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Andy Purkiss

@andypurk.bsky.social

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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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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 20h

The Ladykillers (the 1955 version).

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

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 22h

Name your Fav Non-American Film.

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 3d

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 6d

@giselelagace.bsky.social

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

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

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 8d

Parkin is just putting on his winter fur. 😻

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 8d

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

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 9d

Name a Quote from a TV Show.

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 8d

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.

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 9d

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 10d

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...

James Bond's BMW Z8 Sliced Into Half By Helicopter With Tree cutting Saws

YouTube video by AutoJoshNG

www.youtube.com

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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 11d

I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 11d

The Devil wears the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 11d

Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film.

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 12d

Today's beamtime at #DLS cancelled for a very familiar reason for those who work at the #Crick.
The central file system is broken!

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 12d

Why bother with sentences, when paragraphs can be used instead!😺

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 13d

Can I ask if you had have an entry from "Judge Trudie", who instructs a work colleague regarding their requirements?

If not, I will remind them on Monday!

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 14d

As a type I diabetic, I qualify for a free flu vaccine, but no longer a Covid one (from this year). The JCVI decision on this really make no sense mentioning population immunity which really doesn't help individuals at risk.
If insurance companies in the US recognise the benefit, why not here?

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 15d

This print was added to our store by popular demand.

PRINT ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com/products/aut...
ORIGINAL COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 14d

Is Chancleta thinking about buying you the game? That's very generous of them. 😺

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 14d

Let's say I don't have a 'good score' in our security team's system. 😺

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 14d

I like to mess with our IT team by checking the links in the e-mail source and opening them anyway in an Incognito window. 😼Sometimes other groups don't follow policy and the links are 'real'.

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 14d

When dreams come true... 😊

#cat #catday #bluesky #animals

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CCP4 @ccp4mx.bsky.social · 17d

Registration for the #CCP4SW 2026 is now open! Being held as hybrid event with in-person at EMCC, Nottingham, UK between 7-9 January 2026. This year's topic is Ligands in Focus: Decoding Ligand Binding in Modern Structural Biology. Find out more at studyweekend.ccp4.ac.uk

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Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 20d

I was thinking the Tooting Popular Front.
"Power to the People"

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 22d

Feel a bit sorry for the #spider whose dinner I interrupted when I got home. However, it shouldn't have spun its web over the path to my front door. Left the web mostly intact, so hopefully it can finish it off.

Andy Purkiss @andypurk.bsky.social · 23d

Addendum. After the mention of "Killers of the Flower Moon" the first recorded murder by insulin in the UK was in 1957 when Kenneth Barlow killed his wife.
There may, of course, have been earlier cases not detected.

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