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Jeremy R. Winget, PhD
@jrwinget.bsky.social
https://jrwinget.comhttps://github.com/jrwinget

Computational Social Scientist • Full Stack Engineer • Data Science & Systems Thinking • Information Processing & Group Dynamics Researcher • he/him
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Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!

We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:

- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers

Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...
The Psychology of Technologists (Cat Hicks, Catharsis Consulting) | posit::conf(2025)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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This is the way the normalization works. Scenes the media would've/could've chased a month ago go ignored in favor of what's new/shocking. It's not that people aren't reporting on what's happening, because they are. But the bar for what's "newsworthy" always shifts.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Full schedule is live: R+AI 2025 · Nov 12–13 · online

Sample session:
“Tools for LLMs and Humans who use R” — Garrick Aden-Buie (Posit)

How the {btw} package feeds computational context to LLMs for smoother R+AI workflows.

Register! rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

#rstats #AI @posit.co
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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That means the next Developer Science Office Hour is going to be Design-a-Study with Cat!

Get your (free) spot here for our online event, space is limited for the vibes, but the enthusiasm will be unlimited: www.eventbrite.com/e/design-a-s...
Design a Study: with Dr. Cat Hicks
Join our free & open Developer Science Office Hour to "Design-a-Study"! Like Build-a-Bear, but for learning about research design!
www.eventbrite.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This post is blowing up.

Please read the full paper 😌✨

👇👇👇👇👇👇

Guest, O., Suarez, et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New blog post, in a slightly new style!

Why do groups sometimes get stuck on the wrong thing?
How do minority voices help systems stay honest?
What does design has to do with dissent?

Some thoughts, and some group science, on problems big and small

www.jrwinget.com/blog/2025-10...
When Groups Get Stuck on the Wrong Problem – Jeremy R. Winget, PhD
Dissent, sharedness, and the design of collective intelligence
www.jrwinget.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚀 {bidux} 0.3.2 is out!

It's leaner, quieter, and more intuitive:
• Modern, flat API
• Telemetry sensitivity presets
• Global quiet mode functionality

Read the details 👇
www.jrwinget.com/blog/2025-10...

#rstats #ux #ui #shiny
bidux 0.3.2: Leaner, Quieter, More Intuitive BID Workflows – Jeremy R. Winget, PhD
The {bidux} 0.3.2 release streamlines BID workflows with intuitive flat APIs, built-in telemetry presets, and a quieter, leaner experience, helping you focus on insights rather than overhead.
www.jrwinget.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.
October 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Sun-Times *is reporting these were live rounds* fired at a vehicle.

There's been much confusion in the immediate aftermath of this about whether whether they were that or pepper balls, and whether person in vehicle was hit by them. This is the most current info we have *at this time.*
Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South Side
Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Having difficulty uploading video. Several agents armed with long guns, others wearing gas masks. Chicago Police just went behind federal agents' line.
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition.

A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie.
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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if they do not face any consequences for shooting people they will keep shooting people
U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a woman on Saturday morning in Brighton Park marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month, the @chicago.suntimes.com reports
Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities in Brighton Park
Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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NEWS: Trump is federalizing 300 National Guard troops in Illinois, Gov. Pritzker announced.
October 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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On scene on 40th and Kedzie in Chicago, where locals are facing down militarized federal agents over a possible federal immigration enforcement- related shooting. Details still scarce and developing.

Locals chanting "ICE go home"
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place
Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece

just incredible

@katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???
October 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:

Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🧵 1/
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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It was a bunch of people praying and singing. Local cops cleared a path for a fascist propaganda op and then assisted federal forces in brutalizing protesters. Those are the facts.
Noem introduced Border Patrol Chief G. Bovino who claimed the protesters nearby were “an unsafe crowd” and declared “a free arrests zone” to arrest them all after one warning.

Bovino: “They’re getting it here as soon as we leave.”
October 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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BTW one simple way schools can support their students is by dropping any mention of bullshit attendance incentives

kids have enough to deal with right now without classmates getting mad because they didn't risk their family's safety for a pizza party
tear gas in Logan Square today and the spectacle in Humboldt Park ending with arrest of an alder will have ripple impact on the broader community

this is the point, of course

young people are indicating they will not traverse to school in these conditions and they are right, they shouldn't

and
October 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Broadview, Illinois today—

A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM