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Carol Willing
@willingc.bsky.social
· Feb 13
napari - scientific image viewer - YouTube
napari (https://napari.org) is a fast, interactive viewer for multi-dimensional images in Python. Napari is a Python library for n-dimensional image visualis...
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Are you using @napari.org or want to learn more? I've curated a list of videos about napari and its uses on YouTube. If I missed a video, please let me know. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
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But wait, there's more! 🚨 We are gearing up to release *napari 0.6.0*! 🚨 Come be the first to hear about everything that's coming! There's cool new features, major bug fixes, and we are migrating to @pydantic v2 and #python 3.10+.
And remember, you can add your own items to the agenda!
Not […]
And remember, you can add your own items to the agenda!
Not […]
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fosstodon.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Our next community meeting is coming up! Join us at 9am CET (Paris/Warsaw/etc) / 1:30pm IST (Delhi) / 7pm AEST (Melbourne).
Zoom: https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/j/83351642622?pwd=avon14qhl1ZTaxg91KP5z1OUrawi5d.1
Agenda: https://hackmd.io/9vo_DiJpSfuUExeGqVHbDQ
Community meetings are a resource […]
Zoom: https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/j/83351642622?pwd=avon14qhl1ZTaxg91KP5z1OUrawi5d.1
Agenda: https://hackmd.io/9vo_DiJpSfuUExeGqVHbDQ
Community meetings are a resource […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Our next community meeting is coming up! Join us at 9am CET (Paris/Warsaw/etc) / 1:30pm IST (Delhi) / 7pm AEST (Melbourne).
Zoom: https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/j/83351642622?pwd=avon14qhl1ZTaxg91KP5z1OUrawi5d.1
Agenda: https://hackmd.io/9vo_DiJpSfuUExeGqVHbDQ
Community meetings are a resource […]
Zoom: https://numfocus-org.zoom.us/j/83351642622?pwd=avon14qhl1ZTaxg91KP5z1OUrawi5d.1
Agenda: https://hackmd.io/9vo_DiJpSfuUExeGqVHbDQ
Community meetings are a resource […]
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Any asshole can build an org where the smartest, most experienced engineers in the world can get shit done.
A truly great engineering org is one where normal, workaday software engineers, with decent skills and ordinary experience, can move fast, ship code, and move the business forward day by day.
A truly great engineering org is one where normal, workaday software engineers, with decent skills and ordinary experience, can move fast, ship code, and move the business forward day by day.
February 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Any asshole can build an org where the smartest, most experienced engineers in the world can get shit done.
A truly great engineering org is one where normal, workaday software engineers, with decent skills and ordinary experience, can move fast, ship code, and move the business forward day by day.
A truly great engineering org is one where normal, workaday software engineers, with decent skills and ordinary experience, can move fast, ship code, and move the business forward day by day.
Leadership is speaking up. @berniesanders4.bsky.social's speech articulates what many see in the US today: youtu.be/cQXl5JZG-C8?...
Bernie Sanders takes down Elon Musk and Donald Trump's "oligarchy" in intense speech
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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February 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Leadership is speaking up. @berniesanders4.bsky.social's speech articulates what many see in the US today: youtu.be/cQXl5JZG-C8?...
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🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Are you using @napari.org or want to learn more? I've curated a list of videos about napari and its uses on YouTube. If I missed a video, please let me know. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
napari - scientific image viewer - YouTube
napari (https://napari.org) is a fast, interactive viewer for multi-dimensional images in Python. Napari is a Python library for n-dimensional image visualis...
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Are you using @napari.org or want to learn more? I've curated a list of videos about napari and its uses on YouTube. If I missed a video, please let me know. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Hi folks! napari is officially on bsky now! 🥳 Let's hit the ground running with a reminder that all are welcome at our next (Atlantic) community meeting on Feb 12, 8:30am SFO / 11:30am NYC / 5:30pm Paris. Agenda and details here: hackmd.io/BXWDZ3i8Q6OA...
February 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hi folks! napari is officially on bsky now! 🥳 Let's hit the ground running with a reminder that all are welcome at our next (Atlantic) community meeting on Feb 12, 8:30am SFO / 11:30am NYC / 5:30pm Paris. Agenda and details here: hackmd.io/BXWDZ3i8Q6OA...
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
February 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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🎉 We are now on the ‘Awesome Inclusion Open Science list’ 🤗: github.com/willingc/awe...
Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list.
#Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource
Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list.
#Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource
GitHub - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science: Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science.
Curated resources for inclusive collaboration in open science. - willingc/awesome-inclusion-open-science
github.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎉 We are now on the ‘Awesome Inclusion Open Science list’ 🤗: github.com/willingc/awe...
Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list.
#Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource
Many thanks to @willingc.bsky.social for creating the list.
#Inclusion #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource
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ASK: Anyone skilled at video content creation on platforms like TikTok? Colleagues who teach undergrads are saying they have NO IDEA about the admin's attacks on science & research. Many get their news from TikTok. We could post 'explainer' vids about banned keywords & effects on science agencies
February 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
ASK: Anyone skilled at video content creation on platforms like TikTok? Colleagues who teach undergrads are saying they have NO IDEA about the admin's attacks on science & research. Many get their news from TikTok. We could post 'explainer' vids about banned keywords & effects on science agencies
And they also have Society of Women Engineers swe.org which has been around since 1950 which isn't DEI. It's a professional organization with over 40,000 members and has benefited countless women in engineering.
February 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And they also have Society of Women Engineers swe.org which has been around since 1950 which isn't DEI. It's a professional organization with over 40,000 members and has benefited countless women in engineering.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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If Biden did any one of these things they’d impeach him. This is f-ing mental. Why is everyone so silent? But her emails? Elmo is running around with some kid and a laptop deleting stuff and there’s no pushback. Overwhelming
“Now, as fears emerge Trump’s administration is ‘dangerously’ undermining the U.S. dollar, Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—including Musk’s pet project dogecoin.”
www.forbes.com/sites/digita...
www.forbes.com/sites/digita...
‘This Needs To Stop Now’—Elon Musk Confirms Radical Doge U.S. Treasury Plan
Elon Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
www.forbes.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If Biden did any one of these things they’d impeach him. This is f-ing mental. Why is everyone so silent? But her emails? Elmo is running around with some kid and a laptop deleting stuff and there’s no pushback. Overwhelming
I love the work that the @ropensci.org community does. Open Science means striving to be open to everyone.
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ropensci.org/blog/2025/02...
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ropensci.org/blog/2025/02...
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
Including all of humanity is and always will be at the heart of open science.
ropensci.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I love the work that the @ropensci.org community does. Open Science means striving to be open to everyone.
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ropensci.org/blog/2025/02...
Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ropensci.org/blog/2025/02...
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Holy shit
This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.
February 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Holy shit
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The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
ACOG Endorsed
The following documents have ACOG’s endorsement and are listed in order of endorsed date.
www.acog.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now
#MedSky
www.acog.org/clinical/cli...
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the death of 18F/USDS is much sadder than losing something like direct file. USDS grew out of the team that helped fix healthcare.gov, and was a team dedicated towards recruiting tech talent to taking on deeply complicated tech debt in the government.
The loss of USDS is an end of an era.
The loss of USDS is an end of an era.
February 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
the death of 18F/USDS is much sadder than losing something like direct file. USDS grew out of the team that helped fix healthcare.gov, and was a team dedicated towards recruiting tech talent to taking on deeply complicated tech debt in the government.
The loss of USDS is an end of an era.
The loss of USDS is an end of an era.
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If I study anxiety via threat-biased attention, the word "biased" gets me flagged. You can't design a study of humans without using at least one of the terms on the banned list, which means that biomedical, brain, social science research is now on ice in the USA
February 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If I study anxiety via threat-biased attention, the word "biased" gets me flagged. You can't design a study of humans without using at least one of the terms on the banned list, which means that biomedical, brain, social science research is now on ice in the USA
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The word "systemic" is on the banned list, so if I study systemic inflammation & health, flagged. If I study political science, flagged. If I study trauma, flagged. Keep in mind that the largest mental health provider in the country is the Veteran's Administration, but we can't study trauma now?
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The word "systemic" is on the banned list, so if I study systemic inflammation & health, flagged. If I study political science, flagged. If I study trauma, flagged. Keep in mind that the largest mental health provider in the country is the Veteran's Administration, but we can't study trauma now?
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These keywords could show up in the text of ANY grant involving human participants. If you say you're going to study men and women, you get flagged. If you say you're going to control for socioeconomic status - totally standard practice - you get flagged. Disability? Flagged.
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
These keywords could show up in the text of ANY grant involving human participants. If you say you're going to study men and women, you get flagged. If you say you're going to control for socioeconomic status - totally standard practice - you get flagged. Disability? Flagged.
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Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF