Emily B
@emilycgb.bsky.social
🇦🇹🇺🇸 in Brussels / EU 🇪🇺| chemicals•plastics•policy•circular economy | she/her | 🚲| swiftie 🩵| solo mom | booksky 💙📚
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1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Direct - Grève de enseignants : des écoles perturbées en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, les profs dénoncent les mesures du gouvernement MR-Engagés
Direct - Grève de enseignants : des écoles perturbées en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, les profs dénoncent les mesures du gouvernement MR-Engagés - RTBF Actus
www.rtbf.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Direct - Grève de enseignants : des écoles perturbées en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, les profs dénoncent les mesures du gouvernement MR-Engagés
!!!!! Public service announcement!
One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
!!!!! Public service announcement!
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This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
In 2026 will continue simplifying ↓
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
Over a half of our legislative proposals will focus on making EU laws easier to apply and implement faster.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
I've only looked at the "simplification" rules for data protection and they seem to be written by someone who doesn't understand the regulations in the first place.
It's not about disagreeing, irrespective of goals they're incompetent. 🧵
Cutting complexity to food safety rules 🥴
From energy and taxation to food safety and medical devices, we’re cutting complexity to:
✅ Save businesses over €8.6 billion annually
✅ Deliver faster services, safer products, and less admin for citizens
✅ Boost innovation and competitiveness across the Single Market
✅ Save businesses over €8.6 billion annually
✅ Deliver faster services, safer products, and less admin for citizens
✅ Boost innovation and competitiveness across the Single Market
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cutting complexity to food safety rules 🥴
Hopefully the plastic is bio-based 🤣
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hopefully the plastic is bio-based 🤣
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New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
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Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Separately to my other reply, your post reminded me of a 1970s cartoon that I just managed to find online
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“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Panels installed flat against the roof, in particular, fared well. Some rooftop solar owners have taken to removing their panels ahead of strong winds. Many were already back online.”
2nd urban arrow I’ve heard of to be stolen this week in Bxl
🚨 STOLEN CARGO BIKE – PLEASE HELP! 🚲
A cargo bike used by Kidical Mass was stolen in Forest.
If you’ve seen it or have any information, please get in touch!
It’s an important community bike used for children’s rides and events
📍 Location: Forest (Brussels)
📅 When: night 7 to 8 november
📸 Urban Arrow
A cargo bike used by Kidical Mass was stolen in Forest.
If you’ve seen it or have any information, please get in touch!
It’s an important community bike used for children’s rides and events
📍 Location: Forest (Brussels)
📅 When: night 7 to 8 november
📸 Urban Arrow
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
2nd urban arrow I’ve heard of to be stolen this week in Bxl
I caved and bought my son a switch 2 😑
In my defense it will be his Hanukkah + birthday present
But still… concerned I’m setting a bad precedent with this one 😮💨
In my defense it will be his Hanukkah + birthday present
But still… concerned I’m setting a bad precedent with this one 😮💨
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I caved and bought my son a switch 2 😑
In my defense it will be his Hanukkah + birthday present
But still… concerned I’m setting a bad precedent with this one 😮💨
In my defense it will be his Hanukkah + birthday present
But still… concerned I’m setting a bad precedent with this one 😮💨
Bizarrely quite close to the anniversary of the Pittsburgh Sinkhole Bus incident
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bizarrely quite close to the anniversary of the Pittsburgh Sinkhole Bus incident
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
- Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
- Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Excuse me but why does this photo and description accurately represent my mother 🤣
A key figure in US politics that I think a lot of European observers obsessed with MAGA voters haven't really got their heads around is your average boring middle class suburban voter who in the face of incomprehensible reactionary chaos hankers after a Normie Revolution.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excuse me but why does this photo and description accurately represent my mother 🤣
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Even if you twig what this is about, the last post is still worth it
Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Even if you twig what this is about, the last post is still worth it
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You don't have to like Nutella to agree that changing the rules mid-game isn't helpful to companies that are already investing €€€ in complying with them. @davidcarretta.bsky.social takes a deep dive into the economic accidents that "Politics by Omnibus" cause. ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/europemo...
Omnibus Politics: Killing Legal Certainty, Stalling Investment
Good morning!
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
You don't have to like Nutella to agree that changing the rules mid-game isn't helpful to companies that are already investing €€€ in complying with them. @davidcarretta.bsky.social takes a deep dive into the economic accidents that "Politics by Omnibus" cause. ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/europemo...
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
This post brings me back to the results in November 2017, when my son was still a baby, me scrolling on twitter (RIP) reading VA and other results while breastfeeding
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This post brings me back to the results in November 2017, when my son was still a baby, me scrolling on twitter (RIP) reading VA and other results while breastfeeding
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Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
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Republicans were really hoping to win control of Pennsylvania's state supreme court before the next presidential election.
But Democrats swept 3 seats today.
It's now very unlikely the GOP can win an outright majority on the court before at least 2029:
But Democrats swept 3 seats today.
It's now very unlikely the GOP can win an outright majority on the court before at least 2029:
Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Republicans were really hoping to win control of Pennsylvania's state supreme court before the next presidential election.
But Democrats swept 3 seats today.
It's now very unlikely the GOP can win an outright majority on the court before at least 2029:
But Democrats swept 3 seats today.
It's now very unlikely the GOP can win an outright majority on the court before at least 2029: