Emily Spanton
@whatdoesntkillu.bsky.social
Public and Mental Health | Politics and Policy. Free Palestine. Team Orca. Eng/French. She/Elle.
3 years ago today: I spent the morning at Belfast's Botanic Gardens before flying to Paris for the premiere of a documentary... about me.
TY to everyone who made that evening special - it was overwhelming, but the support did help ease the shock 🖤
TY to everyone who made that evening special - it was overwhelming, but the support did help ease the shock 🖤
April 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
3 years ago today: I spent the morning at Belfast's Botanic Gardens before flying to Paris for the premiere of a documentary... about me.
TY to everyone who made that evening special - it was overwhelming, but the support did help ease the shock 🖤
TY to everyone who made that evening special - it was overwhelming, but the support did help ease the shock 🖤
Today, we say goodbye to Miss Molly as she makes her way over the rainbow bridge... Grateful for one last snuggle 🖤
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today, we say goodbye to Miss Molly as she makes her way over the rainbow bridge... Grateful for one last snuggle 🖤
Happy Easter | Joyeuses Pâques 🐇
April 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy Easter | Joyeuses Pâques 🐇
5 years ago today...
North Americans complain about a loss of freedom during pandemic shutdowns but y'all have no idea what that actually means.
North Americans complain about a loss of freedom during pandemic shutdowns but y'all have no idea what that actually means.
March 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
5 years ago today...
North Americans complain about a loss of freedom during pandemic shutdowns but y'all have no idea what that actually means.
North Americans complain about a loss of freedom during pandemic shutdowns but y'all have no idea what that actually means.
I havent processed anything yet but I love the contrast in this shot.
March 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I havent processed anything yet but I love the contrast in this shot.
A final note: For those that don't know, I wasn't being questioned regarding something I did nor my status in France - I was the victim of a crime and the perpetrators were local police officers.
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A final note: For those that don't know, I wasn't being questioned regarding something I did nor my status in France - I was the victim of a crime and the perpetrators were local police officers.
12 March 2020 | Sunrise over Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Icelandair has the nicest airport lounge (and I've done a lot of travelling) - showered before having a complimentary mimosa & full breakfast, in a bed, w a real fireplace, while watching the sunrise.
• Still zero info re COVID, restrictions.
• Icelandair has the nicest airport lounge (and I've done a lot of travelling) - showered before having a complimentary mimosa & full breakfast, in a bed, w a real fireplace, while watching the sunrise.
• Still zero info re COVID, restrictions.
March 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
12 March 2020 | Sunrise over Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Icelandair has the nicest airport lounge (and I've done a lot of travelling) - showered before having a complimentary mimosa & full breakfast, in a bed, w a real fireplace, while watching the sunrise.
• Still zero info re COVID, restrictions.
• Icelandair has the nicest airport lounge (and I've done a lot of travelling) - showered before having a complimentary mimosa & full breakfast, in a bed, w a real fireplace, while watching the sunrise.
• Still zero info re COVID, restrictions.
5 years ago... I was on the phone with Foreign Affairs trying to find out if I should cancel my trip. Because it was court related, I was told I had to go. So, I got on a plane to Iceland.
By the time I reached Paris, the entire world had changed.
By the time I reached Paris, the entire world had changed.
March 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
5 years ago... I was on the phone with Foreign Affairs trying to find out if I should cancel my trip. Because it was court related, I was told I had to go. So, I got on a plane to Iceland.
By the time I reached Paris, the entire world had changed.
By the time I reached Paris, the entire world had changed.
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
6 yrs ago, I began my day as I did every day in Jan 2019: Lighting a candle for St Jeanne d'Arc at Notre Dame Paris.
Twelve excruciating hours later, I felt heard for the first time.
I realize now this moment didn't mark the end of the journey... In many ways, it was the start.
Twelve excruciating hours later, I felt heard for the first time.
I realize now this moment didn't mark the end of the journey... In many ways, it was the start.
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
6 yrs ago, I began my day as I did every day in Jan 2019: Lighting a candle for St Jeanne d'Arc at Notre Dame Paris.
Twelve excruciating hours later, I felt heard for the first time.
I realize now this moment didn't mark the end of the journey... In many ways, it was the start.
Twelve excruciating hours later, I felt heard for the first time.
I realize now this moment didn't mark the end of the journey... In many ways, it was the start.
Honorary mention in the chef's kiss 🤌 category goes to the Toronto Sun for how quickly they removed their story on Doug Ford's daughter, Krista Haynes, GoFundMe campaign for legal fees to fight TPS.
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Honorary mention in the chef's kiss 🤌 category goes to the Toronto Sun for how quickly they removed their story on Doug Ford's daughter, Krista Haynes, GoFundMe campaign for legal fees to fight TPS.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire.
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire.
If I were Denmark, I'd put massive tariffs on the export of pharmaceuticals to the US...
January 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If I were Denmark, I'd put massive tariffs on the export of pharmaceuticals to the US...
Saddle up the moose and release the cobra chickens: We ride at dawn.
January 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Saddle up the moose and release the cobra chickens: We ride at dawn.
Also environmentally friendly
August 5, 2023 at 1:13 PM
Also environmentally friendly
I'm fun at parties 🎉
July 31, 2023 at 7:43 PM
I'm fun at parties 🎉
Just received a reply to an email I sent.... in 2021.
And I thought I was bad for email response time.
And I thought I was bad for email response time.
July 27, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Just received a reply to an email I sent.... in 2021.
And I thought I was bad for email response time.
And I thought I was bad for email response time.
Équipe : j'ai fait l'erreur de lire la réponse de l'État . . . 🤢
July 24, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Équipe : j'ai fait l'erreur de lire la réponse de l'État . . . 🤢
Team, I did something stupid: I read the French response to the ECHR.
Not the whole thing, I'm not a masochist, but enough 🤢
Not the whole thing, I'm not a masochist, but enough 🤢
July 24, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Team, I did something stupid: I read the French response to the ECHR.
Not the whole thing, I'm not a masochist, but enough 🤢
Not the whole thing, I'm not a masochist, but enough 🤢