Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDChris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Many friends and acquaintances are sick now in Washington State (as am I; some virus, maybe a cold) Tracking data are not so great but here's a chart from the state that may be the best we have. Source: doh.wa.gov/sites/defaul... See if you can eyeball the trend ... P.S. Wear a mask! 071
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them. 532212195812
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/12/2025It’s going to be some bullshit respectability from the center and some bullshit bleating about identity politics from the left and some bullshit religious forgiveness from the right. I’m just going to expire from unrequited rage. 101567166
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 05/12/2025Guardrails are a scam. It's not that they could work, it's that they cannot and never will for such models. By design. 1/n 3348127
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Happy Friday! I'm a bit late, but better than never 😅 My #PositConf2025 talk, 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, is live on Posit’s YouTube channel. This one was especially fun to put together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvMn... #CognitiveEngineering #rstats #shinyyoutube.comEngineer Insightful Shiny Apps with Behavioral Science (Jeremy Winget, CrossStack) | posit::confYouTube video by Posit PBC 091
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Back with a thread I've been pulling on New post on Cognitive Engineering: Building tech for human minds, often the most neglected layer jrwinget.com/blog/cognitive-engineering It also kicks off plans the Cognitive Engineering Field Guide, an open resource launching early 2026 More soon! #devx 010
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDElizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 22/11/2025The Zork games have been properly open sourced with the MIT license 😍 opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.opensource.microsoft.comPreserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open SourceMicrosoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License. 611028
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDEtienne Bacher @etiennebacher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025#rstats Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter. Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds. Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more. Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1... 98531
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Back from a brief hiatus with good news: {bidux} v0.3.3 dropped on CRAN! 🎉 Your production database → behavioral insights → better UX New bid_quick_suggest() for when you need a fix before standup More details here: www.jrwinget.com/blog/databas... #rstats #UX #UIjrwinget.com{bidux} v0.3.3: Where Databases Meet Quick Decisions – The Friction PointThe latest {bidux} release bridges the gap between your production data and rapid UX improvements, because sometimes the best insight is the one you can act on today. 050
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDCat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 14/11/2025New open newsletter at Fight for the Human: Can we make Security Empirical, and why might we want to? In it you'll find the Dev Science Office Hour I hosted with @arianamirian.bsky.social, as well as my notes on a paper about technical Champions www.fightforthehuman.com/empirical-se...fightforthehuman.comCan we make Security Empirical, and why might we want to?There's a paper I recently came across by Mohammad Tahaei and colleagues called Privacy Champions in Sofware Teams: Understanding Their Motivations, Strategies, and Challenges. In it, they interview 1... 1103
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDJohn Coene @john-coene.com · 14/11/2025🎉 I'm looking for an #rstats software engineer to work with me in 2026. Remote (WFH), swiss-based (already here or willing to move here), permanent or contract. + Pros: work with me - Cons: work with me... www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...linkedin.comOpifex hiring Software Engineer - R & JavaScript in Switzerland | LinkedInPosted 10:12:08 AM. Location: Switzerland, RemoteEmployment Type: Permanent or ContractWorkload: 50% or 100%Start date:…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn. 0124
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/11/2025I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action. Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways. www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations 15407126
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDBrian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 09/11/2025Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions. 5333152
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDDavis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family: - `filter()` to keep rows - `filter_out()` to drop rows - `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers Read more and leave feedback here: github.com/tidyverse/ti... 1014933
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDLibby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...youtube.comThe Psychology of Technologists (Cat Hicks, Catharsis Consulting) | posit::conf(2025)YouTube video by Posit PBC 13110
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle. 246463538007
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/11/2025This is the way the normalization works. Scenes the media would've/could've chased a month ago go ignored in favor of what's new/shocking. It's not that people aren't reporting on what's happening, because they are. But the bar for what's "newsworthy" always shifts. 118154
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDR Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Full schedule is live: R+AI 2025 · Nov 12–13 · online Sample session: “Tools for LLMs and Humans who use R” — Garrick Aden-Buie (Posit) How the {btw} package feeds computational context to LLMs for smoother R+AI workflows. Register! rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs... #rstats #AI @posit.co 0135
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDCat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 02/11/2025That means the next Developer Science Office Hour is going to be Design-a-Study with Cat! Get your (free) spot here for our online event, space is limited for the vibes, but the enthusiasm will be unlimited: www.eventbrite.com/e/design-a-s...eventbrite.comDesign a Study: with Dr. Cat HicksJoin our free & open Developer Science Office Hour to "Design-a-Study"! Like Build-a-Bear, but for learning about research design! 1145
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 02/11/2025This post is blowing up. Please read the full paper 😌✨ 👇👇👇👇👇👇 Guest, O., Suarez, et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.socialdoi.orgAgainst the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in AcademiaUnder the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col... 15917
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 01/11/2025‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...ru.nl‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud UniversitySince the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss... 252261903
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025New blog post, in a slightly new style! Why do groups sometimes get stuck on the wrong thing? How do minority voices help systems stay honest? What does design has to do with dissent? Some thoughts, and some group science, on problems big and small www.jrwinget.com/blog/2025-10...jrwinget.comWhen Groups Get Stuck on the Wrong Problem – Jeremy R. Winget, PhDDissent, sharedness, and the design of collective intelligence 2103
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 29/10/2025🚀 {bidux} 0.3.2 is out! It's leaner, quieter, and more intuitive: • Modern, flat API • Telemetry sensitivity presets • Global quiet mode functionality Read the details 👇 www.jrwinget.com/blog/2025-10... #rstats #ux #ui #shinyjrwinget.combidux 0.3.2: Leaner, Quieter, More Intuitive BID Workflows – Jeremy R. Winget, PhDThe {bidux} 0.3.2 release streamlines BID workflows with intuitive flat APIs, built-in telemetry presets, and a quieter, leaner experience, helping you focus on insights rather than overhead. 040
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops. 451340617
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025The Sun-Times *is reporting these were live rounds* fired at a vehicle. There's been much confusion in the immediate aftermath of this about whether whether they were that or pepper balls, and whether person in vehicle was hit by them. This is the most current info we have *at this time.*chicago.suntimes.comFederal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities on Chicago's South SideAuthorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting... 24876345
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Having difficulty uploading video. Several agents armed with long guns, others wearing gas masks. Chicago Police just went behind federal agents' line. 328331
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025Happening now: at Kedzie and 40th, where Border Patrol agents just opened fire on rapid response this afternoon. A woman CFD says they found after the incident is reported in fair condition. A growing number of outraged neighbors have gathered across from ICE/CBP agents who have closed Kedzie. 16635511706
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 04/10/2025if they do not face any consequences for shooting people they will keep shooting people 03815
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:chicago.suntimes.comShooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigationAccording to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire. 18039591752
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 04/10/2025NEWS: Trump is federalizing 300 National Guard troops in Illinois, Gov. Pritzker announced. 108864
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 04/10/2025On scene on 40th and Kedzie in Chicago, where locals are facing down militarized federal agents over a possible federal immigration enforcement- related shooting. Details still scarce and developing. Locals chanting "ICE go home" 13715263
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place 21780341599
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 04/10/2025New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft: Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🧵 1/ 16523191
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 04/10/2025It was a bunch of people praying and singing. Local cops cleared a path for a fascist propaganda op and then assisted federal forces in brutalizing protesters. Those are the facts. 28729283
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 03/10/2025What a hed. Chicago today:thetriibe.comIllinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBEA roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3. 5262109
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 03/10/2025BTW one simple way schools can support their students is by dropping any mention of bullshit attendance incentives kids have enough to deal with right now without classmates getting mad because they didn't risk their family's safety for a pizza party 0224
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 03/10/2025Broadview, Illinois today— A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers. 12285121
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 03/10/2025What we just saw: state police not only assisting federal agents with crowd control out here, but also protester arrests. All morning, this has been a nonviolent demonstration. Have not seen a single crime from this crowd (not that that would excuse the brutality). 16769285
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhD𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖕𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖓 //- KOSA must be stopped. @winterwarpath.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Gov. Pritzker Contact Resources: Springfield Office of the Governor 401 S. Spring St. Springfield, IL 62704 Phone: 217-782-6830 / 217-782-6831 Chicago Office of the Governor 555 W. Monroe St., 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: 312-814-2121 / 312-814-2122 gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/c... 221
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Agencies under the control of @govpritzker.illinois.gov detained a UChicago Professor today 1109
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDLuanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 03/10/2025They've arrested a UChicago professor. bsky.app/profile/eman... 0122
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDEman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025ICE en masse physically attacked a crowd of protesters under protection of @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s state troops. Disgusting. 5362127
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning. 321875799
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025While @govpritzker.illinois.gov continues to amplify moral outrage online, he’s allowing HIS agencies to do this 021
Jeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025So much for Governor Come-Through-Me-First @govpritzker.illinois.gov 010
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025state police wanna show off their pepper ball guns, too. 610033
Reposted by Jeremy R. Winget, PhDJeremy R. Winget, PhD @crossstacker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Don’t let @govpritzker.illinois.gov’s posts fool you. Under his watch Illinois cops build protest cages and federal agents expand ICE raids. He amplifies outrage online while the machinery of repression keeps grinding because of his cooperation 163