Kim Willsher
@kimwillsher.bsky.social
Europe Correspondent - The Observer Foreign Correspondent - The Guardian Journalist. News and feature writer. Former Reporter of the Year: UK Press Awards https://muckrack.com/kim-willsher/articles IG @kimwillsher_journalist *views own;repost≠endorsement
Dr. Laurie Leshin became the first female director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech in 2022. A geochemist & planetary scientist, she is the University Professor for Space Futures at Arizona State University. She was born #OTD in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #geochemistry
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
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4 August 1936 | A Romanian Jewish boy, Jacob Arye Katz, was born in Satu Mare. In 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Things were bad enough when I was at school, but not like this. Is it social media, manosphere, porn, lack of role models? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rape threats part of misogyny Tyneside schoolgirls face
A group of teenagers make a film describing their experiences, ahead of changes to the curriculum.
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The world really now has gone totally barmy. This is an idea nuttier than the #OrangeTangerine could have dreamt up!! #Peta wants Aberaeron Mackerel Fiesta to celebrate cabbage instead www.bbc.com/news/article...
Peta wants Aberaeron Mackerel Fiesta to celebrate cabbage instead
Aberaeron holds an annual "light-hearted funeral" dedicated to the fast-swimming fish.
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Far-right leaders want to exploit the Ceuta crisis. They may succeed EU ministers will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss ‘hybrid threats’ against the bloc, writes Kim Willsher https://bit.ly/4pSClCa
Far-right leaders want to exploit the Ceuta crisis. They ...
EU ministers will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss ‘hybrid threats’ against the bloc
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If I could be granted one wish that would change the world for the better… Find a dog to adopt. That’s it. Simple as that. There are millions out there waiting ❤️
It was preposterous that amnesty characterised a trauma informed service to support women who have been subject to sexual and domestic violence as anti rights. There was an impact on service users and this shows an impact on staff. No wonder those involved were and remain so angry
Inside JK Rowling’s rape support centre that took on Amnesty – and won
After defeating ‘anti-rights’ claims, Beira’s Place is standing firm against the trans lobby by providing female-only support
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Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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The distance Finns naturally take between each other puts them just out of reach of an axe. Coincidence or not?
£324,233 the average amount Councils have to pay for every one of the more than 50,000 children in private care. £80,000 the amount of profit they take per child which is never spent on anything. This con is one of the reasons Council have no money.
Misogyny on the left Alice alive & well in the comments on this post. Man supporting sports fans booing a sportswoman. A story as old as women's fight for equality & non-discrimination in sport. Continuity patriarchy.
The Moroccan government confirmed that the Ceuta migration wave was organized and amplified through social media. A similar campaign is currently being run on TikTok, where people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq are being encouraged to migrate through Belarus to EU via the Baltic states. 1/2
Vote Reform UK, get war with France Zia Yusuf insists Reform will forcibly send migrants back to France whatever Paris says, arguing "However, if they choose not to consent, we have a plan for that too."
'There is no time to dance around the subject. Gianni Infantino must stand down as Fifa president or otherwise be legally removed.' Words: @nickames82.bsky.social
There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames
Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader
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"Asked if the £5m figure was accurate, Arday clarified to the Guardian that the money was raised with the help of “many fundraising collectives over a two-decade period”. When asked to identify other people…Arday said he had signed NDAs preventing him from disclosing that information." 🤔🤔🤔
Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor
Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism
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🔥🔥🔥"That statement is an untruth; it's a fabrication. It is totally disingenuous" Feargal Sharkey DEBUNKS Thames Water CEO's claim that public ownership means no investment in our water infrastructure Take action to demand the BBC and Ofcom correct the record: vist.ly/5d6q4
Safe. The key word is safe. Having regard for safety is not inconsistency. “It’s quite frustrating because it’s not consistent. There is a degree of latitude and they do go in sometimes when there’s a safe opportunity to do so.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Border Force ‘frustrated’ by French inconsistency over Channel
Gendarmes are willing to enter the water in some situations but not others, a source said, after the busiest day for migrant crossings this year and four deaths
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Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
* Uefa vote passes 55-0 at emergency meeting on Thursday * ‘World Cup cannot be treated as an investment product’ European nations have unanimously agreed to boycott all Fifa competitions until football’s global governing body drops plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup. In an emergency meeting on Thursday, Uefa member associations voted 55-0 to boycott. This story will update Continue reading...
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"‘Major victory’: Sweden plans to ban forever chemicals in everyday products ahead of EU" www.euronews.com/2026/07/24/m...
Sweden to ban cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ sooner than EU
Sweden plans to ban forever chemicals in kitchen appliances and clothing by 2028. When will the EU follow suit?
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This statement by UEFA on FIFA attempting to sell off the World Cup gave me goosebumps, what a statement - the beautiful game deserves no less “As so long as Europe has a voice, it will never be for sale.”
French virologist Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was born #OTD in 1947. She performed fundamental work in the identification of HIV as the cause of AIDS & shared the 2008 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of HIV. #WomenInSTEM #MedSKy #SciSky
Are British graduates being conned? | Opinion
Are British graduates being conned? | Opinion
Thousands of students are graduating into an employment crisis, leaving them feeling hopeless and overqualified, as well as dealing with enormous debts from tuition fees. The Guardian’s economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty explains
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Excellent report from #C4News comparing other countries social care "England is something of an outlier amongst wealthy nations when it comes to social care"
Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public
