J. Harry Caufield
@severaltimes.bsky.social
I make computers do science things. I like biomedicine and data standards and AI and knowledge graphs and ontologies. I have opinions and they are my own opinions and those opinions aren't stated on behalf of any organization or government, they're just me
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Whenever I see variations of the "Dependency" comic by xkcd (xkcd.com/2347/), I always feel it's actually more like this:
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Whenever I see variations of the "Dependency" comic by xkcd (xkcd.com/2347/), I always feel it's actually more like this:
What is that rule about questions in headlines and how they can nearly always be answered with "No"? Or is that the entire rule? generativehistory.substack.com/p/has-google...
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What is that rule about questions in headlines and how they can nearly always be answered with "No"? Or is that the entire rule? generativehistory.substack.com/p/has-google...
October 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Good news, for now
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Judge orders Trump administration to restore more than $500 million in research funds to UCLA
The decision marked a major win for the beleaguered UC system, which is facing a $1 billion demand to restore the funding.
www.politico.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Good news, for now
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Music for today is Lauren Bousfield - Palimpsest open.spotify.com/album/34Vo08...
Palimpsest - Album by Lauren Bousfield | Spotify
Lauren Bousfield · album · 2020 · 13 songs
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August 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Music for today is Lauren Bousfield - Palimpsest open.spotify.com/album/34Vo08...
A use case for Vibrio phages? That is, if we aren't worried about seeding the oceans with exogenous viruses
Vibrio?!
August 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A use case for Vibrio phages? That is, if we aren't worried about seeding the oceans with exogenous viruses
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"The suspended NSF grants, a list of which Science obtained from an agency source, span work from computer science and plasma physics to the measurement of volatile compounds created by this year’s Los Angeles fires." By @dangaristo.bsky.social in @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA
Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism
www.science.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"The suspended NSF grants, a list of which Science obtained from an agency source, span work from computer science and plasma physics to the measurement of volatile compounds created by this year’s Los Angeles fires." By @dangaristo.bsky.social in @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I can’t begin to enumerate the ways the Corporation for Public Broadcasting made my life better, literally from my earliest memories until today. This is gut wrenching.
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I can’t begin to enumerate the ways the Corporation for Public Broadcasting made my life better, literally from my earliest memories until today. This is gut wrenching.
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more than a year ago, the lancet put this out, now seemingly lost to the collective memory: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential
By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the attack
by Hamas and the Israeli invasion in October, 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry,
as reported by the UN Offi...
www.thelancet.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
more than a year ago, the lancet put this out, now seemingly lost to the collective memory: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
If you work in the sciences and are hesitant about using generative AI, let me suggest this minimal application: please please use it to make a unique, searchable name for your next project
July 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you work in the sciences and are hesitant about using generative AI, let me suggest this minimal application: please please use it to make a unique, searchable name for your next project
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The 2010 paper claiming arsenic-based life has been retracted by Science today. 🧪
Embattled 'arsenic life' paper retracted by journal Science 15 years after publication
A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the research journal Science.
www.livescience.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The 2010 paper claiming arsenic-based life has been retracted by Science today. 🧪
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NIH staff are being required to fully fund ~ 50% of their grants. This means that all 4 years of an award will be paid out of this appropriation. This will help them get the appropriated funds spent, but will mean they can only fund (1/2 + 1/4*1/2) = 5/8 has many grants as they would have otherwise.
July 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NIH staff are being required to fully fund ~ 50% of their grants. This means that all 4 years of an award will be paid out of this appropriation. This will help them get the appropriated funds spent, but will mean they can only fund (1/2 + 1/4*1/2) = 5/8 has many grants as they would have otherwise.
@bosc.bsky.social begins at #ismb2025 !
July 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
@bosc.bsky.social begins at #ismb2025 !
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Japanese fireworks catalogue circa 1880
December 31, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Japanese fireworks catalogue circa 1880
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Indiana University, home of one of the best cognitive science programs in the world, appears to be cancelling its undergrad cog sci program. Fascist ghouls
continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.
continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.
IU has the oldest Folklore Department in the country--no longer a major. Cognitive Science? gone! PhD programs also sacrificed. Full list here: www.in.gov/che/files/In...
www.in.gov
June 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Indiana University, home of one of the best cognitive science programs in the world, appears to be cancelling its undergrad cog sci program. Fascist ghouls
continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.
continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.
Today, I'm back to thinking about generative AI as a spooky technology
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today, I'm back to thinking about generative AI as a spooky technology
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Free expression is a hallmark of the First Amendment.
All our rights are in jeopardy when trans peoples’ freedom to exist is undermined.
All our rights are in jeopardy when trans peoples’ freedom to exist is undermined.
May 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Free expression is a hallmark of the First Amendment.
All our rights are in jeopardy when trans peoples’ freedom to exist is undermined.
All our rights are in jeopardy when trans peoples’ freedom to exist is undermined.
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*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Time to bring back Asimov's laws of robotics I guess
How escalatory of an AI chatbot will our governments choose?
Researchers found they were more likely to recommend escalation for countries like the US, UK, or France, and less likely for China or Russia.
Researchers found they were more likely to recommend escalation for countries like the US, UK, or France, and less likely for China or Russia.
May 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Time to bring back Asimov's laws of robotics I guess
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U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
Letter raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.
@evanbush.bsky.social reports @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Letter raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.
@evanbush.bsky.social reports @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
April 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
Letter raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.
@evanbush.bsky.social reports @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Letter raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.
@evanbush.bsky.social reports @nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
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NEW: The entire NIH payment system is currently frozen for all grantees. This is tied to DOGE’s new “Defend the Spend” caper, reported in today’s Post, which has already led to payment cutoffs to doctors and health workers at hospitals treating the poor.
April 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: The entire NIH payment system is currently frozen for all grantees. This is tied to DOGE’s new “Defend the Spend” caper, reported in today’s Post, which has already led to payment cutoffs to doctors and health workers at hospitals treating the poor.