The Smithsonian holds nearly 31,000 human remains in storage but has never publicly released a full inventory. We spent months obtaining the documents and turning handwritten and typed memos into a searchable database: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know

this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science

'Resisting Artificial Intelligence Through Anti-Fascism and Indigenous Data Sovereignty':
I was really happy to have this great conversation with Jeff Doctor of databack.animikii.com, made possible by the BC Museums Association museum.bc.ca vimeo.com/892756845/c9... ✊