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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · 2d

Woohoo! This project was super fun to work on and I hope it proves to be a handy little tool for all you JupyterHub admins out there 🚀

2i2c @2i2c.org · 2d

We're giving our communities more transparency into their cloud expenses with new cloud cost dashboards! Communities can track spending at a per-user level to understand who is driving their usage and take action.

Learn more 👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/cl...

Enabling transparent cloud cost monitoring with user-level dashboards | 2i2c

We are excited to announce that dashboards to monitor cloud usage and costs at a per-user level are now available! A key goal of 2i2c is to make the cloud safe for science.

2i2c.org

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Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · 2d

The stable release of Python 3.14 is out now! Go, go, go update! 🙌

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · 6d

Congratulations @savannah.dev ! Love that you have space to focus on open source in this new role 💚

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Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 7d

📣 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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leah wasser @leahawasser.bsky.social · 8d

Your #opensource project’s most valuable contributors might never touch code.
I’ve maintained All Contributors Bot for 2 months w/o a line of code—triaging issues, fixing CI, organizing work.
That work keeps projects alive.
What non-code contributions have you made? #science #openscience

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Alexis Kaminski @alexisonfluids.bsky.social · 9d

Hey fluids friends, we're recruiting in my department this year!

Berkeley Mechanical Engineering @berkeleyme.bsky.social · 10d

#BerkeleyME is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Fluid Mechanics/Fluid Dynamics.
me.berkeley.edu/faculty/me-o...

Assistant Professor - Fluid Mechanics - UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering POSITION OVERVIEW Position title: Assistant Professor Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $107,100 – $...

me.berkeley.edu

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · 13d

At long fricking last!

github.blog/changelog/20...

Pull request "Files changed" public preview now supports commenting on unchanged lines - GitHub Changelog

Comment on any line now available in the new "Files changed" page public preview!

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Chris Holdgraf @choldgraf.com · 14d

One of our team goals last quarter was improving "demonstrable reliability" of our infrastructure - we've learned that making the cloud safe, predictable, and reliable is a key thing our member communities need to make the most use of their hubs

2i2c @2i2c.org · 14d

We're making our cloud infrastructure more transparent! 2i2c just launched a status page to give our research and education communities real-time visibility into the reliability of their JupyterHub infrastructure.

Check it out 👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/st...
Status page 👉 status.2i2c.org

Demonstrating our infrastructure's reliability with a hub status page for our communities | 2i2c

One of 2i2c’s goals is to make the cloud safe for science. A big part of this is making the black box of commercial cloud infrastructure more predictable and reliable for our member communities,…

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Chris Holdgraf @choldgraf.com · 15d

Would love feedback from anybody that follows along with this post series - doing leadership in open source often feels like invisible work, so this is one attempt at making is a bit more visible!

2i2c @2i2c.org · 15d

Leadership in open source is hard to track, but it's critical! As part of 2i2c's Foundational contributions to open source, Chris is serving on the Jupyter Executive Council. We're documenting his efforts here to provide transparency:

👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/ex...

Updates from Chris' position on the Jupyter Executive Council and Foundation Board | 2i2c

This is a running blog post for Chris to share out community updates from his time on the Jupyter Executive Council. See context for this page. Updates for the Jupyter community from Chris # Chris…

2i2c.org

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Carly Strasser @carlystrasser.bsky.social · 15d

Love to see Simons Foundation supporting faculty that contribute to Open Source! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/scient...

Scientific Software Research Faculty Award

Scientific Software Research Faculty Award on Simons Foundation

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 16d

📄 A reminder that we are seeking writers (£600) and reviewers (£210) to support the development of new guides on:
- AI in research software
- Green Computing
- EDI in research software

Application deadline: Friday 3 October 2025

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/writers...

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Pythagorean triple day (9/16/25) y'all's

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Chris Holdgraf @choldgraf.com · 24d

JupyterCon 2025 has an early-bird registration discount that ends October 3rd! Get your tickets now, and check out the schedule below

events.linuxfoundation.org/jupytercon/p...

Schedule | LF Events

View the O3DECon 2021 Schedule & Directory.

events.linuxfoundation.org

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 25d

⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI!

⏳ Closing September 16th.

✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx

Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org

Initial examples of research projects below 👇

Research Associate*/Research Assistant in Sustainability of AI (Fixed Term)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented researcher to join our team as part of the Green Algorithms Initiative, one of the leading academic teams in the field of sustainable computing. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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Project Jupyter @jupyter.org · 28d

We’ve extended the deadline for Jupyter Community Workshop proposals!
Proposals are now due September 14th, and review will be complete by September 26th. Workshops will be held through February 2026.
Learn more and submit your proposal here: blog.jupyter.org/jupyter-comm...

Jupyter Community Workshops Are Back!

The Jupyter Community Building Working Group is pleased to announce that the next call for proposals for Jupyter Community Workshops is now…

blog.jupyter.org

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Simon Li @penguinoops.bsky.social · 28d

Next year's Research Software Engineering conference: Sheffield! 9-11 September 2026. Collocated with the International Research Software Conference 7-8 with the Research Software Alliance.
#RSEcon26 #RSEcon #ReSA

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 28d

We’re excited to announce the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)!

7–8 September 2026 | Sheffield, UK & online | Co-located with #RSECon26 @society-rse.org

Learn more: www.researchsoft.org/irsc/

For updates, join: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/778129...

Image by @danielskatz.org

ReSA Director Michelle Barker introduces the International Research Software Conference during RSECon25.

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · 29d

Last day of #RSECon25 and Tania Allard from Quansight is diving into what sustainable development means for open source software and research 🌱

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Chris Holdgraf @choldgraf.com · 29d

We've been experimenting and improving our practices in building healthy relationships with open source communities, here's our latest thinking on how we approach this important topic!

2i2c @2i2c.org · 29d

How should an organization support open source? A key goal for 2i2c is to lead by example in contributing to a healthy open source ecosystem. We've learned a lot over the years - here's our framework for building healthy open source relationships.

👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/go...

On being a good open source citizen: supporting a healthy ecosystem through directed and foundational contributions | 2i2c

Any organization building on open source faces a fundamental tension: how do you serve the needs of your organizational stakeholders while also acting as a responsible steward of the upstream…

2i2c.org

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · Sep 10

Piper Fowler-Wright from the Rosalind Franklin Institute argues the case against skills specialisation as a research software engineer in the second Emerging Voices plenary 🤔 #RSECon25

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Simon Li @penguinoops.bsky.social · Sep 10

@simonhettrick.bsky.social on the problems with the Research Excellence Framework in the UK. Software (and many other outputs) should be considered - but very few universities include them. 97.6% of submitted outputs were publications.
#RSEcon25

Simon Hettrick in front of a bar chart showing numbers of each REF output type. 97.6% are publications.

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · Sep 10

Ana Rodrigues Cavalcante from UCL hospitals on the challenges of managing clinical data in the Emerging Voices plenary #RSECon25

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · Sep 10

Simon Hettrick, Director of Strategy at the Software Sustainability Institute going way back at #RSECon25

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · Sep 9

First session up at #RSECon25: Discovering Academic Open Source🤘

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Jenny Wong (she/her) @jnywong.github.io · Sep 9

Theme for today is open source and reproducibility! Opening keynote is "The Rise of Open Source in Research" by Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK #RSECon25

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