1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

So… um… I (and Draga Doncila Pop and Eric Perlman and @joshmoore.bsky.social and @kevinyamauchi.bsky.social) started a thing! We are excited and terrified in equal measures, and look forward to working with you all in our amazing scientific imaging community! ❤️‍🔥 Read the linked post for the lowdown.

Snow storm has reminded me why we made this fun slackbot that lets us know who @earthmover.io it is snow for when. Super fun afternoon project! Matt and I also wrote up a quick blog about how it works wherein I learned a decent bit about working with weather data earthmover.io/blog/ditch-t...

I’m 250 paid subscribers away from a major goal. Think we can get there tonight? www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

👀 @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Do you use napari and love @xarray.bsky.social? Or use Xarray but cry when napari ignores the axis names? Read how we will improve this in the future! 🤝 napari.org/island-dispa... Co-authored by @ianhi.bsky.social and @timmonko.bsky.social, powered by the @scipyconf.bsky.social sprints!

1/ Check out our latest blog post earthmover.io/blog/xarray-... to learn about the dramatic improvement and performance of Xarray’s Zarr backend. We achieved improved the “time to first byte” metric, building on Zarr-Python’s new asyncio internals.

So many good things to read at non billionaire owned sites

“There’s still this idea that news is only ‘real’ once it’s confirmed by big corporate outlets. After all, could one woman with absolutely zero institutional backing in leggings and a sweatshirt in her NYC apartment really be the one to break such an important story? Now we know the answer is yes.”

American fast food chains truly up their game when abroad. E.g. this pizza hut in Kolkata coming up with PIZZA CRUST STUFFED WITH MOMOS. The fusion I didn't know I wanted

My former landlord had his flaws , but it's forever to his credit that when I contacted after seeing his ad he stressed how I should not pay a broker, turned out to be pretty convincing to move into his place which was home for 5 years

Rain to alleviate drought AND seeing a flock of these beautiful turkeys! Can the day get any better?

Very cool and normal that the id service I use to log in to the IRS now sends me black Friday deals. Just the absolute worst

My classmate from 1st grade on! Hell ya lexi

I bought this shirt in person years ago at the Somerville yart sale. One of my all time favorite shirts! Very exciting that you can also get them online!!

I reviwed this paper. Anywidget is great strongly recommend checking it out!

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@biknmusicmama.bsky.social did you know about your Twitter appearance in internal EEA emails?

Transparent government is huge issue here, and that's why I'm supporting Evan! www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/28/m...