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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · Jun 17

I’m a data freelancer. As an ecological quant for hire I help with all things data:
- Analysis, stats, R programming
- Viz + cartography
- Data management + cleaning
- Automated reports
Let’s chat if you have a project you want help with!

Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · Jun 16

I've been fortunate to have a network of data freelancers that have been a huge support in my own work.

I've started a list of some of these consultants (in academia, nonprofit, public sector, and industry). If you are looking for help, check out this list!

#databs

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Data Consultants

docs.google.com

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 1d

Reynard
Joe Coffey
2025

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Koen Van den Eeckhout @vandeneeckhoutkoen.bsky.social · 1d

#Dataviz newsletters! Here are the ones you shouldn't miss:

📩 Data Vis Dispatch, by Datawrapper - this is the one I never miss - my Nobel Prize visual was featured in a recent edition, I'm always super proud when that happens!
www.datawrapper.de/blog/newslet...

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Colorful paper envelopes—pink, blue, beige, green, and cream—are neatly arranged in diagonal rows on a beige wall, creating a decorative geometric pattern.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 1d

Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚

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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 2d

Come along to my slightly silly and hopefully informative talk on how data go from some scribbles on a paper questionnaire to a nice, clean dataset

Thanks to the ARDC for having me!

#databs #rstats

📅 Nov 5 at 12pm AEDT
📍 Online webinar
🔗 www.eventbrite.com.au/e/where-do-d...

Where do data come from & other difficult questions your children might ask

Join us to learn about data cleaning and management in the Mayi Kuwayu study.

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting #dataviz with super helpful alt text—thanks for taking the time to add it.

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Nudibranch Appreciation Society @nudibranch.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the 2025 #Nudivember art challenge!

Like last year, here is a list of some lesser known, yet always fabulous, nudibranch species.

Participate as much or as little as you want in any art form you like.

Make sure to use #Nudivember and use alt text!

Nudivember 2025 prompt list
1. Cuthona anulata
2. Cerberilla tanna
3. Halgerda theobroma
4. Glossodoris electra
5. Tambja affinis
6. Diaphorodoris mitsuii
7. Hypselodoris obscura
8. Cerberilla ambonensis
9. Tritonia myrakeenae
10. Chromodoris luteorosea
11. Dendrodoris behrensi
12. Melibe pilosa
13. Doto greenamyeri
14. Cadlinella ornatissima
15. Flabellina ischitana
16. Polycera tricolor
17. Jorunna rubescens
18. Nembrotha cristata
19. Tenellia caerulea
20. Phyllidiopsis sphingis
21. Gymnodoris rubropapulosa
22. Aegires citrinus
23. Okenia mediterranea
24. Mexichromis macropus
25. Hallaxa cryptica
26. Acanthodoris lutea
27. Notodoris minor
28. Favorinus tsuruganus
29. Halgerda brycei
30. Hallaxa fuscescens

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4d

The Pacific spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) answers the question: "What if tiny fish, but also suction cup?"

You can see that their little fins aren't really big enough for their tiny round bodies.

They've adapted to strong currents by turning pelvic fins into a biological suction cup.

a green frog with a yellow eye is swimming in a tank

Alt: A pacific spiny lumpfish male, suction cupped onto the bottom, then he suddenly raises up and swims awkwardly upwards.

media.tenor.com

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 3d

I’m getting wombat (sans suction cup) vibes

a close up of a wombat standing in a field of grass

Alt: a close up of a wombat chewing grass while standing in a field

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 3d

You’re very welcome! Snapshot has prioritized data sharing and it warms the cockles of my heart to see all the neat research that uses our data.

Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 4d

Hey datatrophs: looking for a snack? Here’s a thread of long-term data sets. Add your fave if it’s missing.

econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 5d

#rstats & #dataviz people do you know any looooooong time series that you like? 👀

I‘m currently searching for datasets to submit to the #tidytuesday project.

Annual minimum water levels of the river Nile, 622-1921. Measured at the Roda water gauge near Cairo, Egypt.

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 4d

spatialreserves.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/t... my top 10 most useful geospatial data portals list.

The Top 10 most useful geospatial data portals: Update

Visit the post for more.

spatialreserves.wordpress.com

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 4d

Snapshot USA has been collecting annual wildlife camera data since 2019. Might be on the shorter side for timescale but the spatial coverage is excellent (all 50 states). The data are tidy, annotated, and ready to go.

www.snapshot-usa.org

Snapshot USA

www.snapshot-usa.org

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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.com · 6d

The house thylacine has returned, a little older but not much wiser

My dog snarling but with thylacine stripes painted on her bum

A closeup of the most boopable thylacine snoot

My dog painted up like a thylacine curled up on the couch with me petting her striped bum

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 6d

Clever clever

Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 7d

My bad, I thought it was an actual pumpkin (like roasted and smooshed)

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 7d

Comments that remind Future Me of things I tend to forget. Or better yet, a little file that documents my tripping blocks and how to untrip myself. (Inspired by an appendix in a @jennybryan.bsky.social book)

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 7d

@libbyheeren.bsky.social did you see this 🎃?!

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 9d

California condor range expanding into the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains, further south into Santa Barbara County too. 🪶 www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/20/f...

Following California condors tagged with
GPS transmitters, researchers have tracked their expanison in 2025 from the Central Coast to the East Bay and near Santa Barbara.
Condor GPS activity in 2025

Sources: Ventana Wildlife Society, heat map provided by Evan McWreath/VWS
PAI/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP

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Kate Saylor @ksaylor.bsky.social · 8d

Important work from @mhagenauer.bsky.social et al. "When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly" doi.org/10.1371/jour...

When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly

Science projects are designed and funded on the scale of years, so what happens when researchers need to finish prematurely? This Community Page discusses solutions for quickly documenting partially f...

doi.org

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 9d

Whales. Quant. Hooten. Such a great opportunity!

Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 9d

POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California

2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.

ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar

University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucsc.edu

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 9d

We’re not going to sci-comm our way out of federal attacks on science, but it’s also never been more important for the public to understand the value of our science and the threats that face it.

The media offers scientists a megaphone for doing this. Come learn how to use it effectively.👇🏼

Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · 9d

✨ Join us for an upcoming webinar with @allisonagsten.bsky.social to learn how to effectively share your stories with the public as an engaged scientist!

🎤 Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public
🗓️ Wed 11/5 @ 2 pm PT
🔗 Register bit.ly/4oro4KM

A University of Washington researcher kneels in the mud with research equipment and explains something to a group. They are studying eelgrass in Padilla Bay, Washington.

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 10d

Really liked these Radiohead song visualisations, using MIDI data & colour intensities to give each song a beautiful digital signature
www.instagram.com/p/Cd6imkVjWle/

Interactive public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

Visualization of Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album, subtitled "Note by Note". Features nine circular data visualizations against a black background, each representing a different song's musical structure. Each track (including "15 Step", "Bodysnatchers", "Nude", etc.) is shown as a colorful spiral pattern using blue, pink, orange, and yellow dots and lines. Top of image shows album title in gold and a splash of rainbow colors. Created from musical data visualization.

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 10d

New guest post is from the @climate.us team. They've rescued the Fifth National Climate Assessment and have more planned!

www.datarescueproject.org/guest-climat...

Guest Post: Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

We have a guest post this week from the Climate.us team. We were very excited to talk with Rebecca Lindsey and learn more about their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth ...

www.datarescueproject.org

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Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 10d

I use this all the time.

Morgan Gray @morgangray.bsky.social · 10d

On the waitlist🤞