#Europe Press

[adribosch-fan]

Temu, el gigante chino de ventas online obtiene ganancias multimillonarias

Los ingresos del grupo chino, que no desglosa la evolución del negocio de Temu, sumaron unos 39.000 millones de dólares, un 78,4% más que entre enero y septiembre del año anterior Ventas en linea. PIXABAY MADRID.– El grupo chino PDD Holdings, matriz de la plataforma de comercio electrónico Temu, obtuvo un beneficio neto atribuido de 84.988 millones de yuanes (11.908 millones de dólares) en los…

[mapsontheweb]

The state of media and press freedom in Europe, 2024.

by very_useful_maps

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles on the Blue Carpet, "The Boys - Season 3" special screening at Le Grand Rex on May 23, 2022 in Paris, France.

[queen-daya]

ZENDAYA Monaco | April 13, 2024

[hanzajesthanza]

"the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story can't hurt you!!"

the michael kandel translation of "the witcher" short story:

[winepresswrath]

I'm enjoying amc loustat way more this season, mostly because I feel like they're letting Louis match Lestat's level of obsession and "don't drag anyone who is not at least an armand level freak into this." Last season I enjoyed Louis-Claudia and Lestat qua Lestat but loustat and lestat-claudia especially fell flat for me. Even lestatoinette disappointed! And I only like lestat/antoine as a vehicle for loustat drama and a sad sad case study on the hold depressive art majors have on Lestat (nicki.remix.uwillneverbehim.mp3), so they really had to dig deep to underwhelm me on that front. However the one-two-three punch of "was she worth it," "even now i'm still the only one you trust," and "show me the only way you know how to love," has worked some dark magic upon me. Louis isn't going to get well because he doesn't want to get well. He wants Lestat but he can't admit to it on account of his general inability to admit to his own complicity in the horrors. Losing Lestat almost but not quite tips him over the edge into acknowledging he wanted to keep him, but he still can't live with it so in the absence of the real thing he hallucinates a fictional Lestat to offload all of his frustrated guilty desire onto. What else was he going to do? acknowledge his own feelings and agency? admit to himself that he's hurting because he lost something that mattered and focus on putting Claudia first even though he's fucked up about it? impossible. Sick and twisted! Good for them.

[dyrewrites]

I need to wear a sign that states, "sorry I'm not paying attention, there are vampire husbands in my head and they won't stop touching each other and being adorably snippy."

[plantdad-dante]

Book #148 - The Truth by Terry Pratchett

(I feel like we as a society fandom don't talk enough about the Mothman reference.)

The guy with the printing press  is called... he's called.... the dwarf is called......... he... he's called..... he's called Goodmountain.

....

What's that joke, about screaming Terry's name to the heavens? Anyway.

Love is stored in the conversation about dwarven weddings. (Listen, I love the dwarfs?? Every aspect of them? How their culture is portrayed as so distinct and nuanced and how it is having its very own March of Progress, but in a still distinctly dwarven way. How, in the midst of it, the dwarfs still keep in touch with their traditions and keep both spirit and practice of them alive, while also finding evernew ways of following them?? Has any dwarf before turned lead into gold via printing press? Probably not, but Goodmountain did it anyway! He did something new, so he could do something old. I love the dwarfs.)

Pin and Tulip are fucking terrifying and fucking hilarious. In general, this might be the funniest Discworld book (yet, to me, this is not a final judgement). They also contain so many references that half my notes are made up of yelling movie names at myself (I am particularly fond of the Les Misérables references, but I hope that goes without saying). And Pin's spiral towards the end is so damn satisfying, omg (make the rat squirm).

Otto is a dear, Sacharissa is a treasure, and William is their douchebag boyfriend who sucks but at least he's aware of it so it's fine.

Lastly, not to get analytical, but this is the first time that the thematic driving force, the uncanny thing that has changed the lives of Ankh-Morpork... didn't go back into its box in the end. Unlike Holy Wood, unlike the shopping mall in Reaper Man, unlike the gonne, the printing press and the newspaper are here to stay. This ever-growing thing that will constantly need to be fed for the forseeable and unforseeable future, has warped the city, and this time, it sticks around.

Like, it's the first time that that has happened, Idk. Just... interesting.

[workersolidarity]

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UNITED KINGDOM HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF JULIAN ASSANGE, APPEALS MAY BEGIN

The High Court of the United Kingdom in British capital of London, ruled today in favor of Julian Assange, deciding the WikiLeaks founder will have an opportunity to appeal his extradition to the United States in British courts.

The High Court also gave the United States government three weeks the give guarantees that Julian Aplssange will be able to defend himself by invoking his rights under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Court also seeks assurances that Mr. Assange will not face the death penalty nor that he will be disadvantage by his status as an Australian citizen, all of which the U.S. has so far refused to provide the Court.

If these assurances are not met, Assange will be granted permission to appeal and a hearing will take place.

Had the Court ruled against Assange, all his appeals would have been exhausted and his extradition to the United States would have been granted immediately.

Mr. Assange faces charges in the United States under the Espionage Act, an antiquated and draconian law never before used in cases involving journalists.

A last ditch effort could also have been made to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, however, following Brexit, it is unclear what, if anything, a European Court ruling against the extradition .could have done to influence the British decision.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[drsonnet]

A beach explosion in Gaza apart of the Israel-Gaza War. Photo credit: Times.

A man carries a child as another lies dead after two explosions on a beach in Gaza, July 16, 2014. Tyler Hicks—The New York Times/Redux

Pictures Say a Thousand Words and We Need Them

Media Ethics and Society: Pictures Say a Thousand Words and We Need Them (scrippsmediaethics.blogspot.com)

[memyselfandtheemperor]

For the new comers  that are insterested in reading  the whole comic thingy from the beginning, you can do it here:  

https://memyselfandtheemperor.tumblr.com/post/685417116140273664

Cheers!

[mapsontheweb]

2023 World Press Freedom Index and the country with the closest score outside Europe.

Highest: 🇳🇴Norway 95.2 • Lowest: 🇹🇷Turkey 34

by Maps_interlude

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles on the Blue Carpet, "The Boys - Season 3" special screening at Le Grand Rex on May 23, 2022 in Paris, France. (x)

[queen-daya]

“the queen in milan”

[hematomes]

one thing that never fails to baffle me is that everytime we ask privileged people to do one (1) simple thing like boycotting something, they prove that they don't give a flying fuck about us. first it was the harry potter game, cis (and some white trans) people literally bought it and either gloated about it or pretended like adding trans flags to the game would save the numerous problems in harry potter, and now they're all like "boycott fatigue" because they can't stand the thought of not going to starbucks anymore to get their piss-flavored overpriced coffee, and can't hold off from watching the shit show that is stranger things because wahh wahhh they grew up with it 🥺🥺🥺

like. thanks for proving us over and over again that we can't fucking count on you for such a small gesture, it's wonderful to realize how little of a fuck you give about oppressed people