While the 11 U.S. cities hosting FIFA World Cup 2026™ matches do not need to build new stadiums — as many past host countries have — venues are ensuring fields designed for American football deliver a top-notch experience for soccer players and their fans.
#WeekendRead - In partnership with FIFA, Michigan State University and the University of Tennessee have developed and tested natural grass fields that can thrive in the varied climates of North American host cities, including dome stadiums common in American football. Innovators built a state-of-the-art shade house to test grass varieties that work well for indoor fields.
share.america.gov/us-readies…
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Social media has overtaken traditional media as a news source globally.
Reuters Institute's 2026 Digital News Report: 54% used social media for news last week, compared with 51% on traditional media (TV, radio, news websites). @risj_oxford
#WeekendRead: tr.ee/E9wtG9
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Can’t wait to read this! New book by my friend, and American Patriot 🇺🇸 @PeteHegseth #WeekendRead
I tried to look as serious as he does on the cover!
#Quienesmasmacho ??
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Building a more trustworthy connected world.
The @eratosthenesprj project developed a framework to embed trust, identity and security into connected devices like cars, medical sensors and factory machines from the start.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/tf9Ntc
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The EU sold €414 billion worth of high-tech products in 2024.
According to @EU_Eurostat, pharmaceuticals led high-tech production (29.1%), followed by electronics and telecommunications (23.1%) and scientific instruments (20.8%).
#WeekendRead: 🔗 link.europa.eu/6RWngq
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Mulling over some #FridayThoughts for a #weekendread? Why not pick up a copy of #SecondChances and see what people are enjoying about it?
It's available #free on #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/brinker2ndchances
#Weekend #FridayMorning #SaturdayMorning
#SundayMorning #love #thriller
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Digital tools are helping farmers tackle everyday challenges.
The EU-funded @OpenAgriEU project is developing open-source technology to help farmers manage crop disease, irrigation and other challenges, with practical and affordable tools.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/BFhDXN
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Spain is boosting its quantum technology capabilities.
New nanofabrication facility in Barcelona will help researchers and companies develop advanced chips and nanoscale devices for quantum computing, communications and other technologies.
#WeekendRead: tr.ee/WpA1bn
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Can deepfakes be used for good?
The EU-funded SOLARIS project explored the risks and benefits of synthetic media. It found that tackling deepfakes requires journalism, regulation, public awareness, and citizen participation.
#WeekendRead: 🔗 link.europa.eu/6HTv7y
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#weekendread Exciting #BooksWorthReading in various genres #Romance #horror #thrillers #Cowboys #HistoricalFiction - Here are some #authors worth reading:
@ninsthewriter @LindaHuber19 @TudorTweep @UviPoznansky @authorjamiller @steven_arnett @CAASBREY @PennilessScribe @Kellyrei007 @MartinJBest1 @LisetteBrodey @Sandra_Cox @dk_deters @Thompson_DavidW @Suzy_Henderson @JoyYorkAuthor @JessScachetti @KathleenHarrym1 @montyjaxon1 @lindsayromantic @trisha460 @paul_cude @EricWilderOK @Joywoodauthor @ta_welton @Lin_Anderson
Find your next favorite book!
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Excessive screen time and social media are linked to young people's wellbeing.
A new @EurobarometerEU survey: 48% of adolescents say social media has a positive impact on mental wellbeing, while nearly 1 in 3 feel stressed, sad or excluded.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/mkd479
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Almost 9 in 10 young Europeans are on social media.
In 2025, 89.3% of 16–29-year-olds in the EU used social networks, compared to 67.3% overall.
Usage exceeded 90% in 19 countries, led by Cyprus, Czechia and Denmark.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/XgvJrK
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#WeekendRead - The world’s top soccer teams are converging on the United States for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. The tournament will feature professional teams playing matches June 14–July 13. share.america.gov/sports-soc…
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Europe’s digital transformation is accelerating.
The 2026 edition of @EU_Eurostat’s Digitalisation in Europe publication highlights rising AI use, stronger digital skills & growing use of ICT.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/HtknhW
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#Spring has sprung
The sun is high
& Eddie's #book
Is here to buy 👇
getbook.at/Eddie_the_Elephan…
#weekendread #booksforkids #bookstagram #selfesteem #IAN1 #kidlit #earlylearning #parenting #picturebook #kindness #laughs #fun
#PictureBooks #kidsbook #bedtimestories #shortstories
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How much time are young people spending online?
A study of 18-year-olds in Portugal found 60% spend at least four hours online each day, with social media being the most popular activity. Almost 40% first used the internet before age 10.
#WeekendRead: tr.ee/8KNL3k
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#WeekendRead: Playwright, critic and former Trustee @Bonn1eGreer shares a personal story of three journeys that had a profound impact on her life – considering identity, human connection and understanding our shared history: ow.ly/POIY30qATRh
ALT A mother with her daughter on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. following the 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 19 November 1954.
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In our first #WeekendRead newsletter of the year, we look at 3 big priorities for 2021, along with Denmark's green vision, the legal standing of digital currencies, and more. Read and subscribe here: ow.ly/2rE650D9xt7
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Why is it so hard to stop scrolling?
A study tracking 900 people found that momentary temptation, more than stress or mood, was the biggest factor driving people to social media, online shopping, or video games.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/QBPvjR
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AI-generated wildlife videos are changing how people perceive animals, a study finds.
Fabricated AI animal content can create misleading impressions of wildlife behaviour and influence how people understand and engage with nature.
#WeekendRead: tr.ee/XtAwlC
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New white paper explores four possible futures for digital democracy in Europe.
Published under the EU-funded INNOVADE project, it outlines four scenarios for 2050, examining how digital technologies could shape democracy and society.
#WeekendRead: 🔗link.europa.eu/Jg4kqP
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In today's edition of IMF #WeekendRead we focus on building resilience through adaptation, fault lines of the world economy, private finance for Africa's development, economic inclusion, streaming services in emerging markets and much more. ow.ly/7GQ550FdLRs
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How did we reconstruct a work first seen in a 1960s Tokyo nightclub at MoMA?
From discos to eBay, a curator and a conservator go behind the scenes of Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver’s Cinematic Illumination. "You’re transported to a different world." mo.ma/37tTo6y #WeekendRead
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A web app is making advanced x-ray experiments easier to run.
With support from the EU-funded ARISE project, researchers developed an open-source interface that automates complex experiments and makes structural biology more accessible.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/pcQCVf
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Publication of the week!
This week, we have a new one from our team, focused on Africans' attitudes toward adopting genetic testing for diagnosis and research.
What is hindering this adoption?
Find the answers here: link.springer.com/article/10…
#PublicationoftheWeek #WeekendRead
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Get Second Chances for a #twisted #weekendread
amzn.eu/bSJgzU4
a.co/76WwIDc
#AuthorUproar #IndieBooksBlast #BookBoost
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#WeekendRead: @katiefar's poetic response to our exhibition, "Engineer, Agitator, Constructor" — a fever dream of commodity fetishism inspired by Aleksandr Rodchenko and Vladimir Mayakovsky's ad agency in 1920s Soviet Union. mo.ma/2Kruk
ALT Brown poster advertising cocoa powder with graphic Russian slogans surrounding the yellow cocoa can.
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Dumb money!? Dr. Elias in his award winning “Generate Thousands” book thinks otherwise. #weekendread #AMC #GME
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Video games are helping tackle real-world challenges.
From healthcare and education to research and policymaking, 10 EU-funded projects are using serious games to deliver real-world impact.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/4hFyNJ
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#WeekendRead Laura Brodie explores Confederate monuments, and how artist Kara Walker undoes these long-revered symbols of the South in her charcoal triptych, "40 Acres of Mules." → mo.ma/3qJHZXB
ALT Charcoal drawings arranged in a triptych with layered iconography, including the figures of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, horses, Klansmen, the Confederate flag, and male and female nude figures, into a swirling, quasi-apocalyptic scene of physical and sexual domination and degradation.
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Studying Chess? Get yourself one of these tiny chess boards. You're Welcome 😊 #weekendread #chessbooks
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As Frank Zappa once said, “So many books, so little time.” What are you reading this weekend? #amreading #weekendread
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Over 4 in 10 Europeans encountered hostile content online in 2025.
42.3% of internet users in the EU saw degrading or hostile messages online, most commonly targeting political views, race or ethnicity & sexual orientation.
#WeekendRead: link.europa.eu/DvVqDc
@EU_Eurostat
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The Georgia General Assembly this year has passed multiple repressive laws affecting what educators are allowed to teach students. Now, Georgia teen activists are fighting back. Read more in the #WeekendRead: bit.ly/3KPsPLB
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In the latest edition of IMF #WeekendRead newsletter, we focus on an assessment of the US economy, the need to act for Africa, the outlook on inflation, inclusive innovation, debt relief for Sudan, and much more. Read and subscribe here: bit.ly/3dJFxMB
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"Chemist must resist the temptation to make his own physics; if he does, it will be bad physics - just as physicist has sometimes been tempted to make his own chemistry, and then it was bad chemistry."
#weekendread
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