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eu_procurements_alt: EU national procurement networks (2008-2016)
These 234 networks represent the annual national public procurement markets of 26 European countries from 2008-2016, inclusive. Data is sourced from Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), the official procurement portal of the European Union.
This network has 1629 nodes and 3865 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Weighted, Temporal

Scientists slam Canada-US proposal to lower trade protections for peregrine falcons https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/scientists-slam-canada-us-proposal-to-lower-trade-protections-for-peregrine-falcons/

Scientists slam Canada-US proposal to lower trade protections for peregrine falcons
The crow-sized, slate-blue-backed peregrine falcon, with its bright yellow feet, soars across the skies from Greenland’s Arctic tundra to the steppe plains of Patagonia in South America. Falco peregrinus is one of the most widespread birds on the planet, with 19 subspecies that call coasts, mountains, deserts and river valleys home. These eye-catching raptors are […]

This week I want to hold in mind some work that I love, as inspiration and guide. I’m reposting a love letter to the precarious objects of Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/cecilia-vicunas-precarios

Cecilia Vicuña's Precarios
Considering the precarious objects (Precarios) of Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña and what it means to hold a work of art in memory

So my other big piece of the day is an inside look at the struggle for the future of the CVE program that just went live at CyberScoop.
Many thanks to Jay Jacobs of Empirical Security, Nick Leiserson of the Institute for Security and Technology, Mitchel Herckis of Wiz, Brian Fox of Sonatype, Peter Allor of the CVE Foundation, Ben Edwards of Bitsight and a few experts who go unnamed for their insight.

Scott helpfully reminds us of the differences between technical purity, semantics, and what actually matters to users in the context of — yes, really — paragraphs:
https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2024/08/29/paragraphs.html

Zork I, II, and III go open source
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

"Disney is under siege from all sides.
Within 48 hours of its decision to pull late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely, the parent company of ABC has once again found itself at the center of a bitter political battle. The company now faces protests outside its studios, celebrities threatening to break ties and political pressure from Republicans and Democrats."

Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread
Within 48 hours of its decision to pull late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely, Disney has once again found itself at the center of a bitter political battle.