Adam Ostrowski
@adamostr.bsky.social
Polish scientist made Scottish, always European. Applications specialist Lots of views, all of them mine. He/him🇬🇧🇵🇱🏴🏳️🌈🧑🤝🧑
These figures stand out… Only 54% of people in the UK say they trust climate scientists, compared with 63% for scientists generally. The culture war is having a real impact: trust ranges from 84% among Green supporters to just 19% among Reform UK support. www.energylivenews.com/2026/09/09/j...
Just 54% of the UK public trust climate scientists - Energy Live News
Left-leaning party supporters tend to have more confidence in this sector of research than right-leaning supporters
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The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
bbc.com
I’ve now seen 3 different video clips of the assault at the reform conference and each one is horrific. Kicking, hitting with a stick, pulling hair. Grabbing the skull/face, hands round throat. None of the people were restraining in any capacity, they were outright attacking a woman.
Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns
So if you protest a genocide you are automatically a "terrorist" but hold up a major shipping route while wearing balaclavas and you are a "protester" and the police "engage with you"? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest
Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.
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They are also stopping road traffic - we are told that this is a serious act of "terrorism", entailing long prison sentences, when done for environmental reasons?
William Hayes@williamhayes.bsky.social · 6d agoSo if you protest a genocide you are automatically a "terrorist" but hold up a major shipping route while wearing balaclavas and you are a "protester" and the police "engage with you"? www.bbc.com/news/article...
So we should have really been saying helicópter all this time, rather than hélicoptér (or hélicópter if you're Polish). Fascinating!
ceej@ceej.online · 7d agoI keep repeating this fun fact to people while they stare at me with feigned interest: “helicopter” is a compound word, but probably not in the way you think! it’s made up of “helico” as in, “spiral,” from the Greek “helix” and “pter” as in “wing,” like in pterodactyl!!
Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest vocalists and performers of our times, was born on this day 80 years ago. He died aged 45. AIDS not only took our friends and lovers, it robbed us of a generation of artists and the beautiful, extraordinary work they may otherwise have given us.
Freddie Mercury Live Performance
Alt: Freddie Mercury Live Performance
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Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
Plenty of things to criticise Google for but both Google and Apple map systems get their geographic data about the USA from the USGS, an agency of the federal government, and the only reason Apple Maps US isn't currently showing Lake Ontario as Lake America is that they are on a slower update cycle.
It's so absurd how this dementia addled rapist can alter reality for everyone and the tech companies just follow along with it.
Today the first ever Scottish Borders Pride 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 is happening in Galashiels. Huge kudos to the organisers who have put in a massive amount of work with a focus on accessibility and community engagement. And the sun is shining 🌤️! Visibility for LGBT+ people has never been more important. Happy pride!
An update to UK National Guidelines means that people living with controlled HIV (aka undetectable) who previously were invited for cervical screening every year now only need screening every 5 years - the same as people without HIV. A blessed relief, I imagine. HIV treatment works! Tell everyone.
Woman Gives Enthusiastic Thumbs Up
Alt: Woman Gives Enthusiastic Thumbs Up (Amy Poehler aka Lesley Knope from Parks and Recreations).
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I spoke about being queer in a religious upbringing to 200 Scottish teens at book event this afternoon. Had seven (yes, seven) queer students and two trans students come out to me quietly in the signing queue afterwards, one of them in tears. I will never forgive those who make their lives so hard.
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
“I don't think Ukrainians give a flying f**k about whether Andy Burnham has got a suit and tie on.” Do we care that our PM wears a t-shirt to meet foreign leaders?
"How many years has it taken people to realize we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race?” Trans and gay rights activist, a veteran of the Stonewall uprising and an advocate for sex workers and trans youth, Marsha P. Johnson, born on this day 24 August 1945.
This debate is happening everywhere I guess but the anti-AI posters / graphics discussion is *very* live in Belfast right now. Have had several conversations with people about it in recent weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northern Ireland artist and business backlash against AI slop
As artificial intelligence becomes part of our everyday lives, there are some railing against cheaply produced material they say is empty and puts real artists' jobs at risk.
bbc.co.uk
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
Well that was a lovely discovery of a Sicilian wine I've never heard about, and it's delicious!
Another day another attempt by Reform to attack already vulnerable individuals. Not only will this see people who absolutely need support stripped of it and left to suffer, it will kill off small businesses. It harms everyone, all in the name of promoting ableism. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK plan would overhaul welfare system with £50bn in savings
The party plans to release a full 50-page plan on Monday outlining their proposed changes were they to come to power.
bbc.co.uk
I don't need to drive children around, not having any, but I completely agree with Coco Khan I'm her column. Resisting the flood of SUVs on the market feel like an uphill battle. I really dislike them, and most people driving them can't don't well! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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No one wants this! Westminster has redicalosed itself against net zero targets. The public has not! These policies are popular, not least because the public only has to look out the window to see the need for climate action.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w agoAndy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
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I don't know about the rest of you, but we had a total sun eclipse over here
