Isabelle Buscke

@ibuscke.bsky.social

Private account. During the day, I am Head of the Brussels Office for the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband - vzbv)

I appreciate that shared bikes now have clear drop-off locations to avoid blocking the sidewalks. But could we put them further away from what should be reserved for individual bikes that need to be locked? It's not the first time I see bike racks made inaccessible due to parked shared bikes.

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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Today in Brussels, in front of my office. Half the inner city is blocked by protesting farmers. If only the 440 million #consumers in the EU could protest in a similarly visible way...! About how the current food system also does not deliver healthy, sustainable & affordable food.

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Beginning of December, the 🇪🇺 Commission organised the #EUAgriFoodDays. In that context, I contributed to their #podcast. You can hear the result here, it's the 2nd interview: agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/food... You can also listen in 🇩🇪 or 🇫🇷 by changing the website language at the top.

The Food for Europe podcast

The Food for Europe podcast is a European podcast series on food and farming, featuring interviews with key players in European agricultural policy.

agriculture.ec.europa.eu