Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownBF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026From @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Biomedical open source software: Crucial packages and hidden heroes | #Bioinformatics #RStats #Bioconductor #CRAN #PyPI #ScientificSoftware #Research #Education #OpenScience #OpenSource | 🧬🖥️🧪🔓 ⬇️ journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...journals.plos.orgBiomedical open source software: Crucial packages and hidden heroesAuthor summary Scientists today use software as an important tool for their research. The progress of science depends on the people who write software being properly recognized, rewarded, and incentiv... 1144
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/03/2026The American Medical Association directly responds to New York Times coverage mischaracterizing their posiiton on gender affirming care for trans young people. cloud.e.ama-assn.org/newsletter?u... 203024822
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownNic Weber @nmw.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Open licenses and publicly available: - Models: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... - Code (and most data): doi.org/10.5281/zeno... - Data (all): doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 121
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownNic Weber @nmw.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Our most depressing result ... We find, paradoxically, that there is a significant *negative* relationship between frequency of code contribution and an individual’s h-index That is, for an individual scientist the more they contribute to software development the smaller their h-index 131
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownNic Weber @nmw.bsky.social · 12/03/2026'Code Contribution and Credit in Science' - new paper led by @evamaxfield.bsky.social w/ @isaacslaughter.bsky.social 1. We build a model that matches scientists (authors) with their GitHub accounts 2. We apply our model to ~140K paper-software repository pairs direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...direct.mit.eduCode Contribution and Credit in ScienceAbstract. Software development has become essential to scientific research, but its relationship to traditional metrics of scholarly credit remains poorly understood. We develop a dataset of approxima... 184
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/03/2026This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgShe’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — AssignedA trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID. 7235791617
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying. 695298406970
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 11/12/2025This is awesome!! Curious if you tried making the features into slider bars so you can find the weirdest combination of inputs -> similar districts. 110
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Ya, from my rereading of the CPSC warning + Seattle sites, I think these need to go to the hazardous waste sites instead of the transfer stations. 110
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Do you know if the CPSC warning marks these batteries as "hazardous" because if so, it seems like the transfer stations want them to go directly to the "Hazardous Waste Facilities" instead of the transfer stations. I sort of assume so?? 100
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownErlend Sogge Heggen @erlend.sh · 14/11/2025Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing. I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink. But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.blog.muni.townOpen Source PowerWe have to talk about open source licensing. 1518346
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 27/02/2025give me an ounce of vitamin d after the long dark and all I want is to ride my bike 010
Reposted by Eva Maxfield Browneva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 18/02/2025hello cis friends this is what people mean by trans genocide if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist 146154116968
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Woooow fascinating. I didn't know about the p symbol meaning copyright claim at all. Will read that article tomorrow morning too! 000
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024None of the other streaming platforms that I checked have any bio or description for the band either. I can't find any webpage about the band. Can anyone find anything??? 010
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024There is no bio or description for the band on Spotify. When you search Google/DuckDuckGo for this band, only track links (Apple, Spotify, SoundCloud, LastFM) come up 110
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024They only have a three track Christmas Jazz album, released 29 November 2024. Only one of the songs has more than 1000 plays: "Embraced by White." This is the song that is featured by Spotify in their playlist. 110
Eva Maxfield Brown @evamaxfield.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Does anyone want to go down a rabbit hole with me? My girlfriend put on Spotify's "Cozy Christmas Jazz" playlist the other night and we are now trying to figure out if one of the songs/artists featured in this playlist is AI generated?? The band is "Smooth Heisters"... 280
Reposted by Eva Maxfield BrownRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"Let’s be real — if a councilmember wants to kill a project, you can kill a project." www.theurbanist.org/2024/11/19/s...theurbanist.orgSara Nelson Warns She Can Kill Any Transit Project She Wants - The Urbanist# A budget amendment put forward by Council President Nelson asks for information on how and when the city creates priority space for buses, citing opposition to Route 40. At a meeting last week, Nels... 1204
