Hi all! I'm wearing my @manydogsproject.bsky.social hat today to ask about data science & data sharing agreements.Our project is a big team science project bringing together datia from collaborators &many research sites to try to answer questions that are hard to ask with smaller data sets. 1/2

i honestly can't stand seeing people say Gen AI is a disability aid because if it was a disability aid, they wouldn't be putting this much money into it

Hi all! I'm wearing my @manydogsproject.bsky.social hat today to ask about data science & data sharing agreements.Our project is a big team science project bringing together datia from collaborators &many research sites to try to answer questions that are hard to ask with smaller data sets. 1/2

Here's an excellent example of alt text for data visualization . 

I am so here for knitting content with alt text! 

Actually this alt text is completely unhelpful to a screen reader user. 

💉 Where can you find accurate vaccine information?💉 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... Other medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

I love R for everything statistics, but I've always been a little jealous of statisticians using SPSS Complex Samples or SAS SURVEYSELECT to design their samples. So I decided to build samplyr, a tidy and pipe-friendly grammar for survey sampling design in #rstats. dickoa.gitlab.io/samplyr/inde...

This is why we need screen reader accessible data visualization tools. 

Aplica antes del 20/02: champions-program.ropensci.org! El Programa está dirigido especialmente a personas que: 🌎 Son de América Latina o trabajan allí 🧠 Tienen experiencia en #RStats y quieren aprender más 🗣️ Se sienten cómodas comunicándose en español 🤝 Quieren fortalecer sus comunidades locales

💭 Interested in supporting greater visibility and recognition for neuroscientists with disabilities? Then this @network-alba.bsky.social initiative is an opportunity for you! 👉 Help shape a more inclusive neuroscience community, sign up and take part: buff.ly/jU3TeHO

🎉 ¡Abrió el nuevo llamado al Programa de Campeones de rOpenSci! Hoy @me_andre @mastodon.social cuenta cómo su participación en el programa fortaleció su proyecto y la conectó con una comunidad internacional de software científico abierto. 📅 Postulaciones abiertas hasta el 20 de febrero Toda […]

Look, this is just textbook scientific method: Background: Phrenology is pseudoscience. Experiment: Dogs come in many shapes. Conclusion: I use phrenology to evaluate people. Discussion: Buy Huberdude supplements for neck girth and high T flow state optimization.

Some academic publishing contract advice: make sure your contract specifies 1. a qualified human copyeditor will copyedit on the MS; 2. a qualified human proofreader will proofread the MS; 3. that production must have a proper system for version control (!).

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Porque es buena idea participar del programa de rOpenSci, por Francisco Cardozo, uno de nuestros mentores que ya ha participado dos veces. 📅Postulaciones abiertas hasta el 20 de febrero: ropensci.org/es/blog/2026... 👉 Mira el evento completo: ropensci.org/es/commcalls...

We would love to take this national...but we can't do it without you! If you would like to host a March 7th event in YOUR area fill out this form: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/ ✊ rally in a stable location 📣 a march 💪 a march + a rally 🚨 sidewalk protest GET IN, DORKS!

I will go further and say that people using the "r"-word are hoping that bringing it back opens the door to bringing back the "n"-word, and is strongly correlated with the people who want to carve off trans rights as a stepping stone to claw back gay rights in general

I made this ASL video about the SALUTE/ACTUAR acronyms re: observing ICE, but @bsky.app won't let me post here because, best I can tell, hands are moving too much? Anyway, if you have a moment to share, many d/hh folks have 1st lang that's not English. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...

Think about how annoyed you get when your connection is bad and photos aren't loading so you don't know what people are talking about. That's what Blind people regularly have to deal with when you fail to copy and paste text from your articles into alt text, fellow journalists.

Our new Mayor uses alt text? Most politicians and journalists can't be bothered. Amazing! Thanks!

Also, being a high profile person doesn't exempt you from the responsibility of providing access. 

I'm suing the Trump administration for making it harder to protect consumers by illegally trying to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

It is National Science Fiction Day! Affirmation Coyote would like a future where coyotes have opposable thumbs and mingle with humans without having to pile on each other's shoulders wrapped up in a overcoat. www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...

Extending application deadline to early January so still time to get your applications in! #DisabledInSTEM

Don't guide anyone's hand without their permission. It is disorienting and unhelpful. This is what the alt text says is going on in the cartoon. 

December news! 🗞️ #rstats 📼 rOpenSci at LatinR 📼 rOpenSci at uRos 📆 Coworking 📈 New package {mantis} 👋 Call for contributions & new maintainers 🗒️ 3 tech notes! 🧰 Package Development Corner https://ropensci.org/blog/2025/12/18/news-december-2025/

New blog post by @mpadge.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte: Code Hosting Options Beyond GitHub ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...

📣 #CanineScientists, there's an upcoming conference deadline! #CO3 is a great meeting for researchers studying animals from any taxa, and a fantastic excuse to visit Montréal 🍁🦫 #DogCognition #BigTeamScience #DogBehavior #ComparativePsychology

🚨Job Alert plz RT! Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition! We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals Open-rank apply.interfolio.com/178146

Ya esta! El programa completo de @latinrconf.bsky.social 2025 está aquí: latinr.org/cronograma/p... ¡Les esperamos! La conferencia es gratuita: www.eventbrite.cl/e/latinr-202... #RStats #DataScience #OpenData #OpenScience #AI #FOSS #Package #RSE

November news! 🗞️ #rstats 📆 rOpenSci at LatinR 🌐 rOpenSci Dev Guide Now Available in Portuguese! 📼 Big Team Collaboration on Data Management and Analysis with rOpenSci 📼 rOpenSci at posit::conf(2025): recordings 🙏 Blog contributor roles in rOpenSci and beyond 📆 Coworking 📊 New package […]

Just my yearly reminder friends. Be kind to us retail workers. Sh**ts about to get real and we’re already VERY tired.

Are any of my qualitative research folks around? 

They got some white dude who writes obits about “fascinating lives” - but she wasn’t fascinating, she was meaningful.

🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉 🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026 📣 Call for submissions is open 👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members conference.rainbowr.org

The advances we've made in statistics, experimental study design, and causal inference over the past century are remarkably useful for understanding our world. But there is never been a push to make people use them like we are seeing with generative AI. Perhaps take a moment to consider why.

The #FindThatLizard Scholarship is accepting applications until 12/10. We fund girls, women, and gender non conforming persons pursuing herpetology🦎🐍🐸🐢 I can’t wait to read your application! earynmcgee.com/findthatliza...

Why's your image post not gaining traction? Because you ain't got no alt text. So go ahead & fill in that little box with a brief description of your image & watch the magic happen.

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years! Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn... Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR... Applications due December 5th!

The #NoKings website needs some accessibility work. The results of the location search are only available visually as a map. There's no text alternative for people using screen readers. 

Do you want to help us with our new study?🐕🎤 A new dog vocalization questionnaire is available! How well can you differentiate dogs based on their growls? Find out by filling out our new questionnaire! Click on this link: barks-lab.elte.hu/queries/grow...

The Women of Color in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology community (WOCinEEB; non-binary inclusive) is doing another round of matching for one-on-one mentorship! You can sign up here: forms.gle/Cfk3Y5CZksSS... I'm also happy to answer any questions! #Mentorship #Ecology #EvolutionaryBiology

Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply! tinyurl.com/2uskxyrp

Hey Atlanta! Next weekend, Saturday 10/18, is our next NO KINGS rally ❌👑 And I'll be speaking! #StandUpForScience This is a peaceful protest, coordinated with #NoKings protests around the country, together expected to be the largest in American history. Join us! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Autistic humans don’t burn out from being autistic. We burn out from pretending we’re not. From jobs, families, and systems that punish difference and call it “help”. Recovery isn’t about fixing us. It’s about changing the conditions. Even one small one at first is already a huge step.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Yani! You can still register for the @btscon.bsky.social always great to work with at minimal cost and watch the video later. 

Today, @lizhare.bsky.social gave a spectacular talk at the Big Team Science Conf about the peer review software resources developed by @ropensci.org and how she learned about them during the Champions program. The slide with the unexpected benefits is my favorite part of the entire presentation!