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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him)
@jperkel.bsky.social
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Technology Editor at Nature magazine (@nature.com) #rstats #scicomm. Love is love. 💕
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A perfect description of the grad school experience, by @charliejane.bsky.social in LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER!
“Lately, Jamie watches other PhD students—talented, valiant souls—going on the job market and getting no offers. Grad school feels like the conveyor belt in Toy Story 3: Jamie can see the toys just a ways ahead of her tipping into the incinerator. Her only hope is to produce a dissertation so mind-freaking that someone scoops her off the conveyor belt, brushes her fake fur clean, and puts her into a loving home, wherein she shall befriend a spork.”
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Blue sky for Bluesky. Crater Lake, OR
Crater Lake is full of cobalt-blue water. There’s a small island in the center, and snow in the foreground. A blue sky with wispy clouds dominate the top third of the image.
June 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Today’s haul…
THE GRIFFIN SISTERS’ GREATEST HITS by Jennifer Weiner and SHARK HEART by Emily Habeck
April 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Blue water and blue sky on the Oregon coast.
A view of the Oregon coast under a mostly cloudless sky. There is grass in the foreground and blue water behind. The coast curves into the background
March 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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A blue sky in Grand Teton National Park.
Snow-capped mountains under a bright blue sky, with a snowy plain in the foreground
March 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Look at this gorgeous painting of 🌕 from @cathrinmachin.bsky.social !!
A color painting of the moon against the blackness of space. The image is in a black frame with white matting, and sits on a brown couch.
February 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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An excellent restroom sign in NC. 🌈
A red door with a sign saying “Whoeva”
December 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Larry, Daryl and Daryl, from Newhart
December 25, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Rainbow DNA 🌈🧬 🧪
A DNA double helix ladder with pencil rungs/bases. The pencils form a color spectrum from purple (bottom) to red.
December 17, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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Tomato harvest!
A gradient of sliced tomatoes, from yellow at the top to red at the bottom
October 7, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #104,729!
September 17, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Attention @restingdinoface.bsky.social — dilophosaurus spotted in western NC (I think!)
A dinosaur sculpture on a sunny sidewalk
December 28, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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This is so cool. R running in the browser thanks to WebAssembly and {webR}, no installation required! Check it out! #Rstats jperkel.github.io
webr-demo AUTHOR: Jeffrey M. Perkel PUBLISHED: December 14, 2023 WEBR STATUS: 🟢 Ready! WebR This document demonstrates the webR package for the #rstats community. Using it, in conjunction with the quarto-webr Quarto extension, allows users to create Quarto documents with code that runs at runtime instead of during document rendering. p <- mtcars |> ggplot(aes(x = wt, y = mpg, color = factor(cyl))) + geom_point(shape = 21) p We can modify this base graph (stored as the variable p), for instance by changing the background from grey to white. p + theme_minimal() Now, replace the text in the previous cell to read: p + labs(title = "Title", x = "Weight", y = "Miles-per-gallon") + theme_minimal() (You can click the clipboard icon at the upper-right of the cell above to copy its text) and click Run Code again.
December 14, 2023 at 11:43 PM
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Check out this glorious blue sky today, folks!
Blue sky over the Tetons
September 17, 2023 at 11:27 PM
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Someone is going to be very disappointed.
A single puzzle piece on an asphalt road.
August 23, 2023 at 2:44 AM
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Sunday floof.
August 6, 2023 at 4:34 PM
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Mood.
Life is short. Buy the donuts.
August 5, 2023 at 11:07 PM
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This is great, from @petridishes.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/22/barbie-movie-conservative-critics-backlash-parody/
July 25, 2023 at 11:59 PM
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Be sure to check out Sara’s book, REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS.
Photo of Sara Benincasa’s book, REAL ARTISTS HAVE DAY JOBS.
July 4, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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👋 Bluesky, here’s some blue sky over the Snake River in Idaho.
June 10, 2023 at 10:07 PM