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andyburke.bsky.social
Ex-clinical trials project manager, father of 2, amateur photographer, would-be writer, musician & geek. Opinions are my own etc. He/him.
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I don’t often use my Lensbaby Velvet lens but it makes this wild garlic flower glow for #stunday

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

An #icm #scape of the #Chilterns.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

A song we adapted from "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls) about seeing and acknowledging what's happening now, in Gaza. youtu.be/7OGcRQtorAM

submitted 19 days ago • 21 comments

I just resigned from the Labour Party. I can’t support this far-right and damaging stance from the current leadership.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Can confirm there’s a partial #eclipse happening. From southern England.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Today is the last opportunity to see the framed version of the Outsiders exhibition anywhere in England as the exhibition will be closing at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social at 4pm today. Michelle’s story can be seen in the exhibition and book.

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040 ⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought 💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP) 🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400 🔌Electrification is key THREAD + charts www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/10

submitted 112 days ago • 16 comments

I was at the Outsiders exhibition at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social for quite a while yesterday, quietly observing the interactions with the work. The level of engagement was surprisingly high, with people reading all of the labels and stories and it stimulating a lot of conversations among visitors.

submitted 116 days ago • 4 comments

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 125 days ago • 513 comments

A 🧵 on what aid cuts mean for HIV. HIV treatment saves lives. Currently 20 million people worldwide are on treatment funded by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). That funding was halted by Presidential order and then given a reprieve for 90 days. Its future is uncertain. 1/10

submitted 134 days ago • 8 comments

The Outsiders touring exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing is now open at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social. Please spread the word and visit if you can. St Albans is only 25 minutes from St Pancras and this is the only opportunity to see it in the South of England.

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/

submitted 176 days ago • 123 comments