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Tom Gillingwater

@tomgillingwater.bsky.social

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Chair of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. FRSE, FRSB, HonFAS. Mood generally influenced by family, anatomy, science (MND/SMA/ALS/NMJ), music, whisky and NFFC. Owned by a Lakeland Terrier. My opinions etc! 📍Edinburgh/East Lothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Jennifer Z Paxton @drjzp.bsky.social · 1d

ATLAS Neuro Night! Thanks to all who came along! 🧠

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My Name'5 Doddie Foundation @mndoddie5.bsky.social · 2d

We are shocked and saddened to learn of Lewis Moody’s diagnosis with motor neuron disease (MND). Everyone at My Name’5 Doddie Foundation sends their full support to Lewis.

Full statement: www.myname5doddie.co.uk/whats-on/art...

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Ammar Al-Chalabi @ammaralchalabi.bsky.social · 3d

We must find an effective treatment for #ALS #MND

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BBC News - Former England captain Moody reveals MND diagnosis
www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

Lewis Moody: Former England captain reveals motor neurone disease diagnosis

Former England captain Lewis Moody reveals he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in an exclusive BBC interview.

www.bbc.com

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 5d

Some glorious, heart-warming new Vaughan Williams from the @londonsymphony.bsky.social and Pappano ❤️👇 open.spotify.com/album/54QaLm...

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 10d

Yes 💪💪💪 #RyderCup (…phew!)

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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 16d

I'll be at the National Museum of Scotland on Sunday, talking about Upon A White Horse. It will be my only Edinburgh date this year, I think, so if you'd like to buy a signed and dedicated book for yourself or perhaps as a Xmas gift for someone, please do come along. www.nms.ac.uk/events/in-co...

In Conversation: Peter Ross and Fraser Hunter | National Museums Scotland

Bestselling author Peter Ross and curator Dr Fraser Hunter discuss Peter’s new book 'Upon A White Horse' which features objects from the museum’s archaeolo

www.nms.ac.uk

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 19d

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 19d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 20d

You did a great job! I don’t know how you read the bit about the seagull with a chip without a chuckle though…it made me laugh out loud.

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve really enjoyed the audiobook of @peteralanross.bsky.social new book on my commute this week. Gentle warmth combined with a deep sense of connection to times long past. Highly recommend 👍

Front cover of Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 24d

That’s a beautiful headstone, Pam. Hoping it helps you feel close to Luke when you need to ❤️

Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 28d

Life’s too short for that kind of stuff! Pour and enjoy my friend 🥃

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 28d

😮 Who said that?

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Mind @mind.org.uk · 28d

Reach out if you need support this World Suicide Prevention Day 💙

Please share this so people know where to go for help.

If you need to talk to someone urgently about your mental health
Mind - 0300 102 1234 open 9am-6pm weekdays
Samaritans - 116 123 always open.
Call NHS 111 (press option 2 for mental health support, open anytime)
CALM- 0800 58 58 58 (5pm - midnight everyday)
Text PAPYRUS on 88247 or call their 24/7 HOPELINE on 0800 068 4141 (35 years and younger - open anytime)

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 28d

Overpriced IMHO. Too much other good stuff available at less than half the price at the minute...

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 28d

I thought Yōko Ogawa's "The Memory Police" was excellent

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 29d

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 29d

A great 🌎 international collaboration with the Viero (Trento), Cousin (Edinburgh) and Groen (Utrecht; @ewout.bsky.social) labs, led by Federica, Nikky and Anna (@dibbouk.bsky.social). Very grateful to all funders for their support, including the EU Horizon 2020 Network (SMABEYOND) and SMA Europe 🙏

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 New #SMA paper from the lab just published in @jci-insight.bsky.social: Prenatal SMN-dependent defects in translation uncover reversible primary cilia phenotypes in spinal muscular atrophy insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

JCI Insight - Prenatal SMN-dependent defects in translation uncover reversible primary cilia phenotypes in spinal muscular atrophy

insight.jci.org

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · Sep 7

A simple, yet profoundly moving and consoling, reflection on life and the need/want to reminisce from one of Scotland’s great thinkers. Highly recommended

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Sep 7

"A genuine and in-depth engagement of cognition, knowledge and education reveals that education is a thoroughly complex, relational, dynamic and interpersonal human endeavour... qualities that defy datafication, measurement and automation"

Contrary to common conceptions of education where the student is a passive recipient of knowledge or an empty vessel that memorizes teacher-narrated content mechanically, education is a critical intervention. In the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire (1970) emphasizes that the most important object of education is for the student to come to ‘feel like master of her own thinking’.Education is thus a means for learners to develop the skills needed for self-assertion and the vocabulary to critically reflect on the object of knowledge and deal with it in the real world. Writing, for example, is not a neutral and passive generation of textual content, but an active and engaged process of structuring and articulating our thoughts, values, reflections and positionalit

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Sep 7

In this short piece, I lean on embodied cog sci to argue that we should refuse & resist llms in education (pp. 53-58) unesdoc.unesco.org/in/documentV...

"the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care & humility are fostered & mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions"

But what iseducation? Embodied and enactive cognitive sciences remind us that knowledge is not something discrete that an individual possesses and passes down but an inherently dynamic and evolving endeavour that develops in the process of embodied, curious and engaged interaction through dialogue. The pinnacle of cognition, particularly ‘human knowing’, is inextricably interwoven with interactions we engage in

with each other and the physical, cultural and social world we inhabit, ‘so much so that individuals are not thinkable outside of their interactions and embeddedness in their (social) world’ (De Jaegher, 2019). Dialogic models of knowledge and education emphasize that interactions between a student and teacher and/or peer provide ‘scaffolding’ for how that child understands the world. The always in flux, active and continually transforming nature of human cognition necessitates that education be fundamentally an ongoing activity. Far from the reductionist view whereby ‘formal knowledge’ can be packaged and acquired from an LLM, the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care and humility are fostered and mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wow! What is/was that dish?

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Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · Sep 6

I needed a couple of drops of water to release the ‘funk’ element. Loved the dram too!

Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · Sep 5

The very same!

Tom Gillingwater @tomgillingwater.bsky.social · Sep 5

Utah Saints on #TOTP Banger 🎵 #TheyDon’tMakeEmLikeTheyUsedTo

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