Andrea Burgess
@echtburge.bsky.social
Just some she/her woman. Lives in That London. Solidly built, solidly GenX. Bloodstream is 50% tea. I love your pet. If you follow me and I don't know who you are, then I'm unlikely to return the favour. Sorry. OH BOY HOW MANY WORDS CAN YOU FIT ON YOUR PR-
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Mind you, Stu is finding all of this hilarious, and it's nice making him laugh.
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I also sound like the Monster [Young Frankenstein, 1974, dir. M. Brooks]. Yes, I have tried to say "super-duper" to be absolutely sure. It came out as "fphuper- duper". No, there will not be video.
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just been to the dentist for a couple of fillings. More painful to my bank account than my mouth, although after all the injections in one side of my mouth I sound like John Merrick. [The Elephant Man, 1980, dir. D. Lynch]
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
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Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Wildlife
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The Sea
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Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock's cure for fascism
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If the UK is on the brink of civil war, as Musk claims, it follows that in 300 years time there will be be a new generation of civil war re-enactment societies.
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
"Geoff,you defend Laurence Fox. Can you guys shout outside a hostel. Brian, i need you to relentlessly slag off Nish Kumar on Facebook."
To all of my pals who are at or going to Thought Bubble, have a lovely time and buy lots of comics. I wish I was there. I love comics and I love all of you, too.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
To all of my pals who are at or going to Thought Bubble, have a lovely time and buy lots of comics. I wish I was there. I love comics and I love all of you, too.
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
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It's Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands Scream[ing] Day!
November 14, 2024 at 3:59 PM
It's Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands Scream[ing] Day!
Packed signing events and menopause do not jibe well, she typed, fanning herself with the book she bought to read on the train.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Packed signing events and menopause do not jibe well, she typed, fanning herself with the book she bought to read on the train.
I am in the signing queue at Gosh! For the Peow2/Linnea Sterte signing, where I have been for the better part of an hour. I am pretty confident that there are two people older than me in here, and one of them owns the shop.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I am in the signing queue at Gosh! For the Peow2/Linnea Sterte signing, where I have been for the better part of an hour. I am pretty confident that there are two people older than me in here, and one of them owns the shop.
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
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Trans women are women, and we know this because if we weren’t women the majority of cishet men would automatically believe us when we shared our lived experience, and wouldn’t assume that they had a better grasp of the issues “as an outsider with a more objective opinion”
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trans women are women, and we know this because if we weren’t women the majority of cishet men would automatically believe us when we shared our lived experience, and wouldn’t assume that they had a better grasp of the issues “as an outsider with a more objective opinion”
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Beleive it or not, I actually enjoy the bits of my work that involve, for example, cross-referencing the list of rare-earth elements with Tom Lehrer lyrics.
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Beleive it or not, I actually enjoy the bits of my work that involve, for example, cross-referencing the list of rare-earth elements with Tom Lehrer lyrics.
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Some people are trying to convince me I once set light to one of my farts. I have no memory of it. I think they're gaslighting me.
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Some people are trying to convince me I once set light to one of my farts. I have no memory of it. I think they're gaslighting me.
We have spent six days and nights in this seaside town and in all that time we have not seen one single cat.
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We have spent six days and nights in this seaside town and in all that time we have not seen one single cat.
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This is now 70% towards its target. I know it’s one of many cases of students from Gaza offered doctoral places in the U.K. and then denied on paperwork grounds, but it’s a small chance to make a real difference to someone.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is now 70% towards its target. I know it’s one of many cases of students from Gaza offered doctoral places in the U.K. and then denied on paperwork grounds, but it’s a small chance to make a real difference to someone.
pay.collctiv.com/evacuate-a-s...
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[To the tune of Eleanor Rigby]
Aleister Crowley,
Practicing summoning Satan while out on the beers,
Santa appears
Aleister Crowley,
Practicing summoning Satan while out on the beers,
Santa appears
November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
[To the tune of Eleanor Rigby]
Aleister Crowley,
Practicing summoning Satan while out on the beers,
Santa appears
Aleister Crowley,
Practicing summoning Satan while out on the beers,
Santa appears
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The existence of Betty Boo doing the do implies the existence of Betty Boothroyd doing the doothroyd
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The existence of Betty Boo doing the do implies the existence of Betty Boothroyd doing the doothroyd
This whole thread is gold.
I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!
September 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This whole thread is gold.
Headache update: Basically walked my way through it, apart from a bout of terrible headswim at Borough, when I wound up clinging to the edge of the pasta stall for a minute.
September 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Headache update: Basically walked my way through it, apart from a bout of terrible headswim at Borough, when I wound up clinging to the edge of the pasta stall for a minute.
A day off work! Hooray!
Waking up with a splitting headache. Un-hooray.
Waking up with a splitting headache. Un-hooray.
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A day off work! Hooray!
Waking up with a splitting headache. Un-hooray.
Waking up with a splitting headache. Un-hooray.