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We share our 501c3 status and take care of the admin work so projects can focus on their missions.
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It's not too late to join colleagues in the Write Now Teacher Studio to read and discuss John Warner’s Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities. The book club in the #nwpstudio is a perfect way to connect and reflect with other teachers! bit.ly/4hMHyrb #EduSky
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's not too late to join colleagues in the Write Now Teacher Studio to read and discuss John Warner’s Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities. The book club in the #nwpstudio is a perfect way to connect and reflect with other teachers! bit.ly/4hMHyrb #EduSky
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Tomorrow: Join us at @cmcmath.bsky.social's CMC-South for the "Modernizing High School Math for College Readiness" panel at 10:30 a.m. PT! Panelists include Pamela Burdman, Kyndall Brown, Katherine Stevenson, David Weisbart and Babette Benken.
Learn more & register: www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-co...
Learn more & register: www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-co...
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Tomorrow: Join us at @cmcmath.bsky.social's CMC-South for the "Modernizing High School Math for College Readiness" panel at 10:30 a.m. PT! Panelists include Pamela Burdman, Kyndall Brown, Katherine Stevenson, David Weisbart and Babette Benken.
Learn more & register: www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-co...
Learn more & register: www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-co...
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US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
Research Software Engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2025)
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November 7, 2025 at 5:22 AM
US-RSE is heading to #SC25! 🎉
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
📍 Booth #3911 | Nov 16–21 | St. Louis, MO
Stop by, meet fellow RSEs! Join our #RSE-HPC Workshop (Nov 16) and Topgolf Focus Group + Social Hour (Nov 18)! More at us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2025/
🎯Email contact@us-rse.org to sign up for the workshops!
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"Pathways for Action: Affording our Clean Energy Future" is an examination of the drivers of the current energy affordability crisis we are facing, and a framework for developing policy solutions that ensures long-term bill savings and advances clean energy goals. Link is in our bio!
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Pathways for Action: Affording our Clean Energy Future" is an examination of the drivers of the current energy affordability crisis we are facing, and a framework for developing policy solutions that ensures long-term bill savings and advances clean energy goals. Link is in our bio!
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Heading to #SC25? 🎉
Check out the full list of #research-software-related events, including sessions, workshops, and meetups that highlight the vibrant software community at SC25!
👉 Explore here at Better Scientific Software (#BSSw): bssw.io/events/sc25-...
#RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #RCD
Check out the full list of #research-software-related events, including sessions, workshops, and meetups that highlight the vibrant software community at SC25!
👉 Explore here at Better Scientific Software (#BSSw): bssw.io/events/sc25-...
#RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #RCD
SC25 Software-Related Events
The Supercomputing conference series is one of the premier venues for high-performance computing and computational science and engineering. Here's a list of events that relate to producing better sci...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Heading to #SC25? 🎉
Check out the full list of #research-software-related events, including sessions, workshops, and meetups that highlight the vibrant software community at SC25!
👉 Explore here at Better Scientific Software (#BSSw): bssw.io/events/sc25-...
#RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #RCD
Check out the full list of #research-software-related events, including sessions, workshops, and meetups that highlight the vibrant software community at SC25!
👉 Explore here at Better Scientific Software (#BSSw): bssw.io/events/sc25-...
#RSE #RSEng #ResearchSoftware #RCD
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❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. We are 90% volunteer powered and 100% self-supporting!
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
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Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
❤️NVCCA is the only organization in Nevada with a singular focus on reducing the human health harms of climate change. We are 90% volunteer powered and 100% self-supporting!
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
Please consider helping us continue our work by donating:
give.communityin.org/42U3U2?ref=a...
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An end to the shutdown may be on the horizon, but this ordeal has exposed the compounding effects of assistance disruptions on communities across the US. The impacts of SNAP and LIHEAP funding delays vary by state. Here's where they'll hit the hardest: justsolutionscollective.org/snap-and-lih...
Double Trouble: Disruptions to Federal Food Assistance Program (SNAP) and Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Leave Families and Children in Crisis as Winter Approaches – Just So...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An end to the shutdown may be on the horizon, but this ordeal has exposed the compounding effects of assistance disruptions on communities across the US. The impacts of SNAP and LIHEAP funding delays vary by state. Here's where they'll hit the hardest: justsolutionscollective.org/snap-and-lih...
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This week at CSCCE, it’s the final week of our Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) cohort, and it’s “last call” for our Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (which starts next week!).
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This week at CSCCE, it’s the final week of our Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) cohort, and it’s “last call” for our Project Management for Scientists Bootcamp (which starts next week!).
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There's still time to join or plan your own #WDoR2025 event to draw attention to the urgent need for safe speeds & safe streets.
Join communities across the nation in speaking up for #VisionZero & for safe streets for all. Find out more: wdor-usa.org
Join communities across the nation in speaking up for #VisionZero & for safe streets for all. Find out more: wdor-usa.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There's still time to join or plan your own #WDoR2025 event to draw attention to the urgent need for safe speeds & safe streets.
Join communities across the nation in speaking up for #VisionZero & for safe streets for all. Find out more: wdor-usa.org
Join communities across the nation in speaking up for #VisionZero & for safe streets for all. Find out more: wdor-usa.org
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Gameheads has been telling our corporate partners this for years. Profit driven institutions cannot do this. And that's no shade. You should focus on profit. And, these things are important for the industry. Partner with us. We have the system in place and we will organize this for you. Call us!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
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“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gameheads has been telling our corporate partners this for years. Profit driven institutions cannot do this. And that's no shade. You should focus on profit. And, these things are important for the industry. Partner with us. We have the system in place and we will organize this for you. Call us!
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Northern Nevada Public Health and Renown Health are working together to learn more about health in Washoe County from 2026 to 2028.
Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
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Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
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2026-2028 Washoe County Community Health Assessment ACTIVE
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November 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Northern Nevada Public Health and Renown Health are working together to learn more about health in Washoe County from 2026 to 2028.
Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8497236/2...
Your answers are private. The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to finish.
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8497236/2...
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A Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA study finds more than 40% of adolescent gamers surveyed said "racial diversity in characters & storylines" remains important. However, 47.8% of respondents also said they struggled to find games with characters that represent them. tinyurl.com/bdw7hz3x
Report: Nearly half of US adolescents avoid games that portray women in "stereotypical and harmful ways"
New study also finds that 47.8% of respondents struggled to find characters that represent them
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November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA study finds more than 40% of adolescent gamers surveyed said "racial diversity in characters & storylines" remains important. However, 47.8% of respondents also said they struggled to find games with characters that represent them. tinyurl.com/bdw7hz3x
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Did you know CSCCE regularly works with a range of different STEM organizations on their community engagement efforts?
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Did you know CSCCE regularly works with a range of different STEM organizations on their community engagement efforts?
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🔥The 2025 Steering Committee Candidates have been announced!🔥
Read more about them here: us-rse.org/2025-11-11-s.... Would you like to help pick the next leaders of US-RSE? There is still time! To be eligible to vote, you must join US-RSE by Fri, Nov 14th: us-rse.org/join/
#RSE #RSEng
Read more about them here: us-rse.org/2025-11-11-s.... Would you like to help pick the next leaders of US-RSE? There is still time! To be eligible to vote, you must join US-RSE by Fri, Nov 14th: us-rse.org/join/
#RSE #RSEng
2025 Steering Committee Candidate Information
United States Research Software Engineer Association
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🔥The 2025 Steering Committee Candidates have been announced!🔥
Read more about them here: us-rse.org/2025-11-11-s.... Would you like to help pick the next leaders of US-RSE? There is still time! To be eligible to vote, you must join US-RSE by Fri, Nov 14th: us-rse.org/join/
#RSE #RSEng
Read more about them here: us-rse.org/2025-11-11-s.... Would you like to help pick the next leaders of US-RSE? There is still time! To be eligible to vote, you must join US-RSE by Fri, Nov 14th: us-rse.org/join/
#RSE #RSEng
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In this episode of @official-aias.bsky.social 's Game Makers Notebook Podcast, Lis Moberly, Creative Lead at 20th Century Games discusses how the path to a career in #gamedev has changed, & shares tips for helping junior writers join and stay in the industry: tinyurl.com/a3vuj787
The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook: Games Writing with Lis Moberly, Creative Lead @ 20th Century Games
chats with , Creative lead at . Together they discuss how the path towards game development has changed over the years and the difficulties young people face with job placement; workin...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In this episode of @official-aias.bsky.social 's Game Makers Notebook Podcast, Lis Moberly, Creative Lead at 20th Century Games discusses how the path to a career in #gamedev has changed, & shares tips for helping junior writers join and stay in the industry: tinyurl.com/a3vuj787
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Winter is just around the corner. The season has warmed in 239 major U.S. cities. Winter warming affects snowfall, water supplies, winter sports, and more. ☃️ bit.ly/2025-winter-... #climatematters via @climatecentral
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Winter is just around the corner. The season has warmed in 239 major U.S. cities. Winter warming affects snowfall, water supplies, winter sports, and more. ☃️ bit.ly/2025-winter-... #climatematters via @climatecentral
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This #WDoR2025, DC-area advocates are riding from Bethesda to the Lincoln Memorial to demand safer routes for people who walk and bike. Join Ride for Your Life and help push for real change. #SafeSpeedsSaveLives
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November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This #WDoR2025, DC-area advocates are riding from Bethesda to the Lincoln Memorial to demand safer routes for people who walk and bike. Join Ride for Your Life and help push for real change. #SafeSpeedsSaveLives
waba.org/event/ride-f...
waba.org/event/ride-f...
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In San Francisco this #WDoR2025, join @walksf.org on Nov 16 at City Hall as they honor those killed and push Mayor
Daniel Lurie and city agencies to move on implementation of the Street Safety Act – because #SafeSpeedsSaveLives.
walksf.org/events/world...
Daniel Lurie and city agencies to move on implementation of the Street Safety Act – because #SafeSpeedsSaveLives.
walksf.org/events/world...
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In San Francisco this #WDoR2025, join @walksf.org on Nov 16 at City Hall as they honor those killed and push Mayor
Daniel Lurie and city agencies to move on implementation of the Street Safety Act – because #SafeSpeedsSaveLives.
walksf.org/events/world...
Daniel Lurie and city agencies to move on implementation of the Street Safety Act – because #SafeSpeedsSaveLives.
walksf.org/events/world...
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Sharing this powerful @forbes.com piece highlighting how communities in the U.S. & worldwide are honoring lives lost to traffic violence and emphasizing that safer speeds save lives. Grateful to Tanya Mohn for elevating this message so clearly. Read it on: www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
Events To Remember Road Traffic Victims Held Across U.S. And World
Events planned for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on November 16 highlight how slowing speed can save lives and the need for road safety reforms.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Sharing this powerful @forbes.com piece highlighting how communities in the U.S. & worldwide are honoring lives lost to traffic violence and emphasizing that safer speeds save lives. Grateful to Tanya Mohn for elevating this message so clearly. Read it on: www.forbes.com/sites/tanyam...
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In our latest blog, @justequations.bsky.social Executive Director @pamelaburdman.bsky.social offers four areas for possible consensus over the often contentious issue of calculus prerequisites.
Read the blog: www.justequations.org/blog/revisit...
#EduSky
Read the blog: www.justequations.org/blog/revisit...
#EduSky
Blog: Revisiting the Calculus of College Prerequisites | Just Equations
It’s time to push reset on the controversy in California over whether college students should take calculus. For more than a year, the debate has been centered on an enrollment pattern pursued by a…
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October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In our latest blog, @justequations.bsky.social Executive Director @pamelaburdman.bsky.social offers four areas for possible consensus over the often contentious issue of calculus prerequisites.
Read the blog: www.justequations.org/blog/revisit...
#EduSky
Read the blog: www.justequations.org/blog/revisit...
#EduSky
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So excited to be in NYC for the @transalt.org #VisionZeroCities conference hearing from former secretaries of transportation Anthony Fox & Polly Trottenberg
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So excited to be in NYC for the @transalt.org #VisionZeroCities conference hearing from former secretaries of transportation Anthony Fox & Polly Trottenberg
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Excited to have Ivan Cheung as a VZN’s new visiting senior research fellow talking about the benefits of ISA at #VisionZeroCities
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Excited to have Ivan Cheung as a VZN’s new visiting senior research fellow talking about the benefits of ISA at #VisionZeroCities
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Catch us at PCUN's gala to honor #Farmworkers who head to work each day unsure if there will be a raid and they’ll unjustly taken from their homes. They show up for us every day and it's our turn to show up for them. Join us at PCUN’s Harvesting Justice Gala in PDX on Nov. 21: buff.ly/YHfnYzm
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Catch us at PCUN's gala to honor #Farmworkers who head to work each day unsure if there will be a raid and they’ll unjustly taken from their homes. They show up for us every day and it's our turn to show up for them. Join us at PCUN’s Harvesting Justice Gala in PDX on Nov. 21: buff.ly/YHfnYzm
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Take a listen and learn more from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health tackling major health crisis related to climate change.
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Healthy Climate America Podcast - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)
Welcome to Healthy Climate America, a podcast from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Take a listen and learn more from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health tackling major health crisis related to climate change.
medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/healthy-clim...
medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/healthy-clim...
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If you participated in Write Out, we would love to hear from you! #writeout bit.ly/4oydKkR
Write Out: Awaken the Senses
As this year's Write Out: Awaken the Senses comes to a close, the National Writing Project would appreciate your feedback on what went well and what could be even better. All questions are optional so...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you participated in Write Out, we would love to hear from you! #writeout bit.ly/4oydKkR