsland
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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 06/09/2026
Congrats to #IsarAerospace for historic launch from Andøya Spaceport, Norway! Europe’s independent access to space just got a major boost! 🇪🇺 Thrilled to see EU tools help startups scale from lab to launchpad and a visible European commercial space company. #EUSpace #Cassini
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European News @eunews.social · 06/09/2026
Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: "The EU economy is 9–10 times larger than Russia's. We successfully fought Russia before the U.S. even existed — so we should be able to do it today."
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