Julia Stewart Lowndes
juliesquid.bsky.social
Julia Stewart Lowndes
@juliesquid.bsky.social
Openscapes lead, marine ecologist, kinder & open data science advocate, #rstats RLady, dog lover, auntie
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Come work with me and the best team!! We work openly, together, with kindness. We care about onboarding, and have the best team culture I've ever experienced.
📣 Come work @openscapes.bsky.social ! We're looking for a NASA Openscapes Team Member to improve access & use of NASA suborbital data thru reproducible notebook clinics. Apply by October 26, 2025. Start December 2025.

Details including pay rate: openscapes.org/connect#work...
Please share!
connect – Openscapes
openscapes.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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posit::conf isn’t just another tech event. It's where ideas connect, skills grow, and new opportunities take shape.

You don’t just grow your skills. You grow your network, your confidence, your next chapter.

👥 Bring your team. Find your people.
📅 September 16–18 | Atlanta, GA
👉 posit.co/conference
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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✍🏼A celebration of the work of NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Champions published on the Fisheries Blog!
"Open Science Momentum at NOAA Fisheries". Marks our 13th Cohort for NOAA Fisheries involving nearly 500 staff and affiliates 🐟
Mentors community -> impact 💥

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/science-blog...
Open Science Momentum at NOAA Fisheries
Dr. Eli Holmes shares how the Openscapes Champions Program is advancing open science at NOAA Fisheries.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Two new jobs! PhD and MSc levels.

DATA SCIENTIST - CLOUD MIGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA:
coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/info/UCSC_CW...

Development assistant for satellite-based ocean products:
coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/info/CoastWa...
coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov
July 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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So much going on at rOpenSci! 🥳

ropensci.org/blog/2025/06...
June 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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@juliesquid.bsky.social's #CNG2025 keynote just dropped on YouTube! 🎉 Her talk focused on using the Diffusion of Innovation theory + Openscapes' Flywheel to modernize data & develop the workforce within orgs; based on a paper co-authored w/ Eli Holmes (NOAA)
▶️ Watch it now: youtu.be/A-MjTGJQpbI?...
[CNG 2025] Crossing the Chasm: Change and Resilience within Organizations – Julia Lowndes (Keynote)
YouTube video by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum
youtu.be
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hi All, this is a light-weight way to check in on your workflow needs and with other friendly open science people. Starts next week, please join us!
Registration is open for our Reflections Program - a light-weight way to reflect on your workflows and make goals going into summer. May 5-30, 2025: 1 hr/week for 3 weeks, plus our 2-hr GitHub Clinic in week 4.
Details, open source materials & registration: openscapes.github.io/booklet/
April 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Applications close Monday, March 24th! So you are not too late to join us 🤓🌍🌎🌏! pacehackweek.github.io
March 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#DYK that 4⃣1⃣% of people employed as scientists and engineers in the 🇪🇺 are women❓

Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬, we celebrate all the women shaping #CopernicusMarine & ocean science 🌊

Tag a marine or data scientist who inspires you 🔽

#WomenInScience
February 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Confidence is rising that a major storm--including heavy precipitation--may affect SoCal later this week (Thu into Fri). There is still uncertainty, but risk of significant (i.e., more than "nuisance"-level) flash flooding/debris flows in recent wildfire zones is growing. #CAwx
February 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible

this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility

except somehow it's actually real
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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If you’re a workspace admin, this is a solved issue now (or at least was in my instance) - you can just toggle it off.

Takes a minute, feels great.
in case your company uses Google Workspace and is despairing at how Gemini A.I. is getting pushed into everything—fear not! Slate's indefatigable IT chief embarked on a successful journey to get it removed from our end and wrote a detailed guide for the curious: slate.com/technology/2...
Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy.
Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.
slate.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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The January edition of the NCEAS newsletter is here! Read about the Morpho open call for proposals, invasive iceplant research, @arcticdatactr.bsky.social trainings, what our Projects Data Coordinator Jeanette Clark is up to, and our current job openings! Read more here: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-...
January 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Many congratulations to these grant winners! All are doing great and important work covering climate change: www.macfound.org/press/press-...
More than $6 Million in Support of Climate Journalism
www.macfound.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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This guy nails it

This is why basic (aka blue skies) research is so important. It’s fundamental to discoveries that change lives and improve humanity
January 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Back in February 2020, I curated for #WeAreRLadies during Valentine's week. It was an unforgettable experience that made me truly feel the love of our amazing #RStats community 💜
🎉 We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the #RLadies #RotatingCuration program is restarting Monday!

🔍 Learn more at: tinyurl.com/p9fvk7s2

🙋‍♀️ Want to become a curator? Sign up: tinyurl.com/44twdsbu

🌟 Know someone who’s a perfect fit? Nominate them: tinyurl.com/5yny5cae
We’re Launching the R-Ladies Rotating Curation Account on Bluesky! - R-Ladies Global
R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
tinyurl.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Whether you’re a data pro or a newbie, open science can enhance your work. Join our 1st “Pathways to Open Science” session tomorrow for stories & data efficiency tips.
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#BlackSky @blackinx.bsky.social

Thanks @openscapes.bsky.social BIMS @official-bweems.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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blog: The Abundance of Community at the 2024 AGU Meeting.
Reflections following the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 2024.
openscapes.org/blog/2025-01...
#OpenScience #KinderScience
January 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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New #HughesFire now spreading rapidly to W/SW toward I-5 corridors near Castaic, with expanding evacuation amid red flag condition continuing. #CAwx #CAfire
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)!

These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.

If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025

#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata
Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2025) - Posit
We are excited to announce Posit will provide 40 Opportunity Scholarships so they can attend posit::conf(2025) in Atlanta, Georgia.
pos.it
January 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Yes. And all of this - pro bono legal support, mental health support, childcare support - is also what librarians, teachers, health care providers, professors, scientists, organizers, & so many people working for good in this world need.

Our struggles are all intertwined. So are solutions.
Federal civil servants are begging for help in light of threats coming their way. Pro-bono lawyers, mental health support, mechanisms to prevent doxing, etc.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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To honor them, I’m releasing this poem as a fundraiser for the California Fire Foundation, which is offering support and aid to firefighters families, as well as those who have been impacted by the fires. 💛 Give what you can, help who you can, stay safe, and this too we shall conquer.
January 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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"Solving the lonely data scientist problem", a post by
@monicagerber.bsky.social to get us in the mindset for the new year! Monica Gerber is a Data Science Manager at @fredhutch.bsky.social and an Openscapes Mentor.

openscapes.org/blog/2025-01...
#OpenScience #KinderScience
January 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Very proud to announce that @posit.co has joined the opensourcepledge.com. We're committing to spending $2000 / developer / year to support open source software that we use (but don't develop): posit.co/blog/posit-p... #rstats #pydata
Open Source Pledge
Our companies feast year after year at the Open Source table. It's time to settle up.
opensourcepledge.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM