Team Europe’s Deep Dive (Report #3)

We’re feeling just a little overwhelmed - not to say utterly delighted - by the wave of positive feedback Team Europe has received. Goodness, who would’ve thought that a simple curation report could spark so many interesting dialogues?! Thank you. We love it. We love interaction. Interaction - surely the very thing a “social” media platform should be about, right?

As the month has progressed, we’ve continued to search for the best that Steemit has to offer from both posts and comments - still spending longer than we’d like looking for both. With few exceptions (all familiar names to us now), the longer, more thought provoking comments have been in reply to a conversation started by us. Whilst this is lovely for us to see and boosts our enjoyment of the platform, we find it difficult to understand why there isn’t more of this around - we have so many votes that we’re desperate to distribute and with a little bit of effort away from your own blog, there’s a very high probability that we’ll find you.

Well then, to keep a long message short: here are our ”Picks of the Week” by users who certainly have no reason to feel slighted by us since they’ve published content that’s genuinely worth reading.

Philadelphia Connection: A Possible Inspiration for Titanic Character Names by @remlaps, USA

@remlaps is known here not only as a programmer and an excellent analyst of economically relevant Steem data. He also regularly writes well-researched texts with a scientific touch on all kinds of topics that interest him - often completely unrelated to computer science.
Today’s piece explores the theory that the characters Jack and Rose from the film “Titanic” may have their roots in real historical events from Philadelphia. He draws connections to local names, places, and incidents that suggest a kind of hidden link.

The Auyantepui project, by @wlin, Venezuela

In this story, former programmer Roberth White meets his old university colleague Sonya in a café - specifically in a dark corner, out of sight of surveillance cameras. Sonya mocks Roberth and considers him paranoid, as he seems to have almost entirely renounced the digital world. What unfolds is a gripping espionage tale. Not paranoia, but a disturbingly bitter reality?
@wlin stands out on Steem not only through his often profound contributions, but also through his engagement with the posts of other users. He frequently enters into in-depth dialogue with them - every now and then, we find ourselves captivated by his comments alone.

🎶Above and Below – A Tale of Rain, Rhyme, and Shadows - Musical Prose with Caribbean Soul 🎤📖 🎸 by @shemzee, Bulgaria

@shemzee is a talented poet, singer and songwriter who publishes stories and his self-written lyrics at irregular intervals. In this compelling narrative, which seems to be part of a serialized novel with autobiographical background, the protagonist is a quiet, serious musician with Caribbean roots. He lives in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, caught between the past and present reality, and philosophizes about his identity as a lonely outsider, using rap as his tool.
Sadly, the days when @shemzee used to sing and perform for the Steemians have been over for a while now. But who knows? If you ask him nicely...?

About... Untamed // Tutuboxd by @massola, Brazil

@massola sparks our curiosity about the Netflix series Untamed. What captivates him isn’t the crime thriller storyline centered on a grumpy cop, but rather the setting: Yosemite National Park. He visited the park himself a few years ago with his family, and so @massola combines his review of the show with a short personal travel story and other reflections and memories that the title of the series stirred in him. The article even includes a hand-drawn illustration, proudly featured as the cover image.

Le due Patrie by @aston.villa, Italia

A few Italian users have spoken about their diminishing feeling of “home” in Italy and @aston.villa highlights this in his recent post - Le due Patrie. Spending approximately ¼ of the year in Cuba, a country close to his heart, he fears the same loss of community there, seeing an increase in selfish behaviour. Some parallels could easily be drawn between his post, and events on Steemit which made should resonate with its readers.

Little Norway on the map on the wall there by @digi-me, Norway

When @digi-me’s post caught our attention, we were reminded - somewhat painfully - that some pretty awesome events in Europe are currently happening without us. Tour de France – what an event! We’d love to watch a stage or two live on screen, but… oh well. Next year! In the meantime, we’re passively rooting for the Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen. Well, actually, more for Oscar Onley and Florian Lipowitz... ;-)

El precio! by @jesusjacr, Venezuela

@jesusjacr is wondering who’s actually footing the bill for the flood of freely available LLM-based AI tools. After all, developing these programs and maintaining massive servers to host enormous amounts of data surely doesn’t come for free.
To begin with, @jesusjacr asks ChatGPT who ultimately pays the price for our “future prospects”, and then adds his own personal thoughts on each point.
Unfortunately, Jesus forgot to explicitly ask what price Steemians will have to pay in the end - those whose platform becomes less and less attractive the more AI-generated content clogs the blockchain. We’re confident he’ll catch up on that part.

NO Votes for Team Europe - 🔥🔥 100% Burning 🔥🔥 by @team-europe, Europe

Last but not least, we’d like to introduce our own project.
Until the end of our term, you’re welcome to cast your full votes here on a daily basis - especially when your VP (voting power) is overflowing and you just can’t find a post worth spending it on. You’ll be doing a good deed: according to expert calculations, burning STEEM helps stabilize the currency.
Of course, there’s something in it for you too: you’ll still receive CR (curation rewards), even though all author rewards go to @null.
Just follow @team-europe and watch out!

Keep on shining!

@chriddi, @moecki & @the-gorilla

2025-07-23