A Foreigner in Brussels
@afib.bsky.social
Working with (but not for) the EU institutions.
Policy, current affairs, governance, data.
Private life: family, running, hiking.
Policy, current affairs, governance, data.
Private life: family, running, hiking.
It's easy to think better of something when the entire world suddenly sees you for who - and what - you are
December 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's easy to think better of something when the entire world suddenly sees you for who - and what - you are
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you know the Nazis also blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, you can find many German diplomats expressing regret about the events followed by "but what can you expect when the Jews act this way?"
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
you know the Nazis also blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, you can find many German diplomats expressing regret about the events followed by "but what can you expect when the Jews act this way?"
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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12 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
12 December 1938 | French Jewish boy, Abel Bac, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 25 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Donald Trump reminds the entire world he has no idea what 6G means
www.theverge.com/policy/84208...
www.theverge.com/policy/84208...
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm not unconcerned about damage to children from sex content, but I'm definitely quite a bit more worried about the long-term damage to the world done by state propaganda.
On balance, I'd be more worried about any five-year-old getting told sex stuff than messaging about Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. But neither things are great.
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm not unconcerned about damage to children from sex content, but I'm definitely quite a bit more worried about the long-term damage to the world done by state propaganda.
Nahöstliche Verhältnisse im Nordatlantik
Wenn man stark ist, wird man in Trump-Land ernst genommen, wenn man sich schwach und unterwürfig gibt, wird man herumgeschubst. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Trumps rechter Angriff auf Europa
Wir sprechen über die neue Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie der US-Regierung und welche Auswirkungen sie auf Europa hat
www.derstandard.at
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nahöstliche Verhältnisse im Nordatlantik
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"These mysterious boats navigating close to European shores are no longer simply a means for Russia to sell oil to sustain its military-industrial base. They are also a military and intelligence threat in their own right." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
https://fam.ag/44zNluI
https://fam.ag/44zNluI
Moscow's Offshore Menace
How the shadow fleet enables Russia's hybrid warfare in Europe.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"These mysterious boats navigating close to European shores are no longer simply a means for Russia to sell oil to sustain its military-industrial base. They are also a military and intelligence threat in their own right." @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan
https://fam.ag/44zNluI
https://fam.ag/44zNluI
We are not a religious group. We are a people. As a people, we happen to have our own religion, one that nobody else has, but it is not what defines us. What defines us is peoplehood and land. #jewsky 1/3
Like most #religious groups, each generation of #Jews ✡️ has one #MOT, member of the #tribe whose paperwork we wish we could #revoke.
#StephenMiller, aka #selfhatingJew, thus far tops the #list.
Someone in school must have #pants the demented little weasel one too many times.
#Jewsky #takenote
#StephenMiller, aka #selfhatingJew, thus far tops the #list.
Someone in school must have #pants the demented little weasel one too many times.
#Jewsky #takenote
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We are not a religious group. We are a people. As a people, we happen to have our own religion, one that nobody else has, but it is not what defines us. What defines us is peoplehood and land. #jewsky 1/3
I feel we're all skirting around the fact that the guy who gave him his stupid fake award is called Infantino
Literally all this dude wants is for people to give him endless stupid awards and tell him how good and brilliant he is, doesn’t matter who, doesn’t matter if the awards are fake. Just gold stuff for the very special boy while he wrecks the world
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I feel we're all skirting around the fact that the guy who gave him his stupid fake award is called Infantino
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The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
Europe Needs A New Strategy Too
The new US National Security Strategy helps - or forces - European leaders to let go of the consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and to focus on an own strategy instead.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
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5 December 1932 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rachel van Gelder, was born in Groningen.
She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 February 1944 and from there, on 4 October 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 February 1944 and from there, on 4 October 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
5 December 1932 | Dutch Jewish girl, Rachel van Gelder, was born in Groningen.
She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 February 1944 and from there, on 4 October 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
She was deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 February 1944 and from there, on 4 October 1944, to Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Der frz Journalist Christophe #Gleizes ist in Algerien zu 7 J. Haft wegen “Verteidigung des Terrors” verurteilt worden, weil er über einen Fußballclub berichtet hat. Das algerische Regime erweist sich damit als würdiger Schüler der Mullahs im Metier der polit. Geiselnahme.
#FreeChristopheGleizes
#FreeChristopheGleizes
🇩🇿 La Cour d'appel de Tizi Ouzou en Algérie a confirmé mercredi la condamnation à sept ans de prison à l'encontre du journaliste français Christophe Gleizes, emprisonné depuis juin pour "apologie du terrorisme".
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Der frz Journalist Christophe #Gleizes ist in Algerien zu 7 J. Haft wegen “Verteidigung des Terrors” verurteilt worden, weil er über einen Fußballclub berichtet hat. Das algerische Regime erweist sich damit als würdiger Schüler der Mullahs im Metier der polit. Geiselnahme.
#FreeChristopheGleizes
#FreeChristopheGleizes
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Mit der Berufung von Tamika Mallory, einer Vertrauten des Islamisten Louis Farrakhan, in sein Übergangsteam zog der designierte New Yorker Bürgermeister Zohran Mamdani nicht nur die Kritik der jüdischen, sondern auch der LGBTQ-Gemeinde auf sich.
New York: Mallorys Ernennung gefährdet Juden und andere
Mit der Berufung der Farrakhan-Vertrauten Tamika Mallory zog Zohran Mamdani nicht nur die Kritik der jüdischen, sondern auch der LGBTQ-Gemeinde auf sich.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Mit der Berufung von Tamika Mallory, einer Vertrauten des Islamisten Louis Farrakhan, in sein Übergangsteam zog der designierte New Yorker Bürgermeister Zohran Mamdani nicht nur die Kritik der jüdischen, sondern auch der LGBTQ-Gemeinde auf sich.
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A Holocaust survivor blocked from speaking about Israel?!
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A Holocaust survivor blocked from speaking about Israel?!
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
Via ⌨️ @stop_antisemitism - "Brooklyn school principal, Arin Rusch of MS 447, blocked Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann from speaking to students saying his “messages around Israel” make him “not the right fit.”
This is outrageous."
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Jewish. The common ethnic link is "Jewish"
How is this complicated?
How is this complicated?
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Jewish. The common ethnic link is "Jewish"
How is this complicated?
How is this complicated?
Habe mir Revolution Germany nachgeguckt. Scheint rechtsaussene antisemitische Skinheads mit Keffiyehs zu sein 🤷🏻♂️
November 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Habe mir Revolution Germany nachgeguckt. Scheint rechtsaussene antisemitische Skinheads mit Keffiyehs zu sein 🤷🏻♂️
Merz gets a lot of flack from many people on this app but he is the only leader of a major Western European country who is saying remotely the right things about Russia. And if there is a more important issue right now, I don't know what it is. Hey lefties, you know who also hates Merz? The AfD.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Merz gets a lot of flack from many people on this app but he is the only leader of a major Western European country who is saying remotely the right things about Russia. And if there is a more important issue right now, I don't know what it is. Hey lefties, you know who also hates Merz? The AfD.
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26 November 1937 | French Jewish boy, Samek Erlich, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
26 November 1937 | French Jewish boy, Samek Erlich, was born in Paris.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 16 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
The E3 counter-plan is a betrayal of Ukraine.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The E3 counter-plan is a betrayal of Ukraine.
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22 November 1897 | Czech Jewish woman, Ludmila Mirská, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
22 November 1897 | Czech Jewish woman, Ludmila Mirská, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Jews don't count.
Mamdani just played Trump without sacrificing immigrants, Muslims, workers, or the LGBTQ.
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Jews don't count.