Federico D'Onofrio
@fdonoff.eurosky.social
Historian of data and government Associate Professor, University of Vienna ERC Datarev project: datarev.univie.ac.at
Not af all vulnerable to uncontrolled migration flows (in this case none entered the schengen space). The eu is vulnerable to the political entrepreneurship of demagogues wwithout scruples such as meloni.
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · yesterdayThe events in Spanish Ceuta show that the EU is still very vulnerable and has no answer to uncontrolled migration flows - especially when migration becomes a weapon and a tool of coercion.⤵️
daniela russ@ueberdruss.bsky.social · 2w agoWrote a review essay of four new-ish books on Soviet energy and resource history for @kritikajournal.bsky.social. They're different in terms of scope, archival depth, and the extent to which they take the materiality of resources into account – but I enjoyed them all! muse.jhu.edu/pub/28/artic...
How to open a joint bank account for two individuals living in different EU countries? It seems almost impossible. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu why the EU does so little to address real needs of its citizens?
Frei nach Merz: Die Taliban übernehmen "die Drecksarbeit" für die Union.
Janoschki@janoschki.bsky.social · 2w agoFrei nach Merz: Uganda übernimmt "die Drecksarbeit" für die Union.
The UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...
As aid funds shrink, archivists warn of risks to the humanitarian record
UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.
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"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change... For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
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It is still surprising to me that every Central Italian town stubbornly tries to claim zuppa inglese, that is trifle, as a specific, loal dish. Which is suprising because the name itself means "English soup". Here, Siena claims they invented trifle in 1552: www.lacucinaitaliana.it/article/dove...
La Zuppa del Duca: la vera (o presunta) antenata toscana della zuppa inglese
È emiliano? Marchigiano? È nato a Siena? Le origini del dessert al cucchiaio più famoso dopo il tiramisù sono incerte. Facciamo chiarezza, partendo dalla città del Palio
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Il suicidio tedesco ed europeo
Achim Truger@achimtruger.bsky.social · 4w agoDas Scheitern der Schuldenbremsen-Kommission ist fatal: "Weil die Unionsvertreter blockierten, werden zukünftig die Verteidigungsausgaben voll gegen Sozialstaat und öffentliche Investitionen ausgespielt werden." Mein aktueller Gastbeitrag im @freitag.de!👇 www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...
Turns out the Finnish foreign ministry has denied seasonal work visa to hundreds of (mostly Thai) berry pickers, which could lead to acute labour shortages, berries remaining unpicked, and rising prices of typically Finnish products like blueberry juice. Symbolic on so many levels.
Dmitry Gurbanov@dimmu141.bsky.social · 4w agoVoi ei! yle.fi/a/74-2023525...
The European Council is showing its limits, but its dysfunctional nature is what its architects intended when they surreptiously set it up in 1974
Why the European Council Was Never Fit for Purpose
The problem isn't that EUCO is dysfunctional. That's exactly what its architects - that is EU national governments - intended, and still do today.
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"The report calls for hood height caps of 85 cm (33.5 inches), width limits of 192 cm (75.6 inches), taxes tied to vehicle dimensions, parking fees based on size, and regulatory incentives reserved for smaller EVs measuring less than 4.2 meters (165.4 inches) long."
Researchers Want To Tax Cars By The Inch To Stop Carspreading | Carscoops
Researchers argue that stopping vehicle growth could save lives, space, and billions in energy costs
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Very few decisions look as nonsensical to me as @oebb.bsky.social öbb's decision to reduce the space for luggage on its nighttrains NJ, when in reality train passangers are either backpackers or migrants with whole houses in their suitcases
Osias Parnes from Lviv/Lemberg discussed the introduction of an international paper money to replace gold in international exchanges (1893). Gold was not suitable! 1/n
La 1e journée de la conférence sur les histoires de la pensée économique africaine à l'Université de Manchester était tout à fait passionnante. Mention spéciale à la 3e session de la journée qui a couvert plein de mes intérêts "niche" (du type " développementalisme rural post-colonial") 🥰
@giuliofirenze.bsky.social e quali sono le probably consequenze di questa configurazione per l'Europa occidentale e mediterranea? Pioggia?
Capital Weather@capitalweather.com · 2mo agoBreaking: National Weather Service declares El Nino is here and has a high chance to become very strong, ranking among the strongest on record. More info: www.capitalweather.com/weather-serv...
When the summer comes, I wake up on certain days wishing I could ask @dieworkwear.bsky.social in querulous tone what shoes should a man - who is not Cary Grant - wear on the boiling shores of the Mediterranean when he is not in shorts and sandals.
A great mystery of Italian transport infrastructure is why Malpensa Airport has a railway connection to Milano Cadorna instead of Milano Centrale (and had no direct connections to Switzerland)
Verena Halsmayer presents her great new book Managing growth in miniature on the Solow model at the HES-ESHET joint conference in Nice @univie.ac.at #eshet2026 #eshethes2026
I'm leaving for the #eshet #hes conference in Nice, but I'm travelling with @trenitalia.bsky.social and then @sncfconnect.bsky.social . What are the chances that I'll have to sleep in Milan or Ventimiglia?
Maybe time for provenance and restitution studies to appoint their regard on switzerland...
infoclio.ch@infoclio.bsky.social · 3mo ago
On va vivre quelque chose de difficilement concevable : à quelques degrés près, certaines régions de France frôlent des seuils de canicule*… en plein mois de mai. 1/7
The Po plain is still the worst place
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 3mo agoMore than two decades of EU policy, science-based monitoring, and collective action has delivered results that can be seen, measured and breathed. We are proud of the progress. Now, the work continues. Read the report: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/2014-2024-de...
9 'curiosities' about 9 of May | The Declaration that changed Europe (and the world). #EuropeDay #EUHistory 🇪🇺🧵
But isn't Claude a quintessentially female and male name?
Willow@rockshrimp.bsky.social · 3mo agoEvery time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.
One of the worst things about italian universities is that they have something called SSD that they use to classify scientific disciplines. History of Economics, according to them, falls in a larger group called Business economics and as a historian you are constantly valued by business people.
