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Scientific Programmer & Educator at University of Arizona | Mentor for @Posit Academy | RSE with grant-witness.us | Ecologist | Tea geek Posts are mine […] 🌉 bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@LeafyEricScott on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · Jul 31

New server, new #introduction:

👋 Hi! I'm Eric! I'm a scientific programmer & educator who writes mostly :rstats: code. I currently work part time at #UniversityofArizona where I help researchers by making R packages, #shiny apps, automated data workflows, and training them on […]

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 19h

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James Hawley, PhD @jrhawley.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

Wow, setting default labels for your data in #rstats using "label" attributes is a good idea. I'd never heard of this before, but I'm glad that #ggplot2 is now supporting it. Manually specifying axis labels was a bit tedious.

I do like that if you transform the data, the default label is not […]

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I am learning how to make a regular old #rstats #shiny app into a "progressive web app"—one of those websites you can "install" on your phone or desktop and runs full-screen.

It is *not that hard*, but also very much not documented, so I feel like this is going to need to be a blog post eventually.

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 2d

It won't even let me sign it because of some font bullshit!

Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Noooooo! I am being forced to install Adobe Acrobat to sign something. 🤮😭 Why does a PDF reader need to be *half a gigabyte*???

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LiteralGrill @literalgrill.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Ya know, right now would be an AMAZING time for Mastodon's leadership to break bread with the Black programmers that really wanted to help make this place less racist.

Bluesky just banned a prominent Black user from basically being seen by anyone. **Because Bluesky's CEO is mad about their […]

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Some motivation for your week. Headphones recommended to hear the lyrics. https://scott-troyer.pikapod.net:443/share/lV0ql2Dhxo

Get Up

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

We went from "we will deport the worst of the worst" to "we will deport anyone here illegally" to "we will round up anyone who looks wrong" to "people who live in cities are the enemy" essentially overnight.

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Some motivation for your week. Headphones recommended to hear the lyrics. https://scott-troyer.pikapod.net:443/share/lV0ql2Dhxo

Get Up

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

LATE-BREAKING UPDATE: I was wrong about Akamai rejecting Linux logins. It turns out Akamai is rejecting logins FROM THE CURRENT VERSION OF FIREFOX. I installed a user agent switcher in my browser and I changed my user agent string so it says it's Firefox 136 instead of 143, and it allowed the […]

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Carrie Shanafelt @carrideen.c18.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 5d

As a former "gifted" elementary school student, I'm 100% in favor of Mamdani's proposal to end the gifted programs in early public education. When you're separating 6 and 7yo's and saying "These kids are special and high-achieving," you are selecting almost entirely for kids with learning […]

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 7d

The thing I've learned from this "Pudding mit Gabel essen" trend in Germany is that Germans have access to a way bigger variety of pudding cup brands and flavors than in the US. #puddingmitgabel

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rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 9d

📣 This is today (one hour from now)! Join us. 🙂 📦

rOpenSci Community Call, R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages

📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC
with @landau

Information + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/

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Community Call about R-multiverse

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rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 9d

🚀 Our community call will begin in one hour!
R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages 📦 🚀

📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC with Will Landau
👉 Information + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10d

I'm still sightly caffeinated from yesterday, but I had a fun time at the northwest tea fest in Seattle with an old friend. #tea #seattle

Two bearded men, one with glasses (me) in front of a large yellow teapot that reads "Northwest Tea Festival"

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 12d

🤖 Big update to the LLMs + R guide

> 10 packages added plus other tools and interested reads

luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/

As usual, all the content is available in English and Spanish.
#rstats

screenshot of the guide's news section with the following updates:
### Latest updates (September 2025):

#### R packages
- `contextR`, conversational memory for LLM workflows
- `kbretrieveR` for working with AWS Knowledge Bases
- The R Language Analysis Suite (text,talk & topics)
- `LLMR`, a general interface
- `myownrobs`, AI coding agent for RStudio
- `air`, an AI coding helper
- Format and complete few-shot prompts with `promptr`
- LLM-powered chatting in Shiny with `shinychat` and `querychat`

#### Other tools and extensions
- Databot, an EDA assistant for Positron
- R instructions for Cursor Users

#### Helpful reads
- ellmer deep dive - Howard Baik
- On hallucinations - Cosima Meyer
- LLM workshop materials from posit::conf 2025

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13d

My pi-hole was getting errors saying it can't reach the NTP server at pool.ntp.org and I don't even know what an NTP server is but I was like "I'll just paste this URL into my browser. What's the worst that could happen?"

It redirects to this amazing video that seems like a remnant of the "old […]

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Mic(hell)e @aphelion.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Me: *socializes for 1 hour*
Me afterward:

Laura Palmer from twin peaks. She’s in the black lodge telling agent cooper “I'll see you again in 25 years.”

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14d

Gonna start saying "you know what they say: 'it can only good happen!'"

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Sean Lynch @seanplynch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Still waiting for the "Rapture" today?

The Onion has a story detailing why it's not going to happen.

The Department of Homestead inSecurity confirms that an undocumented Palestinian immigrant was stopped from entering the USA illegally.
Security confirms […]

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A screenshot from the Onion, showing a missile striking a target in the air and exploding. The headline reads: "Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall"

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 16d

"A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. [...] In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has […]

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Eric R. Scott @leafyericscott.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 15d

@skinnylatte so fucking dystopian

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jonny (good kind) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

After returning to LA where walking is illegal from a place where walking is the only thing to do, I am feeling so much better. I do my fair share of exercise, but am convinced that walking is independently good of exercise for being a human being.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 16d

"TikTok's Algorithm Will Be Controlled by Oracle in the U.S." is a scary prospect. Giving another far-right billionaire another social media platform to use for propaganda.

WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 16d

If completed, the deal will transfer control of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a new joint venture based in the United States, with majority American investors and run by a majority American board of directors, the official said.

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TikTok's Algorithm Will Be Controlled by Oracle in the US After Trump-Backed Deal is Completed

If completed, the deal will transfer control of TikTok's U.S. operations to a new joint venture based in the United States, with majority American investors and run by a majority American board of directors, the official said.

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