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The RAF Fairford incident, as plotted by Mick Herron.

Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You think you're having a good day, I've just had my first packet of crisps a week after having a tooth out. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Enjoying the lighthouse excursions on R3 today. Petroc braving the Scillonian.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Thorn apple (Datura stramonium), known as jimson weed in the US, sprouting in my back garden, north Cornwall. Family Solanaceae, and packed with toxic alkaloids. It can seed rather prolifically, so I removed it. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Jumping spiders like laser pointers.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Lieutenant is, of course, a proms fan.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shouting 'bravo' immediately after the final notes of the M9 Adagio die away, I ask you.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Unlike Nansen's ship, it has a sauna.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Proms bowing out on an absolute blinder this week. Strauss's Four Last Songs tonight; JSB's Mass in B minor tomorrow; Mahler 9 Friday.

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Cambridge Biochemistry @cambiochem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Applications are invited to our programme supporting early career researchers to establish their own independent research groups. Please circulate and further details of how to apply by 25 September are here: www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/ind... #Biochemistry #EarlyCareer #Postdocs #Science

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Getting the Christmas pudding training in early, damn your eyes.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

4.33 H+/ATP (1.39 ATP/NADPH) in Chlamy chloroplasts; v. interesting for the bioenergetics if that's your thing (helping to ease the energetic cost of the CCM?).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Terrific news for Liverpool, and the NW in general. Very good memories from working at LSTM back in the day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

New robot lab in Liverpool to speed up disease research

Lab-grown human organs will be used to test treatments, reducing the need for animal testing.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've got the electricians in, and they're not fans of Gregorio Allegri.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Any astrophotographers out there? I'm looking for images of people looking at the sky without telescopes. If you can share shots of meteor watching in deckchairs, or anything of you hanging out under the stars that would be fab. 🔭

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s the annual village sports day, but never mind that; thanks to the heads up from @davidcollard.bsky.social for recommending ‘The Restraint of Beasts’ by Magnus Mills. Mordant, filthy & nasty, but it’ll leave you tickled.

The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I speak with authority of someone who has spent the afternoon watching Columbo.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Edward Fleas has decided that indoor cat season has started.

Stray boy Eddie. Indoors after the summer.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Mahler's Rückert–Lieder and Symphony no. 4 (the Mahler symphony for people who don't like Mahler) at the Proms last night, but also - absolute bonus - the beautiful 'Urlicht' as an encore. The Met Orchestra/YN-S/Joyce DiDonato. Smart discussion in the interval too from Emily McGregor.

bbc.co.uk

BBC Proms - 2026 - The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler - BBC Sounds

Live at the BBC Proms: The Met Orchestra under Yannick Nézet‐Séguin performs Mahler.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Strauss (R) tonight, who I've come to increasingly appreciate over the years. My Dad was very much a Strauss (J, Jr) fan, didn't care much for the other fellow, but I have him to thank for exposing me to classical music from a very young age.

Richard Strauss being accosted by a fan/frenemy at the Austrian premiere of Salome, Graz 1906.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Terrific programme about Betjeman on BBC4 atm pals.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s been three days, and nobody has stolen the old storage heaters I’ve left outside. Nature is healing.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For a former bruiser with an itinerant lifestyle I’d say he’s made some good decisions in life.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

RIP my smart lightbulb, not so smart now, but wiv da angels.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Absolute filth on Call My Bluff tonight.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

NPQ becoming ever so slightly less mysterious this morning.

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today's image is the serene 'Newt Pond' by Eric Ravilious, which is also available as part of the 'Rivers and Ponds' greetings card collection, which can be stapled together and utilised as a fan. Oh! And is also part of the Featured Artist sale. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/eric...

A watercolour by Eric Ravilious titled 'Newt Pond'. A dark pool reflects the buildings and trees of a pleasant country scene, suggesting another dimension to the world.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Assisting a student with some old-fashioned enzyme kinetics this morning. Lineweaver-Burk bad; Eadie-Hofstee better; non-linear regression ⭐. It was all graph paper, rulers and flexible curves when I started out, mind you.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s all happening. (Very slowly). 🌞

Yours truly with a pinhole projector, viewing the solar eclipse.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

No need for eclipse glasses if you’ve got an old cat food box. Far safer for viewing the sun, too.

A pinhole projector for eclipse viewing.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Berg's Violin Concerto tonight, folks. I wish he'd composed more music.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today’s round of Name That Lighthouse.

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 07/08/2026

One month left to apply!! 🧪 @biozentrum.unibas.ch seeks a group👩‍🔬 exploring molecular questions relevant to climate 🌍, including biogeochemical cycles (e.g., carbon, nitrogen) ♻️, bioenergetic energy conversion (e.g., photosynthesis, chemosynthesis) ☀️⚗️, and the adaptation to environmental change 🌊🌡️🦠🌾

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I hope you're all listening to The Unthanks (and friends) with the Royal Northern Sinfonia on R3 this evening.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is very neat (and open access!). Cys and His added earlier than expected, but you'd want them if you were a self-respecting enzyme, right?

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Fascinating to hear a snippet of an interview with Alma Mahler on R3 just now. She didn't have any of Gustav's music played at her funeral, mind you.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A quick round of Name That Cathedral.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

At a loose end this weekend? Why not make an e-ink digital camera? Bring your own Pi Zero, Pi Camera, e-ink display and battery. GitHub instructions included. reframe.camera

reframe.camera

reFrame — the ePaper camera

reFrame is an experimental camera with a color ePaper display. Designed to capture and display one photo at a time, making every frame memorable.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Post lunch stroll. The merest sprinkle of rain here this morning.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Acceptable plum situation from the garden this morning.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Dez Strand and I postulated reverse NDH activity in plants in our JBC paper in 2017; satisfying to see it occurring here (and thanks to the authors for the acknowledgment).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mahler 6 tonight; appointment radio if that's your kind of thing. i) Scherzo-Andante. ii) Cowbells > sledgehammer.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Classic album covers from the 1970s (updated).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Good evening from the old fellow.

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