Working in a coffee shop for the first time in 14 months and y'all, it's so *lovely*. 🥲
(ps thanks to for continuing to have an A+ playlist)
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A well-rounded conversationalist & a standup woman. Biostatistician doing data science . Aunt, traveler, knitter, among other things.
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Though once you’ve accepted your fate and rebooked, it’s hard to think of a better backup plan than a hike in TN on a sunny April afternoon.
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Me: “So excited to travel again now that I’m vaccinated!!”
Airline: “Your flight is delayed… and delayed again… oops canceled”
It’s good to be back? 😂
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Fellow lovers of #rstats RMarkdown, I'm curious about how people handle working with sensitive data (ie PHI) from data warehouses. Do you do it locally in RStudio, accepting potential risk of having PHI on hard drives? A paid cloud solution?
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New blog post! If the phrase “list comprehension” makes you feel panic, or even just befuddlement, I’ve written a friendly introduction to list and dict comprehensions that can help. (It’s not just you, the concept is confusing at the beginning!) medium.com/@s.kirmer/list
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#RLadies, less than a week until abstract submissions are due! We'd love to support this community in applying - see thread below 👇 for how we can help. 🤝
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#RLadies, we'd love to support you as we approach the abstract submission deadline! Join us on the community Slack or submit your abstract review request via the link below 🎉
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My knitter heart just grew three sizes.
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talked to the 2nd grade Vermont teacher who made Bernie's mittens and it was one of the nicest interviews i've ever done?
slate.com/human-interest
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Our managing editor, , on dreams, nightmares and what we witnessed in Washington this week.
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I realize I am many months late to this party, but... Fetch the Bolt Cutters. 🤯
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I came home to Nashville this summer- but haven’t seen a show, lingered over dinner inside my favorite spots, sat in friends’ living rooms. Even my walk on that BNA carpet when I landed was eerily quiet. It’s hard to grieve this year while separate. Thanks for this, .
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New from me: Some thoughts on a rough year for Nashville.
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This and no mask mandate. We’re the worst spot in the country for Covid right now by far, our health care system is about to break, people are dying *needlessly*, and is asking “pretty please.”
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The executive order limiting indoor gatherings to 10 people does not apply to weddings, funerals or worship services — or, from what we can tell, private gatherings. twitter.com/SergioMarBel/s…
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I, too, am asking this. 👇
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I am once again asking you to apply to work for @DevotedHealth jobs.lever.co/devoted/78444b
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LOVE Rebecca’s thread here - this would have saved me lots of mental and emotional work a few years ago.
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IS A (BIO)STAT PHD RIGHT FOR ME?
Prospective students ask me this several times a year. It’s a tough one. I am super enthusiastic about stat and data science careers. It’s an interesting job with lots of variety and a strong job market. But a phd isn’t right for everyone. 1/
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Extremely grateful to state & local media pushing for transparency (ps, support & subscribe to your local media!).
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"This is the third time his administration has changed its position on sharing data during the pandemic."
Share. The. Data. People are out here trying to make decisions.
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(It is also very strange to move during a pandemic, particularly from a place where cases have 📉 to one where cases are 📈. Processing those feelings is tough, especially when you want nothing more than to hug your people who are now so close but yet so far. I miss hugs.)
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But I'm so, so happy to jump back into both experiencing this city and working alongside this community. It is good to be home.
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Boston was good for me in a lot of ways; I'm really grateful to have had that experience. I needed a jolt of something new, and, well, the last 1.5 years sure provided :) One day when we hop on planes again I'll be excited to visit the people and places I'll miss there.
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Since it feels strange not to say so: I moved back to Nashville! 🙌 (Yes, still at Devoted!)
I'm thrilled to be back in the city that's home, & closer to so many of my people; I'm in a new-to-me neighborhood & it feels right to have a fresh start too.
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This piece. My word.
I want to quote it but the entire thing is such necessary truth.
nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opi
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I’ve been full-time working for COVID for 14 weeks with states and cities across the U.S. & here are my lessons-learned for us to get ready for the next wave of COVID
medium.com/@dpatil/6-less
Here's a quick thread -- 1/
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Just a reminder that our first webinar in our summer webinar series is happening tomorrow! You can still register for the webinar if you haven't already. Thanks to everyone who has already registered for the webinar!
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Together with we acknowledge racial injustice around the world and stand with #BlackLivesMatter in the #rstats community. Read our joint statement at blog.rladies.org/post/blm/ #rladies 1/n
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White people:
We gotta talk about burn out. You aren’t conditioned to be thinking about race this much because of your privilege. We need you to do all you’re doing today, tomorrow, and until the end of time.
Let’s talk about ways to focus on current & systemic change.
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Breonna Taylor would have turned 27 today.
Her friends and family remember her as a caring person, someone who loved her job in health care, playing cards with her aunts, falling asleep watching movies with friends.
"We was robbed," said one friend.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet talks with about race, violence and sickness in the USA. He also shares his craft. Do not miss the video.
(Photos/video - Darnell Wilburn)
bittersoutherner.com/2020/the-sound
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I've struggled with what to say and share and I settled on this.
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"We so disassociate ourselves from the messages of this president. We hold the teachings of our sacred texts to be so so grounding to our lives and everything we do and it is about love of neighbor and sacrificial love and justice." Bishop Mariann Budde 3/3
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Travis's experience and thread resonate so much with me. Yes to all this. 👇
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After 6 years, I have left the tenure track. I’m beyond excited to begin a new #postac role (Director of Health Informatics) next week.
I do have some parting thoughts about the unique situation data scientists face in academia currently. 1/
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Junior Data Scientist: I built a model!
Senior Data Scientist: And I tuned it!
Lead Data Scientist, from a dark corner, obscured by cigarette smoke, leaning forward partially into the light: Too bad it’s built on a stack of lies and broken promises
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Chris gave this academic a chance to upend her career, taught me a ton in the process, and built a team full of empathy, fun and talent that I love working with every day. We will (do!) miss him very much. twitter.com/chrisalbon/sta
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Don’t be a Patient 31. You’re going to get people killed graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-S
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If you, like the NYT now realize what rockstars epidemiologists are, please remember most of what we know about #COVID19 was uncovered by epidemiologists working overtime, mostly unpaid. Consider asking your government to build better outbreak response funding plans.
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Thread + story both worth your time.
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In today's New York Times, I've got a story with @RichardFausset about the aftermath of the tornado and fears of gentrification in North Nashville
nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/
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Thinking of home today and grateful for local reporting to keep us all posted. 💔
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At least two killed after early morning tornado rips through Nashville: Widespread damage downtown and throughout East Nashville, hundreds displaced. nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-t
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Documentation 👏 scales 👏 people 👏
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Hear, hear to all of this from . My life took a turn thanks to - the community I was welcomed into there gave me deep friendships, new skills & confidence to get out of my comfort zone. And the #rstats world as a whole is better for rOpenSci’s existence.
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Important reading in the @rweekly_org highlights this week: ropensci.org/blog/2020/02/2
The @rOpenSci model has contributed much hidden skills and relationship infrastructure that has helped #rstats flourish.
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