My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

The Pac-Man Rule should be adopted at all conferences and meetups - it's so much more welcoming! Also an excellent use of a pie chart! 📊

Thrilled to have teamed up with @cderv.bsky.social & Zhian N. Kamvar for this post on @ropensci.org: ✨ All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents ✨ ropensci.org/blog/2025/09... It's even available in French and Spanish (🙏 @yabellini.bsky.social) #RStats

Let's please not forget that all this made up science about autism is founded on ableism and hate, not disability rights and acceptance.

This is it, folks.

I'm really excited to be giving a talk w/my friend & respected colleague @yabellini.bsky.social at the Big Team Science Conf October 6-8 (timeTBD. 1/2 https://lnkd.in/eU2jW457 https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/ (Edited 12:31 PM via @skeetsapp.com)

¿Querés compartir tu trabajo con la comunidad de #RStats en Latinoamérica 🌎? #LatinR2025 es tu espacio para: - Mostrar tu investigación - Compartir experiencias - Proponer talleres - Conectar con gente de la región 📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 25 de agosto Info latinr.org/blog/es/2025...

LOL that the alt text doesn't even tell us what the signs say. 

New funding opportunity for a Master’s Degree by Research from the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and BSAVA PetSavers @thebsava Up to £42,000 to cover a postgraduate student stipend at BBSRC standard rates, and a veterinary stipend can be requested www.bsava.com/petsavers/ap...

ManyDogs also welcomes organizations that are not traditional dog labs, like working dog organizations. There are also plenty of opportunities to volunteer if you aren't associated with a facility.

It’s wild that “species” is one of the most fundamental concepts in biology but we can’t really define it & there are LOTS of organisms that experts disagree about. Are there other concepts in science that seem simple from the outside but are actually complicated? Plz dish the drama in your field🧪🧬🦠

So great to see that there's a ManyPigs now! THe ManyX projects are big team science consortiums for cognitiv research.they are open science projects that can answer new questions with larger data sets.

🧪 What if we could share genetic sequences in a way that is equitable, and works for the greater good? Now in @natgenet.nature.com, we establish a framework for the open sharing of digital sequence information 🧬, compatible with FAIR, and designed to support access and benefit-sharing. 🧵

Dogs! 🐶 open SciencE! 🧠 📈 This is a fun project and you don't have to have access to a dog lab to help us out. You can join as an individual or as a research team.

REMINDER: abstracts for the 2025 Big Team Science Conference are due in one week (July 31)! Any and all work related to large collaborative science is welcome! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/

This is also key advice for accessibility.  it ensures that people who are blind or deaf still have access to most of the information. Describe your images out loud  too, especially data visualizations.r 

Their conductor sure don't love guide dogs. 

it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science

This happens so often with conference organizers, people I thought were colleagues, online courses, And more. Even when I offer to collaborate and do some of the work myself. 

This is a great conference if you're interested in projects involving communities across many research centers.

Session Submission and registration is now open for BTSCON2025! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/submissions/ @abrir.bsky.social @psysciacc.bsky.social @manybabies.org

We are not free until all of us are free

ICYMI: In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal for 1.5 million USD to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program, and were extremely pleased to learn that the proposal was recommended for funding. However...

🔥This year, we are launching a brand new series of The Turing Way Fireside Chat Series in collaboration with the Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social!🔥 📝 Mark your calendar and 🔗 register to attend some or all the sessions: the-turing-way-fireside-chats.start.page

Intro a la Programación II 🔍 Aprendé los fundamentos de la creación de soft en proyectos de ciencia de datos abiertos y reproducibles. Ideal para quienes tienen conocimientos básicos y quieren avanzar al siguiente nivel, incluyendo crear paquetes de #RStats. 🔗 yabellini.netlify.app/courses/intr...

📊 Ready to move from spreadsheets to #RStats? This course is perfect for beginners with no programming experience. Start from scratch and learn how R can improve your workflow. 🔗 From Spreadsheets to R: yabellini.netlify.app/courses/from...

Excited to announce that I’m hosting a Smashing Workshop on dataviz accessibility this autumn! Spread over 5 sessions, we’ll cover #DatavizA11Y fundamentals, and how to test, document, design, and develop accessible charts 📈 #accessibility #dataviz Info & tickets: smashingconf.com/online-works...

So happy to see this recording release! This is an introductory talk to a community that I don't think has come to terms with how far behind they are on accessibility yet: visualization in the python ecosystem. But even if you aren't a python person, this is a great intro to viz + accessibility.

For folks wondering why I was swear-y about USRA: yeah, information about ideas to make astronomy and planetary science accessible to everyone were just _disappeared_ by a non governmental institute to "comply with executive orders" that did not apply to the institute.

Pre-print alert📣 Interesting associations between guardian-reported early life adversity and problematic #behaviour in #dogs: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Along with Erin Hecht and colleagues, we found that adverse event timing, genetic ancestry, and environmental factors matter for dog behaviour 🐶🧪

🎓 Get PAID to co-create open-access teaching materials! We're launching a funded initiative to make open science education more inclusive and accessible beyond elite institutions and the Global North. Contribute a set of materials and earn €400. 🧵

🚀 [Nuevo en el blog] Puentes y Comunidades. Mi Camino como Campeona de rOpenSci por Andrea Gomez Vargas. Aprende cómo Andrea desarrolló el paquete ARcenso y lo compartió con la comunidad R. Esta historia trata sobre la construcción de herramientas y conexiones. Lee cómo el programa rOpenSci […]

Applying to STEM grad programs? 🎓 Apply now #CLGSMI! 🤩 ➡️ cientificolatino.com/gsmi The GSMI program supports applicants through 1-on-1 mentorship, fee waivers, professional development, and community building! Applications accepted on a ROLLING basis until 5/31!

Happy 75th, NSF‼️ We need for you to live long & prosper 🖖 because #WithoutNSF, essential science education, & therefore future prospects for discovery & prosperity, will be demolished 😡 #StandUp

Hi #OpenScience friends! I'm really looking forward to the UN Open Source Week events during the week of June 16 here in New York. If you'll be here, please get in touch so we can meet in person.

I've been doing this every week 😭

My latest on the blog is my thoughts on the racist white woman who called a Black child the n-word. blackgirlinmaine.com/racial-and-c...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

A really nice thread (as always from Eric) demonstrating the utility of the new @opentargets.org platform with a focus on HbA1c

📢 Publication alert 📢 We just published a paper in Psychological Topics describing our study of factors influencing #dogs' abilities to understand quantities! 🐶 Check out our blog post on How Do Dogs Quantify Things: dogcog.unl.edu/blog/how-do-... Or read the article: pt.ffri.hr/pt/article/v...

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

When I use Google now I just automatically scroll past the AI summaries like they’re banner ads

Senator Van Hollen saying what needs to be said re: the DOGE looting of agencies like NASA so he can capture the contracts for himself. #NancyGraceRomanSpaceTelescope #SaveRealScience #StandUpForScience #StopTrump #ShutDownDOGE

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Final Call! Our team is conducting research on the spinal health in Frenchies and Dachshunds. We are interested in hearing from you whether you have experienced spinal problems or not in any dog(s) you own/have owned. Follow the link to take part in a 10-minute survey. www.surveymonkey.com/r/spines

Still fuming about that press conference. The way RFK Jr. talks about autism is not just scientifically wrong—it’s deeply offensive. Calling autistic kids "damaged" or implying they’ve been "lost" or "stolen" doesn’t just spread misinformation—it dehumanizes real people.

We are hearing dozens of stories of senior biomedical scientists who are packing in their research and looking to leave science. Not an exaggeration. And it’s coming from all over the country. Trump has detonated a nuclear bomb in US research into cures for diseases like cancer.

This is a great blog post about accessibility  overlays and personalization.