Adrian Allen
@nornirnlib.bsky.social
Northern Irish molecular bacteriologist 🧬 🦠 interested in disease ecology, tuberculosis, reading, sci-fi, guitar 🎸, Irish League and Northern Ireland International football, hiking and dog walking.
Just back from seeing 'Melania'.
The twist at the end, when she walks into the ensuite and sees Putin and Trump in the shower. 🤯
The twist at the end, when she walks into the ensuite and sees Putin and Trump in the shower. 🤯
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Just back from seeing 'Melania'.
The twist at the end, when she walks into the ensuite and sees Putin and Trump in the shower. 🤯
The twist at the end, when she walks into the ensuite and sees Putin and Trump in the shower. 🤯
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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It's telling how Green people keep trying to twist what Polanski did with Thypnoboobs stuff because it is entirely indefensible and speaks hugely to his character.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
He never claimed...
weird because here he is directly quoted *literally doing that*. And he's never said he was misquoted - he's said he disowned the comments immediately but never did so on his website etc (he just noted how much attention they've got
weird because here he is directly quoted *literally doing that*. And he's never said he was misquoted - he's said he disowned the comments immediately but never did so on his website etc (he just noted how much attention they've got
January 29, 2026 at 11:11 AM
It's telling how Green people keep trying to twist what Polanski did with Thypnoboobs stuff because it is entirely indefensible and speaks hugely to his character.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
It's a puff piece. He is directly quoted saying his hypnosis can have a physical effect. He's lying to vulnerable women for publicity.
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@staridaz.bsky.social is supporting the second #DIAH conference through supporting 2 researchers to present their innovation. Candidates from outside of Europe and LMICs that work on a STAR IDAZ priority topic and that pass the selection process will be prioritised.
Don’t wait and submit now!
Don’t wait and submit now!
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
@staridaz.bsky.social is supporting the second #DIAH conference through supporting 2 researchers to present their innovation. Candidates from outside of Europe and LMICs that work on a STAR IDAZ priority topic and that pass the selection process will be prioritised.
Don’t wait and submit now!
Don’t wait and submit now!
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Peer review science relies, more than we care to admit, on what @zey.bsky.social calls "load bearing frictions" that make it difficult to fake good science, and on trust that most ppl also value science itself & won't cheat just for personal gain. This creates the wrong environment for that to hold.
OpenAI just released Prism, a LaTeX editor with embedded ChatGPT for free.
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
Writing a paper has never been easier.
Clogging the scientific publishing pipeline has never been easier.
It took me 54 seconds to write up an experiment I did not actually conduct.
prism.openai.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Peer review science relies, more than we care to admit, on what @zey.bsky.social calls "load bearing frictions" that make it difficult to fake good science, and on trust that most ppl also value science itself & won't cheat just for personal gain. This creates the wrong environment for that to hold.
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Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate
As the planet continues to warm, states should already begin preparing for new waves of migration.
As the planet continues to warm, states should already begin preparing for new waves of migration.
Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate
At the end of 2025, Australia received the first officially recognized climate migrants in history — citizens of the Pacific island state of Tuvalu, who relocated under a special agreement between the...
theins.press
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Global exodus: How climate change is forcing hundreds of millions of people to relocate
As the planet continues to warm, states should already begin preparing for new waves of migration.
As the planet continues to warm, states should already begin preparing for new waves of migration.
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An outbreak of Nipah virus has been confirmed in West Bengal, India. Nipah has a fatality rate of 40 to 70 percent, according to the CDC, and no cure or vaccine.
Here's what to know about the virus:
Here's what to know about the virus:
What to know about the deadly Nipah virus, amid outbreak in India
Some airports in Asia are on alert after confirmed cases in West Bengal of the Nipah virus, which has no cure. South Asia sees outbreaks nearly every year.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
An outbreak of Nipah virus has been confirmed in West Bengal, India. Nipah has a fatality rate of 40 to 70 percent, according to the CDC, and no cure or vaccine.
Here's what to know about the virus:
Here's what to know about the virus:
Wife recently got me a small notebook and I've taken to sketching in it to de-stress.
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Wife recently got me a small notebook and I've taken to sketching in it to de-stress.
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Lambasted (n): sheep born out of wedlock.
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Lambasted (n): sheep born out of wedlock.
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
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January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
Labour should be campaigning and calling Reform, 'Reborn' with a picture of Liz Truss and a lettuce in front of that teal background colour they use.
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Labour should be campaigning and calling Reform, 'Reborn' with a picture of Liz Truss and a lettuce in front of that teal background colour they use.
It's Burns' night!
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
It's Burns' night!
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Some of Saturn’s moons sculpt its rings with gravity.
Here’s Prometheus (right) dragging ripples through the F ring as it passes.
Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
#astronomy
Here’s Prometheus (right) dragging ripples through the F ring as it passes.
Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
#astronomy
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Some of Saturn’s moons sculpt its rings with gravity.
Here’s Prometheus (right) dragging ripples through the F ring as it passes.
Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
#astronomy
Here’s Prometheus (right) dragging ripples through the F ring as it passes.
Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
#astronomy
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Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
The news is often overwhelming. I only found this recently. It's a tonic. A reminder of the good our species can do. The heights we can soar to.
The news is often overwhelming. I only found this recently. It's a tonic. A reminder of the good our species can do. The heights we can soar to.
BBC Sounds - Soul Music - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Soul Music on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
The news is often overwhelming. I only found this recently. It's a tonic. A reminder of the good our species can do. The heights we can soar to.
The news is often overwhelming. I only found this recently. It's a tonic. A reminder of the good our species can do. The heights we can soar to.
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American Fascism is testing the limits of what it can get away with, having already gotten away with a failed coup, we are now well into the rounding people up without due process and extrajudicial executions stage.
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
American Fascism is testing the limits of what it can get away with, having already gotten away with a failed coup, we are now well into the rounding people up without due process and extrajudicial executions stage.
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Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 AM
In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
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We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
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Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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The Veep, the Mogul and the Antichrist
The strange intellectual origins of the new Trumpism
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Thiel, Vance and the Second Coming. Or how to govern a humanity that you despise
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 AM
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes.
From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
You Are Reviewer 2 by Matthew Murray 🦇
A solo d6-based
midnitelibrary.itch.io
January 23, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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Next week Netanyahu will honour Charlie Kirk as a “fighter against antisemitism” even though Kirk revelled in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.
My piece on how the Israeli far-right will welcome any racist as long as they hate Muslims more than they hate Jews
comment.press/as220126
My piece on how the Israeli far-right will welcome any racist as long as they hate Muslims more than they hate Jews
comment.press/as220126
Netanyahu, Charlie Kirk and the whitewashing of antisemitism
Jerusalem gives Jew-hate a free pass
comment.press
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Next week Netanyahu will honour Charlie Kirk as a “fighter against antisemitism” even though Kirk revelled in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories.
My piece on how the Israeli far-right will welcome any racist as long as they hate Muslims more than they hate Jews
comment.press/as220126
My piece on how the Israeli far-right will welcome any racist as long as they hate Muslims more than they hate Jews
comment.press/as220126
Sinners was such a great film. A vampire, delta blues musical with Buddy Guy. What's not to like?
January 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Sinners was such a great film. A vampire, delta blues musical with Buddy Guy. What's not to like?