Laura Messenger

Social policy analyst,researcher and commentator with specialty in higher education. News hound and world traveler. Chocophile.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@mhdksafa Hello and Love from the City of Brotherly Love ❤️

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@dezbee2008 👍👍👍Yay! I just (like in the last week) moved to Philly and my hubs is a huge Eagles fan and now he’s gotten me so into them I’m nervous and can’t watch the game!

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@errolbarnett @rihanna @thesherylralph @Eagles I’m watching in the north Philly suburbs. It’s so quiet out here right now! No cars flipped from what I can tell

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@dezbee2008 We did!!!!

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest Cool! One of my favorite places in the world. Maybe our paths will cross in the airport as we are flying back to the US to set up home. Now am Laura the ex-expat.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@klustout @holmescnn @YanzhongHuang @JakeKwon88 In a country the size of China, that figure seems awfully low, especially given the questionable efficacy of its vaccine. We’ll see what happens during Chinese New Year. I’m glad that people are not in extreme lockdown, but I fear for them too.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

By the way, Lauratheexpat will soon be “LauratheEx-Expat in a few weeks. After 22 years, time to return back to the land of E pluribus unum. Will miss lots of things about Europe. Others, not so much. Can say the same about my return to the US.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

Back on Twitter for first time in 8 years! Just could not handle the Trump brain dump. Had to do something about it. Almost killed me, but I survived.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest well we find ourselves in the same city together! Hello from Etterbeek, Brussels...

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest thanks for keeping me on, Richard!

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@holmescnn Every time I turn around now there's another shooting in the U.S. I love and miss my country, but this is insane. No one is safe.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest I wonder if it's been found now off Reunion. Parts consistent with that type of plane, although that doesn't mean it IS...

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@javashri @richardquest hey there to both of you! I hope the weather is better where you are JavaScript. It really sucks here.😁

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest Ok, pls come and talk to the expats I know here. You might have a bit of a problem getting it to Geneva, but...😜

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@richardquest it's supposed to snow in Geneva today but I doubt we'll see as much as Davos. Will look pretty but no one can drive in it!

[Robert Moran @RobertMoran215]

>@PhillyPolice estimate #FergusonPHL march numbering 500, now headed north on Broad from City Hall to @TempleUniv

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@holmescnn so sad. And he was way too young...only a few years older than we are.

[Laura Messenger @Lauratheexpat]

@FemiOke I guess this meets the "something new" requirement.