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Moving good food to great communities within planetary boundaries
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Do you work with or in a sustainable agriculture or food systems center at a college or university? If so, check out this article on issues our centers have faced over the last 35 years.
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Resilience strategies for centers and institutes focused on food systems transformation | Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
JAFSCD: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Publication of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.134.018
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Washington Week with The Atlantic
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"Washington's a historic city, and if you try to change your door or your front yard in a lot of different parts of the city, you would have to go through a whole big bureaucratic process," said
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please let ppl know that the big ugly bill cut SNAP funding, set to happen after the midterms. The loss of the program due to shutdown will show how bad it will be
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I know you have a paper on this topic, waiting to be published âŠ.https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/72652/food-system-planning-governance-democratization-across-scales-pathways-toward-achieving-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-through-food-system-transformationundefined
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Frontiers | Food System Planning, Governance, & Democratization Across Scales: Pathways Toward Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals Through Food System Transformation
Global food systems are at a crossroads. Climate change, ecological degradation, diet-related illness, economic inequality, and systemic inequality all conve...
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/72652/food-system-planning-governance-democratization-across-scales-pathways-toward-achieving-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-through-food-system-transformationundefined
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#HandsOff
Madison WI est 20k
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Hands Off Madison Wisconsin - 10k?
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Mexicoâs President Sheinbaum knows how to handle Trump. What is her secret??
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AFL-CIO
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We commend the courtâs decision to uphold the integrity and independence of the NLRB by ordering Gwynne Wilcox to be returned to her seat. A president cannot undermine an independent agency by removing a member of the board because they disagree with them.
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Technology Connections
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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Nicole Tersigni
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youâre fired. wait youâre rehired. email us a list of things youâve done today wait forget it youâre fired again. come back your job was important. youâre fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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A trans Atlantic break. We have a gangster for President and Europe realized we need a new world leader.
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George-Andre Simon
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From: HLPE-FSN High Level Panel of Expert on Food Security and Nutrition 16 January. đ Peace is the cornerstone of food security and nutrition, and upholding the
#RightToFood
is fundamental to human dignity. đïž The HLPE-FSN welcomes the ceasefire in
#Gaza
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Karma & Chaos
9 months ago
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. -- Rumi
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awkword
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120+ Indigenous tribal leaders have sent a letter asking for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier âA survivor of the federally funded boarding school system where he endured years of physical, emotional, and spiritual abuseâ
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Check out this video on REAP - started by a few people in a church basement circa 2001.
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Clouds North Films on LinkedIn: #food #madisonwi #agriculture #farm #school #business #communityâŠ
Have you ever wondered how locally-sourced food plays a part in our community? Here in Wisconsin, REAP Food Group plays a large role in connecting localâŠ
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/clouds-north-films_food-madisonwi-agriculture-activity-7283576256627929088-o2eK?utm_source=share
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@Governor Evers pls support distribution services for independent food supply networks!
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The Atlantic
10 months ago
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state,
@mccrummen.bsky.social
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The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-movement-trump/681092/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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Cats of Yore
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I feel like the Icelandic Yule Cat, Jólakötturinn, is pretty well known at this point, but just in case you haven't heard...
icelandicfolklore.is/the-yule-cat/
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The Yule Cat â Icelandic Folklore
https://icelandicfolklore.is/the-yule-cat/
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The flow state of cooperation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Simultaneous intracranial recordings of interacting brains reveal neurocognitive dynamics of human cooperation - Nature Neuroscience
Using intracranial recordings in pairs of humans cooperating in interactive games, this study shows fine-grained cooperation dynamics featured by state-dependent motives and the intrabrain and interbr...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01824-y
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Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders â new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery
Researchers measured lawmakersâ wealth and found that those whose Southern ancestors owned slaves before abolition have a higher net worth today.
https://theconversation.com/many-wealthy-members-of-congress-are-descendants-of-rich-slaveholders-new-study-demonstrates-the-enduring-legacy-of-slavery-239077
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The impact of diesel emissions on transportation core nodes is understudied. Here is one:
resphealth.org/wp-content/u...
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https://resphealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Dirty-Dozen-Impact-of-Diesel-Engine-Pollution-in-Illinois.pdf
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Check out OECDs report on subsidies.
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2024
This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five nonâOECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. It finds that despite s...
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/agricultural-policy-monitoring-and-evaluation-2024_74da57ed-en.html
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Robert Reich
11 months ago
A federal judge just blocked Kroger's $24.6B acquisition of Albertsons. Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations. Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge. This deal was a rotten egg.
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Federal judge blocks Krogerâs $25 billion mega-merger with Albertsons | CNN Business
A federal judge in Oregon blocked Krogerâs proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history would limit competition and harm consumers.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/business/kroger-albertsons-merger-ruling/index.html
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Dakota Rural Action
11 months ago
CAFOs and the factory farm gas industry are the latest climate-solution grifters with their greenwashing of "renewable" natural gas. Get the latest from the
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#climate
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www.iatp.org/bad-climate-policy-factory-farms
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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
11 months ago
This week, alongside 40+ organizations in the EU Food Policy Coalition, we sent an open letter to the new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, calling for a just transition for European farming. Read it here:
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Austin Frerick
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đđđ to DOJ/FTC (this is why political appointees matter) In food, you really did see the worst and best of Biden's political appointments: Khan/Kanter on one hand and Vilsack on the other.
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Kroger-Albertsons Merger Blocked by Court, Handing Victory to Biden Antitrust Enforcers
The ruling hands a victory to Biden antitrust enforcers, who said the $20 billion supermarket merger would erode competition and raise prices for consumers.
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/kroger-albertsons-merger-blocked-by-court-handing-victory-to-biden-antitrust-enforcers-9707307b?mod=djemalertNEWS
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POLITICO Europe
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The EUâs top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, says Russia has learned how to influence elections through new technologies.
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Russia has learned how to influence elections, EUâs top diplomat warns
Kaja Kallas says todayâs methods for evaluating the fairness of elections are outdated.
https://www.politico.eu/article/kaja-kallas-russia-election-influence-technology-romania-democracy/
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Mark Cuban
11 months ago
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders đ§”
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This program has had a major impact on Wisconsin foodsystems
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USDA Announces Availability of $1.13 Billion for Local Food Programs
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAMS/bulletins/3c69006
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Sally Deal - đ Call your legislators @ (202)224-3121 â°24/7!
11 months ago
I had a convo w/ a Fox-watching neighbor who said they left the stock market when Biden won, against advice of their financial adviser. LOL She showed disdain for produce from Mexico, obviously not knowing they supplied 69% of our veggies & 51% of fresh fruits in 2022.
www.yahoo.com/news/fruits-...
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Here are the fruits and vegetables from Mexico that could see higher prices from Trump tariffs
The U.S. imports approximately 60% of its fresh fruit and 40% of its fresh vegetables.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fruits-vegetables-mexico-could-see-231329716.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr
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Exactly Sarah. Enough knee jerk-we can handle nuanced information. These are complex systems and deserve science based consideration.
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Karma & Chaos
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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
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Farm Aid
11 months ago
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that the USDA supported more than 23,000 climate-focused conservation contracts funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Biden-Harris Administration Sets Record Investment in Private Lands Conservation in 2024 Thanks to Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2024 â The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) supported more than 23,000 climate-focused conservation contracts funded by th...
https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2024/12/04/biden-harris-administration-sets-record-investment-private-lands
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sanjukta paul
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Going to be honest, I don't really care about diversity statements (don't want to start an argument though) for faculty applicants. What I do care about is preemptive mollification of Trump from people in (local) power, which will play out in the worst way possible if it's a general strategy.
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Karma & Chaos
11 months ago
The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong. -- Carl Jung
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Silvia Secchi
11 months ago
One of my favorite things in the bird app was
#ThrowbackThursday
so I'm bringing it back! Today: contemporaneous evidence that soil erosion and deforestation were seen as problems in Iowa early on due to unsustainable practices & farming on marginal land (an issue that goes back to land sales) 1/
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Farm Aid
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Farm Aid mourns the passing of our dear friend, Corky Jones, who passed yesterday at the age of 92. A lifelong farmer in Brownsville, Nebraska, Corky was a leader of the American Agriculture Movement and one of the leaders of the 1979 Tractorcade.
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Farm Aid Remembers our Friend Corky Jones
A lifelong farmer in Brownsville, Nebraska, Corky was a leader of the American Agriculture Movement and one of the leaders of the 1979 Tractorcade.
https://www.farmaid.org/blog/farm-aid-remembers-our-friend-corky-jones/
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Reuters
11 months ago
South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high political drama overnight had spilled into everyday life
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Daily life in Seoul ticks on, but in shock, after six hour martial law drama
South Koreans went to offices, businesses and schools as usual on Wednesday with scarcely any visible signs in the capital Seoul that six hours of surprise martial law and high political drama overnight had spilled into everyday life.
https://reut.rs/3ZnvlAi
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Reuters
11 months ago
In three countries now suffering severe food crises, Reuters found that governments or rebels have blocked or falsified the flow of data to the worldâs primary hunger monitor or have tried to suppress its findings
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December 3, 2024 What just happened in South Korea ? HCR:
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December 3, 2024
For an astonishing six hours today, South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserte...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/december-3-2024?r=f0xvk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Call for Papers: Indigenous Heritage and Climate Activism â Global Indigenous Responses to Environmental Crisis. Chapters must be Indigenous-led and first authored. Send a title and short abstract, to
[email protected]
and
[email protected]
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Erik Halvorsen
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âObviously Gableman was incapable of conducting a credible investigation. Vos hired him anyway, and gave the bumbling former justice a blank check. After months of secretive schemes & embarrassments, Gableman produced an error-ridden report ârife with misleading claims.â
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Editorial | Don't let Robin Vos worm his way out of Gableman fiasco
Editorial: The self-righteous Wisconsin Assembly speaker canât change that he was personally responsible for the bogus investigation of the 2020 election.
https://captimes.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-dont-let-robin-vos-worm-his-way-out-of-gableman-fiasco/article_e7407102-ab45-11ef-af05-5335b413c1d0.html
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The Guardian
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No more marches, but I have faith in women to stand up to Trump | Natasha Walter
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No more marches, but I have faith in women to stand up to Trump | Natasha Walter
Feminist solidarity has weakened, but women around the world tell me their fight continues What happens in America does not stay in America. The prospect of Trumpâs second administration is devastating for many American women, but its reverberations areâŠ
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/01/there-are-cracks-in-the-feminist-movement-but-i-have-faith-in-women-to-stand-up-to-trump?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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The Guardian
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Wake up and smell the coffee: rising food prices show destabilising impact of climate crisis | Heather Stewart
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Wake up and smell the coffee: rising food prices show destabilising impact of climate crisis | Heather Stewart
Policymakers must act as extreme weather events put more pressure on food inflation and production worldwide Your morning â and afternoon â coffee is the latest staple threatened by climate chaos: the price of quality arabica beans shot to its highestâŠ
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/01/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-rising-food-prices-show-destabilising-impact-of-climate-crisis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Laurence H. Tribe
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âThe key takeaway from our comparative research is this: There are indeed choppy waters ahead for American democracy. But we are confident that the United States is a strong ship that even an unhinged captain cannot run aground.â
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Opinion | Why American democracy will survive
Students panicked after Trumpâs win, but our research on autocracy points to democracyâs resilience.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/26/american-democracy-resilience-trump-second-term/
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Karma & Chaos
11 months ago
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -- Nietzsche
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ProPublica
11 months ago
When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story. By
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Death on a Dairy Farm: What Really Happened to 8-Year-Old Jefferson RodrĂguez
When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely differentâŠ
https://propub.li/4i5rMHP
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Débora Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D
11 months ago
Hi
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@rafrancescone.bsky.social
and I are looking for a postdoc candidate interested in immunology, with experience in flow cytometry, to run projects exploring mechanisms of immunosuppression in pancreatic cancer. Come to beautiful Michigan! Official announcement soon. DM us
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Movement in the wrong directionâŠhttps://www.state.gov/statement-on-georgias-suspension-of-european-union-accession/
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Statement on Georgiaâs Suspension of European Union Accession - United States Department of State
The decision by Georgian Dream to suspend Georgiaâs EU accession process goes against the promise to the Georgian people enshrined in their constitution to pursue full integration into the European Un...
https://www.state.gov/statement-on-georgias-suspension-of-european-union-accession/
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