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Could virtual reality help you deal with grief? An emotional reunion between a mother and an avatar of her daughter was broadcast in a South Korean documentary, "Meeting You."

We are just as vulnerable as any other person, our societies equally defenseless when neither walls nor habits can protect us

Closure of Greek-Turkish border was inevitable after Ankara gave free passage to refugees & migrants. But it can only be a short-term move in what's a long-term challenge. Through its fear & division on migration, EU has handed Erdogan the upper hand shar.es/aHm5S5

Deanna Dikeman’s portrait series doubles as a family album, compressing nearly three decades of her parents’ adieux into a deft and affecting chronology. nyer.cm/FRAFsGe

Had a chat with ever-insightful wolf piccoli about Erdogan's decision to wave asylum seekers & migrants through to Greek borders & islands - what prompted it, what #Erdogan is trying to achieve, what he wants from EU & why he doesn't care about #Greece shar.es/aHoHcJ

Cultural norms, top-down compliance and individual responsibility

Rutte says Dutch authorities will seek to "build group immunity" through "controlled" spread of the virus.

Huawei apparently donating 800,000 masks to the Netherlands. The nation’s 5G auction is scheduled for June, and the Dutch are yet to decide on whether to exclude the vendor from its 5G networks over espionage concerns.

Meta-meme

Απλά τα πράγματα! Αν σας άρεσε που τόσο καιρό μπορούσατε να περπατήσετε, να κάνετε τζόγκινγκ και ποδήλατο σαν άνθρωποι, υπογράψτε εδώ και στείλτε το και στους φίλους σας. secure.avaaz.org/el/community_p…

Turkey turns to medical diplomacy to heal damaged relations ekathimerini.com/252547

The cities we need. A strong defense of urban planning with a healthy dose of social engineering. nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opi…

There's been an unseemly political scramble in #Greece to claim fatherhood in judicial victory over Golden Dawn. But away from the backslapping, we see democracy, institutions & society that barely held together. Cause for concern rather than celebration? shar.es/abURbP

Even more chillingly, when asked whether Golden Dawn would have been “useful to society” if it stuck “exclusively to its ideas and political proposals” and didn't get involved in criminal activity, 9% said they “definitely” agreed & 12% said they “probably” agreed

Γιατί να ακους δύο ανθρώπους να μιλάνε για πράγματα που δεν γνωρίζουν; #MyGreeceMega

In documenting refugee trauma, a director obtains some relief for her own guilty conscience ekathimerini.com/culture/115673…

Hooverphonic, you're in the wrong place #foustanela

Greece’s Muslim and Jewish communities cry foul as the country moves closer to prohibiting ritual slaughter. So the debate is on: What should be the limits on religious and ritual particularities in an open society? ekathimerini.com/in-depth/11717…

A new initiative aims to preserve and curate audiovisual material on the Cyclades islands ekathimerini.com/culture/117727…