Bianca Jagger
@biancajagger.bsky.social
Founder, President & CEO The Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation #BJHRF
My posts are in my personal capacity
Also on:
https://x.com/BiancaJagger
https://www.instagram.com/biancajagger/
https://www.facebook.com/BiancaJaggerHumanRightsFoundation/
My posts are in my personal capacity
Also on:
https://x.com/BiancaJagger
https://www.instagram.com/biancajagger/
https://www.facebook.com/BiancaJaggerHumanRightsFoundation/
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Winter warmer in the woods: a sizzling sauna and cool, cosy cabin deep in a Sussex forest
Winter warmer in the woods: a sizzling sauna and cool, cosy cabin deep in a Sussex forest
Architect-built cabins and a sauna blend seamlessly into the High Weald landscape and make the most of its magnificent views
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Winter warmer in the woods: a sizzling sauna and cool, cosy cabin deep in a Sussex forest
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
"A lot of Americans looked at Trump's Great Gatsby party and thought, 'This guy really doesn't get it'," says NYT journalist Mark Landler.
"He hasn't reduced the price of eggs, and every time he's asked, he says he has, that prices are lower"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
"He hasn't reduced the price of eggs, and every time he's asked, he says he has, that prices are lower"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
'Trump now looks like the handmaiden of the elites... His time will be over' - Mark Landler | The News Agents
New York Times journalist Mark Landler explains the cracks in Donald Trump’s control of the MAGA movement, and how recent events have only begun to alienate him further from his supporters.
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"A lot of Americans looked at Trump's Great Gatsby party and thought, 'This guy really doesn't get it'," says NYT journalist Mark Landler.
"He hasn't reduced the price of eggs, and every time he's asked, he says he has, that prices are lower"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
"He hasn't reduced the price of eggs, and every time he's asked, he says he has, that prices are lower"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Why millions of peppercorn-sized beads washed up on this popular beach.
https://cnn.it/4rxygE0
https://cnn.it/4rxygE0
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Why millions of peppercorn-sized beads washed up on this popular beach.
https://cnn.it/4rxygE0
https://cnn.it/4rxygE0
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Comment penser en « bandita » ? « Philosopher en féminisme, c’est penser ensemble à partir de soi »
Comment penser en « bandita » ? « Philosopher en féminisme, c’est penser ensemble à partir de soi »
Avec la somme « Théories féministes », la révolution féministe acquiert sa juste place au ciel des idées. Rencontre avec la directrice de l’ouvrage Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, la psychanalyste Laurie Laufer et la philosophe antivalidiste Charlotte Puiseux.
www.nouvelobs.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Comment penser en « bandita » ? « Philosopher en féminisme, c’est penser ensemble à partir de soi »
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
Men represent 50% of all infertility cases but poor understanding among GPs means it is often untreated
Couples are needlessly going through IVF because male infertility is under-researched, with the NHS too often failing to diagnose treatable causes, leading experts have said.
Poor understanding among GPs and a lack of specialists and NHS testing means male infertility is often left untreated in couples struggling to conceive, despite men accounting for 50% of all infertility cases. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Starmer to back Rachel Reeves over Budget black hole row – latest
Starmer to back Rachel Reeves over Budget black hole row – latest
Starmer to back Rachel Reeves over Budget black hole row – latest
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Starmer to back Rachel Reeves over Budget black hole row – latest
👉🏿‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
👉🏿‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Yesterday’s #OilSpill in #VenturaCounty has us asking, how many more spills in CA will it take before we fully commit to reining in this industry?
Officials say about 420 gallons of oil spilled into a tributary of Sisar Creek.
We will continue to fight this industry. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/43jNMst
Officials say about 420 gallons of oil spilled into a tributary of Sisar Creek.
We will continue to fight this industry. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/43jNMst
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday’s #OilSpill in #VenturaCounty has us asking, how many more spills in CA will it take before we fully commit to reining in this industry?
Officials say about 420 gallons of oil spilled into a tributary of Sisar Creek.
We will continue to fight this industry. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/43jNMst
Officials say about 420 gallons of oil spilled into a tributary of Sisar Creek.
We will continue to fight this industry. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/43jNMst
👉🏿The Makropulos Case review: Ausrine Stundyte is magnetic in exhilarating – and funny – Janáček staging
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
👉🏿The Makropulos Case review: Ausrine Stundyte is magnetic in exhilarating – and funny – Janáček staging
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Breaking news: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the genre to a global audience, has died. He was 81.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae star with global following, dies at 81
His lead performance as a singer-turned-outlaw in the 1972 film “The Harder They Come” helped introduce reggae to the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Breaking news: Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the genre to a global audience, has died. He was 81.
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Jimmy Cliff has crossed the last of his many rivers.
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Jimmy Cliff has crossed the last of his many rivers.
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
RIP to a maestro.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Piscine versus The Best Hotels, 1982
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5099
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5099
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Piscine versus The Best Hotels, 1982
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5099
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5099
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Musicians jailed for singing anti-Kremlin songs ‘flee’ Russia
Musicians jailed for singing anti-Kremlin songs ‘flee’ Russia
Musicians jailed for singing anti-Kremlin songs ‘flee’ Russia
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Musicians jailed for singing anti-Kremlin songs ‘flee’ Russia
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Last night we announced the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards at a ceremony in London, hosted by @rosieisaholt.bsky.social and presenters DPM David Lammy, @biancajagger.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social & others. Learn more about the winners:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya among winners of Index on Censorship 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards - Index on Censorship
The awards celebrate those who have had significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world
www.indexoncensorship.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Last night we announced the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards at a ceremony in London, hosted by @rosieisaholt.bsky.social and presenters DPM David Lammy, @biancajagger.bsky.social, @katemaltby.bsky.social & others. Learn more about the winners:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/11/winn...
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
In just 31 days, 81 forcibly disappeared persons appeared before the prosecution after varying periods of enforced disappearance. What about the total number of disappeared persons since 2013?
#FreeThemAll
#Egyptian_hell
@unhumansecurity.bsky.social
@volker_turk
@biancajagger.bsky.social
#FreeThemAll
#Egyptian_hell
@unhumansecurity.bsky.social
@volker_turk
@biancajagger.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In just 31 days, 81 forcibly disappeared persons appeared before the prosecution after varying periods of enforced disappearance. What about the total number of disappeared persons since 2013?
#FreeThemAll
#Egyptian_hell
@unhumansecurity.bsky.social
@volker_turk
@biancajagger.bsky.social
#FreeThemAll
#Egyptian_hell
@unhumansecurity.bsky.social
@volker_turk
@biancajagger.bsky.social
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
“If you speak out in defense of judicial independence only to protect judges (or justices) who rule the way you want them to, then I respectfully submit that your definition of judicial independence is bollocks.”
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“If you speak out in defense of judicial independence only to protect judges (or justices) who rule the way you want them to, then I respectfully submit that your definition of judicial independence is bollocks.”
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
The Pentagon is withdrawing hundreds of National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland just weeks after Trump sent them there over the objections of state & local leaders
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Pentagon is withdrawing hundreds of National Guard troops from Chicago and Portland just weeks after Trump sent them there over the objections of state & local leaders
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
👉🏿 Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
👉🏿 Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
President Trump's aid cuts are disproportionately hitting women and girls: forcing them to drop out of school or leading them to die in childbirth or perish from cervical cancer, or to marry as young teens. That's what I found in the field: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...
Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
President Trump's aid cuts are disproportionately hitting women and girls: forcing them to drop out of school or leading them to die in childbirth or perish from cervical cancer, or to marry as young teens. That's what I found in the field: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/o...
👉🏿No words needed
September 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
👉🏿No words needed
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
“Farage nudges the conversation without any accountability or evidence. Throws claims out there, to see what happens.”
Did Farage cross a line when he made false claims about migrants eating swans in the UK?
Did Farage cross a line when he made false claims about migrants eating swans in the UK?
‘Lying about migrants eating swans is a profound mistake for Nigel Farage’ | The News Agents
Lying about migrants eating animals worked for Donald Trump in 2024, but it’s likely to backfire for Nigel Farage in 2025. Here’s why leaning harder into right-wing conspiracy theories could end…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“Farage nudges the conversation without any accountability or evidence. Throws claims out there, to see what happens.”
Did Farage cross a line when he made false claims about migrants eating swans in the UK?
Did Farage cross a line when he made false claims about migrants eating swans in the UK?
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
Dama is married to a U.S. citizen and was beginning the process of applying for a green card, and had his asylum application pending when he was detained by ICE in June
Dama appeared in court via video, telling Judge Yul-Mi Cho that “going back to Nigeria would be like a death sentence to me.”
He had been held at a ICE facility in New Hampshire since his arrest more than three months ago.
He had been held at a ICE facility in New Hampshire since his arrest more than three months ago.
Local restaurateur Paul Dama granted asylum after more than 3 months in ICE custody
Dama survived abduction by Boko Haram and said he feared returning to his native Nigeria.
www.wgbh.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Dama is married to a U.S. citizen and was beginning the process of applying for a green card, and had his asylum application pending when he was detained by ICE in June
Reposted by Bianca Jagger
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says his office has documented more than 500 cases of abuse in immigrant detention centers, including the abuse of pregnant women and children.
Investigation by Sen. Jon Ossoff alleges abuse of children, pregnant women in ICE custody
An investigation by the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff alleges more than 500 counts of human rights abuses in immigration detention, including the abuse of pregnant women and children.
www.gpb.org
August 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says his office has documented more than 500 cases of abuse in immigrant detention centers, including the abuse of pregnant women and children.