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Antonia Mochan

@antoniamochan.com
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European official, opsimath. Job: EU policy lab - innovative policymaking. Life: Knitting, crochet, theatre, my family, my friends and my dogs. FRSA, Eisenhower Fellow. #EUsky for EU-related stuff. Don’t DM me, I’m not doing that verification nonsense.

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Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence | KCL @jmce-kcl.bsky.social · 11h
Governments now say the future is more unpredictable than ever. Is the investment in foresight paying off? Find out during King's European Week with Dr Giovanni Grevi, @antoniamochan.com and Dr Aggie Hirst. Half the (free!) tickets are already gone, secure yours now at this link: buff.ly/aV2tmwY
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Professional Future-Thinking and European Future(s): Potential and Impact
Expert Panel Discussion — King's European Week 2026 — Futuring Europe in Turbulent Times: Strategic Thinking for Acting Today
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 01/10/2026
From today's @washingtonpost.com tech brief: "AI companies are shelling out millions to buy proprietary datasets from other companies to improve their models, according to a review of recent securities and court filings." It's giving me real Audrey 2 vibes www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6w3...
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Little Shop of Horrors - "Feed Me" (1986) - (4K)
YouTube video by VideoXL
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 20/09/2026
What happened to Hayter? We saw him go off and then he wasn’t mentioned again…
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 27/08/2026
Nicely done, Brussels public transport
A Brussels bus, line 95, with “Dolly Parton” as its destination
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 14/08/2026
Do we know turn-out?
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
Thanks so much! Shu is round the corner from our hotel so I have booked that.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
I've got a trip in the autumn to Belfast. Staying between the City Centre and Balmoral. Anyone got any restaurant recommendations for me? #belfast #foodscene
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
They said it will all be published later this year.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Weight makes a difference Original post
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
Seems to just be the article. Which surely is not the full output - can't have taken 20 people to write it! So I was assuming there was something more detailed somewhere.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
I didn't interpret it that way - I saw it as "here I am, a colander, doing what I do every day and you only appreciate me when you can use me for an eclipse, but I'm happy you noticed me at all".
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
Am I being particularly dim - I can't see a link to download the actual report
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
Weird take in the FT - surely increasing financial independence is as much of a factor as lab diamonds?
Screenshot saying "Women are buying their own diamonds now, the chief executive of jewellery maker Swarovski has said. Lab-grown options were “enabling self-purchase” compared with traditional mined diamonds, “where in most instances it was a man offering a ring to a woman”, said Alexis Nasard."
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 13/08/2026
This is really rather lovely.
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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
The joy of satire is that I can’t even hear his name without hearing Dead Ringers’ take on him “Hold on, hold on, hold on”. Ridicule is the greatest weapon.
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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
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 15/07/2026
Much the way other countries feature their, er, king…?
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 11/07/2026
That aged well…🤣
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 11/07/2026
I tried to sign up but the captcha doesn’t ever accept my answers. Unless that’s the game…?
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 09/07/2026
Yarnsub.com is your friend in this situation.
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Yarn Substitution
YarnSub is a free and independent tool to help knitters and crocheters find workable substitutes for discontinued or hard to find yarns. It has a large database of yarns from all the major manufacture...
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026
Could we have Farage v Binface? I wouldn’t want to call that one…
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026
Don’t give him ideas
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026
I prefer “but the house owner decided she no longer wanted to be tied to a house and left it to go exploring in a campervan, living her best life…”
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/07/2026
Haha!
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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 · 07/07/2026
In the end football did the talking…
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 04/07/2026
Loading holiday mode…
The edge of a yellow striped hammock and the forest view of the person lying in itA yurt, with an outside table and chairs, at which a man sits, enjoying the peace while his terrier dog surveys the surrounding forest.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 17/06/2026
Talk about a #QTWTAIN…
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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 · 11/06/2026
We’re not in the EU now Toto. #switzerland
A plastic bottle of water with its cap next to it. Not attached to the bottle as is now required in the EU.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 08/06/2026
Good to read how @uclei.bsky.social used our Polycrisis toolkit #eupolicylab ucleuropeblog.com/2026/05/17/p...
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Polycrises and Uncertainty: Teaching Strategic Foresight
What if good policy design began by planning for what has yet to happen? Students from the UCL Diplomacy society tested strategic foresight toolkits designed by the European Commission.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 07/06/2026
Because he needs to keep them angry.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 06/06/2026
Noooooo! You’ll have to watch the film now!
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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
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 06/05/2026
Anyone else giving it a try?
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 06/05/2026
It was pretty quick!
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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!
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 29/04/2026
Quite the juxtaposition.
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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.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 27/04/2026
I would never have got number 3.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 26/04/2026
media.tenor.com
a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .
Alt: A Princess Bride gif: a close up of Fezzini’s face with the words inconceivable written on it .
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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
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 18/04/2026
Loved that game when I was a kid
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 12/04/2026
I find the tenrowsaday tutorials are usually good. I can’t remember what I used to start though: tenrowsaday.com/magic-loop/
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Magic Loop for Knitting in the Round
Learn to knit socks, sleeves and other small seamless projects, using one long circular needle and magic loop. Beginner-friendly tutorial.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 12/04/2026
Magic loop will change your life, and it’s pretty straightforward. Do you have a tutorial?
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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.
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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.
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Antonia Mochan @antoniamochan.com · 04/04/2026
Oh and the battery has replaceable cells!
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