Rae of Sunshine
@mmedebeauvoir.bsky.social
Lawyer linguist 🇪🇺. Knitter. Maker. Cat lady. Socialist. Feminist. #LFC. European. Bad-tempered. Foul-mouthed 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇧🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷. Dividing my time between Luxembourg and France. Views are mine. Posts will be 95% #knitting and #sewing.
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Dear Bluesky,
My beloved @jans-red.bsky.social died on Tuesday morning.
Please raise a beer or a coffee to him and keep him in your thoughts. 🙏🏼❤️
My beloved @jans-red.bsky.social died on Tuesday morning.
Please raise a beer or a coffee to him and keep him in your thoughts. 🙏🏼❤️
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Fire Hound' by stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Fire Hound' by stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt
Breathtaking.
Embroidered Japanese silk was fashioned into a tea gown in the late #1870s, the addition of blue silk panels shaping it into the bustle style silhouette. The exquisite-ness of the stitch means that I would take absolutely no refreshments whilst wearing. Sold via #coraginsburg #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Breathtaking.
THIS
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 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
THIS
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I think you mean 'stolen'.
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I think you mean 'stolen'.
Sick to death of Salah spitting his dummy out in public. Childish, petulant, tired tactics.
Don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out, Mo, if you're that fucking miserable.
#LFC
Don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out, Mo, if you're that fucking miserable.
#LFC
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sick to death of Salah spitting his dummy out in public. Childish, petulant, tired tactics.
Don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out, Mo, if you're that fucking miserable.
#LFC
Don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out, Mo, if you're that fucking miserable.
#LFC
Channelling my inner 95 year-old and invested in cotton flannel bed linen. I'm not getting out of bed til the spring.
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Channelling my inner 95 year-old and invested in cotton flannel bed linen. I'm not getting out of bed til the spring.
#ShowMeYourKnits I spent four weeks knitting like fury to make presents for family in 2013, as it was our first Christmas in Bordeaux. Never again. Every other aspect of my life is dictated by deadlines. My knitting is sacrosanct.
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#ShowMeYourKnits I spent four weeks knitting like fury to make presents for family in 2013, as it was our first Christmas in Bordeaux. Never again. Every other aspect of my life is dictated by deadlines. My knitting is sacrosanct.
Sudden realisation that Maggie Smith is the sole reason why I'm already three seasons deep into this costume drama trash. (The best trash.)
Binge-watching Downton Abbey, to my shame. It's just posh Eastenders, isn't it?
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sudden realisation that Maggie Smith is the sole reason why I'm already three seasons deep into this costume drama trash. (The best trash.)
This week has been one of the shittiest in a parade of shitty weeks since late March. Can't wait to see the back of 2025 in many ways.
And yet... and yet there's a voice whispering "it's not been all bad, Rae". At many points, it hasn't; at many points, life has been good.
Just not this week.
And yet... and yet there's a voice whispering "it's not been all bad, Rae". At many points, it hasn't; at many points, life has been good.
Just not this week.
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This week has been one of the shittiest in a parade of shitty weeks since late March. Can't wait to see the back of 2025 in many ways.
And yet... and yet there's a voice whispering "it's not been all bad, Rae". At many points, it hasn't; at many points, life has been good.
Just not this week.
And yet... and yet there's a voice whispering "it's not been all bad, Rae". At many points, it hasn't; at many points, life has been good.
Just not this week.
Nikki Haley is fundamentally dishonest, even (perhaps especially) about herself. How is any of her conduct surprising?
What a strange public figure Nikki Haley is. Supports US leaders who are trying to help Russia defeat Ukraine—strongly endorsed them, in fact, when their pro-Putin stance was clear—while continuing to say factually accurate, anti-Russia, pro-Ukraine things, as if no one will notice the combination.
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nikki Haley is fundamentally dishonest, even (perhaps especially) about herself. How is any of her conduct surprising?
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There it is - EU Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act (for deceptive blue ticks, also ad repository, researchers access issues) - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There it is - EU Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act (for deceptive blue ticks, also ad repository, researchers access issues) - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
For the legal background, see my thread (starting with my pinned tweet)
Of course. She knows where the (possibly literal?) bodies are buried.
There is little doubt that the flip-flopping, lying POS despot will pardon her.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/n...
Ghislaine Maxwell Says She Will Ask a Court to Free Her From Prison
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Of course. She knows where the (possibly literal?) bodies are buried.
Cost of a mammogram, as per the invoice received this morning: 27.90 euros.
It's mammogram day. Breast cancer awareness every month. Check your breastss!
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Cost of a mammogram, as per the invoice received this morning: 27.90 euros.
Binge-watching Downton Abbey, to my shame. It's just posh Eastenders, isn't it?
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Binge-watching Downton Abbey, to my shame. It's just posh Eastenders, isn't it?
It is 1 December and 2025 has been a bin fire and 2026 promises much more of the same.
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is 1 December and 2025 has been a bin fire and 2026 promises much more of the same.
Bretzel raclette is a thing and I loved every bite.
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Bretzel raclette is a thing and I loved every bite.
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Mad to think that, given how poor Liverpool have been in recent weeks, they're still only 3 pts off Villa in 3rd & 4 pts off City in 2nd.
There are 25 league games left to go. There is still plenty to play for. No matter what some of you might think.
There are 25 league games left to go. There is still plenty to play for. No matter what some of you might think.
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mad to think that, given how poor Liverpool have been in recent weeks, they're still only 3 pts off Villa in 3rd & 4 pts off City in 2nd.
There are 25 league games left to go. There is still plenty to play for. No matter what some of you might think.
There are 25 league games left to go. There is still plenty to play for. No matter what some of you might think.
Bit of a stinker of a day. However, I have the Google TV set up and oh whoops, there's a new Disney+ subscription taken out and I'm watching Agatha All Along, with my knitting in my lap and the cat fed and snoozing, and maybe - just maybe - the day wasn't that much of a stinker after all.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bit of a stinker of a day. However, I have the Google TV set up and oh whoops, there's a new Disney+ subscription taken out and I'm watching Agatha All Along, with my knitting in my lap and the cat fed and snoozing, and maybe - just maybe - the day wasn't that much of a stinker after all.
It's mammogram day. Breast cancer awareness every month. Check your breastss!
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's mammogram day. Breast cancer awareness every month. Check your breastss!
Same colleague, different text, same vibe. I'd have spent less bloody time doing the translation myself. And the air would be less blue.
Getting wound up when revising a colleague's work is never a good sign. Not least when I remember he's paid more than I am.
a kitten is sitting on a white surface and looking at the camera while another kitten looks on .
ALT: a kitten is sitting on a white surface and looking at the camera while another kitten looks on .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Same colleague, different text, same vibe. I'd have spent less bloody time doing the translation myself. And the air would be less blue.
Another reason to love Luxembourg. Tipptopp.
This #Thanksgiving, impress your family and friends with your foreign language knowledge by casually dropping the Luxembourgish word for 🦃 into the conversation.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Another reason to love Luxembourg. Tipptopp.
Scrolling through the news and what strikes me is this:
The UK is... well, fucked, isn't it?
The UK is... well, fucked, isn't it?
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scrolling through the news and what strikes me is this:
The UK is... well, fucked, isn't it?
The UK is... well, fucked, isn't it?
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Workmen are here this morning to hang the fucking massive flat-screen telly that good friends no longer wanted. And a Chromecast has been ordered in a Black Friday sale. I'll never leave the flat again, will I?
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Workmen are here this morning to hang the fucking massive flat-screen telly that good friends no longer wanted. And a Chromecast has been ordered in a Black Friday sale. I'll never leave the flat again, will I?