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Lorena Nicole @lorenanicole.bsky.social · May 16

Wanna support #PyLadies AND have fun AND get amazing #Python swag? Come to #PyConUS #PyLadies auction! Snag a ticket on @pycon.us for the auction and maybe I’ll convince you to get some cool item(s) when I’m behind the podium actioning things off. #pythonicallyyours 🤓🐍

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · Mar 1

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

We're not done yet | 18F

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Feb 24

Too fancy for me

a cartoon of a cat with the words keeping it fancy on it

Alt: a cartoon of a cat with the words keeping it fancy on it

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Feb 24

I take zero credit but it was amazing to witness the perseverance throughout the process! 🦾

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Feb 24

It is SO beautiful- thank you to the core R developer team for the support

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Feb 24

The community effort to make the penguins data accessible to all R users took almost exactly 2 years to date!! Our first email exchange was February 19, 2023.

Thank you to our international forces of nature that made this happen! @ellakaye.co.uk @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

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Achim Zeileis @zeileis.org · Feb 24

🚨 The "penguins" data is coming to the base #rstats{datasets} in 4.5.0!

@ellakaye.co.uk & @HeathrTurnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy r prepared an adapted and a raw version of the data set based on the {palmerpenguins} 📦 by @allisonhorst.bsky.social @apreshill.com and Kristen Gorman.

📈 Scatter plot:

Scatter plot of bill depth vs. length by species (color) and sex (symbol). It shows positive correlations for all species with males tending to have bigger bills than females.

sym <- c(1, 16)
pal <- c("darkorange","purple","cyan4")
plot(bill_dep ~ bill_len, data = penguins, pch = sym[sex], col = pal[species])

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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · Nov 30

If you’re thinking without writing, you only think you’re thinking.—Leslie Lamport

Writing is the Thinking

Remember: [[Writing]] is the thinking. The more you write, the more notes you take, and the better of a thinker you become. You’ll read better with better questions in your mind. Without writing, ther...

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Dr. Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · Nov 21

I just posted a new preprint and here it is in memes (sorry)

Meme showing Jason Momoa sneaking up behind Henry Cavill on the red carpet. Text reads: An individualistic model of developer productivity, and Hicks & Hevesi 2024, implying that Hicks & Hevesi 2024 will launch a surprise attack on an individual model of developer productivity

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Cosima @cosima.bsky.social · Nov 21

To all the #pyladies and #rladies out there - if you have a blog or a YouTube channel and want to be added, feel free to reach out! Your content will then be featured by the @pyladies-bot.bsky.social or @rladies-bot.bsky.social 🙌

Cosima @cosima.bsky.social · Apr 23

The Awesome PyLadies' Blogs Repository is growing 🤩

I spent some evenings during the past weeks finding and reaching out to people (also for the Awesome R-Ladies' Blogs repository). It's so cool to see all the different blogs and feeds! 😍

(screenshot shows README of the repository)

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 19

Yea exactly!

Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 19

Thank you! I think I may be realizing that my version of DevRel is more product oriented and might be now called a product advocate? 🤷‍♀️ IDK

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 19

Seeking examples of DevRel job postings that focus less on one way marketing to audiences, and lean more toward improving the developer experience. Seen any that speak to you lately? Hook me up 🪝 #dataBS

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 19

:chefs-kiss:

Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 18

Exactly- it feels like my hit rate for interesting things is like once a week for LinkedIn, once a day past Twitter, and Bluesky is getting there.

a man in a suit and tie says you know i 'm something of a connaisseur myself

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says you know i 'm something of a connaisseur myself

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 18

lol yes second bit was the early adopter experience 🧸 but I liked the UI and now that we have critical mass, my following feed is already drastically better than my LinkedIn “career platitudes” experience 💐

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Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 16

Next up in the school email queue: norovirus 😤

Alison Hill @apreshill.com · Nov 14

Oh cool got the first dreaded LICE email of the school year 😬

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Nov 15

💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!

This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.

Here's our guide for how to do this:

How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky

Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.

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Randy Au @randyau.com · Nov 16

Everyone should rise up and just write as many "how to draw a part of the fucking owl" articles as we can!

The draw the owl meme.
How to draw an owl
Step 1. Draw some circles (two circles are shown)
Step 2. Draw the rest of the fucking owl (a fully detailed owl with shading and detailed feathers is shown)

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Randy Au @randyau.com · Nov 15

I get why content writers keep focusing on beginner topics, whether it's intro to DS or intro to wtf a heat pump is .. but dammit, we need more people writing intermediate+ stuff

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