UK science and technology is suffering from a lack of investment, a hostile immigration system, and fragile university finances, reports @cathleenogrady.bsky.social 🧪 #scipolicy www.science.org/content/arti...

From lab to life, MND Scotland is turning motor neuron disease (MND) research into impact 💙 Find out more: https://mndscotland.org.uk/research/

Thank goodness for that 😮‍💨 #NFFC

I still can’t get my head around how Springsteen could write and record a song as good as this 👇 and not think it worthy of release at the time…and then subsequently forget that he’d written/recorded it 🤯 youtube.com/watch?v=38uX...

Farewell old friend. It’s been the greatest of pleasures getting to know you. A quarter of a century in the cask but unfortunately only a minute or two on the lips! #Whisky

Happy 158th Birthday, Marie Skłodowska Curie! She was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first person to receive the honor twice. In 2017, #ScienceBooks toured the dynamics that established her as "the most iconic of all female scientists." https://scim.ag/47tkKYA

As Scottish Rugby celebrates 100 years of Murrayfield, they’re asking fans to choose the defining moment in the stadium’s history! For us, there’s only one 💙💛 Doddie’s unforgettable match ball delivery in 2017 - a moment that inspired the nation. Vote here 👉 scottishrugby.org/murrayfieldm...

Time to step it up with one of my favourite recent bottles. When Deanston get it right, they get it really right #Whisky

Faithless on #TOTP. Life is good 🎵 #Banger

TFI Friday!!!! Time to welcome in the weekend with a dram or two (and a bit of #TOTP!) #Whisky Slàinte mhath 🥃

🎄Share the spirit of the festive season with exclusive MND Scotland Christmas cards and help support families affected by motor neuron disease 💙 ➡️ Now available in the MND Scotland shop: https://bit.ly/4c2XRNQ

Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? 🤔🎄 We don’t think so! And our Christmas cards are now available to buy to help you spread some festive cheer. What’s more, each purchase will help support MND research 🔬 Click below to get yours 👇 www.myname5doddie.co.uk/christmas-ca...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Thank you to Heart of Midlothian FC for featuring MND Scotland in today's match program and on the stadium screens. If you're attending the Hearts FC vs Celtic FC game today, please consider texting 26MNDS to 70085 to donate £5.00 to support those affected by MND. Good luck to both teams!⚽

Time to crack open a new #Whisky purchase: the new peated Sauternes offering from the ever-reliable @ardnamurchanwhisky.bsky.social

@tomgillingwater.bsky.social @dibbouk.bsky.social et al. @euanscentre.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social show in utero delivery of SMN-restoring therapy corrects neurodevelopmental defects affecting primary cilia in SMA mice: insight.jci.org/articles/vie...

🎯🎯🎯: "These 'AI' products are materially and psychologically detrimental to our students' ability to write and think for themselves, existing instead for the benefit of investors and multinational companies." Brilliantly put. I couldn't agree more.

“I already ban the use of generative AI in my own courses, and as a promoter of master’s theses. I explicitly tell my students they won’t learn anything by using it. [...] A general ban is necessary, but nobody dares to say so.” 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

That’s more like it 👌 #NFFC

New paper from @tomgillingwater.bsky.social: Federica Genovese's fantastic PhD, showing reversible prenatal primary cilia defects in the Taiwanese mouse model of SMA. Lots of work still to be done to understand how low levels of SMN lead to the cellular defects we know; this project is part of it🙌

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One of my favourite hidden treasures of #Edinburgh and @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social is this 11th century Swedish runestone, to be found tucked in behind one of the main teaching buildings on George Square. Most people seem to walk past it and don’t notice…

Then fix it.

Now that's a legacy to be proud of.

Time to say farewell (with a sizeable pour) to this old friend. It’s been one of my absolute favourite whiskies over the last few years. Benromach from a bourbon cask hitting the spot perfectly. Aberdeen Whisky Shop don’t half pick some amazing exclusive bottlings #Whisky

Well…it’s a brave lineup, I’ll give him that! 🫣🫣🫣 #NFFC

Very excited to be opening the doors of our Department of Anatomy @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social to the public tonight to host a celebration of World Anatomy Day 2025. Loads of fun hands-on activities being readied, museum displays tidied up, and talk slides uploaded! #Edinburgh #Anatomy

Rest in Peace, for eternity. "The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct. This is the first-ever recorded global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia." — International Union for Conservation of Nature 💔

Time for some #Whisky on a nice Sunday afternoon. Got lucky and managed to snag a bottle of the new Thompson Bros mystery malt release. Let’s see what Lady Luck brings me form this possible list…

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

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...

We must find an effective treatment for #ALS #MND @ukmndri.bsky.social BBC News - Former England captain Moody reveals MND diagnosis www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

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

Yes 💪💪💪 #RyderCup (…phew!)

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...

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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 👍

Reach out if you need support this World Suicide Prevention Day 💙 Please share this so people know where to go for help.

🚨 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...

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

"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"

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"

Utah Saints on #TOTP Banger 🎵 #TheyDon’tMakeEmLikeTheyUsedTo

BIG news for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Newborn screening for #SMA has just been announced: smauk.org.uk/news/the-sco...

Looks like the rumours about “Electric Nebraska” were true 👀 #JustTakeMyMoney

Open letter signed

What could be better than one of your PhD students submitting their thesis today? How about TWO PhD students submitting today 🥳🥳🥳 Huge congratulations to Federica and Hattie! Keep your eye out for them. Science superstars 🌟

I vividly remember buying this Górecki CD on Naxos as a student when it came out in the mid 90s. I was haunted by it then, and remain haunted by it now. The messages contained within seem more important than ever. open.spotify.com/track/1xJIlh...

Easing into the weekend with a blended grain #Whisky Sláinte 🥃