Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
@shandiya.bsky.social
Biodiversity data scientist • Decision Support Program Lead at Atlas of Living Australia • Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease 🪶 http://tinyurl.com/MankyParrots • she/her • Views my own
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📍Wurundjeri Country
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📍Wurundjeri Country
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If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...
All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏
#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub
@daxkellie.bsky.social on why writing good code as scientists can be difficult - many of us are not formally trained to do it. However, there are a few easy steps we can take to improve our code! The ALA also has resources to help:
labs.ala.org.au/posts/
labs.ala.org.au/books/
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
labs.ala.org.au/posts/
labs.ala.org.au/books/
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
@daxkellie.bsky.social on why writing good code as scientists can be difficult - many of us are not formally trained to do it. However, there are a few easy steps we can take to improve our code! The ALA also has resources to help:
labs.ala.org.au/posts/
labs.ala.org.au/books/
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
labs.ala.org.au/posts/
labs.ala.org.au/books/
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
The person reading your code is most likely to be future-you, so if you think about it, learning good coding practices is self care
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
We all want to write good code…but…how?
In my talk later today, I’ll give all few tips I’ve learned about good scientific code writing that have really helped me & maybe they’ll help you!
Riverbank room 8, 2:50pm #ESA2025
In my talk later today, I’ll give all few tips I’ve learned about good scientific code writing that have really helped me & maybe they’ll help you!
Riverbank room 8, 2:50pm #ESA2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The person reading your code is most likely to be future-you, so if you think about it, learning good coding practices is self care
#ESA2025
#ESA2025
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We’re at #ESA2025!
Come to the Atlas of Living Australia booth, located conveniently by the coffee cart!
Come grab a hex sticker and say hi to me & @shandiya.bsky.social while you’re there 😀☕️
Come to the Atlas of Living Australia booth, located conveniently by the coffee cart!
Come grab a hex sticker and say hi to me & @shandiya.bsky.social while you’re there 😀☕️
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
We’re at #ESA2025!
Come to the Atlas of Living Australia booth, located conveniently by the coffee cart!
Come grab a hex sticker and say hi to me & @shandiya.bsky.social while you’re there 😀☕️
Come to the Atlas of Living Australia booth, located conveniently by the coffee cart!
Come grab a hex sticker and say hi to me & @shandiya.bsky.social while you’re there 😀☕️
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
@shandiya.bsky.social shows how huge data infrastructures like the ALA also show what we *don’t* know about biodiversity, but how Data Mobilisation programs & our new {galaxias} package can help people provide data to fill the gaps 👇👀
www.ala.org.au/abdmp/
galaxias.ala.org.au
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
www.ala.org.au/abdmp/
galaxias.ala.org.au
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@shandiya.bsky.social shows how huge data infrastructures like the ALA also show what we *don’t* know about biodiversity, but how Data Mobilisation programs & our new {galaxias} package can help people provide data to fill the gaps 👇👀
www.ala.org.au/abdmp/
galaxias.ala.org.au
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
www.ala.org.au/abdmp/
galaxias.ala.org.au
🧪🌏 #ESA2025 #rstats
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(1) 🥁 Announcing the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge winners!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
(1) 🥁 Announcing the 2025 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge winners!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
First place: 🥇 @rukayaj.bsky.social (@gbifnorway.bsky.social) for BDQEmail
Sharing first place: 🥇 @daxkellie.bsky.social, Amanda Buyan, @shandiya.bsky.social and @rowdynerd.bsky.social (Atlas of Living Australia) for galaxias!
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The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
September 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...
We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
You know what they say: the early bird gets the WOMBAT. 🦚
Early Bird registration ends in just a few days!
wombat2025.numbat.space
Early Bird registration ends in just a few days!
wombat2025.numbat.space
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
You know what they say: the early bird gets the WOMBAT. 🦚
Early Bird registration ends in just a few days!
wombat2025.numbat.space
Early Bird registration ends in just a few days!
wombat2025.numbat.space
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It’s #NationalScienceWeek! 🐦
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
August 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s #NationalScienceWeek! 🐦
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
Our HANZAB encyclopaedia is now online & free – covering every bird ever recorded in Aus, NZ & Antarctica. Updated with the latest taxonomy & threat statuses, it’s a game-changer for bird lovers & researchers alike
🔗 hanzab.birdlife.org.au
#BirdLifeAustralia #Birds
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🕰️ Take the time to come to this tutorial by Mitchell O’Hara-Wild. Use the tidyverse to manipulate time series data and fable to create models in a timely fashion. Don't be late! Early bird discount ends 31st of August! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto...
#DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #RStats
#DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #RStats
August 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🕰️ Take the time to come to this tutorial by Mitchell O’Hara-Wild. Use the tidyverse to manipulate time series data and fable to create models in a timely fashion. Don't be late! Early bird discount ends 31st of August! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto...
#DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #RStats
#DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #RStats
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Free Online Forum on the Hottest Topics in Policy and Ecology only two days away!
Speakers and full program have been announced 👇
Details:
🐛 Free (Registration necessary)
⏰️ Tuesday 12 August 2025
🐝 Online: tinyurl.com/mt8n3ubw
Hosted by @hollykirk.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #forum
Speakers and full program have been announced 👇
Details:
🐛 Free (Registration necessary)
⏰️ Tuesday 12 August 2025
🐝 Online: tinyurl.com/mt8n3ubw
Hosted by @hollykirk.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #forum
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Free Online Forum on the Hottest Topics in Policy and Ecology only two days away!
Speakers and full program have been announced 👇
Details:
🐛 Free (Registration necessary)
⏰️ Tuesday 12 August 2025
🐝 Online: tinyurl.com/mt8n3ubw
Hosted by @hollykirk.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #forum
Speakers and full program have been announced 👇
Details:
🐛 Free (Registration necessary)
⏰️ Tuesday 12 August 2025
🐝 Online: tinyurl.com/mt8n3ubw
Hosted by @hollykirk.bsky.social
#ecology #conservation #forum
💯! 📊
Dotplots
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
With good defaulta it beats the obvious alternatives, scales better than people think (like 10000+ data points) and isn't as sensitive to binwidth or bandwidth estimators
Density? Nope dotplot
Histogram? Nope dotplot
Violin? Nope dotplot
what's in your view the best data-visualization technique/type of plot/chart? in terms of concisely conveying information effectively and aiding substantive understanding. obviously depends hugely the use case, etc. but if you had to pick one in a vacuum?
August 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
💯! 📊
A lot of people are asking what they can do as individuals. Providing financial assistance directly to Palestinians, no matter how little, is one way to help and keep hope alive
chuffed.org/project/hope...
chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...
chuffed.org
August 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A lot of people are asking what they can do as individuals. Providing financial assistance directly to Palestinians, no matter how little, is one way to help and keep hope alive
chuffed.org/project/hope...
chuffed.org/project/hope...
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On July 31st Israeli settlers demolished the Palestinian National Seed bank in Hebron.
It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
August 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
On July 31st Israeli settlers demolished the Palestinian National Seed bank in Hebron.
It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
It housed precious heirloom seeds, protecting local crops from loss & extinction, offered tech support to farmers & supported food security for the Palestinian people.
It’s National Tree Day!* 🌴🌳🌲📊
I visualised patterns of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years as tree rings for 4 iconic Australian species: Mountain Ash, Snow Gum, Moreton Bay Fig, and River Red Gum
#rstats
*well, two days ago but who’s counting
I visualised patterns of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years as tree rings for 4 iconic Australian species: Mountain Ash, Snow Gum, Moreton Bay Fig, and River Red Gum
#rstats
*well, two days ago but who’s counting
July 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It’s National Tree Day!* 🌴🌳🌲📊
I visualised patterns of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years as tree rings for 4 iconic Australian species: Mountain Ash, Snow Gum, Moreton Bay Fig, and River Red Gum
#rstats
*well, two days ago but who’s counting
I visualised patterns of records added to the Atlas of Living Australia over the last 50 years as tree rings for 4 iconic Australian species: Mountain Ash, Snow Gum, Moreton Bay Fig, and River Red Gum
#rstats
*well, two days ago but who’s counting
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After decades of advocacy, Murujuga has finally been recognised under UNESCO World Heritage status -
A powerful win for Raelene Cooper and the Ngarda Ngarli Peoples who fought relentlessly to protect their Country.
A powerful win for Raelene Cooper and the Ngarda Ngarli Peoples who fought relentlessly to protect their Country.
July 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After decades of advocacy, Murujuga has finally been recognised under UNESCO World Heritage status -
A powerful win for Raelene Cooper and the Ngarda Ngarli Peoples who fought relentlessly to protect their Country.
A powerful win for Raelene Cooper and the Ngarda Ngarli Peoples who fought relentlessly to protect their Country.
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.
Decision due on Torres Strait Island climate case
The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.
nit.com.au
July 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Federal Court will deliver its long-awaited decision on the Torres Strait climate case this Tuesday afternoon in Cairns.
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
Imagine the public outcry and Murdoch media beat-up if Australia allowed the China lobby to define sinophobia then enacted censorship on the PRC's behalf. Yet that's exactly what's happening with Israel and antisemitism.
July 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Imagine the public outcry and Murdoch media beat-up if Australia allowed the China lobby to define sinophobia then enacted censorship on the PRC's behalf. Yet that's exactly what's happening with Israel and antisemitism.
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
It's #WorldRainforestDay! 🌴
Australia's Gondwana Rainforests hold examples of major evolutionary & geological stages dating ~359 mya, including the largest surviving population of Araucarians (the most phylogenetically primitive species of conifer) 👴
Code & high-res 📷 👇
#rstats #dataviz 📊🧪🌏🌳
Australia's Gondwana Rainforests hold examples of major evolutionary & geological stages dating ~359 mya, including the largest surviving population of Araucarians (the most phylogenetically primitive species of conifer) 👴
Code & high-res 📷 👇
#rstats #dataviz 📊🧪🌏🌳
June 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's #WorldRainforestDay! 🌴
Australia's Gondwana Rainforests hold examples of major evolutionary & geological stages dating ~359 mya, including the largest surviving population of Araucarians (the most phylogenetically primitive species of conifer) 👴
Code & high-res 📷 👇
#rstats #dataviz 📊🧪🌏🌳
Australia's Gondwana Rainforests hold examples of major evolutionary & geological stages dating ~359 mya, including the largest surviving population of Araucarians (the most phylogenetically primitive species of conifer) 👴
Code & high-res 📷 👇
#rstats #dataviz 📊🧪🌏🌳
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
Wonderful to share our research at #ICCB2025 showing how promoting captive animal experiences that prioritise animal agency can increase participation intent and positive attitudes towards the venue.
June 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Wonderful to share our research at #ICCB2025 showing how promoting captive animal experiences that prioritise animal agency can increase participation intent and positive attitudes towards the venue.
Reposted by Shandiya Balasubramaniam 🍉
If you can’t wait for the next ICCB - We are thrilled to announce that the next SCB Oceania conference will be held in Nov 2026 together with @newzealandecology.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ!
#NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025
confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...
#NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025
confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...
June 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
If you can’t wait for the next ICCB - We are thrilled to announce that the next SCB Oceania conference will be held in Nov 2026 together with @newzealandecology.bsky.social in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa NZ!
#NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025
confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...
#NZES_SCBO2026 #ICCB2025
confer.eventsair.com/2026-nzes-sc...
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This is an excellent visual for how bad the North West Shelf extension is
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project
The annual total dwarfs CO2-e from many other sources – including whole countries
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is an excellent visual for how bad the North West Shelf extension is
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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There's a uni survey happening regarding birdwatching.
If you go birding at the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary, researchers would love your help.
They are specifically interested in the Parham, Webb Beach, Thompson Beach & Port Prime areas.
To participate, go to: tinyurl.com/aibs2024survey
If you go birding at the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary, researchers would love your help.
They are specifically interested in the Parham, Webb Beach, Thompson Beach & Port Prime areas.
To participate, go to: tinyurl.com/aibs2024survey
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
tinyurl.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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