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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 9h

European Robin, Rickmansworth Aquadrome, England #Birds #BirdPhotography

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 01/10/2026

There's a Duolingo story when learning Spanish from English called La ley del gato in which this is the main theme

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 01/10/2026

It seems like a logical response here would be to use AI to generate something that is mostly likely to be accepted by AI. But this also seems like optimizing for a local minimum rather than a global one.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 30/09/2026

I saw this in Pompeii yesterday: I’m still confused.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 30/09/2026

A few photos from just before the opening reception of #eScience2026 #eScience26 last night in Naples, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

do actors in movies actually die? they at least behave as if they do

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 24/09/2026

likely in an amazingly wide variety of disciplines...

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ReSA’s Sept newsletter is here! preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781... - Community news: SSI becomes the Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social - Funding: BSSw Fellowship Program - IRSC26 keynote recordings - Events: @us-rse.bsky.social USRSE’26 www.researchsoft.org/news/

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For every one of these men who get a dramatic front page story, there are 25-50 postdocs who leave the country much less voluntarily.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 20/09/2026

This is an interesting story on technology and people and memory, though I like the version without highlighting at richardcolby.net/writ2000/wp-... better

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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

VERY important paper! This study detected SARS-CoV-2 in the air of common areas of 4 big US airports. SARS-CoV-2 detected in 98% of samples through the year. Influenza A was found during flu season. That’s why you want to wear an N95 respirator in an airport! And all indoor public spaces all year!

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Multimodal genomic surveillance for respiratory pathogens at four U.S. international airports: A comparison of air, wastewater, clinical, and national surveillance data

Early detection of outbreaks and emerging pathogens is critical for public health and global biosecurity. Airports, as major international travel hubs with dense, enclosed populations, are high-risk s...

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 18/09/2026

We're all volunteers who work together on JOSS because we believe in its mission to improve research software and its recognition, and to provide scholarly credit for its developers and maintainers, and I look forward to leading our community forward.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 18/09/2026

JOSS also wouldn't work without our tremendous group of almost 6000 reviewers.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 18/09/2026

I want to specifically thank @arfon.bsky.social for his leadership as the past/founding EiC and the AEiCs (Warrick Ball, @matthewfeickert.com, Sam Forbes, @rkurchin.bsky.social, Kevin Moerman, @kyleniemeyer.bsky.social, Kristen Thyng, and Chris Vernon) and editors for their trust.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 18/09/2026

Today I'm starting as the new Editor-in-Chief of @joss-openjournals.bsky.social. blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/09/dani... I can only do this because of the journal's incredible community and the work we've collectively done over our first 10 years. 🧵

blog.joss.theoj.org

Daniel S. Katz is the new Editor-in-Chief of JOSS | Journal of Open Source Software Blog

After ten years, founding Editor-in-Chief Arfon Smith is handing over to Daniel S. Katz, effective 18 September 2026.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 17/09/2026

a good read about papers that are going to be desk-rejected - medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...

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Asking Authors About Their Own Papers

By Nihar B. Shah

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 17/09/2026

Congratulations to you and the whole team!

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 17/09/2026

A couple of pictures of me giving a talk on @joss-openjournals.bsky.social at #RSECon26 last week in Sheffield, England. Credit: Society of Research Software Engineering/Dominic Lipinski; license: CC BY-NC

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 16/09/2026

We're looking forward to bringing these two communities even closer together!

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 16/09/2026

We welcome extended abstracts of up to 4 pages sharing research on research software, successful collaborations between software engineering & research software, or challenges where software engineering research could contribute new methods, processes, and tools.

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SERS 2027 - ICSE 2027

Software enables critical research in a variety of academic disciplines. Yet those who write this “research software” are often disconnected from the software engineering research (SER) community, who...

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 16/09/2026

We seek to bring the unique challenges of research software into the software engineering research community, foster new collaborations, and identify opportunities where software engineering research, practices, and tools can have a meaningful impact on research software.

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SERS 2027 - ICSE 2027

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 16/09/2026

After a successful first SERS Workshop at ICSE 2026 in Brazil, Stephan Druskat, Nasir Eisty, @shuruiz.bsky.social, and I are excited to announce that SERS 2027 will be co-located with ICSE (International Conference on Software Engineering) in Dublin, Ireland! 🇮🇪

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SERS 2027 - ICSE 2027

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Marin Dacos @marind.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

I am very proud of the announce at OECD by the French Minister of Higher Education, Research adn Space, of the French open science strategy for the next 8 years.

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Help map GenAI initiatives in research software: ReSA's mapping work underway across the community around priority themes identified at our international GenAI & research software workshop with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. We’d like to hear from you! forms.gle/1BDRm8v3LYdJ... #ResearchSoftware

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Help map GenAI initiatives in research software

Following ReSA and Schmidt Sciences’ international workshop on Research Software Engineering in the Age of Generative AI: Building a Community Vision, ReSA is mapping initiatives related to the nine p...

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 14/09/2026

We're just starting our 8th #Parsl user/developer meeting, this time called APeX Summit 2026 — Academy, Parsl, Globus Compute I'm looking forward to hearing about 40 short talks over 2 half days - parsl-project.org/parslfest/ap...

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Keynotes from the first International Research Software Conference (#IRSC26) are now available: - What We Talk About When We Talk About RSE by @rivaquiroga.bsky.social - What Public Code Can Teach Us: Research Software Meets Software Research by Stefano Zacchiroli ▶️ youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 10/09/2026

CS talk challenge: Give a talk where *all* the slides are just xkcd comics

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 06/09/2026

A few photos of the lunar eclipse last week

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 02/09/2026

Townsend's Warbler, Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming, USA #Birds #BirdPhotography

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 01/09/2026

One new bird I've been looking for, and one old bird I keep seeing without looking for it: Williamson's Sapsucker and Yellow-rumped Warbler In Curt Gowdy State Park, Wyoming, USA #Birds #BirdPhotography

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⏰ Last chance to register for remote participation at the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)! Register by 4 September: tinyurl.com/IRSC-registr... #IRSC26 #ResearchSoftware #OpenScience

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 30/08/2026

American Dipper, a new bird for me, at the outlet of Lake Marie, Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, USA #Birds #BirdPhotography

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 29/08/2026

A few small animals in Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, USA: Yellow-bellied Marmot, American Pika, Fremont's Squirrel, Least Chipmunk

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ReSA’s August newsletter is here! www.researchsoft.org/news/ - Community news: OpenAlex on research software - Funding: @softwaresaved.bsky.social 2027 Fellowship - Help map GenAI & research software - IRSC Founding Sponsor @amazonwebservices.bsky.social - IRSC26 remote registration closes 4 Sept

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News | Research Software Alliance

Our vision: Research software and those who develop and maintain it are recognised and valued as fundamental and vital to research worldwide.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 26/08/2026

My 200th bird species photographed in Illinois, and 1725th globally: Red-necked Phalarope (thanks to eBird alerts) #Birds #BirdPhotography #Illinois

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 24/08/2026

I was looking at the population of Iroquois County, Illinois, a rural county I often drive through between Champaign and Chicago. It peaked at 38000 in 1900, and has gradually been decreasing since, to about 26000 today. For comparison, Champaign County has grown from 48000 to 210000 over that time.

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 23/08/2026

It's 1 block from a place I lived for 3 years, but it wasn't there at the time

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Daniel S. Katz @danielskatz.org · 21/08/2026

It's also in non-academic places sometimes. A ferry in Brisbane might be the one that surprised me the most.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up. In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.

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Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 20/08/2026

In-person registration for IRSC closes THIS Friday! Join leaders in Sheffield (7 to 8 Sept) to shape the future of research software in the age of generative AI. More info: www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/internatio...

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