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@sheilasaia.bsky.social

(she/her) environmental data scientist. passionate about coding and reproducible science. interested in research questions exploring the relationships between humans, climate, and water resources.

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R-Ladies Rotating Curator Sign-Up - R-Ladies Global R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community

πŸ“’ We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should?

πŸ“ Sign up to curate: rladies.org/form/rocur-s...
πŸ“– Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/
πŸ’Œ Nominate someone you admire: rladies.org/form/rocur-n...

21.04.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hydrology Paper of the Day @nitinsingh.bsky.social @sheilasaia.bsky.social @ruchibhattacharya.bsky.social @hooriajami.bsky.social on relating groundwater levels to drought and crop water utilization in the CONUS: crop-specific trends, dominant crops, water availability, and sensitivity analyses.

18.05.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A map of the world, with purple dots showing the coordinates of each R-Ladies Chapter.

A map of the world, with purple dots showing the coordinates of each R-Ladies Chapter.

Today is International Women’s Day! It’s an important day for us (although the R-Ladies mission is not limited to women). πŸ’œWho are we? R-Ladies is a worldwide organization whose mission is to promote gender diversity in the R community.

08.03.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited that the useR! conference is coming to my home town. Deadline has been extended to March 10 end of the day anywhere on Earth. Please consider applying!

09.03.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Submissions – useR! 2025

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025.
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025

useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.

user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats

03.02.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Unfortunately, all Census TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles are down as of this evening.

This means that the tigris #rstats and pygris #Python packages will not work, and geometry support in tidycensus will also fail.

The Census API, for now, is still up.

04.02.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 23

Misinformation about the presidential memo on Lumbee recognition is frustrating but not unexpected given the complexity of the issue. Here is a short FAQ followed by suggested readings to help clear the air.

25.01.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Home Applications open December 2, 2024 - February 2, 2025 Apply Now

Apply for a Postdoc Fellowship at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment! (Due Feb 2, 2025) Details πŸ‘‡πŸ½
sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione...

28.01.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Center for Disease Control Resources β€” Data + Screening Tools

screening-tools.com/cdc

01.02.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you thank you! πŸ™

01.02.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you know if there’s a similar site for the environmental justice index from CDC?

01.02.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I present to you, with no context whatsoever

svi.cdc.gov/data-downloa...

31.01.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!

01.02.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Airtable | Everyone's app platform Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.

πŸ’œ Diversity and inclusion on stage matter.
πŸ’œ Representation in data science matters.
Be part of the movement:
πŸ“ Submit an abstract: https://buff.ly/4jpXe3W
πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Become a reviewer: https://buff.ly/4gQMtWH
#rstats #rladies

22.01.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
useR! 2025

The useR! 2025 site is live! You can check out the key dates to get a head start on writing your submission or travel planning. Who is looking forward to visiting North Carolina? The area should be beautiful in August for sure!

#rstats

user2025.r-project.org

21.01.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ I just wrapped up teaching the Introduction to GIS Programming course this semester at the University of Tennessee! All course materials and lecture recordings (26 hours) are freely available online.

Explore #geospatial 🌍 data visualization and analysis using #opensource Python packages:

07.12.2024 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

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