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If you are a member of an underrepresented group in data science, consider applying for a scholarship to attend this year's posit::conf() in Atlanta!
We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)!
These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.
If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025
#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata
These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs.
If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025
#DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata
Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2025) - Posit
We are excited to announce Posit will provide 40 Opportunity Scholarships so they can attend posit::conf(2025) in Atlanta, Georgia.
pos.it
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you are a member of an underrepresented group in data science, consider applying for a scholarship to attend this year's posit::conf() in Atlanta!
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If you hate filing your taxes, you'll love this: the IRS is making it even easier to get your refund!
The IRS's program, Direct File, will let people file their taxes online, for free with the IRS, and now that process is even easier.
The IRS's program, Direct File, will let people file their taxes online, for free with the IRS, and now that process is even easier.
IRS’s Direct File to let users import W-2 forms, other data
The tax agency will start accepting 2024 tax returns on Jan. 27 and expand the Direct File system for free tax filing to more states.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you hate filing your taxes, you'll love this: the IRS is making it even easier to get your refund!
The IRS's program, Direct File, will let people file their taxes online, for free with the IRS, and now that process is even easier.
The IRS's program, Direct File, will let people file their taxes online, for free with the IRS, and now that process is even easier.
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Data nerds - do you know about analytics.usa.gov? You can see website data across many US government websites including ours!
analytics.usa.gov/consumer-pro...
analytics.usa.gov/consumer-pro...
analytics.usa.gov | The US government's web traffic.
Official data on web traffic to thousands of US federal government websites. Published by the Digital Analytics Program.
analytics.usa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Data nerds - do you know about analytics.usa.gov? You can see website data across many US government websites including ours!
analytics.usa.gov/consumer-pro...
analytics.usa.gov/consumer-pro...
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Since the USDA launched its Bird Flu milk testing strategy in December, 28 states have enrolled, representing nearly 65% of the nation’s milk production. And there's a dashboard.
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
National Milk Testing Strategy | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since the USDA launched its Bird Flu milk testing strategy in December, 28 states have enrolled, representing nearly 65% of the nation’s milk production. And there's a dashboard.
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
This was a long time coming but an impressive start.
www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...
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The main thing to know about human metapneumovirus cases in China is that:
- Respiratory viruses circulate widely in winter
- Wearing an appropriate mask and handwashing reduce spread
- Get your flu/COVID/RSV vaccines as indicated.
The above are things you can control
www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Respiratory viruses circulate widely in winter
- Wearing an appropriate mask and handwashing reduce spread
- Get your flu/COVID/RSV vaccines as indicated.
The above are things you can control
www.bbc.com/news/article...
HMPV: What to know about China's human metapneumovirus cases
Pictures from China, where cases of the virus are surging, have people worried on social media.
www.bbc.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The main thing to know about human metapneumovirus cases in China is that:
- Respiratory viruses circulate widely in winter
- Wearing an appropriate mask and handwashing reduce spread
- Get your flu/COVID/RSV vaccines as indicated.
The above are things you can control
www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Respiratory viruses circulate widely in winter
- Wearing an appropriate mask and handwashing reduce spread
- Get your flu/COVID/RSV vaccines as indicated.
The above are things you can control
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Whenever I go to X now I see outrageous shit, and I actually get sucked into it. Bluesky is slower and more boring—but it is a good boring, you know.”
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org
January 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Whenever I go to X now I see outrageous shit, and I actually get sucked into it. Bluesky is slower and more boring—but it is a good boring, you know.”
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
From @kakape.bsky.social, an update on academic/science bluesky, incl. @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @lorenzspreen.bsky.social, @manlius.bsky.social.🧪
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When I am old and gray, I will remember the Week 18 Browns-Ravens game as the game Michael Pierce got his first INT.
January 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When I am old and gray, I will remember the Week 18 Browns-Ravens game as the game Michael Pierce got his first INT.
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I have an audio essay in the NYT this morning on the need for weekly virus reports, like my newsletter Force of Infection. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...
Opinion | Bird Flu, Pneumonia: It’s Time for Weekly Virus Reports
An epidemiologist on what public health officials can learn from meteorologists.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I have an audio essay in the NYT this morning on the need for weekly virus reports, like my newsletter Force of Infection. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...
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We can do this. Tomorrow is the day. Do not give up early. Do not be discouraged! A close vote is what we needed here and that’s what we got.
Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working.
Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working.
December 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM
We can do this. Tomorrow is the day. Do not give up early. Do not be discouraged! A close vote is what we needed here and that’s what we got.
Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working.
Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working.
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like i have been saying, a lot of americans do not treat politics as “real” — they approach it with an ironic distance that allows them to treat clear threats and statements of intent as mere rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
December 15, 2024 at 7:08 PM
like i have been saying, a lot of americans do not treat politics as “real” — they approach it with an ironic distance that allows them to treat clear threats and statements of intent as mere rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...
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God i love @propublica.org so much
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 2:36 AM
God i love @propublica.org so much
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There's an asymmetry to trolling. The troll needs normies to bother. Normies neither need nor want trolls. I don't want to drag them, I just want to starve them of the attention they crave.
Rule number one of the internet is "don't feed the trolls".
Rule number one of the internet is "don't feed the trolls".
December 5, 2024 at 4:48 PM
There's an asymmetry to trolling. The troll needs normies to bother. Normies neither need nor want trolls. I don't want to drag them, I just want to starve them of the attention they crave.
Rule number one of the internet is "don't feed the trolls".
Rule number one of the internet is "don't feed the trolls".
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In a Nature survey, 80% of science-policy experts say their country’s science advice system is poor or patchy.
I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social
I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social
Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:27 AM
In a Nature survey, 80% of science-policy experts say their country’s science advice system is poor or patchy.
I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social
I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
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A new study finds people who take weight-loss drugs also cut back on alcohol consumption. Researchers think the drugs could be a promising new treatment for addiction.
Dizzy after one drink? Social drinkers on obesity drugs lose the taste for alcohol
A new study finds people who take weight-loss drugs also cut back on alcohol consumption. Researchers think the drugs could be a promising new treatment for addiction.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM
A new study finds people who take weight-loss drugs also cut back on alcohol consumption. Researchers think the drugs could be a promising new treatment for addiction.
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Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research
Open Access
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I’m super excited to announce I'm part of an amazing team (<3 @williambrady.bsky.social @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social @mjcrockett.bsky.social) that just published a paper in @science.org on the role of outrage in spread of misinformation
Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Summary in🧵🔽
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Link here:
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Summary in🧵🔽
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a great review from @kff.org Re what a new Sec of HHS can/can’t do about vaccines - to inform your debates over the turkey.
One certainty is that HHS Sec has a bully pulpit - & could decimate public confidence in (safe, effective) vaccines.
www.kff.org/policy-watch...
One certainty is that HHS Sec has a bully pulpit - & could decimate public confidence in (safe, effective) vaccines.
www.kff.org/policy-watch...
How HHS, FDA, and CDC Can Influence U.S. Vaccine Policy | KFF
This policy brief highlights areas in which HHS, FDA, and CDC have authority to shape U.S. vaccine policy with a specific focus on vaccine approvals and recommendations for the public. Ultimately, whi...
www.kff.org
November 28, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a great review from @kff.org Re what a new Sec of HHS can/can’t do about vaccines - to inform your debates over the turkey.
One certainty is that HHS Sec has a bully pulpit - & could decimate public confidence in (safe, effective) vaccines.
www.kff.org/policy-watch...
One certainty is that HHS Sec has a bully pulpit - & could decimate public confidence in (safe, effective) vaccines.
www.kff.org/policy-watch...