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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 1d

really love this for them

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“The Luddite Club, a nonprofit group that supports taking smartphone breaks, has 26 chapters, nearly all of them at high schools or colleges.”

Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology

Driven by a feeling they’ve lost control to screens, twenty-somethings are resurrecting CDs, flip phones and digital cameras

www.wsj.com

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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · 6d

Finally using {pins} #rstats package to share heavy files that can't be shared among collaborators through GitHub, and it works like a breeze! Supports data versioning, cache, etc. Thanks @posit.co

Here using Google Drive to share files, but can use many different servers, see pins.rstudio.com

library("pins")

# specify folder in Google Drive to store objects
board <- board_gdrive("https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/FOLDER_ID")

# upload file
board |> pin_write(big_dataset, "big_dataset.csv", type = "csv")

# retrieve file (e.g. in another computer)
board |> pin_read("big_dataset.csv")

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 7d

heartbreaking loss of a warrior for conservation and compassion for all forms of life

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 7d

People say international solidarity cannot work, and yet eduroam.

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 11d

If a building can be like this and still standing then so can I

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 12d

If the research career doesn't pan out, I know I can always fall back on my pasta skills

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 12d

My alma mater is seeking applicants for an assistant prof position in the Earth and Environment Dept. with specific focus in data science. You'd have great colleagues, and your office would be a short walk from the best sandwich place in town!

www.esacareercenter.org/job/2002524/...

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania job with Lehigh University | 2002524

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with a specialization in data science.

www.esacareercenter.org

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 13d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 16d

single hour-long calendar slot: there are two wolves (webinar links) inside me

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 16d

things that (almost) make you want to do a second phd:

International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 16d

⚡️Doctoral Researchers, be quick!

📢10 doctoral researcher positions are open at the University Freiburg for research on FORSCALE "Scaling Effects in the Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change"

🚨Closing: 29 Sept 2025🚨

🔗 www.iufro.org/position-ann...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ClimateChange

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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · 21d

We love jumping spiders because they are smol, cute, active, friendly and always looking around curiously with their huge eyes. But do you know they’re also masters of mimicry? Check out the bugs they pretend to be (and some of those are really good)!💚💚

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 21d

And yet those of us who live in the Boston metro area are left wondering how to get this grilled cheese if we only have the MBTA commuter rail credit card

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 21d

"You can go on vacation to Rhode Island. You can fly to Providence and be at the ocean in twenty minutes. Newport. They have a restaurant there that's all about grilled cheese. I went had a grilled cheese with mac and cheese right on top of it. It was great."

[Short pause]

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 21d

surely a top tree genus

Journal of Forestry Research @forestryjfr.bsky.social · 21d

🌳Why is the Sessile oak called the “oak of the mountains”?
From climate resilience to timber value, this cornerstone of European forestry reveals a fascinating story of ecology and silviculture.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#ForestryResearch #JFR #ClimateAdaptation #SustainableForests
🍁🌺🌱🌿🦤

Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 21d

the timeline cleanse I needed

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 22d

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see

He’s Spent 40 Years Studying Dead Trees—Here’s What He’s Found

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see

www.scientificamerican.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 22d

(while being swarmed by hornets) Sorry! Just seeing this!

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 22d

A realistic movie about scientists where two coffee-addled conference attendees have a barely restrained verbal altercation about the usefulness of p-values

Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 26d

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 27d

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Adam L @lauretig.bsky.social · 29d

Simon Wood, the GOAT of generalized additive models & creator of the mgcv #rstats package, has an Annual Review of Statistics essay on GAMs, available open access #statssky #mlsky

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 27d

I use the rjags package. Pretty decent and not too slow with simple models. I saw others rec'ing STAN and Nimble here too, also good options.

Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 27d

Happy shorts and long sleeves running season to those who celebrate

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 28d

🌲 Exciting Opportunity at UC Berkeley as Assistant Professor in Forest Health! 🌲

This unique role focuses on combating issues such as climate change, invasive species, pests, pathogens, and other forest threats.

📅 Application Review Starting: October 7, 2025

🔗 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 29d

I think of it as a little bird because |> reminds me of the evil penguin in Wallace and Gromit 😂

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 29d

I thought they weren't different but I've just learned that it is (for some operations?) 😅 I think I'm maybe not doing anything so sophisticated where I have run into issues but regardless it's funny to see how I got used to the keyboard motions

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Charlotte @baby-cones.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks for sending this, I was just going to switch completely but I like the idea of using one or the other dependent on context!

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