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Adrian Norris
@adriannorris.bsky.social
An escapee from Twitter, where I am @adriannorris

Aerospace consultant, British migrant living in France (Lyon) most of the time and UK (London) some of the time. Love the mountains, playing the piano, and occasionally flying aeroplanes.
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."

No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump Gaza looks like transvestite heaven. 👇
February 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
News headlines on the website of France’s largest commercial TV channel:

1. Pelicot rape trial.
2. Ukraine war.

and…

3. Results of the Miss France general knowledge quiz. 🤯

(If you’re wondering, Miss Picardy won.)
November 25, 2024 at 2:05 PM
The weather this afternoon was so beautiful that I had to enjoy it from the air. Some pictures from the Beaujolais hills near Lyon in the late afternoon sun, a rather grainy shot of Mont Blanc from 100 miles away, and a picture of my rather old and rather slow rented aeroplane.
November 8, 2023 at 9:43 PM
It's interesting to compare Rishi Sunak's view of Boris Johnson, expressed at the Conservative Party virtual conference in 2020, with Patrick Vallance's notes from around the same time:
October 31, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Two of the nicest things about living where I do in France: the short walk along the banks of the Saône to the patisserie, and the delightful things I find when I arrive there! 🐷
October 28, 2023 at 4:13 PM
My first day and my first post! It's good to find so many of the nice people who had gone quiet in the other place.
October 21, 2023 at 4:33 PM