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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3h

Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4h

Amen!

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 4h

I resent that Silicon Valley took the joy out of Cognitive Science.

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 4h

I resent that Silicon Valley took the joy out of Cognitive Science.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 6h

‪Dear Senators @schatz.bsky.social & @hirono.senate.gov, as an HI constituent, I'd like to express strong support for a change in the leadership of the Dem. Senate caucus. Senator
@schumer.senate.gov
has now demonstrated time & again that he is not equal to the task in this moment of need.

Hawaii News Now @hawaiinewsnow.com · 1d

‘We are not done with this fight’: Hawaii senators reject deal to reopen government #HNN #HINEWS #HawaiiNews

‘We are not done with this fight’: Hawaii senators reject deal to reopen government

Both Sens. Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz said the compromise, which garnered the support of some moderate Democrats, fails to address rising health care costs for millions of Americans.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

My electrification should be complete on Monday w/ induction stove install. 9kw of PV, 20kwh batteries, new EV, electric drier. Managed to finish in time to collect tax credits, and I'm very happy. Not cheap, but similar to a kitchen remodel. Helps to live in Hawaii with ample sun and no winter.

Joe Yracheta (A ∩ & ∪ Ω) @joseph-yracheta.bsky.social · 2d

Please come and check out Abundant Futures and NativeBio at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2d

Based on his self-described behavior in The Double Helix and these actions it is easy and appropriate to write him off as an ignorant jerk.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

I was talked into pet chinchillas and travel sports leagues

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

Just you wait! In a few years the quiet conspiracy to extract parental concessions will overwhelm your best defenses

Tom Wallis @tsawallis.bsky.social · 3d

This is called “stereo blindness” and it is quite common: about 7% of people under 60. Multiple distinct mechanisms can cause stereo blindness.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30776852/

The prevalence and diagnosis of 'stereoblindness' in adults less than 60 years of age: a best evidence synthesis - PubMed

We identify four different approaches that all converge toward a prevalence of stereoblindness of 7% (median approach: 7%; unambiguous-stereoblindness-criteria approach: 7%; visual-defect-included approach: 7%; multiple-criteria approach: 7%). We note that these estimates were derived considering ad …

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

OMG cataract surgery was the best thing! I am so grateful to be able to see near and far without correction! But no Magic Eye recovery for me—it’s my brain, not my eyes, that can’t see them

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting, although not my issue. Just had cataract surgery with an extensive workup (my surgeon has been one of my best friends for decades), so I'm sure no medical problems.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

Rings true to me. Also why driving when sleep deprived is so dangerous....

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 3d

A study in Nature Neuroscience shows that the moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement. #neuroskyence 🧪

Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics - Nature Neuroscience

Yang et al. show that moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement.

go.nature.com

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

One of my most embarrassing (well, to me) weaknesses is that I never see these things. I don't know what is wrong with me.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 3d

A study in Nature Neuroscience shows that the moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement. #neuroskyence 🧪

Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics - Nature Neuroscience

Yang et al. show that moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement.

go.nature.com

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

I am heartbroken about the destruction of American science and the economic catastrophe being unleashed. But most terrifying is the threat to our national security.

Gen. McChrystal: “Once lost, the legitimacy of a military that reflects and represents all Americans will be difficult to recover.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

The purge begins.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

Disagree. Building strength requires doing hard things. That's true for societies as well as individuals. JFK was responding to Sputnik, and part of his rationale for the moonshot was to build our strength as a nation. I think it worked, too.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 3d

8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM).

Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21).

Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree.

hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

hr.nih.gov

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

The purge begins.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

makana @hemakaainana.bsky.social · 3d

We need biosecurity so bad it’s not even funny

Another Destructive Beetle Is Spreading, Killing Hawaiʻi’s Trees

Big Island farmers want the state to tackle the Queensland longhorn beetle before it spreads to the rest of the state and wreaks havoc like the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

www.civilbeat.org

Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 3d

Words to live by tbh

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 3d

Strength training is political. We have a right-wing which has taken over physical fitness spaces, and hijacked “warrior culture”.

We need a muscular progressivist visions. We need to be strong to build the world we want.

Building my guns for the revolution. 💪🏾✊🏾 #Swoletariat #ResistanceTraining”

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

In this corrupt environment, if Green can bring in anywhere near $10B for the state (and other good asks) I’d be delighted. Military is going to military regardless.

Dennis K Jr @dkjrhi.bsky.social · 5d

Probably the most appalling part of Green’s “proposal” (cower) to a “negotiated settlement” (extortion) with the Army is his assertion that it will “deliver justice to Hawaiʻi”. www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/05/g...

Governor proposes $10 billion federal investment in Army land negotiations

“A negotiated settlement, rather than a protracted contested condemnation, offers the clearest, most efficient path to achieving these goals,” his letter said.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

As a long suffering Raiders fan, I don’t talk about football much here. But I have to say I appreciate a nice sunset while I watch the carnage.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

My baguettes are feeling authentic these days, so I went French: Scalloped potatoes plus green beans and lions mane in butter and cream topped with fried shallots. Yum!

Golden potatoes, green beans with browned mushrooms, crusty baguette

Aaron Sterling @aaronsterling.bsky.social · 4d

Overall sentiment seems to be to consider therapy chatbots like a prescribable drug that requires unprecedented post-market supervision. As opposed to a full-fledged personage that would require a professional license. cc @proflhunter.bsky.social

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! I don't think it's reasonable to expect to be able to afford a step up in housing without doing some saving. One interesting calculation might be the required savings rate during condo ownership that would get someone to SFH downpayment.

Aaron Sterling @aaronsterling.bsky.social · 4d

I haven't seen anyone here posting about the FDA meeting about genAI and therapy chatbots. It's been going all day, and the most of the public comments are excellent IMO. Webcast here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Fo...

Digital Health Advisory Committee Meeting

YouTube video by VOLi LIVE

www.youtube.com

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