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Nick Fisher
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Biochemist (respiratory & photosynthetic bioenergetics). Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, bibliophile, Mahlerian, feral cat dad. Also other things. Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/2vpjBP1

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · Nov 6
Hello new folks! Thanks for stopping by. Sometimes I post about biochemistry, but it’s mostly cats/classical music/books/things in my garden here. Live from Cornwall. Beardy, generally worn down by academia.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 16h
Some fascinating associations here. I wouldn't necessarily have expected Norwegian Progressive Intellectuals, the British Wildlife and Birding Community, Everton Football Club Supporters, & Queer Leftist Artists and Shitposters to group together, but doubtless the world is a better place for it.
Data visualisation from https://bluesky-map.theo.io

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 1d
I know you're all excited about the luge at the moment, but this is very good. Jurowski's Mahler 9 with the LPO - a live performance from 2022, but I don't hear any bronchial interruptions from the audience. The adagio canters along - under 23 minutes, but slow enough when it needs to be.
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9 by Vladimir Jurowski & London Philharmonic Orchestra on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 4 Songs
music.apple.com

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
(It'd have to be quite a short section, obviously)

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
I'd like to see luge combined with author reading for literary types.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
You’d think so, wouldn’t you?

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
You never know who'll you find, do you? I've caught hedgehogs on several occasions. (And a gull once 😬).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
Stout footwear needed.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 2d
Afternoon ramble. It’s not raining!
Looking towards the leat at St Ervan. Stone wall, ash, beech, sycamore. Muddy. Cornwall.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 4d
A couple of years ago I saw a young fellow reading one of Archer's novels on a bus in East Lansing, Michigan. Needless to say, I had questions.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 4d
30 years ago I caused Clive James to duck due to a careless frisbee throw on Parker's Piece, Cambridge.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 6d
Exactly. Jellyfish may not be advanced organisms, but they're just as highly evolved as anything else.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 7d
I moved back to the UK from the US in 2022. I banked with a credit union there, whose automated payment system consisted of a teller writing a cheque and mailing it to the utility company.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 8d
I'm disappointed that no-one's mentioned adverse camber yet.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 8d
Evening
Stray boy Edward Fleas thinking about the week ahead

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 10d
Mike Tyson went to the White House VIP launch of the film, I'd love to know what he thought of it.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 12d
Before he was neutered he would sit on my neighbours' doorsteps and chase their own cats away. He really wanted a home, I guess.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 12d
This is stray boy Edward Fleas, who terrorised the village before I was able to catch and neuter him. He was such a bad cat! He's moved in with me now, and swears he's a reformed character (- he mostly is).
Grey cat Eddie a.k.a. 'the terrible cat'.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 13d
I left the US (and US academia) in 2022. At the time it was hardest decision I'd ever made...now I look back with some relief. Solidarity.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 13d
Is the ZooMS annotation using the collagen sequence? Possible for that to be incorrectly annotated of course, but I wonder how similar i.e. red deer collagen is to roe.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 14d
haha, the possibilities!

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 14d
Coincidentally, OR IS IT?
Just one more thing ma'am.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 14d
Yes, many things are terrible, but here’s Mini with his dad.
Feral* tuxedo boys Mr and Mini Mr. (* not that feral any more).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 15d
I had haggis out of a tin! (I'm not proud, but it was tasty enough).

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 15d
Methane on Titan!

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 15d
I'll grab a copy of Fernseed if still available?

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 16d
George Smiley's let himself go.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 16d
That's an interesting article, thanks. As a non-driver I rely on the railways a lot to get around the southwest. The forthcoming Mid Cornwall Metro service in Cornwall is a rare bit of good public transport news for the county.

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Nick Fisher @nef.bsky.social · 16d
Exactly. As someone who relies on rail services to get to and from London, Dawlish can be a problem.