the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAlbanese says OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare and took months to disclose breachPrime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach 000
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialNic Crane @niccrane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ellmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN! #rstats 🎉 New in this release: citations from web search, new ways to upload files, token counting before you send, streaming structured output, and AWS Bedrock Mantle support. Read all about it on the Posit Open Source blog: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-09...opensource.posit.coellmer 0.5.0ellmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN, with new ways to send files to the model, citations from web search tools, and new ways to update model price data. 0267
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialSebastian Raschka (rasbt) @rasbt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A little walkthrough explaining how Claude's new text watermarking works: - How watermarking relates to the regular LLM sampling process - Whether watermarking makes text "worse" - How to remove watermarks - How new text is checked for watermarks magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/claude-wat...magazine.sebastianraschka.comHow Claude Watermarks AI-Generated TextA 48-minute video walkthrough of token sampling, watermark detection, and removal 4203
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Actor Tim Curry has died at 80, TMZ reportstmz.comActor Tim Curry Dead at 80Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned. 38168052614
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialAndrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Bayesian Workflow free pdf! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/b...statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Bayesian Workflow free pdf! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 17429
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialAstronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Voyager 2 launched exactly 49 years ago today 🛰️ It's the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune, and it still communicates from 13 billion miles away 16416
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialNoah Greifer @noahgreifer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'm so happy to announce version 2.0.0 of my #Rstats package WeightIt is out on CRAN! New features: censoring weights, multilevel propensity scores, improved weights for continuous treatments, bias-reduced ordinal and multinomial models, M-estimation in subgroups Check out the website below!ngreifer.github.ioWeighting for Covariate Balance in Observational StudiesGenerates balancing weights for causal effect estimation in observational studies with binary, multi-category, or continuous point or longitudinal treatments by easing and extending the functionality ... 29037
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialpngwn @pngwn.at · 21/07/2026OpenAI hacked us so they could cheat on a quiz openai.com/index/huggin...openai.comOpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluationOpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders. 031
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialELLIS @ellis.eu · 30/06/2026🏹 Job alert: Postdoc on Tabular Foundation Models at Inria 📍 Palaiseau 🇫🇷 ⏰ 20 August 🔗 bit.ly/4eN1j0N 075
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPolars @pola.rs · 26/05/2026We've released Python Polars 1.41. Some of the highlights: • Faster Parquet metadata decoding • Nested common subplan elimination • LazyFrame.gather() Blog post: pola.rs/posts/polars...pola.rsAnnouncing Polars 1.41DataFrames for the new era 061
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialGro-Tsen @gro-tsen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A little-known fact about Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is that his herpetophobia stems from how badly his thesis defense went. 1286
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialTanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · 08/05/2026DATA SCIENTIST JOB ALERT 🚨 My friend is looking for a new data scientist to join her team. Details in link. Must be NY based. If you’re interested or have questions, send me a note! #careers #hiring #data jobs.ashbyhq.com/graphite/08f...jobs.ashbyhq.comData ScientistGraphite builds consumer-quality tools for modern software engineering teams, so they can ship faster and create amazing products. Our product Graphite is modern code review for fast-moving teams - ... 056
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialJumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 05/05/2026Before you run update.packages() — check what changed first. Diffify offers side-by-side diffs for R and Python packages. NEWS, dependencies, functions, arguments. Free, no sign-up. diffify.com #RStats #Python 0236
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDerek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The helium shortage is now unavoidable. Another wonderful follow-on to the Iran War, and if you think helium doesn’t matter much, think again:science.orgHelium and the Strait of Hormuz 314390
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...phys.orgBamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditionsA new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab... 286146754444
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPeter W🤓 @wang.social · 01/05/2026IBM computer manual from 1979: 03011
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialOli Hawkins @olihawkins.com · 26/04/2026This is well worth a read. ky.fyi/posts/ai-bur...ky.fyiDo I belong in tech anymore?On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal. 63313
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialJarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026dplyr::replace_when() and dplyr::recode_values() I am in you! The cognitive load and lines of code saved.... #rstats 2202
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 23/04/2026This headline neatly captures so much about the modern world we live in today...🤦🤷 000
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 20/04/2026"AI amplifies whatever is already there. Good discipline becomes great output. No discipline becomes technical debt at machine speed. Anthropic chose a direction. Go faster. Have Claude check Claude. And when it breaks, go faster still." substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comClaude Code's Source: 3,167-Line Function, Regex SentimentAnthropic claimed 100% of Claude Code is AI-written. A source leak exposed a 3,167-line function, regex sentiment analysis, and 250K wasted API calls daily 12611
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Asimov wrote this 70+ years ago, yet this passage seems more relevant now than ever before. It's a rather succinct description of GenAI and LLM's. 100
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialAstronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026REMINDER 🚨: TOMORROW, APRIL 1, HUMANS WILL RETURN TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS We’re living in history! The entire mission is being streamed live by NASA, don’t miss it. 3379
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialGrant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com · 14/03/2026Happy Pi Day! In a certain sense, π is not a constant, but a variable. Using our usual Euclidean distance, it is 3.14159… but applying other L^p norms on ℝ², half the unit circle's perimeter will give other values. For instance, at p=1 (taxicab geometry), “π” = 2√2. At p ≈ 2.2, it's 3.20. 625728
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialGaël Varoquaux @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social · 05/03/2026 📝 Read the announcement: blog.probabl.ai/skore-is-live 🚀 Try Skore: skore.probabl.ai 👨💻 Explore the code: github.com/probabl-ai/s... 📖Read the docs: docs.skore.probabl.aiblog.probabl.aiSkore Is Live: Track Your Data ScienceSkore by Probabl: The collaboration platform for data scientists. Evaluate models, automate reports, and bridge the gap from notebooks to production. 031
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialTheo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detailbluesky-map.theo.ioBluesky MapInteractive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern. 66572492153
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDavis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...tidyverse.orgdplyr 1.2.0dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re... 12463133
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialThe R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026We are responding to this call for evidence: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors? Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value. Thanks!ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 73537
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialVincent D. Warmerdam @koaning.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I miss the days where you'd see blogposts with clever analyses on datasets, maths and data science tricks. That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe. Please join and share! 0102
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 53281642935
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 26/12/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Wecktheguardian.comOur king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de WeckSince the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute 010
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPosit @posit.co · 05/12/2025📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service. If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!) Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset 1510
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDavis 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 @the8immortals.bsky.socialAnil Dash @anildash.com · 20/10/2025A number of people have told me this piece has been useful for them, maybe it will be for you, too — a simple description of the consensus view on AI amongst actual tech practitioners, presented as a tool for those who need to push back on the distorted narratives that tycoons are feeding media. 36818
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 05/10/2025This is the article - about a possible connection between black holes and dark energy. There now seems to be evidence for this from both DESI and earlier observations I was involved with 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...scientificamerican.comAre Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery 1175
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 05/10/2025🧫 AI discovers new narrow-spectrum antibiotic Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪nature.comDiscovery and artificial intelligence-guided mechanistic elucidation of a narrow-spectrum antibiotic - Nature MicrobiologyEnterololin is a narrow-spectrum antibiotic that selectively kills Enterobacteriaceae in vitro and in a mouse model of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli gut infection. AI-guided mechanism-of-action studies identified LolCDE as its molecular target. 12210
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialThomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 01/10/2025🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in! #rstatstidyverse.orgggplot2 stylingThis post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article. 014241
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPosit @posit.co · 30/09/2025The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉 This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system. Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09... BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders #RStats 29033
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.yahoo.comLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelTrump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet. 19826138919531
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/09/2025so glad we're spending trillions on this technology! 617716
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...defector.comIt Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | DefectorIt’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa... 372443608
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 18/08/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype | EditorialEditorial: The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewards 000
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialThomas Wolf @thomwolf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community. Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...youtu.beYour open-source companion - Reachy MiniYouTube video by Pollen Robotics 28017
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPosit @posit.co · 09/07/2025We are thrilled to announce gt-extras, a collection of helper functions for creating beautiful tables with the great-tables package in #Python! Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables. Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar... 0478
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPosit @posit.co · 24/06/20251 WEEK until "The Test Set" launches! 🎉 Get ready, data science junkies, anomaly hunters, & confidence interval rebels. Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney. First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset #TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast 2246
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialDr Sasha Luccioni @sashamtl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025One of the biggest frustrations I have is the lack of transparency around AI's energy use and environmental impacts. I know the numbers are out there... but somehow we're not seeing them 🫠 Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail ! www.wired.com/story/ai-car...wired.comHow Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t SayingA growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret. 15928
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Lolz. Amusing listening to Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) crowing about his/ their masterful stroke of genius in renaming machine learning to AI...😂 Maybe in the very narrowest of contexts 100
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialPosit @posit.co · 30/05/2025Say hello to kuzco, an LLM-powered computer vision assistant package in #RStats! @frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow. Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c... 36514
the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Finally got my copy of The AI Con, and am looking forward to jumping in! :) 050
Reposted by @the8immortals.bsky.socialWillem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 25/05/2025'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears' www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comScientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fearsSome meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns. 28459177