Sarah Bratt, PhD
@sarahbratt.bsky.social
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Data management, science of science, & library science scholar 💻 College of Information Science (iSchool) @ University of Arizona 🌵 Lover of coffee, sunshine, and Debussy's early works (fight me) 🎹
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Yet another great example for the "Information Organization"
class: Scientists are instructed to enter the '*sex' of an organism for NCBI BioSample database. Oh, if only it were that simple.
An excel spreadsheet with the attribute "*sex" defined as "physical sex of sampled organism."
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OSTP Memo on “Gold Standard Science” encourages publication of “negative results as positive outcomes.” www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... Seems non-partisan?
www.whitehouse.gov
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Name the social theories in this EDM song. Considering doing this instead of quizzes for InfoSci courses.
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Postdoc opp! University of Arizona school of sociology is seeking Quantitative/string communication skills and tech transfer /IP research interests. A great chance to work with the inimitable Erin Leahey! Apply here:

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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The current administration is straight up censoring the scientific record by requiring authors to alter an already-accepted research paper because it uses banned words such as "gender" and "equitable" and presents data broken down by sexual orientation.
criticalpublichealth.org
We were asked to change language and delete data from a paper that already been through peer review successfully - "in order to comply with the Executive Order."

This is from the official journal of the US Surgeon General and the US Public Health Service.

criticalpublichealth.org/blog/2025/03...
Resisting Attacks on Science - Center for Critical Public Health
So it happened. We have officially withdrawn a paper accepted for publication in a scientific journal because of editorial requests to remove language deemed out of compliance with executive orders.
criticalpublichealth.org
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Congratulations! Don't be a stranger to Tucson =) Happy pre-tenure traversing!
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✨New research presentation! ✨Check out our new preso work on fine-tuning deBERTa to classify humility in the full-text of scientific articles: youtu.be/9nQsguKaFm4?... supported by the Templeton Foundation #humilityininquiry w/ @classiter.bsky.social
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Register now! Women in Data Science conf at @uarizona.bsky.social on March 28 (hybrid, UA campus). Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Catherine D'Ignazio @kanarinka.bsky.social (co-author of Data Feminism w/ Dr. @laurenfklein.bsky.social). Join us! wids-tucson.github.io/conf2025.html
A circular logo with three colorful women's faces in profile, and text reading "Women in Data Science Worldwide, Tucson"
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“Data rescue” - backing up and preserving govt data (eg 2016 climate data, 2025 census.gov) when open data websites go dark.

Great ep from Slate Money Talks podcast on the matter: open.spotify.com/episode/1Isy...
Money Talks: The Disappearing Databases
Slate Money · Episode
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@classiter.bsky.social welcome to bsky, classy Lassiter!

*jazz hands*
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This is why catered dissertation defenses are no longer permitted at my Alma mater 😇
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Although one also could never publish this because evil would use for… moar evil :/
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where might one get data on the guerrila tactics academics doing DEI are taking to fly under the silly regex radar…? 🤔 (euphemistic word changes on academics’ websites using Wayback Machine plus git version control / diff n’ diffs?)

… not that I need a new #ScienceofScience research project 😭😹
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The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
maybe 250 words describing status 250-ish social justice words smaller text -- 400 words on social justice and gender? And another 150 or so on race
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icssi.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! We are ICSSI: The 2025 International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation

Save the date! 🗓️ JUNE 16-18, 2025 ✍️
in beautiful Copenhagen, Denmark
www.icssi.org
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
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CFP! Submit an abstract to our open panel on "Reverberations in the Archive" 4S 2025 @4sweb.bsky.social Due: Jan 31, 2025. www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope...
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4sweb.bsky.social
Dr. Adele E. Clarke, a distinguished sociologist and trailblazing figure in women's health and STS, passed away on January 19. As we bid farewell to her, we honour a pioneering scholar, mentor, and activist whose legacy will continue to shape the field.
4sonline.org/news_manager...
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CFP! Join us at NetSci 2025! Submissions to "Networks in the Science of Science" the 3rd annual satellite workshop due Feb 7, 2025. netscisci.github.io/cfp
@netscisociety.bsky.social #scienceofscience #CFP