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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/282715/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/282715/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Living Cycles in Regenerative Architecture: Lessons from the Goetheanum <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ADTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADTopics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArchDailyTopic2025RegenerativeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArchDailyTopic2025RegenerativeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtsAndDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtsAndDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bauhaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bauhaus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommunityDrivenDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDrivenDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concrete</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Daylight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Daylight</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EcologicalDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcologicalDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Materials</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OrganicArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RegenerativeArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegenerativeArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RegenerativeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegenerativeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuralArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuralArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RuralLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuralLiving</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VernacularArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VernacularArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wood</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/175966/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/175966/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Nothing Is Lost, Everything Transforms: The Reusable Future of the Biennial’s Structures <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ADTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADTopics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArchDailyTopic2025RethinkingMaterials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArchDailyTopic2025RethinkingMaterials</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtsAndDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtsAndDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BiennaleGiardini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiennaleGiardini</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CircularDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularDesign</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pavilions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pavilions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reuse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TemporaryArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TemporaryArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VeniceArchitectureBiennale2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeniceArchitectureBiennale2025</span></a></p>
Kirsty's Old Account<p>“In place of cookies, Google has introduced a new set of tools that makes the Chrome browser itself keep tabs on what you’re doing online. Essentially, that data stays on your device, and your browser sorts you into various categories, or “Ad Topics” as Google calls them. …<br>Make no mistake, Chrome is still tracking you, and doing it in a way that browsers like Firefox and Safari don’t.”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tracking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacySandbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacySandbox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AdTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTopics</span></a><br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/google-chrome-cookie-privacy-sandbox-launch-date-jan-4-1851098807" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/google-chrome-cook</span><span class="invisible">ie-privacy-sandbox-launch-date-jan-4-1851098807</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://epic.org/google-ad-topics-another-cog-in-the-surveillance-advertising-machine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">epic.org/google-ad-topics-anot</span><span class="invisible">her-cog-in-the-surveillance-advertising-machine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> under pressure to support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userprivacy</span></a> &amp; turn off 3rd-party <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a>, but doing so in a way that only gives them more control over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userdata</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTopics</span></a> restricts 3rd parties from Chrome users’ data, but G itself retains control over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> lifecycle—from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datacollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacollection</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adtargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtargeting</span></a>. G has been under scrutiny for its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anticompetitive</span></a> practices in Europe, and is also currently on trial in an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> suit against the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usdoj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usdoj</span></a>.</p>
jfk<p>Remember the huge outcry when Google originally announced FLoC?</p><p>Yeah, Google simply renamed it and progressively rolls it out with the new Chrome version. You can't win.</p><p>Use Firefox. </p><p><a href="https://social.tinycyber.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.tinycyber.space/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://social.tinycyber.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://social.tinycyber.space/tags/FLoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLoC</span></a> <a href="https://social.tinycyber.space/tags/AdTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTopics</span></a></p>
Hughster<p>This really doesn't look like the right way to convince the uninitiated end user who has no idea about any of this to opt in. "It wants to allow any website to see my browsing history?!"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTopics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>