Andrew Gifford
@andrewgiffordphoto.bsky.social
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.
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.
Pinned
Autonomic face plant:
Andrew Gifford on Glass
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Autonomic face plant - from my ME/CFS photo project
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ALT: colour photo of adult white male with bloodied face and drained expression, from fainting a moment ago
#Photography #MECFS #LongCovid #SelfPortrait
glass.photo/andrewgiffor...
ALT: colour photo of adult white male with bloodied face and drained expression, from fainting a moment ago
#Photography #MECFS #LongCovid #SelfPortrait
ME/CFS made me unemployable, given its impacts.
So I started a business, ran it for 10+ years. I Worked flexibly and part time, took time off when had to - many weeks/months.
As a result, I have no pension, as I was always in survival mode health-wise and financially within the business.
So I started a business, ran it for 10+ years. I Worked flexibly and part time, took time off when had to - many weeks/months.
As a result, I have no pension, as I was always in survival mode health-wise and financially within the business.
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
ME/CFS made me unemployable, given its impacts.
So I started a business, ran it for 10+ years. I Worked flexibly and part time, took time off when had to - many weeks/months.
As a result, I have no pension, as I was always in survival mode health-wise and financially within the business.
So I started a business, ran it for 10+ years. I Worked flexibly and part time, took time off when had to - many weeks/months.
As a result, I have no pension, as I was always in survival mode health-wise and financially within the business.
Here I am posting pics of an Asia that we'll not see again for many lifetimes - climate change induced severe flooding (and all else) is now here to stay.
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Here I am posting pics of an Asia that we'll not see again for many lifetimes - climate change induced severe flooding (and all else) is now here to stay.
Nearly-new shoes! Turd brown New Balance 574's.
Sharon took pity on my toes poking through my other two pairs, each 10+ years old. I feel well posh now.
Sharon took pity on my toes poking through my other two pairs, each 10+ years old. I feel well posh now.
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nearly-new shoes! Turd brown New Balance 574's.
Sharon took pity on my toes poking through my other two pairs, each 10+ years old. I feel well posh now.
Sharon took pity on my toes poking through my other two pairs, each 10+ years old. I feel well posh now.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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When the Gulf Stream goes into reverse and the UK becomes uninhabitable (AMOC collapse*), I hope there will be some welcoming nations who are kinder to refugees than we have been.
* Likelihood now >50%.
bsky.app/profile/swin...
* Likelihood now >50%.
bsky.app/profile/swin...
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When the Gulf Stream goes into reverse and the UK becomes uninhabitable (AMOC collapse*), I hope there will be some welcoming nations who are kinder to refugees than we have been.
* Likelihood now >50%.
bsky.app/profile/swin...
* Likelihood now >50%.
bsky.app/profile/swin...
Photo from a while ago: Hanoi, Vietnam
Street vendor of barbering and ear de-clagging services. He had a fair queue.
#Photography
Street vendor of barbering and ear de-clagging services. He had a fair queue.
#Photography
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Photo from a while ago: Hanoi, Vietnam
Street vendor of barbering and ear de-clagging services. He had a fair queue.
#Photography
Street vendor of barbering and ear de-clagging services. He had a fair queue.
#Photography
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#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
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CW: Death, Distressing Content
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle
Her heartbroken partner says she was 'let down' by the health service
www.devonlive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
CW: Death, Distressing Content
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
Nattokinaise - says best to take it away from food with plenty of water.
I'm presuming it'll clear an empty stomach quicker, i.e. in the morning before breakky. So, how soon after can I eat again?
Ta
#Nattokinaise #MicoClots #MECFS #LongCovid
I'm presuming it'll clear an empty stomach quicker, i.e. in the morning before breakky. So, how soon after can I eat again?
Ta
#Nattokinaise #MicoClots #MECFS #LongCovid
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Nattokinaise - says best to take it away from food with plenty of water.
I'm presuming it'll clear an empty stomach quicker, i.e. in the morning before breakky. So, how soon after can I eat again?
Ta
#Nattokinaise #MicoClots #MECFS #LongCovid
I'm presuming it'll clear an empty stomach quicker, i.e. in the morning before breakky. So, how soon after can I eat again?
Ta
#Nattokinaise #MicoClots #MECFS #LongCovid
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dehydration really knackers my sleep. One (large mug) drink less and that's it, a restless night. I am a large tired mug.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Dehydration really knackers my sleep. One (large mug) drink less and that's it, a restless night. I am a large tired mug.
Did I miss the part in the budget where while UK Gov can't be arsed funding research into - nor treatments for - your disease, your PIP gets doubled?
#Budget2025 #MECFS #LongCovid
#Budget2025 #MECFS #LongCovid
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Did I miss the part in the budget where while UK Gov can't be arsed funding research into - nor treatments for - your disease, your PIP gets doubled?
#Budget2025 #MECFS #LongCovid
#Budget2025 #MECFS #LongCovid
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Question…
Why is the minimum wage not also the tax-free allowance?
If minimum wage is the amount needed to live, why would some of it be taken in tax?
Why is the minimum wage not also the tax-free allowance?
If minimum wage is the amount needed to live, why would some of it be taken in tax?
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Question…
Why is the minimum wage not also the tax-free allowance?
If minimum wage is the amount needed to live, why would some of it be taken in tax?
Why is the minimum wage not also the tax-free allowance?
If minimum wage is the amount needed to live, why would some of it be taken in tax?
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Photo from a while ago: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
"For the future of our children" (I think). I'd love to know what this scene is about.
#Photography
"For the future of our children" (I think). I'd love to know what this scene is about.
#Photography
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Photo from a while ago: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
"For the future of our children" (I think). I'd love to know what this scene is about.
#Photography
"For the future of our children" (I think). I'd love to know what this scene is about.
#Photography
How Israeli settlers acquired (stole) Palestinian land. Historical context that isn't much covered these days. BBC doing well here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Storyville - Blue Box
A Storyville documentary. Brave account of how the Jewish National Fund acquired land in Palestine before and after the creation of the State of Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
How Israeli settlers acquired (stole) Palestinian land. Historical context that isn't much covered these days. BBC doing well here.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A moving 4 min video trailer about severe ME. The producers are raising funds to make a full length documentary with contributions by patients, carers & experts. "The marginalization of ME/CFS patients stands as one of the most consequential public health failures of our time."
tinyurl.com/47fbdcsf
tinyurl.com/47fbdcsf
Donate to The First Feature-Length Documentary on ME CFS & Long COVID, organized by Stephen Fortuna
It has been nearly six years since the onset of the COVID-19 … Stephen Fortuna needs your support for The First Feature-Length Documentary on ME CFS & Long COVID
tinyurl.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A moving 4 min video trailer about severe ME. The producers are raising funds to make a full length documentary with contributions by patients, carers & experts. "The marginalization of ME/CFS patients stands as one of the most consequential public health failures of our time."
tinyurl.com/47fbdcsf
tinyurl.com/47fbdcsf
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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From my ongoing project, "Museum".
On hold at the moment because of The Day Job and Paying Mortgages, but hoping to make more work and get it finished in the coming months.
On hold at the moment because of The Day Job and Paying Mortgages, but hoping to make more work and get it finished in the coming months.
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
From my ongoing project, "Museum".
On hold at the moment because of The Day Job and Paying Mortgages, but hoping to make more work and get it finished in the coming months.
On hold at the moment because of The Day Job and Paying Mortgages, but hoping to make more work and get it finished in the coming months.
Photo from a while ago: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Recycling collection, with time to chat.
#Photography
Recycling collection, with time to chat.
#Photography
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Photo from a while ago: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Recycling collection, with time to chat.
#Photography
Recycling collection, with time to chat.
#Photography
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What nasal sprays are we using to prevent covid?
The one I generally use, Nasitrol, is not going to be here in time before my surgery.
So, I need one that I can purchase in store.
I know of Xlear, but I'm not sure if there's anything more effective?
The one I generally use, Nasitrol, is not going to be here in time before my surgery.
So, I need one that I can purchase in store.
I know of Xlear, but I'm not sure if there's anything more effective?
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What nasal sprays are we using to prevent covid?
The one I generally use, Nasitrol, is not going to be here in time before my surgery.
So, I need one that I can purchase in store.
I know of Xlear, but I'm not sure if there's anything more effective?
The one I generally use, Nasitrol, is not going to be here in time before my surgery.
So, I need one that I can purchase in store.
I know of Xlear, but I'm not sure if there's anything more effective?
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.