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Semiramis

@semiramiscj.bsky.social
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Python & R programming 👩‍💻 DataScience, DataEngineering, DataViz. Cats, feminism, MH 💜 ES, EN, FR, DE 💜 She/her

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Here's the 🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social: "🚨LongC0VID brains: memory often rebounds within a year, but attention and processing speed stay stuck. New 12-month study of 92 patients shows selective recovery, not full return to baseline..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/21091...
Cognitive phenotypes and neuropsychological trajectories in post-COVID-19 syndrome: a 12-month follow-up study

🚨LongC0VID brains: memory often rebounds within a year, but attention and processing speed stay stuck. New 12-month study of 92 patients shows selective recovery, not full return to baseline. The daily life consequences...... 👇😧

➡️This again interesting Spanish 12-month longitudinal study followed 92 adults with post-COVID19 syndrome (PCS: mean age ~49 years, predominantly women) who had previously undergone comprehensive neuropsychological assessment,
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SaMindy @samindy4.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m really glad I was able to scrounge up the money to take the pet emergency and cpr class this morning. Here is a handy handout they gave us, and the notes I took. I did order the first aid book and kit.
Heart rate and respiratory rate handoutHandwritten notes on pet emergency care and cpr
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What makes an academic rock star? Couldn’t anyone be an academic rock star – if they're given the right support, the right resources, and the right environment? Why do so many of us feel the need to work so hard when we don't feel well? What steps would it take for a culture change?
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
alt text party
Hand-drawn infographic on a blue background titled “Why use alt text?” with six panels in a 2x3 grid, each showing a reason with a small sketched social media post:

Slow internet: alt text appears in place of unloaded images.
Findability: alt text helps search content, shown with a search for “dog with banana”.
Screen readers: alt text is read aloud by text-to-speech software, shown as a dark transcript describing a Pomeranian in a banana costume.
Translation: alt text can be translated, shown as English to German.
Readability: text in images can be made legible, shown as scribbled text read as “a character says ‘hello guys’”.
Disambiguation: descriptions clarify intent, shown with a post asking “Can my pet swim?” and an image of a bunny.

Signed “Dremenec 2024”.Blue infographic titled “Writing alt text.” Five color-coded labels sit at the top: Identify who (green), Expression (pink), Description (teal), Colour (yellow), and Interesting features (orange). Below, a photo of a capybara sitting in a hot spring, with small yuzu fruits floating around it and one balanced on its head. Overlaid text, color-matched to the labels, reads: “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Source credit in the corner: veroniiiica.com.
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Vicki @vickiboykis.com · 03/10/2026
Shower thought
Being in production with live traffic or live library downloads is a shorthand way of saying “I am responsible to my team and my users.” 

Any decisions around the presence or absence of unit tests, integration tests, metrics dashboards, CI/CD or code review should be viewed through the lens or “is what I am doing creating a stronger or weaker contract between me and my team and my users?”
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you can't adopt there are lots of other things you can do to help. Foster, volunteer, fundraise, do a supply drive, sign up for your local shelter's newsletter to find out other ways to help. Remember that volunteering doesn't necessarily mean physical labor - shelters need all kinds of skills!
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and...
Poster with a black and white screenshot of security footage showing a man peering into the front window of a cat adoption center. Text says "please help Queen City cat lounge recover. last night someone broke the window at Queen City cat lounge - an adoption center that has placed hundreds of cats in loving homes. the cats are all safe but the window needs to be replaced quickly!"
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 26/09/2026
Some day, I hope soon with the promising research and vaccine technology advances happening right now in FIP/coronavirus research, we will be able to prevent this fucking disease and will never have to watch it take another perfect little life from us. Until then, I will remember you, Hazel.
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Mikal Lewis @mikal-el.com · 17/09/2026
My wording for this is don’t pay above market value for knowledge. If you can get information, running an experiment—don’t ship to prod, if you can get information from a book, don’t run an experiment, etc It’s the easiest cheat code to a good career.
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Covid is not over just because people got tired of hearing about it. #SARSCoV2 is still circulating, still being detected in the air, and still causing chronic diseases like #LongCovid Another reminder that the air we share is part of public health infrastructure. Clean air is public health.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
5/ “What is pacing?” From "Understanding ME/CFS An Introduction to a Complex Illness" (August 2026) by Dr med Michaela Bauer #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
What Is Pacing?
Because there are currently no treatments that address the underlying cause of ME/CFS, it is
important for people with the illness to avoid symptom exacerbation, known as Post-Exertional
Malaise (PEM), as much as possible. To do this, they must learn to carefully manage their
limited energy. This strategy is known as pacing.
Pacing means adapting physical, cognitive, and emotional activities, as well as time spent
sitting or standing upright, to an individual's available and often fluctuating level of exertion
tolerance. This can mean having to choose between two completely ordinary activities
because doing both might already trigger a crash.
The more severe the illness, the smaller this margin can become (Bateman et al., 2021;
Hoffmann et al., 2024; NICE, 2021; Seton et al., 2024).
As a result, pacing can look very different from one person to another. For some, it means
reducing work, household responsibilities, or social activities and planning regular rest periods.
For people who are more severely affected, it may involve limiting even basic activities such
as washing, eating, or having short conversations to avoid deterioration. In addition, exertion
limits can fluctuate and are not always predictable. What was manageable on one day may
already be too much on another. Pacing therefore requires continuous adjustment to a person's
current condition.
This is why pacing is both necessary and challenging: it requires people to continually limit or
give up activities despite having the motivation and desire to engage in them.
Pacing is neither exercise training nor a treatment for the underlying disease. Its purpose is
simply to minimize PEM and reduce the risk of further deterioration (Hoffmann et al., 2024).
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Wiredferret! @wiredferret.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Three things to improve comms right now: Remove uncertainty Put the action first Make the meaning explicit
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone can become disabled at any time. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not laziness or a lack of effort. It’s a part of the human condition. People get sick. Bodies break down. It’s a minority group you can join any time.
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
And there is the huge, huge issue of disclosure. Its complexities. How it can bite you in the ass later.
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The viewpoints of people with disabilities and chronic illness in medicine and medical training would GREATLY improve our experiences. But the structure and the system is so harsh to people who need accommodations. Many won't make it through.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There is this thing called time toxicity that people with disabilities have to deal with. Very often, even the most basic tasks take longer than they do for others. It can be very frustrating. Asking over and over again for the same or more paperwork intentionally creates barriers.
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
5/ “Participant shared constantly calculating whether their body can handle an activity had made them feel “incompetent”,until they recognized that this calculation is not incompetence but triage,a precise management of a limited resource and a skill most healthy people never have to build...” #pwme
“Participant shared that constantly calculating whether their body can handle an activity had made them feel “incompetent”, until they recognized that this calculation is not incompetence but triage, a precise management of a limited resource and a skill most healthy people never have to build. They reframed the self-judgment as a second
wound layered on the original loss, and resolved to separate the necessary calculating from any verdict about their own worth.”
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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Big news! 🎉 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 1.0.0 for #Rstats is out. It’s a big number and it feels like a big step. I wrote a blog on the challenges of interpreting statistical models, SPEED, cool new features, the future, and a 5 year package development and writing odyssey. arelbundock.com/posts/margin...
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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
DO YOU CRAVE REPRODUCIBLE DATA DEV ENVIRONMENTS?! Come hang out with us, #rstats friends!
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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RLadies+ @rladies.org · 21/05/2026
Making visible what's always been true. Underrepresented genders are part of this community — and always have been. Our new name RLadies+ makes that clearer than ever. Join us → rladies.org #RLadies #RStats
RLadies+ logo in purple on a light background. Purple text reads 'Making visible what's always been true' followed by 'Underrepresented genders are part of this community.'
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday How to live a joyful life: Go do something fun for yourself. And then go do something nice for someone else. Repeat as needed. ❤️
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Simon 🐈‍⬛, Jolene 🐈, Flower 🐈‍⬛🌈, Rachel 😷🏳️‍🌈 @rachelgoes262.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Our Precious Flower Flower Sunday Anderson passed away on August 14, 2026, in her loving mom’s arms after a long, dignified battle with numerous health issues. Flower was born on April 9, 2010, and her Gotcha Day was November 3, 2024. Flower was outside for at least 6 years before she decided to…
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Our Precious Flower
Flower Sunday Anderson passed away on August 14, 2026, in her loving mom’s arms after a long, dignified battle with numerous health issues. Flower was born on April 9, 2010, and her Gotcha Day was November 3, 2024. Flower was outside for at least 6 years before she decided to trust a human enough to be trapped and loved. Flower is survived by her mom, Rachel, siblings: Simon Freckles Anderson and Jolene Mamba Anderson.
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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks for the laugh @hadley.nz 😂 tidydesign.substack.com/p/ai-outside...
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
THIS THIS THIS. So many people tell me "I don't know if I really NEED a cane..." and friends, as a Certified Disabled Person (tm), I am begging you, if you think there's ANY way it might help you even a LITTLE, try it! If it helps, keep using it! You don't even have to use it all the time!
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 02/04/2025
One of the coolest ways to learn #RStats by doing is swirl (swirlstats.com). It's a free R package that runs interactive lessons right in your R console, letting you practice as you learn. I loved it when I was starting out! #datascience #rladies
swirlstats.com
swirl: Learn R, in R.
:computer: swirl's official website
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michael 📈 👨‍💻 @mikedecr.computer · 02/08/2026
do I know any data engineers or software devs who work on research tech? There will be some hires on my old team working with our research platform / financial market data pipelines / distributed compute etc. Crazy data and very cool tech where Python meets high-perf C++
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Equally good day to remind people that there is such a thing as dynamic disability. This means that, if you saw someone coping one day or being able to walk a bit, doesn't mean that these abilities will be there in a couple of hours or next day. Many people experience good days and (very) bad days.
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A good day to remind people that there is such thing as invisible disability. You might be looking just fine from the outside, yet you might have a flurry of impairments or vulnerabilities that need support and accommodations. People with invisible disability are less likely to be believed.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
People who decide we aren’t “fun anymore” are missing out on all the joy and friendship we have to offer. They’re also denying the reality of the human condition: Disability happens to almost everyone eventually. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Almost everyone with chronic illness experiences this at some point. Many ableds want us to hide our disabilities. They want us to be the same as we were before because it makes things more comfortable for them. If we show them the depths of our suffering? They can’t cope.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Most of the statistical tests you learned in stats class — t-test, ANOVA, correlation — are actually special cases of a single thing: linear regression. Ch 7 of Experimentology argues that thinking in models, not tests, is more flexible and a better foundation for theory. 🧵 experimentology.io
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Lucie🐈‍⬛Catnip @luciecatnip.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
There are so many creative people on Bluesky. 💙 I scroll along thinking I want to make that, bake that, cook that, paint that, read that, grow that, do that... There just aren't enough hours in the day. But, thank you all for the inspiration and for focusing on beautiful things.
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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You may have heard that allogrooming (grooming another cat) is a sign of friendship between cats. New research suggests it's not that simple! New blog post today summarizing the research: whatyourcatwants.com/are-cats-who-groom-each-other-friends Learn more!! Subscribe and never miss a post!
whatyourcatwants.com
Are cats who groom each other friends? -
Are cats who groom each other friends? Learn more about new research suggesting that cat relationships are more complex than you may think!
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 25/06/2026
We really need to reframe how we talk about cats, especially from a care perspective in the veterinary & rescue world. Behaviors that people tend to label a cat “mean” for displaying come from fear, stress, or instinct. When we have empathy for cats & remove our human feelings, we do better by them.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
People who confidently declare that all cats are "mean" really have no idea that they're telling on themselves for having boundary and consent issues.
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 22/06/2026
Take frequent breaks to stretch and walk away for 30min or more at a time, be mindful of posture, don’t hunch over the table or death grip your tools, keep them as light in the hand as possible. Repetitive strain injury, nerve damage & arthritis will destroy you (things I wish someone had told me).
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A little tardy for Autistic Pride Day but … What is one of your Special Interests? (One of mine is Cats!)
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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Today we celebrate the awarding of the prestigious Rousseeuw prize to the R Core team in recognition of their 30 years of dedicated work on R and in recognition of the massive impact of R on the scientific community rousseeuwprize.org/2026 #RStats
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The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
And the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics 2026 goes to… THE R PROJECT
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freeCodeCamp.org @freecodecamp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If you've ever traveled across multiple time zones, you know the pull of jet lag. For today's coding challenge, you'll calculate how many jet lag hours a traveler experiences based on where they started, which way they traveled, & how long the flight was. Check it out on the freeCodeCamp mobile app.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Here is the original article that led to the crackdown at the ADA confererence. Share it widely. 10/ diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
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Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
wtf but also I can see this being me I'm glad, though, that these more senior researchers in the field spoke out
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Tanya Janca | SheHacksPurple @shehackspurple.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Join myself and Gavin Klondike on July 2nd, 9 am PT, for Chapter 4 of Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding! We will cover: ​• secure design ​• dependency and supply chain security ​• trusted vs untrusted systems ​• secure defaults ​• allowlists vs blocklists twp.ai/4hqij0
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 04/06/2026
Don't introduce streaming until batch genuinely can't solve your problem. The operational complexity is significantly higher. When you do need it: Flink for complex processing, Kafka for the backbone.
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 04/06/2026
Most data problems are batch. But when they're not, you need to know your options. Streaming is not the same as stream processing. They're related but different. www.ssp.sh/brain/strea...
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Stream Processing
Opposite to batch processing, where we process data in events.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Rest is not a treat to give yourself only when you've finished everything else. Rest is a resilience strategy. Intentional rest allows us to return to life and work with more calm, better mental clarity, & higher sustained energy. Rest prevents injuries and cultivates peace. Rest makes life sweeter.
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🇲🇽 Leonardo Collado-Torres @lcolladotor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Si conocen a mexicano/as 🇲🇽 en @jhu.edu (o afiliada/os) y/o profesionistas en Baltimore, avísenme. Organizo un grupo de WA de mexas en Balto que estoy buscando revivir. Voy a aprovechar que estoy organizando una fiesta con mariachis 🎺 🎤 y así intentar fomentar nuestra pequeña comunidad. ¡Gracias!
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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is cool insight into someone's writing process
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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Technical points- If you lose your cat- Lost Cat Detective Kim Freeman is amazing. Her book works and I can’t recommend it enough. Flyers, flyers, flyers. Paper the neighborhood. Do not give up a few days in. If you don’t have proof or good reason to suspect death, keep going. 26/e
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