novica
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Since I am kinship posting, there is also reciprocal kinship terminology in which mother's call their children "mother". It ain't rare! Kinship terms just don't, in general, mean specific biological descent relationships. They are much more fun than that linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/28...
October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Since I am kinship posting, there is also reciprocal kinship terminology in which mother's call their children "mother". It ain't rare! Kinship terms just don't, in general, mean specific biological descent relationships. They are much more fun than that linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/28...
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🚨New paper out
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨New paper out
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
@unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology
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Timeline cleanser. Isn't science amazing...
3-year-old born deaf can hear 2 years after breakthrough gene therapy treatment
Opal Sandy underwent a gene therapy injection to her right ear in 2023.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Timeline cleanser. Isn't science amazing...
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Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.
Kanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.
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This time of year in central EU, I am reminded that the root meaning of "sky" is cloud. The color of the sky is gray, the heavens unseen are blue, and space is a radioactive void. In March, the Sun may appear once more. Until then, we eat potatoes and dream.
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This time of year in central EU, I am reminded that the root meaning of "sky" is cloud. The color of the sky is gray, the heavens unseen are blue, and space is a radioactive void. In March, the Sun may appear once more. Until then, we eat potatoes and dream.
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I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:
railmapper.net
railmapper.net
Rail Mapper
Design and analyze high speed rail networks
railmapper.net
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I built a web tool so anyone can design and evaluate ridership and costs of high speed rail networks anywhere in the world:
railmapper.net
railmapper.net
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October 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Whoever invents a silencer for leaf blowers will become a millionaire overnight.
October 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Whoever invents a silencer for leaf blowers will become a millionaire overnight.
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AI company alignment chart.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI company alignment chart.
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If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
January 5, 2024 at 11:17 AM
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
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Actually... from my reading of the artists' basic income report, the government did not earn money back from the scheme (although its costs were offset 37%)
Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
October 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Actually... from my reading of the artists' basic income report, the government did not earn money back from the scheme (although its costs were offset 37%)
Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
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Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
![library(dplyr)
library(gm)
golden <- tribble(
~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric,
"E4", "q", "I’m",
"G4", "q", "done",
"C5", "q", "hid-",
"B4", "q", "-ing",
"D4", "q", "now",
"G4", "q", "I’m",
"E5", "q", "shin-",
"D5", "q", "-ing",
"G4", "q", "like",
"B4", "q", "I’m",
"A5", "q", "born",
"F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to",
"G5", "q/3", "be._",
"G5", "h", ""
)
music <-
Music() +
Key(1) +
Tempo(125) +
Meter(2, 4) +
Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) +
Tie(13) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13)
show(music)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zcfjzyocp6kapg6jc4eacok/bafkreibtyn3pj42roxnclhguomtm5o4n2rdvgf4m3o4bikcrs3snaez3py@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html
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BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty
"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.
martinfowler.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
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Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Andrew Ng: "AI is the new electricity!"
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...)
Can I interest you in some lakes?
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Can I interest you in some lakes?
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{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png.
There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.
Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...
There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.
Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...
September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png.
There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.
Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...
There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.
Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...
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“Is 90% of code going to be written by AI? I don’t know. What I do know is, that for me, on this project, the answer is already yes.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/29/90...
90%
AI is writing 90% of the code I was in charge of
lucumr.pocoo.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“Is 90% of code going to be written by AI? I don’t know. What I do know is, that for me, on this project, the answer is already yes.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/29/90...
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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I got introduced to @randyau.com's 'Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work' post during the #dataBS Conf this week: www.counting-stuff.com/data-cleanin... . I just finished--it was a great read.
Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇
1/9 #RStats
Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇
1/9 #RStats
Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work
Also, most data cleaning articles suck
www.counting-stuff.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I got introduced to @randyau.com's 'Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work' post during the #dataBS Conf this week: www.counting-stuff.com/data-cleanin... . I just finished--it was a great read.
Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇
1/9 #RStats
Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇
1/9 #RStats
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Some of you monsters will like this: Brutalita Sans - a custom font editor. I recommend a font in which every vowel has a random diacritical mark. As a treat. brutalita.com
Brutalita Sans
Brutalita is an experimental font and font editor, edit in your browser and download OTF.
brutalita.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Some of you monsters will like this: Brutalita Sans - a custom font editor. I recommend a font in which every vowel has a random diacritical mark. As a treat. brutalita.com
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Watched the 'Election Night Reporting Using R & Quarto' #positconf2025 talk on how @gosterhout.bsky.social & @andrew.heiss.phd created an auto-updating website with custom tables, interactive maps, and a dynamic 'Close Races' page #RStats #ddj
GitHub: github.com/andrewheiss/... 1/2
GitHub: github.com/andrewheiss/... 1/2
GitHub - andrewheiss/election-desk
Contribute to andrewheiss/election-desk development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watched the 'Election Night Reporting Using R & Quarto' #positconf2025 talk on how @gosterhout.bsky.social & @andrew.heiss.phd created an auto-updating website with custom tables, interactive maps, and a dynamic 'Close Races' page #RStats #ddj
GitHub: github.com/andrewheiss/... 1/2
GitHub: github.com/andrewheiss/... 1/2
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More outstanding maps in this Mercator / 'Correct The Map' explainer by Reuters 😍
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
More outstanding maps in this Mercator / 'Correct The Map' explainer by Reuters 😍
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
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I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.
The blog post will tell you more
#rstats
The blog post will tell you more
#rstats
plumber2 0.1.0
plumber2, a complete rewrite of plumber, has landed on CRAN, providing a modern, future proof solution for creating web servers in R. Read all about the new features here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.
The blog post will tell you more
#rstats
The blog post will tell you more
#rstats
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`tinyplot` 0.5.0 is now available from CRAN & R-universe. Alongside bug fixes & internal improvements, this release includes some cool new features like bubble chart + dual legend support, element dodging, & ephemeral themes.
Detailed changelog: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW...
#rstats #dataviz
Detailed changelog: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW...
#rstats #dataviz
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
`tinyplot` 0.5.0 is now available from CRAN & R-universe. Alongside bug fixes & internal improvements, this release includes some cool new features like bubble chart + dual legend support, element dodging, & ephemeral themes.
Detailed changelog: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW...
#rstats #dataviz
Detailed changelog: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW...
#rstats #dataviz