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Andy Purkiss

@andypurk.bsky.social

X-ray crystallographer and structural biologist at the Francis Crick Institute. Cats not dogs. Also interested in railways, Sci-Fi and Star Trek (amongst other things). Type 1 Diabetic

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A spontaneous laugh out loud at Phil Ellis' "it's the other end" response when talking about a pig's corkscrew penis in tonight's #Taskmaster

30.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heyyyyy MEMBRANE protein people! We are running our (fairly rare) membrane screen in November, so get your reservations in! 🦠

29.10.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my! Kitten Daphne.😻

24.10.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ponyo.

With an honourable mention for Star Trek The Motion Picture!

23.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Permission to Land by The Darkness (amongst many others)

23.10.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The sales droid when I switched to Community Fibre was a bit surprised when I went for the 2.5 Gbps service. Explained that's what the network connection on my PC can do, at least once I'd exchanged cables for cat 6!
Old work laptop manages about 15-20% of that but is limited by 802.11ac hardware.

21.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Daphne, I've done my bit. However, there seems to be too many D O G supporting votes this year. 😿

20.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the footbridges, good view south to the Metropolitan line.

maps.app.goo.gl/nhtaEFPCs1fv...

20.10.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The footbridges, north or south of the Metropolitan line, over the West Coast Mainline and to the east of Northwick Park are good spots for this.

20.10.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like the box, which Banksy is protecting, suffered some collateral damage! πŸˆβ€β¬›

19.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Share someone who looks stylish in a hat.

18.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
17.10.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are multiple clones of Red Hat, which are free. We use Rocky Linux for most of our machines at work. This developed out of the changes to Centos after version 7.

17.10.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A good evening of #StarTrek on Sky Mix tonight. Home in time for #TNG The Best of Both Worlds Part II, followed by #DS9 Trials and Tribble-ations.

16.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn't find a "speaking" one without the subtitles.

15.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reply with an image you can hear πŸ’š

15.10.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At least it is remote data collection, but would need to borrow a cat to keep me warm.😾
Hope Flynn and Honey are keeping you entertained and that you feel better soon.

15.10.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another evening collecting other peoples' data at #DLS!

15.10.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Blondie: Hanging on the Telephone.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhk...

13.10.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Ladykillers (the 1955 version).

Honourable mentions for Hot Fuzz (2007) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974) especially for the train departure sequence.

09.10.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One point which seems to be missed is population over individual. I've had a Covid vaccine on the NHS every year as a type 1 diabetic but am no longer eligible. The cost of the vaccine is small compared to my NHS costs for diabetes per year.

09.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear, a full 360 degree walk around, you are in trouble! 😾

08.10.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAnN...

06.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@giselelagace.bsky.social

Still regularly reread pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/

Likewise @howardtayler.bsky.social and www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12

03.10.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Parkin is just putting on his winter fur. 😻

01.10.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"And I have nothing to declare except Rebo's genius either! Ha ha ha! Zooty zoot zoot zoot."

01.10.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

New network cable installed, speed jumped from the old cat 5 cable max of 1 Gbps to 2.2 Gbps which is close to the max which the PC's interface (2.5 Gbps) and new #CommunityFibre connection can do.

Now need to find a good route for it from the router to the desk but plenty of slack to play with.

01.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
30.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
James Bond's BMW Z8 Sliced Into Half By Helicopter With Tree cutting Saws
YouTube video by AutoJoshNG James Bond's BMW Z8 Sliced Into Half By Helicopter With Tree cutting Saws

Everything I see parking like this, I think it would be a good use of the aerial saw, hanging from a helicopter, used on James Bond's BMW in "The World is not Enough"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOjN...

30.09.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just tried doing this (with β€œYakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.

29.09.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1323    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 119

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