Reposted by Stefanie Butland rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 01/10/20262/2 10 awesome years of lovingly curated community experiences! Here's to the next 10 years! ⏳ Greetings from Your Community Manager! 📆 Oct 12, 2016 🔗 ropensci.org/blog/2016/10... ⏳ Introducing rOpenSci new Community Manager, Yanina Bellini Saibene 📆 Jun 21, 2022 🔗 ropensci.org/blog/2022/06... 021
Reposted by Stefanie Butland rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 01/10/20261/2 [blog] Throw-back Thursday! 🎉 rOpenSci celebrates a decade of Community Management! 💙 Thank you @stefaniebutland.bsky.social for starting it all in 2016, and thank you @yabellini.bsky.social for joining us in 2022 to take it further. 163
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026✍🏼 blog post: Openscapes Mentor communities are Communities of Practice. openscapes.org/blog/2026-07... 042
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026💻 Our new website is now live! 💻 Over the past few months, we've been working hard to create a hub of resources designed to support the palaeontological community. 🔗 Find out more and visit the new site here: palaeoverse.org 13523
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 11/07/2026If you have time to browse bluesky this weekend, you have time to submit your comment on the proposed OMB rule to politicize science funding agencies. This one is important. Here's my comment if some inspiration will help. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/submit-your-...scienceforeveryone.scienceSubmit your OMB comment this weekend.This one is important. It's due on Monday. 9173128
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Mark O. Martin @markowenmartin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It seems to me that we are always ready to criticize or find fault, but seldom tell others positive things. #TellThem 062
Reposted by Stefanie Butland rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 23/06/2026🌈 rainbowR meet-ups: June 24th & 29th 🌈 - connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ - show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻 - ask questions about R 🙋 ➡️ Registration & timezones via rainbowr.org/meetups 01310
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026📣Call to Action: civic engagement for science infrastructure openscapes.org/blog/2026-06... 041
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Noam Ross @noamross.net · 27/05/2026The National Science Foundation is terminating and suspending grants again, and at Grant Witness we need you to help to track them! 🧪 We can only identify research being suppressed by under-the-radar suspensions directly from researchers. Please report! grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSFgrant-witness.usNew Grant Disruptions at NSF - We Need Your Help to Report! – Grant Witness 5460424
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Arfon Smith @arfon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026After 10 years, I'm stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of @joss-openjournals.bsky.social. A few thoughts on the decade: www.arfon.org/stepping-dow... The EiC call: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/05/call... #opensource #opensciencearfon.orgStepping down as Editor-in-Chief of JOSS | Arfon SmithAfter 10 years, reflecting on launching the Journal of Open Source Software and what comes next. 22712
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Lorena A Barba @labarba.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The Journal of Open Source Software, JOSS, is embarking on the search for its next editor-in-chief. Founder EIC Arfon Smith is stepping down after a whole decade of incredible service. Interested in filling those big shoes? Apply by June 19, 2026: blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/05/call...blog.joss.theoj.orgJOSS is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Open Source Software BlogAfter a decade of building and running JOSS, our founding Editor-in-Chief is stepping down. We're seeking a new EiC to lead editorial direction for the Journ... 0710
Reposted by Stefanie Butland James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 23/03/202629 years of #rstats community knowledge was sitting in hard-to-search pipermail archives. So I built a more modern home for it. Introducing the R Mailing List Archives: 631,000+ messages from 32 lists, fully searchable and available as open data. r-mailing-lists.thecoatlessprofessor.com 1022154
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Openscapes update from @juliesquid.bsky.social, Spring 2026. On being values-driven and strategic in open science work and in business architecture. openscapes.org/blog/2026-03... #HowWeWork #KinderScience #OpenScience 083
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Training opportunity: Reimagining complex data-intensive reports. A 5-day course for @icesmarine.bsky.social. June 22 - 26, 2026. Led by @juliesquid.bsky.social (Openscapes), Eli Holmes (NOAA Fisheries), Gavin Fay (UMass Dartmouth) openscapes.org/events/2026-... #OpenScience #KinderScience 031
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Noam Ross @noamross.net · 06/03/2026Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstatsgrant-witness.usJob Opening: Data Scientist – Grant WitnessGrant Witness seeks a data scientist for a full-time position on our team tracking changes to U.S. federal grantmaking. We are also hiring for part-time/contract positions. Join us! 112590
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026📅 March 19 @juliesquid.bsky.social will reprise her AGU Greg Leptoukh Lecture: Forking as a Worldview: How Openscapes uses the open source concept of copy-modify to support researchers & shift culture in science. Everyone welcome. Details: openscapes.org/events/2026-... #openscience #kinderscience 2104
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026✍🏼📣We're expanding our support of open Earth science with NASA Openscapes Mentors, with additional focus supporting suborbital science teams to develop reproducible workflows. Welcoming Ronny Hernández Mora to the Openscapes team to support this work! nasa-openscapes.github.io/news/2026-03... 072
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Tanya Cashorali @tcash21.bsky.social · 28/02/2026tcbanalytics.com/2026/02/28/r... I built a thing!tcbanalytics.comRebuilding ClinicalTrials.gov with AI: A Natural Language Interface Powered by LLMs - TCB AnalyticsClinicalTrials.gov contains one of the most important public biomedical datasets in the world. And yet… using it well still requires: Knowing the API Understanding filter syntax Manually constructing ... 071
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 19/02/2026@duncanmccue.bsky.social Steve Earle in Canada this summer. www.livenation.ca/all-events/s...livenation.caSteve Earle - 51 Years of Songs & Stories Tickets, Tour and Concert Dates – www.livenation.caFind Steve Earle tickets at www.livenation.ca | Videos, biography, tour dates, performance times. VIP packages available. 010
Reposted by Stefanie Butland David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. They want you to book them a shark research experience that raises money for science outreach! I can help. Let’s chat. 1233052
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Of COURSE it's the people that make it work! 010
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 05/02/2026✍🏼 People, structure, mechanics: How we led the earthaccess Dec 15 Hackday online and in New Orleans earthaccess is a Python library that simplifies access to NASA Earth science data. We designed the event to focus on building the community of contributors & adopters. openscapes.org/blog/2026-02... 071
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D. @mickael.canouil.fr · 29/01/2026What Quarto extension would make your workflow easier? There are already almost 300 extensions browsable at m.canouil.dev/quarto-exten... and installable via Quarto Wizard at m.canouil.dev/quarto-wizard/. Drop your ideas below. If there's enough interest, I might just build it. #Quarto #OpenSource 22710
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 28/01/2026✍🏼 Openscapes Newsletter, Winter 2026 openscapes.org/blog/2026-01... 1/n 174
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 22/01/2026✍🏼 Make your own software cheatsheet. NOAA Fisheries staff document how they figured it out and the resources they used! by Sophie Breitbard, Sam Schiano, Kelli Johnson, Kathryn Doering. Published at: nmfs-ost.github.io/noaa-fit-res... openscapes.org/blog/2026-01... 091
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Just like the great old #rstats Twitter days. People figure things out, write about it from that beginner mindset, and orgs with the capacity amplify these great messages. 0151
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful! 6316198
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Ella Kaye @ellakaye.co.uk · 12/12/2025🎉 Big news for the future of #RStats. The project "Enabling the next generation of R contributors" has received £500k over 2 years. - mentoring expert contributors - modernising infrastructure - improving governance - strengthen communication and outreach www.software.ac.uk/rsmf-round-1...software.ac.ukRSMF Round 1 Projects | Software Sustainability InstituteRound 1 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund awarded just under £3 million to 13 projects selected for their potential to deliver high impact, value for money, feasibility, and quality. The funde... 17014
Reposted by Stefanie Butland BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 16/12/2025A much needed reminder in these times. 🧡 18323
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 11/12/2025New post on the @ropensci.org blog: How to Assess Usage of your #RStats Package 📂 Downloads 🌳 Reverse dependencies 🔍 Code mentions 🎓 Citations ⭐ Popularity measures: likes 🤝 Contributions to the repository 🙋 Use case reports 🕵️ Telemetry ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...ropensci.orgHow to Assess Usage of your PackageWays to evaluate use of your package, and their downsides. 1468
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Pretty cool halo around the Moon in Virginia just now. Ice crystals high up in the atmosphere bend the light to form the ring and can also break it up into colors like a rainbow, though the colors are usually faint. That's a hens and chicks plant lit by the Moon in the foreground, BTW. 933731
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025✍🏼Summary post on NASA Openscapes Champions 2025 - A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess. Links to recording, slides, notes doc nasa-openscapes.github.io/news/2025-11...nasa-openscapes.github.ioThoughts from NASA Champions 2025 - A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess – NASA-Openscapes 043
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Climate-Smart Data Collaboration Centre (CS-DCC) @cs-dcc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025La date limite pour soumettre une demande de bourse de formation HCB sera le 1er décembre 2025! Les candidats retenus recevront jusqu’à 2 500$ CA pour participer à un atelier, un tutorat ou une autre formation en 2026. Pour en savoir plus et postuler: bioinformatics.ca/hub/training... 011
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Climate-Smart Data Collaboration Centre (CS-DCC) @cs-dcc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Training Award application deadline is coming up soon on Dec 1, 2025! Successful applicants will receive up to $2,500 CAD to attend a workshop, tutoral, or other training event in 2026. Learn more and apply: bioinformatics.ca/hub/training... 125
Reposted by Stefanie Butland rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 10/11/2025rainbowR event: Trans Lived Experiences in Data 🏳️⚧️ We are partnering with the @rssdiversity.bsky.social Celebrating Diversity SIG to host an online event next week. More info below! 📅 19th Nov 17:30–18:30 (GMT) 👉 bit.ly/rsscdnov 31510
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 09/11/2025This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓 The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺 The facts are so good 🥺 Eels are so cool 🥺 Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net 23273208
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Eel Facts Advent Calendar. Not just for advent! Got for my 81yr old Mum & 19yr old daughter. Mum txts each daily fact to family group chat and they are awesome!! 1254
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Advent is a mere 3 weeks away! Consider this. Who in your life... needs to know more about eels? feels joy in learning? likes the ocean? needs a little treat? You should send them an Eel Facts Advent Calendar! Sales support @skypeascientist.bsky.social and it's just plain fun! EelFacts.net 411743
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Awe man. Two [murmur] signs aka [murmure] still up. I put these signs up Oct 2003. Such respect here - poles painted but signs intact. (murmur was our location-based mobile phone oral history project. Recorded stories about places & people could call & listen while there. Pre smartphone!). 3883
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Registration open (free!) for "A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess". Expand your knowledge and use of NASA Earthdata, building on momentum behind the earthaccess python library and workflows in the Cloud. November 13 & 14, 10am - 1pm PT. Details: nasa-openscapes.github.io/champions#ch... 01711
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025📣 Come work @openscapes.bsky.social ! We're looking for a NASA Openscapes Team Member to improve access & use of NASA suborbital data thru reproducible notebook clinics. Apply by October 26, 2025. Start December 2025. Details including pay rate: openscapes.org/connect#work... Please share!openscapes.orgconnect – Openscapes 1915
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Come work with me and the best team!! We work openly, together, with kindness. We care about onboarding, and have the best team culture I've ever experienced. 0105
Reposted by Stefanie Butland rOpenSci @handle.invalid · 22/09/2025📣 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: ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse #RStatsropensci.orgR-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages · Community CallCommunity Call about R-multiverse 11714
Reposted by Stefanie Butland rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 22/09/2025📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...docs.google.comInterested in a rainbowR Conference?rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca... 03019
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Nick Tierney @njtierney.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Come along to OceaniaR in Canberra! Why? Because we'll talk about fun things you can do with #rstats all day, and work on fun projects. It's an inclusive space, with a great mix of those newer to R, as well as experienced users, too! Some examples from last year: 174
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/08/2025There are 20 crab facts advent calendars left from @franzanth.bsky.social’s 2023 run. Idk if I’ll restock these (I’m low on stickering time this year bc I’m running so many events). So! If you are planning to get multiple types of advent calendars, clock’s ticking on crabs. SquidFacts.Net 04917
Stefanie Butland @stefaniebutland.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Coolest thing. @bffo.bsky.social, Ryan Brinkman & I started this cross-YVR bioinformatics seminar & networking series when you were lucky to see a sequence alignment in someone's talk. Ppl found collaborators, jobs, grad school supervisors, made friends, learned stuff. Still going after 23 years. 161
Reposted by Stefanie Butland Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 19/08/2025✍🏼 Building a Culture of Reproducible Science: Reflections from the 2025 NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Summer Workshop. 🐾 Puppies + GitHub governance + examples of work from NOAA Fisheries Openscapes Mentors in "co-creation" sessions. nmfs-openscapes.github.io/blog/2025-08... 061