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Captain Europe (retired)
@captaineurope.bsky.social
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Retired real life 🇪🇺superhero. Full-time desk jockey in the Brussels machine. Eclectic tweets on public policy, travel, the environment and life in general.
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Happy with my latest purchase from @newsthump.com
A red sweatshirt emblazoned with the words ‘This is my Christmas jumper’
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Machine translation. Natch.
Disclaimer: This page has been automatically translated. Please refer to the page in French if needed.
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Sounds dramatic, but what was the cover for the submarine doing on Gibraltar?
(Taken from @en.france24.com )
1 Fuel leak blows cover for alleged Russian submarine Novorossiysk off Gibraltar EUROPE
October 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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US media be like
A woman in a pink kimono reading the news on North Korean television. The North Korean flag is in the background.
September 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Blue passport.
An EU ‘laissez passer’. The front cover is blue, with twelve gold stars in a circle and the words ‘European Union’ in the 24 official languages of the EU in protocol order.
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Long since stopped
A screenshot of me deleting the X app from my phone
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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So she’s going to fine them money they don’t have or give them a roof over their heads if they don’t accept the offer of a roof over their heads. I am sure they are quaking in their boots.
Leavitt says homeless population in DC could face fines or jail time if they refuse shelter published at 19:39 19:39 Leavitt is asked what will happen to the homeless population in DC, given the president's action pledge yesterday to clear "slums" and homeless encampments and to require them to leave the city. She says homeless people in the city will be given options to leave encampments, to get to shelters and get mental health help. If they refuse they could be fined or get jail time, she adds.
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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In einem System der Macht ist nichts privat.
Ulrich Mühe as Stasi officer Gerd Wiesel in the film ‚Das Leben der Anderen‘
June 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Moi: Deux Calvados, svp
Serveur: Avec glaçons?
Mon mari :
Celine Dion « je téléphone à la police » meme
May 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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If you see this post drop a blue character
Me, Captain Europe, in my blue and yellow superhero costume
April 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Someone feels your pain.
A post from Bernd Hüttemann lamenting the loss of Skype followed by a post from the ‘Endless Screaming’ account reasing AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
April 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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So has Michael Fabricant.
A man with ginger hair in a side parting, trying and failing to smile
April 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/e....
EU citizens or members of their family may be expelled from the host Member State on grounds of public policy, public security or public health. Guarantees are provided to ensure that such decisions are not taken on economic grounds, comply with the proportionality principle and are based on personal conduct, among other considerations.
April 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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US news reporting be like
A North Korean television news presenter
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Bad news for this shop
A shopfront with a sign reading ‘Comestible Jesus’
March 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Fun fact: the US national anthem segues perfectly into the Russian one.
First line of the US national anthem First line of the Russian national anthem
February 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Did the OED have anyone in particular in mind?
Word of the day rabiator NOUN Chiefly Scottish. A violent, greedy, or ruthless person; a plunderer; (also more generally) a scoundrel.
February 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Call me Hulk. #oops #superheroproblems
The sleeve of a formal white shirt. It is ripped, revealing a muscular forearm.
February 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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I think someone wants to come home with me.
A grey tabby cat lying in a partially packed suitcase
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A Nazi-era advertisement for a ‘Volksempfänger‘, a radio designed to receive government propaganda. Caption: ganz Deutschland hört den Führer mit dem Volksempfänger.
January 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Serves four, you say. I feel sorry for the other two people once him indoors and I have finished with this Christmas pudding.
A three quarters eaten Christmas pudding
December 21, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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An irony meter with the needle pointing to the right hand side of the display in the red zone of the dial indicating an overload in excess of 10 megatons of irony.
December 11, 2024 at 5:56 AM
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When you’re trying to get treatment on the UK NHS
Blue screen with message ‘Please wait for the gpsvc’
December 10, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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A female newsreader in front of the North Korean flag. She is wearing a pink kimono and looking serious.
November 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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I don’t have a pet. But this cat adopts me when I go on holiday.
A grey tabby cat nestling between my chest and my left arm, holding on to my arm with its front paws as if to say ‘My hooman! MINE!’
November 16, 2024 at 8:55 PM