Michael Ryan Hunsaker, M.Ed., Ph.D.
@mrhunsaker.bsky.social
Behavioral neuroscientist turned teacher for students with visual impairments
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Read my lawsuit against the Utah Legislature over the decision to deny me press credentials for the 2025 session.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-politic...
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-politic...
Utah Political Watch files suit over denied press credential
Utah Political Watch sues state legislature over denied press credentials, challenging new policy restricting non-traditional media access. First Amendment rights case seeks immediate court interventi...
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
January 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Read my lawsuit against the Utah Legislature over the decision to deny me press credentials for the 2025 session.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-politic...
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-politic...
For and Utah based folks. Since we have a bill in the state legislature to eliminate unions for anyone working in teaching or the public sector (incl UTA). Please sign this petition from the UEA and hunt down relevant others for firefighters, UTA, etc. myuea.org/advocating-f...
Fight Against HB 267: Support Utah’s Public Educators and Students | UEA
Take a stand against an unprecedented power grab by anti-public education politicians!
myuea.org
January 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
For and Utah based folks. Since we have a bill in the state legislature to eliminate unions for anyone working in teaching or the public sector (incl UTA). Please sign this petition from the UEA and hunt down relevant others for firefighters, UTA, etc. myuea.org/advocating-f...
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Gnome is fine. This may not be a truth you are ready for but that doesn’t make it less true
January 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Gnome is fine. This may not be a truth you are ready for but that doesn’t make it less true
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One thing about the TikTok ban nobody is talking about…I won’t be able to tell the youths not to sleep in their contacts anymore. This is a sad day for both ophthalmology and the world.
January 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One thing about the TikTok ban nobody is talking about…I won’t be able to tell the youths not to sleep in their contacts anymore. This is a sad day for both ophthalmology and the world.
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One of my secret joys in life is posting a skit to TikTok with a joke about vis*ne and waiting for a gen z comment asking why it’s so bad for you, then gleefully answering, thereby tricking young people into learning ophthalmic pathophysiology. They are taking this away from me.
January 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One of my secret joys in life is posting a skit to TikTok with a joke about vis*ne and waiting for a gen z comment asking why it’s so bad for you, then gleefully answering, thereby tricking young people into learning ophthalmic pathophysiology. They are taking this away from me.
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What if… spontaneous neural activity 🧠 reflects the baseline rumblings of a brainwide dynamical system initialized for learning? We find that the rumblings have macroscopic properties like those emerging from linear symmetric, critical systems 🧵 #neuroscience #neuroAI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What if… spontaneous neural activity 🧠 reflects the baseline rumblings of a brainwide dynamical system initialized for learning? We find that the rumblings have macroscopic properties like those emerging from linear symmetric, critical systems 🧵 #neuroscience #neuroAI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Wow, it's the 5th anniversary of the #9ReplyGuys thread on Twitter, posted by me & @shrewshrew.bsky.social.
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
September 3, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Wow, it's the 5th anniversary of the #9ReplyGuys thread on Twitter, posted by me & @shrewshrew.bsky.social.
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
#WomenInSTEM who post about harassment & sexual misconduct get a lot of misogynistic replies.
We (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them.
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
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Anyway…so people are apparently ingesting and vaporizing methylene blue and I just can’t with the wellness grifters any more
January 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Anyway…so people are apparently ingesting and vaporizing methylene blue and I just can’t with the wellness grifters any more
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They're trying to attach AI shit to anything & everything that's good and useful.
If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal, the 40% price increase is a con to upsell you AI. Your old plan and price is still there called "Classic" - but only if you try to cancel.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.
It's a con and you don't have to pay it:
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
January 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
They're trying to attach AI shit to anything & everything that's good and useful.
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Early science career peeps:
Rejection absolutely hurts.
No matter where you are in a career.
Junior, mid, and senior.
Trust me on this.
Rejection absolutely hurts.
No matter where you are in a career.
Junior, mid, and senior.
Trust me on this.
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Early science career peeps:
Rejection absolutely hurts.
No matter where you are in a career.
Junior, mid, and senior.
Trust me on this.
Rejection absolutely hurts.
No matter where you are in a career.
Junior, mid, and senior.
Trust me on this.
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Check out a new interview with me for The Guardian where I talk about becoming a MacArthur Fellow and my thoughts on the upcoming Administration. Many thanks to Maanvi Singh for interviewing me!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
January 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Check out a new interview with me for The Guardian where I talk about becoming a MacArthur Fellow and my thoughts on the upcoming Administration. Many thanks to Maanvi Singh for interviewing me!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I once was having a difficult convo with a representative of a foreign country, presenting facts he did not like, and he picked up one of the weights he kept on his desk and started flexing
bring this back but for developmental microecon conferences
January 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I once was having a difficult convo with a representative of a foreign country, presenting facts he did not like, and he picked up one of the weights he kept on his desk and started flexing
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Sheriffs are the beating heart of the right-wing's plan to enact violent, racist deportation plans.
January 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sheriffs are the beating heart of the right-wing's plan to enact violent, racist deportation plans.
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“In the United States, ASL just surpassed German to become the third most studied language at the postsecondary level, but there are only a handful of tenure-track positions across the nation for actual deaf people.”
Many marginalized folks will recognize this pattern…
Also, fuck Makaton
Many marginalized folks will recognize this pattern…
Also, fuck Makaton
Read @novicsara.bsky.social on signing in @thebaffler.com
"Just as spoken languages evolve according to the necessities of a given group, a signed language develops organically within a given deaf populace and reflects that community’s era and expectations."
thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
"Just as spoken languages evolve according to the necessities of a given group, a signed language develops organically within a given deaf populace and reflects that community’s era and expectations."
thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:14 PM
“In the United States, ASL just surpassed German to become the third most studied language at the postsecondary level, but there are only a handful of tenure-track positions across the nation for actual deaf people.”
Many marginalized folks will recognize this pattern…
Also, fuck Makaton
Many marginalized folks will recognize this pattern…
Also, fuck Makaton
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So many authoritarians take refuge in Florida. 🤔 Bolsonaro hid out there aftesr he lost the election to pretend he was not involved in his Jan 8 coup attempt.
Sara Netanyahu (who's in Miami for fifth week) is now formally wanted for police questioning in Israel on suspicion of intimidating a key witness in her husband's trial.
Benjamin Netanyahu can't travel abroad without risking being arrested; his wife can't come home without risking the same.
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Benjamin Netanyahu can't travel abroad without risking being arrested; his wife can't come home without risking the same.
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December 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM
So many authoritarians take refuge in Florida. 🤔 Bolsonaro hid out there aftesr he lost the election to pretend he was not involved in his Jan 8 coup attempt.
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The only “problem” that AI is designed to “solve” is waged labor.
December 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
The only “problem” that AI is designed to “solve” is waged labor.
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I invest in, and buy products from companies that I can be proud of.
Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion
December 26, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I invest in, and buy products from companies that I can be proud of.
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Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion
December 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion
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Lol i rebounded so hard today the covid band developed before the fluid reached the control band. If there's any lesson to learn it's that immunological visualization techniques are best used to confirm truths as plain as the mucus that has recently rebegun leaking from the nose on your face
December 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Lol i rebounded so hard today the covid band developed before the fluid reached the control band. If there's any lesson to learn it's that immunological visualization techniques are best used to confirm truths as plain as the mucus that has recently rebegun leaking from the nose on your face
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Putting the picture of this covid test through all the photo filters at once to see if I'm still positive like it's a western blot I'm trying to publish in Nature
December 24, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Putting the picture of this covid test through all the photo filters at once to see if I'm still positive like it's a western blot I'm trying to publish in Nature
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Tis the Season, Mask up.
Lol i rebounded so hard today the covid band developed before the fluid reached the control band. If there's any lesson to learn it's that immunological visualization techniques are best used to confirm truths as plain as the mucus that has recently rebegun leaking from the nose on your face
December 25, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Tis the Season, Mask up.
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Seeking help! No matter how many keywords/names u search related to this story the article doesn't appear on Google
This was a front page A1 story I wrote for WaPo on how smear campaigns and abuse women journalists endure are a press freedom issue. Can someone explain why it won't appear on Google?
This was a front page A1 story I wrote for WaPo on how smear campaigns and abuse women journalists endure are a press freedom issue. Can someone explain why it won't appear on Google?
These women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets.
A Forbidden Stories consortium: Female reporters are often pushed out of their jobs as global news organizations struggle to respond to disinformation campaigns
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Seeking help! No matter how many keywords/names u search related to this story the article doesn't appear on Google
This was a front page A1 story I wrote for WaPo on how smear campaigns and abuse women journalists endure are a press freedom issue. Can someone explain why it won't appear on Google?
This was a front page A1 story I wrote for WaPo on how smear campaigns and abuse women journalists endure are a press freedom issue. Can someone explain why it won't appear on Google?
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It’s funny when a centibillionaire donates 1m to the inauguration. It’s like the median American donating a couple dollars. It means nothing to the centibillionaire. But it impresses Trump, who is a fake rich person.
December 23, 2024 at 6:19 PM
It’s funny when a centibillionaire donates 1m to the inauguration. It’s like the median American donating a couple dollars. It means nothing to the centibillionaire. But it impresses Trump, who is a fake rich person.
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I love this owl. I hope to ever be this lucky.
A huge barred owl flew down a Virginia family’s chimney, knocked over the star on top of their Christmas tree, and perched himself on top www.wusa9.com/article/life...
December 22, 2024 at 9:35 AM
I love this owl. I hope to ever be this lucky.