Jo Gill
@jogill.bsky.social
Europe correspondent (Contextnews) for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. I find beauty in the bureaucracy. Interests: strategic litigation, climate, tech, LGBTQ+ rights, migration policy. French/English speaking (Duolinguo level Spanish/Portuguese).
Go deeper than the headlines - take a look @contextnewsroom.bsky.social - especially on what to look for across the world in 2025 when it comes to migration, democracy, tech and LGBTQ+ rights.
January 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Go deeper than the headlines - take a look @contextnewsroom.bsky.social - especially on what to look for across the world in 2025 when it comes to migration, democracy, tech and LGBTQ+ rights.
"The trajectory is just incredible," C3S director Carlo Buontempo told Reuters, describing how every month in 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest for that month since records began.
January 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"The trajectory is just incredible," C3S director Carlo Buontempo told Reuters, describing how every month in 2024 was the warmest or second-warmest for that month since records began.
Georgia protests: "This is a very peaceful movement asking ‘give me my voice back, give me my future back’. It is not a revolutionary demand, it is about free, fair elections." Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia says addressing the European Parliament.
December 18, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Georgia protests: "This is a very peaceful movement asking ‘give me my voice back, give me my future back’. It is not a revolutionary demand, it is about free, fair elections." Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia says addressing the European Parliament.
EU commission opens "formal proceedings" against TikTok on election risks under the Digital Services Act (after Romania presidential elections Nov). Focus on recommender systems and political advertisements and paid-for political content.
December 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM
EU commission opens "formal proceedings" against TikTok on election risks under the Digital Services Act (after Romania presidential elections Nov). Focus on recommender systems and political advertisements and paid-for political content.
Always surprising to see this sign at Brussels central station- what was the thinking behind having Smurfs (majority of characters originally male) champion gender equality?
November 22, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Always surprising to see this sign at Brussels central station- what was the thinking behind having Smurfs (majority of characters originally male) champion gender equality?
The face of someone regretting the decision to film outside in the Baltic blast whipping around Brussels today. Lots of swearing over frozen fingers. This will not make the edit 😀
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
The face of someone regretting the decision to film outside in the Baltic blast whipping around Brussels today. Lots of swearing over frozen fingers. This will not make the edit 😀
Interested to know what people feel about this? A Vasectomy Can Be the Most Romantic Gift Of All www.gq.com/story/a-vase...
February 14, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Interested to know what people feel about this? A Vasectomy Can Be the Most Romantic Gift Of All www.gq.com/story/a-vase...
Why are Europe's Low Emission Zones fuelling unrest? Clean air seems like a no-brainer benefit but across Europe restrictions on polluting cars have sparked anger and protests www.context.news/just-transit...
February 12, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Why are Europe's Low Emission Zones fuelling unrest? Clean air seems like a no-brainer benefit but across Europe restrictions on polluting cars have sparked anger and protests www.context.news/just-transit...
Scratching head - a post about how devastating a degree of global warming would be for wildfire damage in the Mediterranean, and below it an ad for cheap flights to Greece.
February 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Scratching head - a post about how devastating a degree of global warming would be for wildfire damage in the Mediterranean, and below it an ad for cheap flights to Greece.
Drought conditions spreading across Europe mid-October. Parts of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, large areas of the Balkans, Turkey, and Italy are in warning conditions due to low rainfall, dry soil, and warmer-than-average temperature.
November 13, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Drought conditions spreading across Europe mid-October. Parts of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, large areas of the Balkans, Turkey, and Italy are in warning conditions due to low rainfall, dry soil, and warmer-than-average temperature.