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Andrew Gifford

@andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social

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Hello, welcome :) This Invisible Illness: my first long form documentary photography project, about ME/CFS a complex & challenging health condition - like Long Covid. https://linktr.ee/andrewgifford.photography Bristol, UK. 335.42 ppm. He/him/oi.

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 9d

Here but not here - from my ME/CFS photo project

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ALT: Colour photo of a caucasian adult male's head just about visible through foggy blue-grey glass, as he peers in through the murk

#DocumentaryPhotography #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid

Here but not here:

Andrew Gifford on Glass

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 13h

WLTW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYcT...

New trailer for County Lines - on digital and in cinemas 4 December | BFI

YouTube video by BFI

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 13h

It's endless isn't it.

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Andy Dudfield @mrdudders.bsky.social · 13h

What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Some facts

What support do asylum seekers get in the UK? – Full Fact

Can asylum seekers claim benefits, use the NHS or get a free iPhone? We’ve answered some of the most common questions we see about the support given.

fullfact.org

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 13h

Stank. Showered. Now sweating like a bastard from the effort.

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 14h

It was so boring I couldn't remember if I'd seen it before. But I had.

Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 14h

Nah, left me and Sharon both bored, unmoved.

Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 15h

Boogie Nights was a stinker, but the rest are all bangers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Y_...

Paul Thomas Anderson: The Arc of an Artist

YouTube video by Eric Ross

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 16h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 19h

Had a fair few chicken kebabs from there! Made it onto the photo wall once, by accident.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h

To rub salt into their wounds, these patients have watched as the man many see as their tormentor-in-chief has been garlanded with honours, including a knighthood. His latest appointment is yet another blow.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h

On the one hand, medical science is beginning to get a handle on the very complex physiological basis of this disease. On the other hand, we can expect the greatest medical scandal (so far) of the 21st Century – the mass mistreatment and neglect of ME/CFS sufferers – to continue.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 23h

Great to see research on biomarkers for ME/CFS but the headline is premature IMO. Not clear what the test was validated against given there’s no gold standard.
What is needed -and can be achieved rn- is consensus on diagnostic criteria which may include -but not defined solely by- blood tests.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️The NHS once protected us.

Now, millions of Clinically Vulnerable people are being told we don’t qualify for a Covid vaccine - even as new variants spread.

This is a dangerous, preventable mistake.

#KeepCovidBoosters

NEW CVF BLOG - Screenshot of top of page

A Preventable Winter Crisis: Why Clinically Vulnerable People Need Your Help

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 1d

How is this department allowed to continue to send out such shite communication, to a vulnerable group of people - vulnerable in the sense of the MASSIVE power imbalance. Why isn't it held (audited, penalised) to a higher standard? Why is the DWP allowed to be so inhumane? It's shocking.

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 1d

I hate the DWP so much. Any letter from it raises more questions than it answers. It's an abuse of power and causes unfair stress. It is never a competent, let alone helpful and kind, letter. Today I received two, near identical. Oh and a paltry £10 'Christmas bonus', I mean, ffs.

#DWP #Inept

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 1d

Some of you may be wondering about the glamorous lifestyle associated with the architectural work I do.

Well, I can now share some of that with you. I get this sort of ad for reference material on my Instagram feed.
(It is a genuine ad.)

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Damon Charles @damonmakespictures.bsky.social · 2d

Medicine table with hand-made fortune cards. Glastonbury, Sep 2025.

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 2d

‘A girl, a dog and a mule.’ #Photography by H. Armstrong Roberts (1921) #art

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Harley is a marathon running machine, raising funds for ME research. £52,000 and counting!

@mikeseumarathons.bsky.social

#MECFS #LongCovid #pwME

UK Charity Invest in ME Research @investinmeresearch.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Mike Harley for another outstanding effort to raise funds to facilitate biomedical research into #MECFS
at the Skopje Marathon 2025
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
#philanthropy #research #CofEforME #InvestinMEresearch @mikeseumarathons.bsky.social

Mike Harley - EU Marathons for ME - SKopje October 2025

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 2d

An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during its genocide in Gaza, Declassified can reveal.

Teva supplies around 14% of the prescribed medicine packs in Britain, and supports the IDF👇
www.declassifieduk.org/the-israeli-...

The Israeli firm aiding the NHS and IDF

Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 2d

It's mostly my inner youth trying to let rip.

Even if I were well, it's mainly about the geekery than really getting into it. I'd probably only play with it a couple of days in any given year.

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Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 2d

I've got some eBay saved searches running, in hopes of a screaming bargain do-er-upper but it's likely just a vanity project tbh. I've also got my eye on some cool OEM and third party body shells - Clio Williams, Mini Cooper, Beetle etc. - as I'd want to do that myself.

Andrew Gifford @andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Well.... my RC was an HPI car, which the model shop man said was slightly higher quality, but Tamiya kits seems just as upgradeable to the same price point. My mates all had Tamiya RC's when we were kids, but my folks could never afford. So, dunno.

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