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Terry Christiani 👋

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Content strategist and events management. Executive Director for the R Consortium #rstats. www.randomactsoftourism.com All posts are my own.

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hey there! I am Terry. I am a nature lover, politics junkie, content strategist, events management expert, and #rstats fan. I am also a huge fan of sugar-free and grain-free cooking. So, hopefully, we can connect and have fun. Cheers! 🥂

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 18h

It is here!!! So very excited to bring this #rstats event to life! I hope you will join us for this conference and help us make this first one a success. Get your ticket and get ready for some community created education for R+AI!

R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 18h

R+AI 2025 • Nov 12–13 • Online • Low-cost

Skip the hype. See how R + AI works in production!

Keynote: Joe Cheng (Posit) on focused, reliable LLMs for data science

Actionable R+AI sessions. Students from $25.

Register: rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

#rstats @posit.co @jcheng5.bsky.social

R+AI 2025 • Nov 12–13 • Online • Low-cost

Keynote: Joe Cheng (Posit) on focused, reliable LLMs for data science.

Actionable R+AI sessions. Students from $25.

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 2d

We get migrating Rufous hummingbirds that show up for the spring and summer. They are more brown/orange where the year round Anna's are green/grey.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rufous...

Rufous Hummingbird Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

One of the feistiest hummingbird in North America. The brilliant orange male and the green-and-orange female Rufous Hummingbird are relentless attackers at flowers and feeders, going after (if not alw...

www.allaboutbirds.org

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 2d

That is simply the most badass hummingbird I've ever seen. It will take it to the ground.

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly what I thought to post. Thank you!

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Brandon Rohrer @brandonrohrer.com · 2d

New post: Controlling IP traffic on your webserver

A cool part about having your own webserver is that you get to choose who can visit. When IP addresses try to access sensitive files or aggressively scrape, you can just block them.

Here's how.

brandonrohrer.com/hosting5.html

Block an IP address
The most straightforward way to block and IP address is in the firewall. It is the tool build specifically for this.

To block the address 101.101.101.101, run from the command line

sudo ufw insert 1 deny from 101.101.101.101

This instructs ufw (the Uncomplicated FireWall) to insert a rule at the the top of the list (position 1) to deny all incoming traffic from the address. After running this, no restart of the firewall is needed. The rule is active. (ufw docs

The position 1 is important because in ufw, the first rule that matches is applied. If there was a rule to allow all addresses that started with 101. and that rule came before the deny rule, then the deny rule would never be reached.

While it's possible to block specific ports, or even to block an IP address from seeing particular pages, complex rules and conditions get difficult to analyze very quickly, and can lead to cases where there are loopholes. Use fancy rule combinations sparingly.

Parse logs
In their raw form access logs are technically human-readable, but they are a lot. I found it really useful to do a little parsing to pull out the bits I'm interested in. (I'm working with the default nginx log format, so adjust this according to your own.)

I wrote a script to take advantage of the repeatable structure of these logs to dissect them into their parts. It uses tricks like splitting the log based on brackets and spaces. It productes a pandas dataframe with columns containing the IP address, requested URI, HTTP status code, and every component of the date and time.

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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 2d

New blog post by Adam Steer: Identifying deformed sea ice using geomorphons ❄️🌊

Exploring sea ice as a landscape analysis problem with QGIS + GRASS GIS, using drone + lidar data.

👉 www.spatialised.net/identifying-...

#Geospatial #RStats #RSpatial #GISchat

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 3d

As someone who spent my Sunday making pumpkin soup and sugar free pumpkin pie custard, I am so here for this.

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · Sep 1

And so it begins

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 3d

This is wonderful and worth the scroll! ❤️

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 3d

Great article from @gelliottmorris.com today tinyurl.com/4jyb8tby

Why most polls overstate support for political violence

Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

tinyurl.com

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 4d

Well, when the extremes are battling, the center gets bigger in reaction to the fight. Also, both of these people have aged and found common cause in protecting what we used to believe were norms of behavior from our political class and institutions. Glad to see it happening.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4d

Coalitions are a funny thing

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 4d

I've done my part! Please do yours! There are no restrictions in Washington State. I literally made an appointment online with a local chain pharmacy. The appointment took 20 minutes and was covered by my insurance. Get vaccinated and help build herd immunity to protect those among us who can't.

Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 4d

Flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates are down - 36% fewer COVID-19 doses and 18% fewer flu doses have been given so far this season compared to last year.

To make it easier to track these trends, we have launched a new Respiratory Immunization Dashboard.

Respiratory Immunization Data

Dashboard updates will occur on Wednesdays by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

doh.wa.gov

Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 4d

1. Hydration is your friend.
2. Get an active hobby. It could just be walking as long as it keeps you active for at least 30 minutes / day.
3. Sunscreen - yes, really.
4. Consume analog forms of information - books and magazines - give your brain a chance to relax while increasing elasticity.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 4d

Visual do-ever of the plumber2 site plumber2.posit.co

I really should adopt the logo colours for all my pkgdown sites

Easy and Powerful Web Servers

Automatically create a web server from annotated R files or by building it up programmatically. Provides automatic OpenAPI documentation, input handling, asynchronous evaluation, and plugin support.

plumber2.posit.co

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 4d

Not to brag but I got both my flu and COVID vaccine shots on Friday and I feel fine. I hope everyone who wants to get the shots can get the shots. Herd immunity here we come!

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Lennart Bach @bachlennart.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting study by colleagues in Portugal.

Evaluating ocean alkalinity enhancement for carbon dioxide removal: evidence from a one-year saltmarsh field experiment
🌊

egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Evaluating ocean alkalinity enhancement for carbon dioxide removal: evidence from a one-year saltmarsh field experiment

Abstract. Ocean alkalinity enhancement is a promising carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategy aimed at reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. To evaluate its effectiveness and potenti...

egusphere.copernicus.org

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 5d

Spent my Sunday in the kitchen with a pumpkin. I made a savory soup and sugar-free pumpkin pie custard. It was a good day. I needed this.

A pumpkin split into three pieces on a counter. This is how all of it starts - deconstructing a squash.

Finished pumpkin soup in a pot on a stove. This is the easiest step after creating puree. It is also the smartest thing to do because now you have dinner ready, regardless of how the rest of it goes.

Pumpkin soup finished with a sage yogurt drizzle and pepitas in a mini crock style bowl. Dinner tonight plus a piece of yummy toasted bread with butter and a chicken drumstick.

6 cups of cooked pumpkin pie custard in Pyrex ramekins on a rack to cool on a counter. Today's batch is the first time I have made this 100% sugar free. Instead of sugar, I used Lakanto Golden erythritol-monk fruit blend and maple flavored allulose syrup. It's wetter than previous batches.

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 7d

World’s first mushroom-powered toilet debuts at UBC

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

World’s first mushroom-powered toilet debuts at UBC

Tucked away in a forest in the University of B.C.’s Botanical Garden, a first-of-its-kind toilet is ready to turn human waste into nutrient-rich compost using the power of mushrooms.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 7d

I just got my flu and COVID vaccine shots. Anticipating post vaccine face plant in 3, 2, 1...

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 7d

📢 WEBINAR NEXT WEEK: Topological Data Analysis in R

Learn how topological data analysis (TDA) techniques are being integrated into everyday R workflows—more accessible for users beyond the specialists.

👉 Details & registration: r-consortium.org/webinars/mod...

#rstats #opensource

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Terry Christiani 👋 @terrychristiani.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to the R Foundation for securing this grant!

R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 Big news for the R Community!

The Sovereign Tech Fund has invested $450,000 in the R Foundation to strengthen R’s sustainability, security, and modernization.

Details: r-consortium.org/posts/sovere...

#rstats #opensource #datascience

The Sovereign Tech Fund invests $450,000 in R Foundation to Enhance R’s Sustainability and Security – R Consortium

R Foundation embarking on a crucial project to modernize R’s core infrastructure, improve its maintainability, and fortify its supply chain.

r-consortium.org

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 10d

THERE'S STILL TIME! R Consortium Technical Grants - Applications close Oct 1, 2025

Apply Now! Let's build the R community together!

Details on applying: r-consortium.org/all-projects...

#RStats #OpenSource

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 14d

WEBINAR NEXT WEEK! Topological Data Analysis in R

Register now!

Integrating popular techniques from topological data analysis (TDA) into common statistical workflows in R. For non-specialist researchers and analysts!

Full details here: r-consortium.org/webinars/mod...

#rstats #opensource

WEBINAR NEXT WEEK! Modular, Interoperable, Extensible Topological Data Analysis in R.

Covers integrating popular techniques from topological data analysis (TDA) into common statistical workflows in R. These extensions are available for non-specialist researchers and analysts!

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 15d

🚀 NEXT WEEK! Apply for an R Consortium Technical Grant by Oct 1, 2025. Grants fund projects that strengthen the #rstats ecosystem.

Example: volcalc — streamlining chemical volatility research - r-consortium.org/posts/unlock...

Details + apply: r-consortium.org/all-projects...

#opensource

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rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 18d

📣 Save the date!!

Next Community Call: R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages 📦 🚀
📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC with Will Landau
👉 Information + find your local time + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/

#rstats

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

Community Call about R-multiverse

ropensci.org

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21d

Get funding for your R project! 🚀 R Consortium tech grants support open-source tools + community initiatives.

⏰ 2 weeks left to apply: r-consortium.org/all-projects...

Past grantee: “Straightforward, smooth, and helpful. Highly recommended.” – Andreas Neudecker

#rstats #opensource #rprogramming

From R Consortium: Apply Now! for R Consortium Technical Grants

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