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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 · 2h

For the right person, this is a dream job!

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 2h

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 · 2h

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 Larry W. Hunter, Alan McNally

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 2h

Staff Scientist

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 19h

🚨 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 · 20h

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 · 1d

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

Reposted by Wolfgang Huber, Larry W. Hunter

Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

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

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

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

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

My mostly science-y followers are not usually connected to my natsec friends, but rn everyone needs to pay attention:

The alarm bells are ringing www.justsecurity.org/121940/trump...

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Librarian humor

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Steven French, American Library Association , and 7 more Anna O. Law, Steven French, American Library Association, Devon Greyson, Lisa Diedrich, Larry W. Hunter, Meredith Farkas, Daxton R. Stewart, Dunlap, Southern Africa

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

doomscroll break

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 2d

Second, for a Mathematical Modeling Specialist - this person will consult and collaborate in projects, but also engage in training and establishing a community of practice. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Mathematical Modeling Specialist (Life Sciences)

EMBL Data Science Centre meets the growing demand for advanced data analysis at EMBL and ensures that biological research data at our multi-site organisation are expertly processed, integrated, annota...

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Erick Ratamero @erickratamero.com · 2d

The Data Science team at EMBL is hiring for two open positions! First, for a Scientific Community Manager, focusing on community aspects and training on data science. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Scientific Community Manager

EMBL is Europe’s flagship research laboratory for the life sciences – an intergovernmental organisation with more than 110 independent research groups and teams performing scientific research in disci...

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

I can sue GM if their design unreasonably failed to protect me from harm, even if someone else's negligence also contributed.

This is tiresome and you are not arguing in good faith. I hope you can sleep well at night.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

No other industry requires protection from negligence claims with a law like the PLCAA. If we overturned those special protections or, better, treated guns like automobiles-where both manufacturers and owners had legal obligations for others' safety-we could save many children's lives (and others).

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 2d

“Trump has fired…

The Navy Chief of Staff
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
The Head of the Navy Seals
The Naval Operations Chief
The US Navy Reserve Chief
The Head of the US Cyber Command
The Head of Defense Intelligence
The Coast Guard Commandant
The Air Force Chief of Staff 1/
#BlueSky #NewsSky

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Forgive me for being uninterested in "solutions" proposed by someone who fails to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem.

Since you claim to be a lawyer, can you explain on what grounds gun manufacturers should be exempt from liability for all those deaths? How about changing that law?

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe because guns are the leading cause of child death in America? That a huge number of those dead children were shot by accident or in suicide? That this doesn't happen anywhere else on earth?

"Prudery"!? What an infuriating lack of human decency.

publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...

Annual Gun Violence Data | Center for Gun Violence Solutions

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Another cry of pain from the national security side of the house... www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

This is a very cool paper, both in the results and the methodology. And Nicole put it up again (I missed it the first time) because she is recruiting students to do more of this....

Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 2d

And here's a preprint:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The representation of mood in primate anterior insular cortex

Understanding how the brain reflects and shapes mood requires resolving the disconnect between behavioral measures of mood that can only be made in humans (typically based on subjective reports of hap...

www.biorxiv.org

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Not in my portfolio, but not crazy. Note however that it's at all-time (inflation adjusted) highs and can fall a lot if the US economy falters. Also, taking physical possession comes with many added costs, and proxies are not always reliable.

www.macrotrends.net/1333/histori...

Gold Prices - 100 Year Historical Chart

Interactive chart of historical data for real (inflation-adjusted) gold prices per ounce back to 1915. The series is deflated using the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the most recent month a...

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Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

The entire AI boom is listed on the US stock exchange, so non-US assets (equities, real estate, bonds) are a good place to start.

Although there is now a risk that BLS statistics will be cooked, TIPS are another good alternative that might benefit from electricity prices going through the roof.

Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 2d

Had a weird idea for a pizza: sliced up garlic stuffed olives. Combined them with cherry tomatoes from the garden, and it's delicious!

Pizza with halved cherry tomatoes and little rounds of green olive with garlic inside them. Lots of char...