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Jenine Harris

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👩🏼‍💻 co-Founder R-Ladies St Louis | www.meetup.com/rladies-st-louis/ 📚 Sage Author | edge.sagepub.com/harris1e 👩‍🏫 Professor WashU Brown School | brownschool.washu.edu 🎾 🧘‍♀️ 🐈

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Nov 21

Next year I will be running the NYC Half Marathon to support the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in memory of my mom. If you feel like supporting this cause, my fundraising page is linked. If you leave the name to honor or remember someone, I'd be happy to carry it with me. F*ck cancer.

2025 United Airlines NYC Half

give.themmrf.org

Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · 1d

“When you mix science and politics, you get politics” ~ Dr. Fauci at the St. Louis Speaker Series tonight 😍💉 #PublicHealth #VaccinesSaveLives

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Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Come work @openscapes.bsky.social ! We're looking for a NASA Openscapes Team Member to improve access & use of NASA suborbital data thru reproducible notebook clinics. Apply by October 26, 2025. Start December 2025.

Details including pay rate: openscapes.org/connect#work...
Please share!

connect – Openscapes

openscapes.org

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · 13d

I would code 500 lines
And I would code 500 more
Just to be the one who coded 1,000 lines
instead of writing function at_your_doh_oh_or()

duh-duh-duh-duht-duh 🙃🤪🤣

#rstats @rladies-bot.bsky.social @rladies.org

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 26d

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.

‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · 29d

Hello grant-writers! 👋 Join us 👯‍♀️ tomorrow, ✨Sept 10th at noon CDT✨ for a short workshop on using #rstats and #shiny to find trigger words in your federal grant applications. @rladies.org @rladies-bot.bsky.social 🥴 💜

R You Triggered? Using R to Find Words That Sink Grants, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup

Join R-Ladies St. Louis as we hear from Bobbi Carothers about her R script that can flag trigger words in grant applications. The script can be customized and is also avail

www.meetup.com

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · Sep 9

❌🧊 ICE OUT OF CHICAGO!! Rally & march on Tuesday, Sept. 9th, 5:00 pm, at Michigan Ave. & Ida B. Wells Dr. in downtown Chicago. This action is organized by the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda @chicago-cata.bsky.social & IL Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights @icirr.bsky.social

Poster that says Emergency protest. ICE out of Chicago! Date and time announcement, Ida B. Wells and Michigan Ave. Tuesday September 9th at 5 pm. Poster shows photo of people marching and logos for the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda and Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

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Mid terms are November 3rd 2026. Go register voters. @randvegan.bsky.social · Sep 2

too true

Andrew Henninger @databyss.com · Sep 2

Could programmers from the 80's understand today's code?

Could todays programmers understand code from the 80's?

My brother, I don't understand my own code from last week. Every line I write is a bespoke bit of spontaneous genius that even I am incapable of deciphering mere days after writing it.

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · Aug 25

Evidence-based decisions are made on whatever evidence exists, including no evidence. For change to occur, evidence must exist. Therefore make complaints! Report that incident! Send that concerned email! And don't feel any shame or discomfort - you aren't being a bother, you're generating evidence.

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Nick DeVito @ndevito1.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are launching a project on improving code sharing in health and medical research funded by @ukri.org and working with @floriannaudet.bsky.social and @bmj.com

Read more here:
bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/08/help-us-improve-code-sharing-in-health-research/

Help Us Improve Code Sharing in Health Research | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science

We are starting a UKRI-funded project on improving code sharing and want your help!

bennett.ox.ac.uk

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Aug 15

Join us to learn how to identify 🕵️ the forbidden words 🙄 before you submit your government grants 💜

R You Triggered? Using R to Find Words That Sink Grants, Wed, Sep 10, 2025, 12:00 PM | Meetup

Join R-Ladies St. Louis as we hear from Bobbi Carothers about her R script that can flag trigger words in grant applications. The script can be customized and is also avail

www.meetup.com

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · Aug 1

NABE strongly condemns the baseless
removal of BLS Commissioner McEntarfer & the unfounded accusations leveled against the work of the agency. This unprecedented attack on the US statistical system threatens the long-standing credibility of our data

files.constantcontact.com/668faa28001/...

The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) strongly condemns the baseless
removal of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and the unfounded
accusations leveled against the work of the agency. This unprecedented attack on the U.S.
statistical system threatens the long-standing credibility of our economic data infrastructure.

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Jul 30

25 years with this guy 💙💙💙

Jenine and Scott hiking near Los Osos California with a view of the coastline

Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Jun 23

Late to post but STL showed up last weekend 👀 tons of amazing people 😍 at this peaceful ✌️June 14 protest 🚫👑 #nokings #stl #indivisible

No Kings protest on June 14th in St. Louis Missouri. Photos shows protestors with signs and the St. Louis Arch in the background.

Protestor at the June 14 no kings protest with a sign that says "only you can prevent fascist liars"

Protestors at the June 14 no kings protest in St. Louis Missouri, protest sign says "silence is complicit, courage is contagious"

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Jun 21

OMG why am I not in person at @cascadiarconf.bsky.social and where have you been all my (teaching) life #LessR? Great presentation by David Gerbing for introducing non-coders to #rstats. Def going to check out his book www.routledge.com/R-Data-Analy.... 💙

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yessss @rfortherestofus.com 💜

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cascadiarconf.bsky.social @cascadiarconf.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 2 DAYS TO GO! 🚨

Cascadia R Conference kicks off this Friday in Portland!

Amazing talks, hands-on workshops, and a community that loves R as much as you do.

🗓️ June 20–21
📍 Portland, Oregon
🔗 cascadiarconf.org

Who’s ready?! #RStats #DataScience

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · Jun 21

Check out @rfortherestofus.com presentation on ⭐️ 25 things you didn't know you could do in R ⭐️ from #rstats Cascadia R conf. Tons of stuff I didn't know about even as a longtime R user. So glad I decided to join this last minute. @cascadiarconf.bsky.social

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Jun 3

Here's a small good thing you can do all month long.

Two, actually.

1. Like, share, and comment on any library post featuring Pride books or messaging that's positive. You can influence the algorithm for good.

2. Write a letter to your library board thanking the library for Pride displays.

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · May 20

Harvard Chan scientists participate in a rigorous application process for federal grants to conduct their vital health research. The government has now terminated nearly every single one of those grants.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · May 15

🧵 Why Typology Is Strategy—And What Comes Next

Fighting disinformation doesn’t start with facts.
It starts with clarity.

This 11-type, 3D framework helps us define the problem before we act.

Because if you can’t name it, you can’t counter it.

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · May 15

🧵 Why Definitions Matter in the Fight Against Disinformation

If you want to fight disinfo, you need to know what you’re fighting.

And that’s harder than it sounds.

Terms like “fake news” are too vague.

We need a shared vocabulary—and researchers have built one.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 15

Foreign adversaries are pumping disinformation into our social media networks, but we know very little about the consequences let alone how to ameliorate them.

For years, Republicans have harassed us for studying this. Now, NSF has canceled all funding. It’s a profound lapse in national security.

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

www.nytimes.com

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Jenine Harris @jenineharris.bsky.social · May 10

Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a protest for women’s rights. A few middle fingers but mostly support. 😍 💙 #resist #stl #mothersday

Protest sign says pro-love, pro-science, pro-women

Protestors with a sign that says bodily autonomy saves lives

Protesters with sign that says this is my resisting bitch face

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thanks so much to @cghlewis.bsky.social for the invitation to run an "Introduction to Git and GitHub for R Users" for @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social yesterday - I really enjoyed it!

Thanks also to @libbyheeren.bsky.social for helping out answering questions during the session!

#RStats #RLadies

screenshot of slides for multiple people making changes, with a cartoon of three people looking at a climbing wall

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · Apr 5

It's been such a joy curating We Are R-Ladies this week! 💜 Thank you for engaging in discussions about community & #datascience resources, tips, and tricks. Let's continue the conversation — connect with me at @alycolumbus.bsky.social and alyssacolumbus.com — happy coding, everyone! #rladies #rstats

Alyssa Columbus

PhD Candidate and Vivien Thomas Scholar at Johns Hopkins University

alyssacolumbus.com

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