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Larry Hunter

@proflhunter.bsky.social

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Knowledge based biomedical data science, artificial intelligence for discovery in molecular biomedicine, computational bioethics, theory of mattering. University of Chicago / Big Island HI

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 9h

I have access. DM with email and I will share.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 10h

What drives test score differences in twins raised apart?

School! Invest in schools!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are significantly influenced by educational differences

Over the last century, several large studies have been published exploring IQ differences amongst monozygotic (MZ) twins reared apart (TRA). By and la…

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 11h

A lovely and novel take on the meaning (and source) of consciousness.

Sam Connell @samuelconnell.3i.social · 11h

Powerful work from Eric Markowitz @bigthink.com. "Consciousness, I’ve come to believe, is not a function of neurons alone. It is also a function of care. Of love. Of the willingness to stand at the edge of death and choose, if given the chance, to return with open eyes." bigthink.com/business/bra...

What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness

After the trauma of brain surgery, Big Think writer Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives in presence.

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Sam Connell @samuelconnell.3i.social · 11h

What brain surgery taught me about the fragile gift of consciousness

After the trauma of brain surgery, Big Think writer Eric Markowitz discovered a kind of consciousness that lives in presence.

bigthink.com

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 14h

Did volunteer conservation work at Pālamanui this morning and as a reward we hiked up into the more densely forested area mauka (which is beautiful!) to see some petroglyphs.

Petroglyph of three figures, the rightmost one larger than the other two. Black on grey rock, with some white lichens and green moss

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Visa & Mastercard have profit margins of 55%. 55%!!!

For comparison, Big Pharma gets around 15% (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)

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Stunning Visa and Mastercard Profit Margins Prove Credit Card Market is Broken

Soaring profits reported by Visa and Mastercard this week are further evidence the credit card market is broken and not competitive, MPC said.

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Ferenc Huszár @inference.vc · 1d

Is Pope Leo giving the NeurIPS keynote this year?

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I ordered one from them. I hope it makes it to Kona before No Kings, but will be fun regardless!

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Lisa W. Fazio, Nandita Sharma , and 35 more Shannon Vallor, Lisa W. Fazio, Nandita Sharma, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jocalyn Clark, Will Jennings, Jennifer A. Richeson, Julie L. Lockwood, Karen R. Lips, Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Benjamin Mason Meier, Philip N. Cohen, Philip Nel, Daniel W. Drezner, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, Silvia Secchi, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Jason Lyall, Mark Rice, Kent Johnson, Brian Weatherson, Mary Jane Curry, Claire L. Adida, Larry W. Hunter, Richard M. Carpiano, David S. Tanenhaus, Aviel Roshwald, Jae-Young Son, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Timothy D. McBride, Melinda Baldwin, David Darmofal

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Can't hurt to ask:

I would love one of those inflatable frog costumes for the Kona No Kings protest. They appear to be sold out everywhere I've looked. Even if shipping to Hawaii would take too long, I will be in Colorado next week... Anyone know of any in stock anywhere?

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a "neuroinformatics core" proposal as part of a P01 that was submitted 1/2001. I started that job 7/1/2000 (hired in part to write that proposal), so about 6 months to write the grant. Submission dates then (as now) are about 9 months before the anticipated start date, which was 10/1/2001.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

I am shocked that no one has mentioned whitefish yet. Is that a mayoral faux pas? Would a warm sesame bagel, untoasted, with scallion cream cheese and whitefish be acceptable? It sure is good...

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Silvia Secchi , and 2 more Jonathan A. Eisen, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Silvia Secchi, Erin O’Donnell, Larry W. Hunter

Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Reposted by David R. Miller, Larry W. Hunter

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 1d

Unknown layoffs are happening at HHS. Unknown in terms of who and which agencies.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

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HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown

Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.

www.statnews.com

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 1d

Big Cell Painting data produced a very interesting finding

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber, Larry W. Hunter, Jason Williams

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

For the right person, this is a dream job!

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 2d

I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Staff Scientist

About EMBL-EBI EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute is a data powerhouse, utilised on a global scale to advance scientific discovery through bioinformatics and solutions to some of the world’s mos...

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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 2d

This is one of those papers that just deserves a post every now and then. Half a century old, with a message still relevant today: Cognition won't be understood one variable at the time.

You Can't Play 20 Questions with Nature and Win, by Allen Newell (1973) www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~crocker/doc...

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Reposted by Simon Roux, Wolfgang Huber, Larry W. Hunter , and 1 more Simon Roux, Wolfgang Huber, Larry W. Hunter, Alan McNally

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 2d

Staff Scientist

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Baingan Bharta, tarka dal, Indian spiced green beans, naan

A white plate with green beans, red lentils & golden eggplant

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alicia-rybicki.bsky.social @alicia-rybicki.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 PhD Opportunity! 🚨

Come investigate the mechanistic role of dopamine in emotion processing with Prof Jennifer Cook - @thechbh.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

MIBTP-funded PhD, using behavioural, computational and pharmacological approaches. Get in touch and please share!

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Reposted by Simon Roux, Eric Thompson, Larry W. Hunter , and 1 more Simon Roux, Eric Thompson, Larry W. Hunter, Marc A. Martı́-Renom

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 3d

We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

If the pain radiates into your arms, it's a heart attack.

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber, Larry W. Hunter

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder that the PhD program for EMBL is open for winter recruitment round. If you want to understand life at a molecular level and have a quantitative science (you don't have to have done biology - we love our mathematicians/physcists/chemists!) apply www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Application – EMBL International PhD Programme

www.embl.org

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

Ironman is coming up this weekend in Kona, so lots of athletes training on the road. Fun seeing all the high end equipment in action!
Like www.cervelo.com/en-US/bikes/p5 and www.rudyprojectna.com/collections/...

P5 Triathlon & Time-Trial Bike | Cervélo Cycles

A bike focused entirely on one thing: your performance. The result is a bike which pushes the boundaries in every way.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 3d

I'm from Hawaii, so tourists mangle pretty much every place name they attempt. A common one near me is "Kealakeakua."

Official (settler) place names munge all Hawaiian words together without spaces. If the signs said "Ke Ala Ke Akua" (the path of the gods) tourists might have a chance.

Reposted by John McLaren, Philip Nel, Smith , and 4 more John McLaren, Philip Nel, Smith, Alan Richardson, Mary Jane Curry, Larry W. Hunter, Katelyn K. Jetelina

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 3d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, David L. Anderson, Larry W. Hunter , and 2 more Philip N. Cohen, David L. Anderson, Larry W. Hunter, Meredith Farkas, Clark Gray

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 3d

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

Here, it's sadly all about sexy AI girlfriends. In China, the market is for "storyline-based romance games targeted at women, where players interact with multiple fictional male characters through plots and events." Can't wait to see how this all plays out...

www.chinatalk.media/p/why-americ...

Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends

and what it all means

www.chinatalk.media

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 4d

I mean bsky.app/profile/cbar...

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has. Hundreds of years of combined experience decimated by an absolute draft dodging imbecile. America has never been in so much danger.” R/t Lynnez