Author of Your Brain is a Time Machine: the Neuroscience and Physics of time. A brain studying brains at UCLAhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3myqgw2mhwc2vYaaaay! Lula won the Brazilian presidential election against Flavio Bolsonaro (whose father is in prison for an attempted coup and plan to assassinate Lula). However, I'm a bit upset with the states RR, AP, MG, and TO which prevented a linearly separable division of the electoral map.26 Oct 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3myqgw2mhwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mw2eqxkgoc2gExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/science/nih-omb-grants-bhattacharya-vought.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C1E.O_nV.4t39VSlkoL3_&smid=bs-share21 Sep 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2eqxkgoc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mvh4wtmalc23I think this quote from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams sums up my reticence to fully embrace AI coding tools:14 Sep 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvh4wtmalc23https://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mpznbs7g422nxkcd.com/3268/ https://xkcd.com/3268/07 Jul 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpznbs7g422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mpylwsb4qc2zOpinion | A Great University Undermines Its Mission Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/university-california-sat-testing-admissions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vlA.dLcK.gztwHK6nMViE&smid=bs-share06 Jul 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpylwsb4qc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mo4polksl22rBlack boxes trying to understand black boxes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4polksl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mlodwxojwk25An interesting consequence of LLMs having no intrinsic working memory is that I'm telepathic. More accurately we can backward prime them by asking them to think of something, ask leading questions and then quess "what they thought of". The prompts below worked 10/10.12 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlodwxojwk25https://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mlodwxojwk25An interesting consequence of LLMs having no intrinsic working memory is that I'm telepathic. More accurately we can backward prime them by asking them to think of something, ask leading questions and then quess "what they thought of". The prompts below worked 10/10.12 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlodwxojwk25https://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mk6pmh44fc2xFor those interested in memory, engrams, and how scientific ideas and career trajectories evolve over time, I recommend this personal perspective by @sjo09.bsky.social (even though I'm pretty sure I missed many of the Taylor Swift references). https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/16/e231525202623 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6pmh44fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mk3xcezifc2uJust saying hi to: @braininspired.bsky.social and @worldwideneuro.bsky.social my two nearest neighbors in the 2D universe below. Say hi to your neighbors (search your self and scroll to zoom in). [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xcezifc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mjqvp6hfss2aThe date of when cherry blossoms in Kyoto bloom has been tracked for 1200 years. Certainly one of the most beautiful data points confirming global warming. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blossom-database-scientist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.n0A6.Qg1YEMzlosJv&smid=url-share18 Apr 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqvp6hfss2a