Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 16m

I’m not sure who picks the prompt but I get them from @handcranked.bsky.social who does a great job posting a weekly list of challenges.

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 20m

Thanks! :-)

It’s one of the weekly photo “challenges”, with a different prompt each Saturday. This week was #vertical.

1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 23h

For #BlueSkyArtShow a #vertical #icm of winter trees from early this year.

A photo of group of winter (leafless) trees captured using a 2 second exposure with vertical motion of the camera to emphasise the trunks and ghost the branches. The trunks are side lit with winter light so they are light on one side and dark on the other.

2 18

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 2d

It’s #FungiFriday again and here are some mica caps growing locally.

#FungiFriends #Fungi

A photo of mica cap mushrooms growing on a woodland floor. The conical mushrooms are darker reddish brown on top, paler yellower brown at the edges, with light speckles over the caps. The foreground has four mushrooms in focus with others around and behind.

1 11

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Angela 😊

1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 6d

Oooh, that is stunning!

1 1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 7d

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow

A 3 second icm exposure of a London street at night. The motion of the camera makes the city lights jiggle.

1 2 23

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 9d

A bunch of sulphur tuft mushrooms for #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

A bunch of yellowish mushrooms growing on a tree stump among some green moss.

1 11

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · 14d

It’s the season for #fungi. Seem to be honey mushrooms everywhere in the local woods.

#fungifriends #stunday

Honey mushrooms from ground level. Four in a line, with a few behind. Honey coloured with darker caps. Around them are some brown leaves and twigs. Some green plants in foreground and background.

1 17

Reposted by Andy Burke

Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 19d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

97 1.4K 3K

Reposted by Andy Burke

Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · Sep 14

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

260 1.5K 5.1K

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Sep 6

He has form for misinformation.

fullfact.org/health/steve...

Doctor makes misleading Covid vaccine claims on Diary of a CEO podcast – Full Fact

On Steven Bartlett’s popular podcast, Dr Aseem Malhotra claimed there would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines.

fullfact.org

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Amazing how often just giving people relatively small amounts of money turns out to be really cost effective.

1

Reposted by Andy Burke

Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · Aug 27

When the leader of a political party sets out plans to build concentration camps, and proposes sending people back to oppressive countries in the knowledge they will be tortured or executed, you would have thought his political opponents would at the very least attack the moral basis of those plans.

Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · Aug 26

Farage would like nothing more than to have his plan for mass deportation blocked by a judge. It would provide an excuse for not delivering on his unworkable promises and open the door to a full blown assault on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.

Farage’s plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts

9 16 47

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Libdems and Greens have opposed on moral grounds, not that you’ll see that in the MSM.
Also a few Labour MPs, but their party’s response is appalling.

2

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here’s a tree for #WorldPhotographyDay from a walk yesterday.

I haven’t done much monochrome photography for a while, think I might do more.

A tree on the edge of Kelly Hall Tarn in the Lake District. A monochrome image shows the tree in silhouette against the sky with hints of reflection in the foreground water and hills in the background.

1 11

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 19

It doesn’t matter what he says as he never considers himself bound by anything. No law, treaty, promise, rule, or contract binds him. He breaks them on a whim with impunity.

1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is mostly used on private prescription in the UK, so users are paying that price. A lot will probably swap to ozempic/wegovy unless that price goes up too.
NHS provision has been limited so far but there’s pressure to increase it.

1

Reposted by Andy Burke

Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Aug 11

Pls stop what you are doing and read this entire report on Israel's murder of journalist Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues in Gaza City.

"He characterized Israel’s threats as 'Silence or Death,' and he vowed not to be silent."

It ends with his final message. www.dropsitenews.com/p/anas-al-sh...

The Israeli Assassination of Journalist Anas al-Sharif and Five Colleagues in Gaza City

“We understand these are our last days.”

www.dropsitenews.com

13 390 810

Reposted by Andy Burke

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…

HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775

HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000

PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.

NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research

Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

www.theguardian.com

110 5.1K 6.1K

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 6

Where does the dog end and the haystack begin? Great image.

1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 6

Does anyone produce nice infographics for UK immigration, that could at least be dropped into SM conversations? Comparing numbers of migrant categories and maybe their contributions to society?

1

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Aug 3

I hesitated when I saw it’s book 3 but bought it anyway as it sounds like it’s standalone.

1 1

Reposted by Andy Burke

Elizabeth Gibney @lizziegibney.bsky.social · Jul 30

This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Physicists disagree wildly on what quantum mechanics says about reality, Nature survey shows

First major attempt to chart researchers’ views finds interpretations in conflict.

www.nature.com

11 47 85

Andy Burke @andyburke.bsky.social · Jul 25

Not sure whether to count this as skyscape, riverscape or cityscape but it’s certainly a #scape #Belfast

An image of the river Lagan in Belfast. A long exposure used to smooth the water. Stormy clouds in the sky, it started to rain shortly after this

1 10