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Brandon P. Labbree
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Working on an Interdisciplinary research team in a uniquely awesome space, doing social and behavioral science on varied topics. All views my own.

RT/follows ≠ endorsement.

Took me FAR too long to learn that a *Big 10* School had a football team
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blabbree.bsky.social
Is OSF down right now, or is it just me?

I have tried to open some OSF links, but I have only been greeted with a white Screen. (I am on an old iPad, so it may just be me)
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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masalmon.eu
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
All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents
Overview of programmatic ways to analyze and edit Markdown files: Markdown, R Markdown, Quarto, Hugo files, you name it.
ropensci.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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maddblackprof.bsky.social
I was honored by the @psychscience.bsky.social DEI Committee's invitation to help curate this collection of outstanding articles addressing a range of issues related to anti-Black racism. I also couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful and thorough partner in @johnjost.bsky.social. Please share!
psychscience.bsky.social Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Aug 14
This virtual special collection, The Psychological Science of Anti-Black Racism, an Ongoing Social Problem, highlights a selection of articles published in APS journals over the past decade that explore the enduring problem of anti-Black racism in the U.S.

journals.sagepub.com/page/aps/cro...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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wired.com
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
www.wired.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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paulschwartz.bsky.social
Whistleblower allegation from Social Security Admin's Chief Data Officer-- DOGE uploaded personal social sec info to insecure cloud server: www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-m... 1/2
DOGE Minions Created Dangerous Live Copy Of Social Security Data, Whistleblower Claims
Elon Musk's acolytes copied a database of Americans' personal information and uploaded it to a vulnerable server, warned SSA's chief data officer.
www.huffpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books
www.wsj.com/business/cha...
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jinxungoh.bsky.social
#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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fabianneuner.bsky.social
Ask re #APSA2025: The political psychology division has a number of panels that need additional discussants. If you're attending APSA and are willing to serve in such roles please get in touch with @carlynwayne.bsky.social and I. See screenshot for panels. Thanks in advance!
Mental Health and Trauma in Politics: Causes and Consequences Thu, September 11, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT Democracy in Distress: Psychological Perspectives on Anti-Democratic Sentiment Fri, September 12, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT Understanding and Correcting Misperceptions Sat, September 13, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT Identity Politics: Measurement, Drivers, and Consequences Sun, September 14, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT
August 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
blabbree.bsky.social
How do *you* pronounce \"SQL\"?

1️⃣ "Sequel"
🅱️ The Letters (S.Q.L.)
3️⃣ I avoid speaking it aloud.
4️⃣ I like cheese

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August 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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jonthegeek.com
Hello #dataBS! I'm facilitating a new free @dslc.io Advanced #RStats adv-r.hadley.nz cohort soon! It's been 5+ years since I read this excellent book by @hadley.nz, so I'm giving it a re-read. Let's learn to embrace {{ tidy evaluation }}, purrr::reduce() repetition, and count S/R #OOP systems!
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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psychscience.bsky.social
Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them. @runnerteal.bsky.social 
Science Counters Educational Inequality
Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them.
www.psychologicalscience.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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versteegenluca.bsky.social
🚨Call for reading recommendations🚨

I’m developing a course on how social science interventions can(not) help address societal crises (e.g., climate, war, pandemics, inflation, polarization, so-called “migrant crisis” (or how societies deal with it)). Pls share your fav reads (self-rec welcome!!) 🙏
July 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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joachimschork.bsky.social
Free course previews:

- Working with Rows: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- Violin Plots: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- Sampling Methods: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- PCA in R: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...

#rstats #statistics #datascience #rstudio #dataviz
July 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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mdsumner.bsky.social
There's a lot of packages out there to download specific datasets, we wrote a framework to spider data on the internet, dry run to return the file list, and download 👇 it or sync 🫱 it to object storage

docs.ropensci.org/bowerbird/

#rstats handles auth, virtual links, thredds, all kinds
Keep a Collection of Sparkly Data Resources
Tools to get and maintain a data repository from third-party data providers.
docs.ropensci.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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anamariab99.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...
Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. | Richardt Hansen
Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. Read it here: http...
www.linkedin.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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dariia.bsky.social
Hi #rstats! Does anyone know of any good free online self-paced comprehensive R video courses for complete beginners? Ideally, with interactive exercises that would be automatically checked, and the ability to gain certificates. Thanks!
June 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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blabbree.bsky.social
For those who do data/statistical analysis (esp. in social/behavioral sciences or data sciences) what do you use to do your analyses in?

1️⃣ MS Excel or similar spreadsheet program
2️⃣️ R/RStudio or Python
3️⃣ STATA/SAS/MPlus/SPSS
4️⃣ Another Method

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June 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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paulrjohnson.net
I figured out how to automate the generation of redirects for a Quarto website.

paulrjohnson.net/blog/2025-06...
Automating Netlify Redirects in Quarto Using Lua – Paul Johnson
Save yourself from yourself by generating website redirects using a Lua script.
paulrjohnson.net
June 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
blabbree.bsky.social
For those who do data/statistical analysis (esp. in social/behavioral sciences or data sciences) what do you use to do your analyses in?

1️⃣ MS Excel or similar spreadsheet program
2️⃣️ R/RStudio or Python
3️⃣ STATA/SAS/MPlus/SPSS
4️⃣ Another Method

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June 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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erininthemorning.com
Massive TDOV rally expected today from 4:00-6:00 at the National Mall between 3rd and 4th streets.

Go there, I know many who will be there. Be with community and show your support for transgender people.

www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...
‘We are not going anywhere’: Transgender Day of Visibility Rally to be held on National Mall
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Christopher Street Project is inviting everybody to its Transgender Day of Visibility Rally on Monday. The rally will be held at the National Mall between 3rd a…
www.dcnewsnow.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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washingtonpost.com
President Donald Trump has suggested that “methods” exist by which he could attempt to serve a third term in the White House, an act that is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Constitutional law scholars are skeptical.
Can Trump run for a third term? The 22nd Amendment flatly prevents it.
Trump suggested he has “methods” for seeking a third presidential term. Constitutional law scholars are skeptical.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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egojunk.bsky.social
Bumping this now so it doesn't look like I'm throwing shade next week. If you finish early, it doesn't matter how bad your talk is. Everyone will love you.
egojunk.bsky.social eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · Mar 31
Conference season annual advice to presenters. The talk is the trailer not the movie. Do not include everything in the presentation, just some highlights. Make the audience want to read the paper. Newer folks usually spend too much time on the front end/literature. Rockstars finish a little early!
March 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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sarahegaither.bsky.social
Hello, #psychology friends! Want to make science inclusive? We are hiring a new full-time recruitment coordinator for our Duke Child Studies group! Priority consideration if you apply by 4/18 but we will keep reviewing after that until the position is filled!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29865
a yellow sign that says we 're hiring
ALT: a yellow sign that says we 're hiring
media.tenor.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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teeeeeeeee.bsky.social
Create a specific feed in your Jekyll blog

https://thierrymoudiki.github.io/blog/2020/02/21/misc/create-feed-jekyll-blog

#Techtonique #DataScience #Python #rstats #MachineLearning
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March 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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bitwacker.com
dockitect is possibly the coolest #Rstats package I’ve seen in a long time. We’re definitely going to consider adding it as a critical step in our #rshiny app deployments!
coatless.bsky.social James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · Mar 31
Introducing dockitect: A new #rstats 📦 for programmatically creating and managing Dockerfiles 🐳 with pipe-friendly syntax!

Quickly containerize your R projects with specialized templates for scripts, #rshiny apps, and more.

📝: blog.thecoatlessprofessor.com/programming/...
A hexagonal logo for "dockitect" with a blue border. Inside the hexagon is a grid background with five blue squares arranged in a pattern (three in the top row, two below). Various drafting tools are scattered throughout including a compass, triangle ruler, straight ruler, pencil, and eraser. The word "dockitect" appears at the bottom of the hexagon in blue font. Screenshot showing a complete workflow for containerizing a Shiny app. Left panel shows R code that: Creates a Dockerfile using dockitect's template for Shiny Sets R version 4.4.0, port 3838, and app directory library(dockitect) dk_template_shiny( r_version = "4.4.0", port = 3838, app_dir = "shiny_app/" ) |> write_dockerfile() Builds with: docker build --platform linux/amd64 -t my-shiny-app . Runs with: docker run -p 3838:3838 my-shiny-app Right panel shows the running Shiny app with "Hello Docker!" and a histogram of waiting times. Terminal displays Shiny server logs. Screenshot of RStudio showing code for creating an interactive R environment with Docker. The code includes: Generate a Dockerfile with specific packages including "visualize" library(dockitect) dk_template_base( r_version = "4.4.3", additional_pkgs = c("visualize") ) |> write_dockerfile() Build the image with: docker build -t r-interactive . Run interactively with: docker run -it -v $(pwd):/app r-interactive R The terminal shows R 4.4.3 running with its standard startup message, license information, and help commands. Screenshot of RStudio IDE showing code for generating a Dockerfile for data analysis using the dockitect package. The code demonstrates: Generate the Dockerfile using library(dockitect) dk_from_script("analysis.R") |> write_dockerfile() Build the Docker image with: docker build -t my-analysis . Run with volume mounting: docker run -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data -v $(pwd)/results:/app/results my-analysis The cell output shows successful execution with the message "Dockerfile written to Dockerfile". The terminal shows Docker build details and the results from automatically running the script including the mapped data output in the file panel.
March 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM