Brandon P. Labbree

Is OSF down right now, or is it just me?

I have tried to open some OSF links, but I have only been greeted with a white Screen. (I am on an old iPad, so it may just be me)

All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents Overview of programmatic ways to analyze and edit Markdown files: Markdown, R Markdown, Quarto, Hugo files, you name it.

Thrilled to have teamed up with @cderv.bsky.social & Zhian N. Kamvar for this post on @ropensci.org:

✨ All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents ✨

ropensci.org/blog/2025/09...

It's even available in French and Spanish (🙏 @yabellini.bsky.social)

#RStats

I was honored by the @psychscience.bsky.social DEI Committee's invitation to help curate this collection of outstanding articles addressing a range of issues related to anti-Black racism. I also couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful and thorough partner in @johnjost.bsky.social. Please share!

Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.

Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

#SQL #DataScience #DataAnalysis #PhDSky #PsychSciSky

DOGE Minions Created Dangerous Live Copy Of Social Security Data, Whistleblower Claims Elon Musk's acolytes copied a database of Americans' personal information and uploaded it to a vulnerable server, warned SSA's chief data officer.

Whistleblower allegation from Social Security Admin's Chief Data Officer-- DOGE uploaded personal social sec info to insecure cloud server: www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-m... 1/2

They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back. Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.

So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books
www.wsj.com/business/cha...

#Psychjobs
My former institution Colby College is hiring a tenure track in intergroup relations, broadly defined & open to many psych areas (not just social). This is my replacement line. I truly enjoyed my time at Colby and it's a great dept! Happy to answer Qs if I can.
apply.interfolio.com/172552

Mental Health and Trauma in Politics: Causes and Consequences Thu, September 11, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT Democracy in Distress: Psychological Perspectives on Anti-Democratic Sentiment Fri, September 12, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT Understanding and Correcting Misperceptions Sat, September 13, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT Identity Politics: Measurement, Drivers, and Consequences Sun, September 14, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT

Ask re #APSA2025: The political psychology division has a number of panels that need additional discussants. If you're attending APSA and are willing to serve in such roles please get in touch with @carlynwayne.bsky.social and I. See screenshot for panels. Thanks in advance!

How do *you* pronounce \"SQL\"?

1️⃣ "Sequel"
🅱️ The Letters (S.Q.L.)
3️⃣ I avoid speaking it aloud.
4️⃣ I like cheese

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Hello #dataBS! I'm facilitating a new free @dslc.io Advanced #RStats adv-r.hadley.nz cohort soon! It's been 5+ years since I read this excellent book by @hadley.nz, so I'm giving it a re-read. Let's learn to embrace {{ tidy evaluation }}, purrr::reduce() repetition, and count S/R #OOP systems!

Science Counters Educational Inequality Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them.

Psychological research identifies how academic disparities arise and proposes ways to reduce them. @runnerteal.bsky.social 

🚨Call for reading recommendations🚨

I’m developing a course on how social science interventions can(not) help address societal crises (e.g., climate, war, pandemics, inflation, polarization, so-called “migrant crisis” (or how societies deal with it)). Pls share your fav reads (self-rec welcome!!) 🙏

Free course previews:

- Working with Rows: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- Violin Plots: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- Sampling Methods: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...
- PCA in R: statisticsglobe.com/online-cours...

#rstats #statistics #datascience #rstudio #dataviz

Keep a Collection of Sparkly Data Resources Tools to get and maintain a data repository from third-party data providers.

There's a lot of packages out there to download specific datasets, we wrote a framework to spider data on the internet, dry run to return the file list, and download 👇 it or sync 🫱 it to object storage

docs.ropensci.org/bowerbird/

#rstats handles auth, virtual links, thredds, all kinds

Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. | Richardt Hansen Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. Read it here: http...

www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Hi #rstats! Does anyone know of any good free online self-paced comprehensive R video courses for complete beginners? Ideally, with interactive exercises that would be automatically checked, and the ability to gain certificates. Thanks!

For those who do data/statistical analysis (esp. in social/behavioral sciences or data sciences) what do you use to do your analyses in?

1️⃣ MS Excel or similar spreadsheet program
2️⃣️ R/RStudio or Python
3️⃣ STATA/SAS/MPlus/SPSS
4️⃣ Another Method

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Automating Netlify Redirects in Quarto Using Lua – Paul Johnson Save yourself from yourself by generating website redirects using a Lua script.

I figured out how to automate the generation of redirects for a Quarto website.

paulrjohnson.net/blog/2025-06...

For those who use another method, could you let me know what you use? (Just wondering).

For those who do data/statistical analysis (esp. in social/behavioral sciences or data sciences) what do you use to do your analyses in?

1️⃣ MS Excel or similar spreadsheet program
2️⃣️ R/RStudio or Python
3️⃣ STATA/SAS/MPlus/SPSS
4️⃣ Another Method

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Agreed. I have literally been asked to make videos "Like 3Blue1Brown".

‘We are not going anywhere’: Transgender Day of Visibility Rally to be held on National Mall WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Christopher Street Project is inviting everybody to its Transgender Day of Visibility Rally on Monday. The rally will be held at the National Mall between 3rd a…

Massive TDOV rally expected today from 4:00-6:00 at the National Mall between 3rd and 4th streets.

Go there, I know many who will be there. Be with community and show your support for transgender people.

www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-n...

Can Trump run for a third term? The 22nd Amendment flatly prevents it. Trump suggested he has “methods” for seeking a third presidential term. Constitutional law scholars are skeptical.

President Donald Trump has suggested that “methods” exist by which he could attempt to serve a third term in the White House, an act that is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Constitutional law scholars are skeptical.

Bumping this now so it doesn't look like I'm throwing shade next week. If you finish early, it doesn't matter how bad your talk is. Everyone will love you.

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Hello, #psychology friends! Want to make science inclusive? We are hiring a new full-time recruitment coordinator for our Duke Child Studies group! Priority consideration if you apply by 4/18 but we will keep reviewing after that until the position is filled!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29865

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Create a specific feed in your Jekyll blog

https://thierrymoudiki.github.io/blog/2020/02/21/misc/create-feed-jekyll-blog

#Techtonique #DataScience #Python #rstats #MachineLearning

dockitect is possibly the coolest #Rstats package I’ve seen in a long time. We’re definitely going to consider adding it as a critical step in our #rshiny app deployments!

We often use the terms internal and external validity in trials, but are we really clear what those terms mean? 1/9
#MethodologyMonday #114

30Days of Charts starts tomorrow, and I'm excited to join #30DayChartChallenge again!

This year, I’m aiming for 10 charts throughout the month.
To stay efficient, I’ll set a 60-minute timer for each chart—otherwise, I tend to spend way too long fine-tuning the details.