Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
Professor, personal account. Genetics, genomics, brain development, other stuff. Typo-prone. If you’re nice I’ll post dog photos.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
If you click the Starter Packs tab below you’ll find two I made for genetics and genomics accounts.
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Bruce Hamilton
@bahome.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Open data or it didn’t happen.
I am an elite AI Luddite. Silver medalist at I Don’t Believe Nothin’ Games in 1904. Maybe I’ll write a blog post about it.
I wrote an article on my website saying that hot dog eating is a surprisingly common pastime for tech journalists. I ranked myself number one, obviously
One day later, ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews in Google Search were telling the world about my talents But this isn’t just about hot dogs
One day later, ChatGPT, Gemini and the AI Overviews in Google Search were telling the world about my talents But this isn’t just about hot dogs
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I am an elite AI Luddite. Silver medalist at I Don’t Believe Nothin’ Games in 1904. Maybe I’ll write a blog post about it.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
The one thing that GenAI has been somewhat okay at, other than churning out somewhat believable slop, is writing code.
People are "vibe coding" programs and as long as they basically work calling it good.
There's going to be more and more attackers teaching these things to build in vulns.
People are "vibe coding" programs and as long as they basically work calling it good.
There's going to be more and more attackers teaching these things to build in vulns.
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The one thing that GenAI has been somewhat okay at, other than churning out somewhat believable slop, is writing code.
People are "vibe coding" programs and as long as they basically work calling it good.
There's going to be more and more attackers teaching these things to build in vulns.
People are "vibe coding" programs and as long as they basically work calling it good.
There's going to be more and more attackers teaching these things to build in vulns.
Typo of the day:
“Faculty members” but missing the c.
“Faculty members” but missing the c.
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Typo of the day:
“Faculty members” but missing the c.
“Faculty members” but missing the c.
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in”
- A. Lincoln, 1865
(Born #OTD, 1809)
- A. Lincoln, 1865
(Born #OTD, 1809)
February 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in”
- A. Lincoln, 1865
(Born #OTD, 1809)
- A. Lincoln, 1865
(Born #OTD, 1809)
“I once had the confidence of the people… and if I have since done any thing, either by design or misadventure, which if known, would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thing, and conceals it, is a traitor to his country’s interest.”
- A. Lincoln, 1836
#Lincoln #US
- A. Lincoln, 1836
#Lincoln #US
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Typo of the day:
“est wishes,”
Which is either very 70’s or very 2000’s.
“est wishes,”
Which is either very 70’s or very 2000’s.
February 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Typo of the day:
“est wishes,”
Which is either very 70’s or very 2000’s.
“est wishes,”
Which is either very 70’s or very 2000’s.
Shutting down a city’s airspace and deploying advanced weapons to kill a party balloon is quite a metaphor.
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Shutting down a city’s airspace and deploying advanced weapons to kill a party balloon is quite a metaphor.
Blunt assessment from NYT Editorial Board (gift link )
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Blunt assessment from NYT Editorial Board (gift link )
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the abused, the marginalized, the sick, the hungry, and the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the abused, the marginalized, the sick, the hungry, and the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
Oh and there's a bigger talking point. I haven't done all the states but I'm looking at a FY2024 contribution to the NIH that ranges from $64 per person from Alabama to $193 dollars per person from Massachusetts. $180 from California, $170 NY, $116 Tx, $98 North Carolina. a bargain at the price.
February 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Oh and there's a bigger talking point. I haven't done all the states but I'm looking at a FY2024 contribution to the NIH that ranges from $64 per person from Alabama to $193 dollars per person from Massachusetts. $180 from California, $170 NY, $116 Tx, $98 North Carolina. a bargain at the price.
ON MASS INTERACTING WITH A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
R. Robertson et al
J. Psychophysics, 1968
R. Robertson et al
J. Psychophysics, 1968
ON THE CHEMOTACTIC PROPERTIES OF LACTOSE-BASED FROZEN CONFECTIONS IN ATTRACTING MALE ADOLESCENTS TO RESIDENTIAL GREEN SPACES
K. Rogers
P. Williams
C. Hugo
Journal of Dairy Science, 2003
K. Rogers
P. Williams
C. Hugo
Journal of Dairy Science, 2003
ON FAITH-ORIENTED STRATEGIES SUPPORTING INCOMPLETE GOAL COMPLETION IN COUPLES-BASED RELATIONAL SCHEMAS
J. Bonjiovi.
J. Bonjiovi.
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
ON MASS INTERACTING WITH A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
R. Robertson et al
J. Psychophysics, 1968
R. Robertson et al
J. Psychophysics, 1968
Washington Post: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Also Washington Post: “Turn out the lights.”
Also Washington Post: “Turn out the lights.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Washington Post: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”
Also Washington Post: “Turn out the lights.”
Also Washington Post: “Turn out the lights.”
Name a colleague you admire for their rigor.
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Name a colleague you admire for their rigor.
Or the people who have literally profited the most from society could pay their taxes to ensure its continuation.
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Or the people who have literally profited the most from society could pay their taxes to ensure its continuation.
I love the graphic explainer below. Essentially the same argument as “Persuasion in Parallel” (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...): People generally respond to information in the same direction, starting from where they are. Every nudge in the right direction helps bend the moral arc toward justice.
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I love the graphic explainer below. Essentially the same argument as “Persuasion in Parallel” (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...): People generally respond to information in the same direction, starting from where they are. Every nudge in the right direction helps bend the moral arc toward justice.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
One armed goon loses his shit at an observer who's backing up, and then several more armed goons tackle the observer to the ground, and then even more armed goons form a protective shield around the armed goons handcuffing the observer for hurting an armed goon's feelings.
This can't be "reformed"
This can't be "reformed"
Fremdscham
/2 to tell me that, in fact, they do—or at least one that partly captures the feeling. Fremdscham is a term for vicarious embarrassment, a sort of inverse of schadenfreude."
Apparently, the literal meaning is something like "shame felt for the actions of others."
Apparently, the literal meaning is something like "shame felt for the actions of others."
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Fremdscham
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
No one is above the law. Secretary Noem abused her power, violated the Constitution, and put Americans in danger. I'm supporting the articles of impeachment to remove her from office.
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
No one is above the law. Secretary Noem abused her power, violated the Constitution, and put Americans in danger. I'm supporting the articles of impeachment to remove her from office.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
Reposted by Bruce Hamilton
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Alex Pretti's gun is like Renee Good's car: irrelevant to the central fact that they were murdered by ICE. ICE wants us to debate whether Pretti should have been carrying because that avoids the central fact. Pro-carry, anti-carry--that has as much to do w/ his murder as his fashion choices. Zero.
The cerebellum does everything.
The cerebellum supports high-level language?? Now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, we systematically examined language-responsive areas of the cerebellum using precision fMRI and identified a *cerebellar satellite* of the neocortical language network!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mUU83BtfH...
1/n 🧵👇
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mUU83BtfH...
1/n 🧵👇
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The cerebellum does everything.