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January Weiner
@january3.github.io
Bioinformatician, biostatistician, science writer.

About me: https://january3.github.io/

All my photographs are completely free to use, public domain and CC0.

Blog o naukowych różnościach: https://january3.github.io/biokompost/
One of the most interesting articles I read recently. It appears that careful examination of available data shows that peaceful protests are powerful, and if they manage to engage more than 3-4% of a population, they almost always succeed. Looking forward to read the book!
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am convinced that the aquatic ape hypothesis was conceived by someone sitting in a hot tub on a cold winter day
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Polecam tego allegrowicza
January 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Can anyone help me with this R6 problem? I have a clunky, but functional (clunctional) implementation of a vector-linked list hybrid, but I think I should try to implement it in R6. #rstats stackoverflow.com/questions/79...
How to implement this LinkedVector class using R6 in R?
I have a project which involves a kind of a tree structure in the data, and to make navigation and modification of the data easier I came up with this "LinkedVector" class. Basically, the
stackoverflow.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
While on my way to work I just heard one of the most amazing pieces of music I have ever heard in my life. Paganini Variations by Lutosławski, played by Gloria Campaner and Leszek Możdżer. I am mesmerized. #music #classicalmusic #paganini #dwojka

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i2L...
January 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Eurasian coot / łyska – in Potsdam on Saturday. #birds #photography #potsdam
January 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I rather fancy this photograph (even though you can see the dirty smudges on my cameras sensor...). European herring gull. #birds #photography
December 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
There were few famous scientists that I liked reading and talking to as much as Sydney Brenner. He never seemed arrogant, he was full of humor and irony, and never seemed to take himself too serious. This sets him quite apart from many with much lesser achievements.
It’s always inspiring to listen to Sydney Brenner. If you can find them, read his Loose Ends in Current Biology
Given the love for Sydney Brenner whenever I post stuff about him, here’s a link to a BBC World Service programme I made about him, which included a visit to interview him in Singapore.
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Two weeks ago I was sitting on a bench enjoying my lunch when all of sudden I saw these cranes flying overhead. Right here, in the middle of Berlin, just next to the Hauptbahnhof. (Sorry about the quality of the photographs, I grabbed the camera without looking at the settings). #birds #berlin
December 9, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I was just looking at some old photographs and found this one from 2008. Meet Uncle Willy, a street musician from Münster, Germany. In the little university town of Münster he was well known, and we used to spend some time listening to him every now and then. #photography #münster
December 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Och, jak smutno.
December 6, 2024 at 11:37 AM
This day didn't start well. I hate computers. Computing, programming and bioinformatics would all be so much nicer if we didn't have to actually use computers (thinking of The Patrician from Terry Pratchett).
December 6, 2024 at 8:11 AM
At least sometimes I have something common with Darwin
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Jejku, jak ja lubię takie kawałki. Tutaj jest link do miejsca gdzie zaczynają grać "naprawdę". youtu.be/3pYHCGYJbw0?... #jazz #nirvana
December 5, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Jejku, Sękowski, jeden z najważniejszych autorów mojego dzieciństwa
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Cool, you can use radian with nvim-R! #rstats

github.com/randy3k/radi...
December 4, 2024 at 7:17 AM
I really like this thread by @drjr.bsky.social. There are many anthropomorphic, sugary claims like that one out there. In this thread, Jack takes a closer look at one of these. #science #wildlife #evolution #zoology
When you encounter information like this, what do you do? 🧪 A thread on science misinfo.

This is a bold claim, one that stirs emotions, wonder and awe at nature. So when I see it, I'm immediately skeptical. I want to try and find a primary source.

But I can't find any study to support this.
December 4, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Please, let me make a coup... Please, come on, just one coup, it won't take long, did it?
December 3, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I would go so far as to say "we need Slow Science movement". #science
Similar to how the Slow Food movement was a counter cultural force to “at scale” Fast Food and mass production of food, we need a Slow Data movement.

A counter cultural force that pushes back against the pressures of moving fast and creating tech debt with ill-conceived architectures

#dataBS
December 3, 2024 at 1:37 PM
White-naped crane (Antigone vipio, żuraw białoszyi) from the Berlin Tierpark (2023). In Berlin, many things are double: there were the two airports (East and West), and there are two ZOOs: West ("Zoo") and East ("Tierpark"). I like the east one much more, it is large and spacy. #birds #zoo #berlin
December 3, 2024 at 6:34 AM
This is hilarious. BG: Elizabeth Bik uncovered manipulated images in papers of one Didier Raoult. He wasn't happy.
Didier Raoult now published a 'preprint' claiming I am 'close' to Gates Foundation - citing a France Soir article as the reference.

He also suggests that my poor facial recognition skills are linked to autism, with 'serious psychosocial consequences'.

What a sad man.

hal.science/hal-04795904/
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Here is my wish for Christmas: that `list(a, b,)` works just like `list(a, b)` instead of complaining "argument 3 is empty". Because where's the problem? #rstats
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Question about #bioinformatics: what do the cool kids use for analysis of microRNA sequencing data these days? Cause I still use mirdeep2 to get the counts and DESeq2 to do the analysis. 🧬 🖥️

www.mdc-berlin.de/content/mird...
miRDeep2 documentation
What is miRDeep2 miRDeep2 is a software package for identification of novel and known miRNAs in deep sequencing data. Furthermore, it can be used for miRNA expression profiling across samples. Last, a...
www.mdc-berlin.de
December 2, 2024 at 8:45 AM
I recommend this feed. Like "following", it features those who you follow, but only those who post rarely - "quiet posters".

#BlueSky

bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 30, 2024 at 12:12 PM