Toby Hodges
@tobyhodges.carpentries.org
he/him
Director of Curriculum at The Carpentries. Views my own. Sorry I haven't replied to your email.
"I only know that hearts made of stone will rarely sail far and may never reach home" - Chuck Ragan
Director of Curriculum at The Carpentries. Views my own. Sorry I haven't replied to your email.
"I only know that hearts made of stone will rarely sail far and may never reach home" - Chuck Ragan
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📢 The Library Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committee is calling for instructors to run pilot workshops for 14 lessons currently in Alpha status. To move them toward Beta and then adoption as Library Carpentry lessons, they need the Carpentries community to test the lessons in real-world settings. 🙏
Calling Community Pilots: 14 New Open Science Lessons for Library Carpentry
The Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods project, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), has reached an exciting milestone. Over the past two years, we...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
📢 The Library Carpentry Curriculum Advisory Committee is calling for instructors to run pilot workshops for 14 lessons currently in Alpha status. To move them toward Beta and then adoption as Library Carpentry lessons, they need the Carpentries community to test the lessons in real-world settings. 🙏
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I've always admired Project Jupyter from afar and to join as a JupyterHub maintainer is definitely a LIFE GOALS achievement for me. The difference between then and now is that I better understand the power and impact of the open source community and *people*
We’re incredibly proud to announce that Jenny Wong was invited to join the JupyterHub team as a contributor and maintainer!
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February 11, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I've always admired Project Jupyter from afar and to join as a JupyterHub maintainer is definitely a LIFE GOALS achievement for me. The difference between then and now is that I better understand the power and impact of the open source community and *people*
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Congratulations to our subcommunity in New Zealand for hosting another successful CarpentryConnect NZ! 🎉
Our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org delivered the keynote, and member of our Board of Directors, Paola Corrales, was the invited speaker: eresearchnz.co.nz/nz-carpentry... 💙
Our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org delivered the keynote, and member of our Board of Directors, Paola Corrales, was the invited speaker: eresearchnz.co.nz/nz-carpentry... 💙
NZ Carpentry Connect | eResearch.co.nz
eresearchnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Congratulations to our subcommunity in New Zealand for hosting another successful CarpentryConnect NZ! 🎉
Our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org delivered the keynote, and member of our Board of Directors, Paola Corrales, was the invited speaker: eresearchnz.co.nz/nz-carpentry... 💙
Our Director of Curriculum @tobyhodges.carpentries.org delivered the keynote, and member of our Board of Directors, Paola Corrales, was the invited speaker: eresearchnz.co.nz/nz-carpentry... 💙
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🎧 “You say not all cops
You say not all men
Yeah you insist it's only 99%
There's nothing new for you to learn
Ok, sit back, relax, and watch it all burn”
You say not all men
Yeah you insist it's only 99%
There's nothing new for you to learn
Ok, sit back, relax, and watch it all burn”
Propagandhi - "Victory Lap"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
🎧 “You say not all cops
You say not all men
Yeah you insist it's only 99%
There's nothing new for you to learn
Ok, sit back, relax, and watch it all burn”
You say not all men
Yeah you insist it's only 99%
There's nothing new for you to learn
Ok, sit back, relax, and watch it all burn”
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Ten simple rules for teaching data science arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
1: Teach data science by doing data analysis
2: Use participatory live coding
3: Give tons of practice and timely feedback
4: Use tractable or toy data examples
5: Use real and rich, but accessible data sets
1: Teach data science by doing data analysis
2: Use participatory live coding
3: Give tons of practice and timely feedback
4: Use tractable or toy data examples
5: Use real and rich, but accessible data sets
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ten simple rules for teaching data science arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
1: Teach data science by doing data analysis
2: Use participatory live coding
3: Give tons of practice and timely feedback
4: Use tractable or toy data examples
5: Use real and rich, but accessible data sets
1: Teach data science by doing data analysis
2: Use participatory live coding
3: Give tons of practice and timely feedback
4: Use tractable or toy data examples
5: Use real and rich, but accessible data sets
If you are a member of the @society-rse.org and have not yet participated in the vote on what should/not be included in their new Ethical Sponsorship Policy, please do so. A large turnout is essential to ensure that the policy properly represents the views of the membership.
a kermit the frog is holding a sign that says vote .
Alt: Kermit the frog sips from a mug with VOTE written on the side.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
If you are a member of the @society-rse.org and have not yet participated in the vote on what should/not be included in their new Ethical Sponsorship Policy, please do so. A large turnout is essential to ensure that the policy properly represents the views of the membership.
Having an absolute mare with calendar invitations this past week 😳 Sorry to all those affected.
a dog is sitting at a desk using an apple laptop computer
Alt: a yellow Labrador dog is sitting at a desk using an apple laptop computer, typing with human hands. The image is captioned "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING"
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February 3, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Having an absolute mare with calendar invitations this past week 😳 Sorry to all those affected.
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Howdy y'all! I'm planning to graduate in May. If you are in need of a postdoc with knowledge of phylogenetics, graph databases, and Nextflow pipelines (or know of someone who is), please send them my way!
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Howdy y'all! I'm planning to graduate in May. If you are in need of a postdoc with knowledge of phylogenetics, graph databases, and Nextflow pipelines (or know of someone who is), please send them my way!
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AI Agent Skills Have a Massive Security Problem
Someone just proved you can trick developers into running malicious code.
16 people from 7 countries fell for it in 8 hours.
Here's what happened:
Someone just proved you can trick developers into running malicious code.
16 people from 7 countries fell for it in 8 hours.
Here's what happened:
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
AI Agent Skills Have a Massive Security Problem
Someone just proved you can trick developers into running malicious code.
16 people from 7 countries fell for it in 8 hours.
Here's what happened:
Someone just proved you can trick developers into running malicious code.
16 people from 7 countries fell for it in 8 hours.
Here's what happened:
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January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
I am so excited to see the Collaborative Lesson Development Training program formally integrated into our partnership program 🎉 There are a bunch of other cool changes in the update as well. [1/2]
January 30, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I am so excited to see the Collaborative Lesson Development Training program formally integrated into our partnership program 🎉 There are a bunch of other cool changes in the update as well. [1/2]
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🔊 We are so pleased to announce that we have redesigned The Carpentries Membership program into a new model called the Partnership Program, officially launching in April! 🎉 carpentries.org/blog/2026/01...
The Carpentries’ New Partnership Program is Launching in April!
Introducing the new Partnership Program With much-valued input from our community, we have been working over the past few years on ways to improve our Membership program to meet the needs of our commu...
carpentries.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 AM
🔊 We are so pleased to announce that we have redesigned The Carpentries Membership program into a new model called the Partnership Program, officially launching in April! 🎉 carpentries.org/blog/2026/01...
Thank you so much to the organisers of the Winter Analytics Summit for choosing to support The Carpentries 🙌💙 If the event programme looks relevant to your work, please consider registering to participate.
Winter Analytics Summit, a fully remote, volunteer-led data and analytics conference, is hosting their first annual meeting from 20-22 February 2026, and they have elected to donate all their registration proceeds to The Carpentries! 🙏
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
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January 29, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Thank you so much to the organisers of the Winter Analytics Summit for choosing to support The Carpentries 🙌💙 If the event programme looks relevant to your work, please consider registering to participate.
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Winter Analytics Summit, a fully remote, volunteer-led data and analytics conference, is hosting their first annual meeting from 20-22 February 2026, and they have elected to donate all their registration proceeds to The Carpentries! 🙏
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
winteranalyticssummit.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Winter Analytics Summit, a fully remote, volunteer-led data and analytics conference, is hosting their first annual meeting from 20-22 February 2026, and they have elected to donate all their registration proceeds to The Carpentries! 🙏
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
Tickets start at $50 for students: winteranalyticssummit.com
I know the guy's 23 and all, but statements like this really expose the lie, trotted out often by AI boosters, that the tech means we will all need to work less. They want us working 70 hour weeks _with_ AI. Meanwhile, growing evidence supporting a 4 day work week is ignored.
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I know the guy's 23 and all, but statements like this really expose the lie, trotted out often by AI boosters, that the tech means we will all need to work less. They want us working 70 hour weeks _with_ AI. Meanwhile, growing evidence supporting a 4 day work week is ignored.
me: the academic publication system is not fit for purpose and must be destroyed.
monkey paw: *creaks*
monkey paw: *creaks*
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM
me: the academic publication system is not fit for purpose and must be destroyed.
monkey paw: *creaks*
monkey paw: *creaks*
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🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT.
Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...
Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund is now open until 25 February 2026, 16:00 GMT.
Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...
Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...
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We are thrilled to announce Dr. Kari L. Jordan (@drkariljordan.carpentries.org) as a Keynote Speaker for useR! 2026 in Warsaw! Dr. Jordan will from her knowledge and experience deliver her talk: "The Work Behind the Work: Sustaining R Through Community"
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#rstats #useR2026
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#rstats #useR2026
January 20, 2026 at 6:43 PM
We are thrilled to announce Dr. Kari L. Jordan (@drkariljordan.carpentries.org) as a Keynote Speaker for useR! 2026 in Warsaw! Dr. Jordan will from her knowledge and experience deliver her talk: "The Work Behind the Work: Sustaining R Through Community"
user2026.r-project.org
#rstats #useR2026
user2026.r-project.org
#rstats #useR2026
Can somebody make me the cat-madly-typing GIF but with Gritty?
a blurry picture of a person wearing a jersey with the number 20 on it
Alt: Gritty, orange furry mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers, initially with his back turned, whips around to face the camera. His eyes wobble alluringly from side to side.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Can somebody make me the cat-madly-typing GIF but with Gritty?
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EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 AM
EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond.
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
www.embl.org/news/people-...
One grant proposal submitted 🤞🤞 Now back to work on the other one...
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
One grant proposal submitted 🤞🤞 Now back to work on the other one...
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🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish.
Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...
Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...
January 20, 2026 at 9:08 AM
🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish.
Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...
Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...
Others are writing with much more authority than I could about his scientific legacy. For my part, I will remember Peer Bork's generosity and sense of humour, as well as his commitment to collaboration and belief in the potential of grassroots community efforts.
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In remembrance of Peer Bork | EMBL
EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.
www.embl.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Others are writing with much more authority than I could about his scientific legacy. For my part, I will remember Peer Bork's generosity and sense of humour, as well as his commitment to collaboration and belief in the potential of grassroots community efforts.
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
www.embl.org/news/embl-an...