Kevin Watanabe-Smith
watanabesmith.bsky.social
Kevin Watanabe-Smith
@watanabesmith.bsky.social
Leukemia researcher, data scientist, unrepentant political junkie #dataviz #rstats
Wilsonville, OR #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Found this articulating a fear I've never been able to put my finger on:

"if we allow science to become just another tribe, we will be asking people to choose between their loved ones and abstract principles"
"asking them to pay an almost unimaginable price."

wapo.st/4nqIhQE (gift link)
Opinion | I’m a former creationist. Here’s why ‘follow the science’ failed.
The moment I finally admitted that Darwin was right didn’t feel liberating. It felt like grief.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Really enjoyed speaking to Cascadia R Conference today! Materials from my talk are at rfortherestofus.com/cascadia2025. #rstats
David Keyes @dgkeyes.com is giving an excellent keynote presentation about "25 Ways to Use R" at the Cascadia R Conference @cascadiarconf.bsky.social at OHSU @ohsunews.bsky.social in Portland, OR. R isn't just for stats! #R #Rstats #coding
June 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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🚨 2 DAYS TO GO! 🚨

Cascadia R Conference kicks off this Friday in Portland!

Amazing talks, hands-on workshops, and a community that loves R as much as you do.

🗓️ June 20–21
📍 Portland, Oregon
🔗 cascadiarconf.org

Who’s ready?! #RStats #DataScience
June 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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After setting up the required infrastructure on CRAN with several packages providing static libraries, I finally have some new #rayverse features on the way! Shown here: dynamic sky generation for a given lat/long and time of day, based on the Hosek-Wilkie radiance model.

#RStats #rayrender
June 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Timothy "Trump" Ratliff
April 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Research. Failing.
She left me funding by the stairs
Surprised the NIH still cares
March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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January 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM