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Karl Burke

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Artist , painter. Interested in the military-industrial complex, AI, non-AI, climate change, geopolitics, history, human cognition, social behaviour. Dublin/Paris. http://www.karlburke.com

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 18d

Study after da Vinci

2025
oil on panel
81 x 61 cm (32 x 24 in.)

#art #painting #peinture

paining based on the Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Leonardo da Vinci

Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 1m

Not official legal advice but, yes. No exceptions.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11h

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 14h

"... and that was "Cadaveric Incubator of Endoparasites" by Carcass, delicious with a white wine sauce..."

Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 20h

Although as we know they have their own copies of the Kh-55 in the Neptune variants, it doesn't look like they have for the Kh-101 which would be the Tomahawk equivalent in terms of guidance and range. Seems like they're concentrating on the even longer-ranged FP-5 Flamingo.

Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 1d

They could do with a few updated versions of this in the US.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thanks to the first volume of Michael Palin's diaries, I recently discovered the glory of one of the greatest travel pieces in British publishing history.

In early April 1977, The Guardian published a 7-page travel supplement on this "little-known" island nation...

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 2d

Well, it’s an updated model of the Gepard concept, but there will never be enough of them realistically. Shells are programmed to explode in a shower of miniature tungsten rods where the target is predicted to be, ideal for constant speed and heading targets.

Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 3d

Yes.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 3d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent film.

Karl Burke @karlburke.bsky.social · 4d

5x faster sounds great, unless it's a brick wall you're heading towards.

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 4d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war