iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 10/08/2026

If you’re in Brussels and interested in learning to knit, then come along to the sessions I am running at the Palazzo creative coworking space in St Gilles this autumn: purlandchain.eu/news-and-eve...

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Learn to knit at Palazzo — Purl and Chain

I'm excited to announce that I will be running three "Learn to Knit" sessions at Palazzo in the autumn. They will be on 24 September, 22 October and 19...

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 03/08/2026

In Glasgow, this sign would have a bike chained to it

A sign saying “No bikes” stands in splendid isolation on a street in Maastricht

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 15/07/2026

Much the way other countries feature their, er, king…?

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026

Could we have Farage v Binface? I wouldn’t want to call that one…

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026

Top work Belgium, both on the pitch and by your social media team

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 14/06/2026

Lifetime first for me - being in a peloton, even a non-competitive one #bxltour2026

3 people stand with their bikes in a crowd of much more serious cyclists, wondering about their choices

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 06/05/2026

Top night at the AB powered by Tinariwen, ably supported by Sulaf, a wonderful Sudanese singer. How lucky we are to have access to fabulous live music like this

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 06/05/2026

Anyone else giving it a try?

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 29/04/2026

Quite cool to see that the three senior Commission officials responsible for AI in public administration are all women!

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 27/04/2026

Work travel can have its upside. This was the view from my hotel window this morning

A view across terracotta roofs to a lake lit by the gentle light of a rising sun.

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 22/04/2026

I’ve signed up to the Bxl Tour. Can’t quite believe it’s me. Let’s talk on 15 June to see how I feel about this decision…!

An image showing that Antonia is registered for the Ride category of the Bxl Tour cycling event on 14 June. No one is more surprised about this than Antonia is herself.

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 21/04/2026

A comment from today’s #polyfutures that I will be using elsewhere. When something is complex, you can try to force simplicity on it, or you can try to bring clarity, and it’s important to understand the difference.

A post it that says “difference between simplicity and clarity” and has the Polyfutures hashtag

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 05/04/2026

In Temse to watch the Tour of Flanders roll through. Flemish separatists (VVB) handing Flemish flags out to all the spectators.

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 04/04/2026

Our trip out to the Schelde area to watch the Tour of Flanders tomorrow has already been worth it - passed Groupama FDJ team out on a training ride!

A woman stands at the side of a path with her back to the camera while a group of seven professional cyclists rides past, one raising his hand to say thanks to them for standing aside.

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 03/04/2026

I picked up my new bike on Monday. I have cycled more this week than any time since I was at uni in the Netherlands (1992). Let’s hope I keep it up.

A picture of a super cute green city bike parked in a front hallway. The bike is iridescent green and has quite small chunky wheels. It has a bag rack on the front.

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 24/03/2026

My Brussels tip for the day: STIB have a WhatsApp channel for realtime info on the network. ‎Follow the STIB channel on WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

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Channel • 36K followers • Le canal officiel de la STIB - Société des transports intercommunaux de Bruxelles

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 24/03/2026

Another company going on the “never use” list. Utterly craven.

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 19/03/2026

“500 years ago the church lost the truth argument to science. Now science is losing the truth argument to social media” 💥from @janmarcoscience.bsky.social

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 21/02/2026

Exciting news about my yarn side hustle. Not only have I moved digitally (set up a new website and moved domains to an ethical cloud provider) I'm going physical, setting up a studio in a creative co-working space here in Brussels: purlandchain.eu/news-and-eve...

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Moving to a new home — Purl and Chain

It's an exciting time for this little side hustle of mine. I've completely outgrown my house and have taken the plunge to move into a separate studio. I've...

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 20/02/2026

Just deactivated my X account, after not using it for almost3 years. Feels great.

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 19/02/2026

I'm taking 2026 to do a digital makeover - to wean myself off the big tech and find interesting alternatives. Follow along if you're interested in the process (and please feel free to suggest an alternative to Substack...!) open.substack.com/pub/digitalm...

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The start of the makeover - admitting you need one

How I'm going to try to clean up my tech stack over the course of 2026

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Coda: advice from the co founder of Anthropic is ‘study the humanities’ fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...

"I actually think studying the humanities is going to be more important than ever," she explained. "A lot of these models are actually very good at STEM. But I think this idea that there are things that make us uniquely human
—understanding ourselves, understanding history, understanding what makes us tick-l think that will always be really, really important. And I think the ability to have critical thinking skills and learn how to interact with other people will be more important in the future, rather than less."

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 30/12/2025

Who would have thought that 2025 would see me becoming something of an internal reference on neurotechnology? This work, with a huge contribution by Beth Parkin, was probably my professional highlight of the year.

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 01/12/2025

Thinking that Johannes Radebe should be prescribed on the NHS…#scd

I love that the transcription/translation service at #fwd50 has as much difficulty with tu/vous as I do 🤣

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Smart procurement could be such an amazing driver for innovation in govt, but as done now, it usually ends up doing just the opposite. #fwd50

I’m not sure if it makes me feel better or worse that so many of the problems Canadian speakers are raising at #fwd50 are the same as wec are dealing with in the EU…🤷‍♀️

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 03/11/2025

Interesting example of community co-creation. #fwd50

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I think exploring the problem space is important for all policy actions, not just in the digital gov area. #fwd50

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 03/11/2025

Excited to be at #FWD50, have already met some people doing great things. Two days of government innovation nerding out!

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 21/10/2025

I’m in a train that goes through three countries! Liege-Maastricht-Aachen. Europe in action right there. Also, am on this train because the faster one from Liege to Aachen is ending halfway and not going all the way to Aachen…

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/10/2025

What is this nonsense? How can face cream be neurotech? Has some marketing AI gone rogue?

The label of a face serum that says it “combines neurotechnology and a biomimetic botanical blend”.

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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 05/10/2025

My best thing today? Finding out that Neil Hannon ( @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social )’s wife has set up an animal rescue called My Lovely Horse. (ps Neil, see you next year when you come to Bxl!)

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 03/09/2025

It’s going to be a three-coffee day…

Photo of a phone notification that says “you have 15 events starting at 06:20”

Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 25/08/2025

I’ve been getting (back) into sewing this summer. Bags seem about my right level of expertise