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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Jul 23

Have you seen the shirt I was gifted by a colleague?

Bearded man in a black T-shirt that says "The only correct date format is YYYY-MM-DD"

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Jul 18

You probably were moving twice as fast as the folks in cars around Ogunquit! Crazy crowded, but that beach ...

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Jul 18

My colleague got it from Amazon. I think you can have anything put in the shirt.

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Jul 18

I work with the best people... Gift from a colleague because I am sticking it out at work. I think my #rstats and #tidydata rants have made an impact!

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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · Jul 1

One of the most troubling misconceptions about science and research held by politicians is that science and research can be turned on and off without consequence, like turning a water spigot.

Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · Jul 1

If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later.

Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.

Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · Jun 30

Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.

GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.

This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.

www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · Jun 23

More data consultants added, more service tags added, and several new countries represented.

Looking for data help? Check out this list!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Data Consultants

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Jasmine Daly @jasminedaly.bsky.social · Jun 17

🦆 My new R package {avilistr} is live on CRAN! 🎉

The first unified global bird taxonomy (11,131 species) is now accessible to #rstats users. I built it this weekend after Cornell Lab's AviList release last week!

🪿 Blog: www.dalyanalytics.com/blog/avilist...
💻 GitHub: github.com/dalyanalytic...

Introducing {avilistr}: The AviList Global Bird Taxonomy is Now Available in R | Daly Analytics

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology announced the release of AviList — the first unified global bird taxonomy. Today, I'm excited to share that this groundbreaking dataset is now available to R users thro...

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Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social · May 22

I'm very excited to share that Hacking Limno + DSOS are coming back for the FIFTH time 21-25 July! If you're interested in #machinelearning #remotesensing #modeling #limnology #oceanography, this is for YOU! Registration is FREE + open to ALL! #DSOS25 aquaticdatasciopensci.github.io/registration/

Registration

Conference Template

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · May 6

If I follow the rules it is my bluesky image... If I use the next one, I get this.

Selfie of a man in hat, coat and balaclava with his left eye buggin' out!

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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Excited to announce that I'll be presenting on our #surveydown project at posit::conf(2025)!

It'll be in the Wed afternoon session on #Quarto (surveydown lets you use Quarto to build surveys)

More on surveydown at surveydown.org

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Jonathan Gilmour @jonathang.bsky.social · Apr 25

There's been credible info of intent to delete National Science Foundation (NSF) awards from Research.gov databases during planned downtime, so I grabbed all awards from 1960 to present and uploaded them to a free and open research repository. Please share!

dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Apr 25

www.abc6.com/road-in-bris... #rhodeislandproblems

Road in Bristol temporarily closed due to boat crash | ABC6

A boat on a road in Bristol caused traffic on April 23, 2025. (Bristol Police Department/Facebook)BRISTOL, R.I. (WLNE) — The Bristol Police Department said that Metacom Avenue at Michael Drive was tem...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 12

Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously.

To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.

➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · Apr 17

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 12

Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously.

To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.

➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

propublica.org

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Apr 13

We should all aspire to be a grandparent with a toolbox!

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Apr 13

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

A Caroll diagram consisting of four rectangles arranged in a square.
The Y axis is labelled MOVE and split into FAST and SLOW.
The X axis is labelled THINGS and split into BREAK and FIX

Top left image: (Move Fast and Break Things) Tech Bro
Bottom left image: (Move slow and break things) Runaway Steamroller
Top right image: (Move fast and fix things) Emergency Plumber
Bottom left image: (Move slow and fix things) Grandpa with a toolbox

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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 13

Study Links Binge Eating To Stress, Contentment, Depression, Joy, Boredom, Anger, Relaxation
theonion.com/study-l...

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Apr 13

This is wild…

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R-Ladies Bot @rladies-bot.bsky.social · Apr 12

📝 "Observable for R users"

👤 Nicola Rennie (@nrennie.bsky.social)

📖 R users: Boost your data viz! Combine R's stats power with Observable's interactive JS visuals via Quarto. Easy, fast, & customizable.

🔗 https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/observable-r-users/

#rladies#rstats

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paulinjuneau.bsky.social @paulinjuneau.bsky.social · Apr 8

Federal Employees in Juneau have their community behind them. Today my colleagues and I on the Assembly consider a resolution that recognizes the service and importance of Federal Employees and advocates for the cuts to stop.

First page of a CBJ Assembly resolution supporting Federal Workers and urging the Congressional Delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies. Presented by Assembly Member Alicia Hughes-Skandijs.

Second page of a CBJ Assembly resolution supporting Federal Workers and urging the Congressional Delegation to oppose cuts to federal agencies. Presented by Assembly Member Alicia Hughes-Skandijs.

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CUAHSI @cuahsi.bsky.social · Apr 8

Applications are open for the Stakeholder-informed spatial modeling for hydrologic sciences workshop! This NSF-funded training, co-sponsored by CUAHSI is taking place AUG 18-19 at Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA. Apply by May 16 www.cuahsi.org/workshops/st...

Aerial view of an ocean peninsula with trees, beach, and a building.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 8

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 6

Social Security is not paying large sums of money to people who are over 150 years old.

That finding, trumpeted by Elon Musk, turned out to be a glitch in the recordkeeping, not evidence of massive fraud.

By @sengelberg.bsky.social

How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse

While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help…

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Jeff Hollister @jhollist.bsky.social · Apr 5

It's what I do!

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · Mar 30

Hey, #TeamMuskox, a good friend trained as a meteorologist (with a PhD) who shifted to health data science during COVID was working as a federal contractor on racial disparities in maternal-fetal health outcomes, and he just lost his job. If you know of any remote data science positions, hit me up!

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