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Thomas Elliott

@talexe.bsky.social

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Brain droppings from an ST7 Psychiatrist in East London, working in an inner London liaison service. I mostly end up talking about the news.

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Nov 19

Hi PsychSky! 👋

What better way to kick off than to tell you all about my first first-author paper, just published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Read the full text: rdcu.be/d0BMX

Here, we set out to resolve a surprisingly fundamental debate: do our brains continue to make new neurons throughout life? 🧵

Hippocampal neurogenesis in adult primates: a systematic review

Molecular Psychiatry - Hippocampal neurogenesis in adult primates: a systematic review

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 13d

The Clubcardification of chain restaurants!

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 19d

I’m glad to see that it has found an audience!

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 19d

How exciting!

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 27d

A gripping an informative read about the Bayesian tragedy. apple.news/AR34nk51RRVy...

The Superyacht, the Billionaire, and a Wildly Improbable Disaster at Sea — WIRED

The last night of tech mogul Mike Lynch’s life has become fodder for conspiracy theories. For the first time, the whole story can be told.

apple.news

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 27d

The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live

Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officers

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 28d

Sorry. You're surely a VIP. They should have let you in.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 28d

Doesn't that sort of imply they were aware it did kinda rip off / pay heavy homage to Misery Business, but Hayley was cool about it?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28d

Marx and sparks

Rich @pibasedlifeform.bsky.social · 28d

He's been radicalised in *checks notes* an electrical college

I do not understand why people don't point and laugh at these idiots

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · 29d

I feel like putting them in the food waste bin hot and sopping wet would accelerate the whole lot going manky (to use the technical term)?

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 10

Would love for FKA Twigs to win this year’s Mercury, having been blown away by her All Points East performance. Would be happy with CMAT too!

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks for giving me something to mutter on my commute home.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 9

@jim.londoncentric.media seems like today is the real start of “commuter chaos” - much worse than yesterday for me. I wonder why that is - was Monday an inset day for some kids? WFH?

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today seems much worse than yesterday for some reason.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Or like Father Christmas when he’s on his rounds.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Which way was he headed? Just wondering if I might catch a glimpse out of my window.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 4

“Keep posting”

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mentally photoshopping Starmer sitting in his dugout in the pouring rain staring at his tactics chart

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ben Starr is an MVP as Dorian and his many variants

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 30

They could call it……. Challengers

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Have eaten at this lovely Moroccan restaurant on both of my recent visits. maps.app.goo.gl/QQMh31xhsF8N...

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 30

What am I to make of LLMs as a Psychiatrist?

On one hand, they might make some of my admin tasks a bit easier. On the other, they amplify delusions and have been linked to psychotic murder-suicide.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 29

It turns out AI sycophancy is a major problem when the person’s ideas that ChatGPT is encouraging are suicide or in this case a murder-suicide.

There will need to be major changes in safety protocols across the industry and I’m curious how Open Source LLMs will address this problem.

A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich

“Erik, you’re not crazy.” ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteran’s paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.

www.wsj.com

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 29

Maybe not. I wonder why Rishi Sunak didn’t, though? Seems exactly his sort of thing.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 23

Goosebumps. Gregory Horror Show.

Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 20

If full-fat Windows is humming along underneath, is it really going to be any more power efficient?

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bryce.lol @bryce.lol · Aug 15

I've just spent a week and several million pounds at the Edinburgh Festival. Here are a few types of comedians I think, with every respect, we have enough of now.

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 12

Apparently pretty significant? Especially if you have an image in your signature. Though Gen AI makes a mockery of that.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Aug 4

The headline here should say:

"Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded".

(The increase is mentioned way down the article.)

www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...

More than fifty private schools shut since Labour put VAT on fees

Department for Education defends ending tax breaks for independent institutions, after parents lost a legal battle at the High Court this year — view map

www.thetimes.com

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 3

Ooh, it’s that last sentence that made something click for me.

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Thomas Elliott @talexe.bsky.social · Aug 3

I would add that Disco is not exceptionally long by gaming standards. Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate, Red Dead 2… yes, those are part-time jobs.

(though you may find yourself making the time once you get sucked in!)