Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 10hRage now leavened with a little laughter. Billionaire *incompetence* is legendary, yet it seems only to have consequences for the rest of us, never them. 051
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 10hAmnesty International is calling for the abolition of a US government agency (ICE) for human rights violations. I am so ashamed of my country. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...amnesty.orgUSA: "We had whistles, they had guns": Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE - Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International has documented that, since taking office on 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has subjected migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to a wide range of human rights violatio... 032
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 16hIt's gotten to the point where even just the signatures of our billionaire overlords fills me with rage. 010
Reposted by Larry HunterMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 22hI'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to join our lab in Fall 2027, through either Computer Science or Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder! Looking for people with interests in NLP plus [healthcare | literary studies | narratives | social media | etc.]. Join us! 🏔️☀️cls-lab.comCLS Lab — Culture, Language, & Systems | University of Colorado BoulderThe Culture, Language, & Systems Lab at CU Boulder studies the language systems that transmit and shape modern culture, from internet platforms to literary archives to language models. 06749
Reposted by Larry HunterJames Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So, who wants to come work with us at the summit of Haleakala? Good with altitude? 20/20 (corrected is fine) vision? Some computer and astronomy experience? We are hiring folks! One position for a Laser Ranging Safety Tech: www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1...indeed.comLASER RANGING SAFETY TECHNICIAN – ID# 226372 - Pukalani, HI 96788 - Indeed.comApply for the LASER RANGING SAFETY TECHNICIAN – ID# 226372 job in Pukalani, HI! Learn more about the job description, salary, and job details to see if you qualify on Indeed today. 23018
Reposted by Larry Hunter#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"When we invented and deployed our Critical-Infrastructure War-Crime Leopard, it never occurred to me that the Critical-Infrastructure War Crime Leopard would blow the head off my own teenage son" "Yeah, sure, dad, go on crying, we're fretful about the price-of-diesel over here" #modernity 03110
Reposted by Larry HunterMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that. 9764491090
Reposted by Larry Hunter#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The big problem with AI is that Grandma, Dad, Sis and the dog are not upbeat enough about our nerve-shredding wails of pain next to our titanic Moloch" *The AI Age is growing old just like the Space Age and the Atomic Age. How do you off-the-wall weirdos expect this situation to play out 3236
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Looks like humanity may have invented beer before bread. 🤣 060
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Amazing to me that the Catholic Church is one of the few institutions in this country that has remained steadfast and undaunted in the face of Trump 021
Reposted by Larry HunterAndrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's so absurd that we've created a society that has no choice but to be dragged into the whims of whatever insanely rich people choose to throw piles of money at. 1217
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I love our Mantas! And our spotted eagle rays, too. bigislandnow.com/2026/09/23/m...bigislandnow.comMysterious manta rays from Kona Coast’s small familial group captivate 80,000 annually | Big Island Now"Lefty" was the first identified manta ray living off the Kona Coast, in 1979, and since then researchers and divers have identified only about 317 more of the creatures who rarely leave the area. 063
Reposted by Larry HunterDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogueDecision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways 20814322
Reposted by Larry HunterAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282158851
Reposted by Larry HunterCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not the Hawaiʻi from postcards: Community invited to exclusive premiere of ‘Kūpuna ʻĀina' bigislandnow.com/2026/09/26/n...bigislandnow.comNot the Hawaiʻi from postcards: Community invited to exclusive premiere of ‘Kūpuna ʻĀina’ | Big Island NowRSVP now for the Humanity Hale event Oct. 2 in Kailua-Kona that features new Science & Nonduality's latest film that doesn't try to explain what is Hawaiʻi; it listens to its heartbeat. 157
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Enforcing the legal accountability of chatbot owners works. 095
Reposted by Larry HunterRoger Allan Ford (he/him) @rogerford.org · 27/09/2026This is the perfect newspaper feature story. A-plus. Five stars.nytimes.comThe Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers. 133
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026For comparison, NIH spends ~$50B a year. Teslo's idea is good. But I worry about overall governance "Because the foundation holds a 26% equity stake in OpenAI, it is now be on track to become the richest charitable organization on the planet, potentially sitting on $250 billion in stock value." 111
Reposted by Larry HunterChris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. 0158
Reposted by Larry HunterGreg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Murray, Baldwin Lead Colleagues in Demanding Vought Abandon Any and All Plans to Exert Political Control Over NIH Funding bit.ly/3TTU0h 💥 @baldwin.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov 02610
Reposted by Larry HunterNatalie Christie Peluso 🧠 @nataliepeluso.com · 26/09/2026Many-to-many mappings is exactly what faces do in the wild. Congratulations to @katiehoemann.bsky.social @lisafeldmanbarrett.com & team for helping to build a more veridical understanding of facial movements during development 👇 071
Reposted by Larry HunterLisa Feldman Barrett @lisafeldmanbarrett.com · 26/09/2026I’m thrilled to share that we have a new paper out, led by the brilliant @katiehoemann.bsky.social and Vanessa LoBue. In this paper, we analyze - for the first time ever - the facial movements that infants see in their everyday interactions with others. 1/3 1309
Reposted by Larry HunterTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m glad I know such a wide range of fucking weirdos 0216
Reposted by Larry HunterColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026David Quammen's essay in The New York Times today closes with this paragraph. It's both a scientific falsehood, and an incredibly dangerous narrative. If you're willing to give me five minutes of your time, I'd like to explain why. 10526223
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is good evidence Covid had widespread cognitive sequelae. This is really under-appreciated. Not only doesn't it show up in the media, but I find many of my scientific colleagues are unaware. Citations in thread... 010
Reposted by Larry HunterMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An acute reminder that we don’t live in a free country as long as American tech oligarchs continue to maintain their power.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 23836259
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Counterintelligence concerns"?? 🙄🤯😠 Cybersecurity of the US government is collapsing. The same just happened to the FBI, see link. There's no fixing this, you'd have to start over from scratch (which probably isn't going to happen). www.yahoo.com/news/article...yahoo.comExclusive-ShinyHunters hackers say they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staffWASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - FBI personnel data recently stolen by the ShinyHunters hackers includes sensitive psychiatric and medical evaluation records, according to the hackers and documents rev... 000
Reposted by Larry HunterWouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The deadline for this is in 1 week! Please apply, or circulate to people whom you think should apply! 095
Reposted by Larry HunterDavid Picard @davidpicard.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026"There were 30709 valid paper submissions with a PDF to the NeurIPS Main Track this year, of which the program committee accepted 7900 (25.7%) papers in total, with breakdown of 7496 as posters, 292 as spotlight and 112 as oral." This is getting ridiculous, guys... 2203
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sherry Turkle is *still* such a valuable thinker about AI. truthout.org/audio/artifi... 001
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is such a "canary in coal mine" moment bsky.app/profile/prof... 011
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Identifying bots by looking at fine details of response time might be useful in some applications, but I'm sure it's possible to train to match human performance if necessary. See also training LLM attention with eye gaze data, e.g. arxiv.org/html/2410.01...arxiv.orgSeeing Eye to AI: Human Alignment via Gaze-Based Response Rewards for Large Language Models. 000
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Excellent advice not only for journalists, but also bsky posters <ducks> 14613
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm not a Catholic (or even a Christian), but this Pope rocks. 040
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There's an "uncanny valley" for thinking. The closer LLMs get to sounding like a real person, the creepier it becomes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny...en.wikipedia.orgUncanny valley - Wikipedia 111
Reposted by Larry HunterJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026As you call members of Congress to raise concern about a Vought-led grant review panel, encourage them to sign onto proposed legislation that could help: 1) Follow the Science Act by @degette.house.gov would remove political appointees from the grant-making process: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...congress.gov 27646
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hackers got personnel data on the entire *FBI*? My goodness, that's a hell of an indictment of the current state of USG cybersecurity 020
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Someone in the administration (not at NIH) ordered NIH's eRA electronic research administration system shut down. That's a pretty heavy handed intervention, especially in the last week of the fiscal year. Does not bode well. 0105
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My first computer? Technically, I suppose it was an IBM System/360, although I never actually saw it. First one I touched (I helped build it) was an IMSAI 8080. Both now more than 50 years ago. 010
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Sobering. The combination of commercial pre-implantation genetic testing with polygenic risk scores has significant consequences for everyone. Even for people who have no intention of ever doing it themselves. 120
Reposted by Larry HunterWIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-... 641684637
Reposted by Larry Hunterlaserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also has consistently lower funding success www.nature.com/articles/nat... #academiclabourmarket #academia #research 26132
Reposted by Larry HunterCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China. 8527251073
Reposted by Larry HunterBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am sad to share that Project Implicit, my first non-profit and foundation of my career, is closing. The IAT website will continue, managed by the next generation of leaders in implicit bias research. Here's the statement I posted to LinkedIn. It didn't vibe right as a bsky thread. 55425
Reposted by Larry HunterAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026NEW: The Trump Administration is planning to slash human subject research regulations by redefining informed consent. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan...muellershewrote.comTrump Plans to Redefine Informed Consent for Human Research SubjectsThe Department of Health and Human Services has noticed a forthcoming rule on the OMB regulatory information site to redefine what undue influence means for vulnerable human research subjects 1881622872
Reposted by Larry HunterAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends. 24948372000
Larry Hunter @proflhunter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Intentionless intelligence" is a good framing. 010
Reposted by Larry Hunter#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 20/09/2026*Flybrain slop is distinct from other forms of AI slop because the AI you are using is an objet trouvee. A map of connections in a fly brain is not the fly's "intelligence." But it's an interesting found-object, and can be put to other purposes, like with music sampling, or carving driftwood. 0193
Reposted by Larry HunterAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15/09/202628/ Astonishing post by Shengyu Liu, a Chinese Deepseek engineer: "In particular, I do not want Anthropic to control the world's most advanced artificial intelligence of AGI. To put it dramatically, I consider the stakes comparable to Hitler obtaining atomic-bomb technology before the Allies." 28619