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You're the right person to ask - as I drove in to Manchester yesterday morning there were several skeins of geese heading west(ish). Would they be pink-foots or are they not back in big numbers yet?

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

...but matches my hypothesis so it's staying.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wow. So I guess America is great again now?

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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 06/10/2026

Our October Special Issue on Neurotechnology is now online! It's loaded with great Q&As from leaders in the field, Perspectives, a Comment on ethics, and lots of cool primary papers of course! www.nature.com/neuro/volume...

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 06/10/2026

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We'll remember this post when you get your Nobel, you humbug

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don't remember the route exactly (I was there for a conference), but I think this is the site that gave me some runspo. Let me know what you do - it's a nice city to run in so always handy to have a route if I'm back! greatruns.com/cardiff-wale...

greatruns.com

Cardiff Bay Trail - Great Runs

A supremely satisfying 10 km loop around Cardiff’s southern waterfront, the Cardiff Bay Trail keeps runs interesting with a variety of surfaces, from concrete and brick to asphalt and bouncy boardwalk...

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How far do you need to go? The run around the bay is fun (passing the Doctor Who set). You could tack that on to a section of the Taff trail. Not done a super long run in Cardiff, but I think going around the bay was around 10k from where I was staying.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sharing this because I finally found out what my friend Jacob does for his day job 🤷‍♀️

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Adding to this, Github Pages lets you make a free site. Plenty of nice-looking academic Jekyll sites out there for inspiration. docs.github.com/en/pages

docs.github.com

GitHub Pages documentation - GitHub Docs

GitHub Pages turns any GitHub repository into a live website—no separate hosting required.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are a lot of things to like about working at @manmetuni.bsky.social but the fact that we upload video resources to 'mmutube' has to be high on that list.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Desktop Copilot: I have searched your Outlook and you have time for tea in 3 minutes, after you have responded to these 318 unread emails

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026

"Once, I went out on the rob for diesel, and sparked a major international security incident"

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We should use "evolutionary" theories as examples of mental gymnastics when teaching students how to make an argument. This one's a peach.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cambridge people - is this the CBU? It looks similar but my memory has faded! Pretty sure I've played croquet on that lawn 🦩🦔

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Right which of you lot just made me fill in an FOI request about neurotechnologies? DMs are open if a journalist is working on something!

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Genuine question: How do you know you are in control of a dream, rather than just experiencing the illusion of control? We need a Libet task for dreams.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Worth a scan of my local reservoir just in case 😎

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"I plan to sell the drug so I can buy my AI girlfriend an upgrade."

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm curious what would happen if it quenched. Would the building float away like a party balloon?

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It must feel like wading through water, just walking to the bed 🧲

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey I'm intellectually lazy and socially isolated and I never use ChatGPT. This is like when they tried to make us feel guilty for using em-dashes 😡

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sad to miss it this year! Hope you have a great meeting!

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Lotta guys on the list not many women 🤔

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That open letter on behalf of that Cofnas chap is a very handy reference for all the people I no longer want to work with. But Cofnas must be very grateful that such luminaries as the "Professor of Consumer Behavior, Furtwangen University" have his back.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You could do such a good episode on sumptuary laws.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ah! Not quite cyclable then... thanks!

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

For anyone under 30, there's some pretty good bouldering around the base.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is a fantastic achievement. Indian Face is a truly iconic route. The position on the crag makes it the absolute jewel, and the history and mythology of the line still gives me shivers, 40 since the news went round local climbers that Dawes had done it. www.ukclimbing.com/news/2026/08...

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NEWS: Rachel Pearce makes first female ascent of Indian Face, E9 6c

Rachel Pearce has made the tenth ascent, and first female ascent, of Johnny Dawes' Clogwyn Du'r Arddu (Cloggy) route, Indian Face (E9 6c)

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is a short article, so doesn't suggest why foods taste different. It's mostly the Maillard reaction, which continues even in the cold (albeit slower). Diagnostically, food is darker after a rest in the fridge. Makes sense that complex profiles taste "better" (more complex).

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ooh - where is this? Never seen a shrike before! Is it near Oxford or are you away?

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The little plastic bridge thing that stops the top of the pizza box sagging onto the pizza says 'sup

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is huge news. The Dorset population seemed to only be composed of aged birds, too old to reproduce. With declining food availability, it seemed like a doomed colony. Thrilling if they bounce back!

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Over on X (the everything app) they will say it's "just summer" down there.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Fuming that you beat me to this.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm creating something similar for 1st year psychologists. I thought start with something visual (PsychoPy), then gradually add 'proper' code to extend the visual bits. Other staff are doing things with R as the backend to Jamovi. No easy way to do it, given all the other constraints!

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Interesting, but waiting until it's confirmed by seraphim.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Maybe PhD programmes don't need to be that long? UK programmes are usually three years plus a year to write up.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Real quant researchers can do factor analysis on their fingers.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Surely the real purpose of summer is to get back to losing cricket test matches and rugby summer internationals?

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This calls for some experimental archaeology.

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

@davidallengreen.bsky.social Constitutional question: Is Count Binface eligible to contest an election to be an MP, or would his noble title exclude him? Or, to put it another way, what sorts of titles exclude people, and would the removal of the hereditary lords from the Lords allow them to stand?

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Nick Davis @njdavis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026