Not every open-source project wants more contributors right now, and that's fine. Four shapes maintainers run — walled castle, clique, university, hippie commune — and your `CONTRIBUTING.md` is saying the quiet part out loud. No wrong answer, just an honest one. blog.stdlib.io/do-you-want-...

Do you WANT contributors?

Four ways to run an open-source project—castle, clique, university, commune—and which one you're really running.

blog.stdlib.io

At @okfn.bsky.social we are looking for a short-term R Developer. The work is exciting and important, advancing a humanitarian mission! Apply or share with others!

Senior R Developer – Jobs & Opportunities – Open Knowledge Foundation

okfn.org

Will fill in the blanks later. Multiple members of the press with blood on their faces, shoved, batonned at Los Angeles MDC. LAPD now calling unlawful assembly.

Attempted to vibe code my course's module 2 on fisheries collapse (github.com/espm-157/fis...) in Claude Sonnet 4 via VSCode-copilot: I try not to write any code, but provide feedback and directions as it gets things wrong (or stuck). Struck by just how much this feels like working with students

GitHub - espm-157/fish-python-template

Contribute to espm-157/fish-python-template development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

I like this idea for sharing with others and taking the time to define your LLM usage for yourself. Like a README for what you create. Something like this could work at an organizational level too.

Andrew Heiss@andrew.heiss.phd · last yr.

I recently came across the idea of adding a /ai page to your personal website—similar to /now and /uses—to explain your LLM use (see this for a bunch of different ones slashai.page and this for the overall idea www.bydamo.la/p/ai-manifesto), so I created my own here

Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows. data-for-good-team.org

✴️ REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS! ✴️ @navigation.org is seeking bold projects at the intersection of AI and Open Science. We support innovative applications that make science more transparent, efficient, and trustworthy. Deadline: July 15, 2025. os.nav.fund/ai-for-os/ #openscience #AIforScience

For Open Source Stories I loved talking with @juliasilge.com about her journey in open source, from solving problems she had to now working on large general purpose solutions & her perspective on what it means to build open source and be a human being on the internet. #RStats #Python #OpenSource

Open Source Stories@opensourcestories.org · last yr.

When @juliasilge.com first participated in #OpenSource, she did it to solve a specific problem. She didn't know that she would be joining a community and changing her perspective for years to come. Learn about her journey and hear her words of wisdom.

As access to scientific communications remains crucial, I'm excited to share I've joined openRxiv as Interim Chief Operations Officer to help launch the organization. It's already been amazing working with @richardsever.bsky.social & John Inglis & team & I'm grateful to be part of this next phase. 💚

openRxiv@openrxiv.bsky.social · last yr.

openRxiv has arrived! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openrxiv.org/introducing-... #openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv

If you want to #StandUpForScience2025, and in person isn’t accessible or an option for you, this is another great way to participate.

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · last yr.

Fri, Mar 7 @ 9am PT, I'll be hosting a special live YouTube live session timed to coincide w/ #StandUpForScience2025. I'll reflect on societal importance of weather & climate science, and discuss career strategies for students & fired federal workers. www.youtube.com/live...

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

NumFOCUS is seeking its next Executive Director. To guide this process, the Board of Directors has established an Executive Director Hiring Committee. Learn more about the hiring process & progress at bit.ly/4ij7n1g We also want to hear from you! Learn more and share your input at bit.ly/41wbAZL

Searching for the next Executive Director of NumFOCUS

From the Executive Director Hiring Committee — Julie Hollek (Chair), Sanket Verma, Wolf Vollprecht, Jim Weiss, Michael Zargham

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If you are taking inspiration from movements *please study them.* 20th Century Civil rights organizers were very hard core about security. You should be too. Here's some very basic guidance -- I don't know who made this site, but it checks out -- infosecforactivists.org

Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com

When I was a sysadmin, we would say that anyone who asked for root shouldn’t have it.

And here's a direct cryptpad link to report a dataset that you think may be at risk and need saving. These guys have already saved *a lot* of data. If you want to help out, there some great guidance on the forum. cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

Encrypted Form

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

cryptpad.fr

Ruth Mottram@ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 2y ago

So, if you want something important but slightly complex doing (like, I dunno, saving data you once had publicly available but have now been ordered to delete) @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy has some suggestions. safeguarding-research.discourse.group

I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency

We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io

We’re thrilled to offer Opportunity Scholarships for posit::conf(2025)! These aim to support folks typically underrepresented at similar confs. If you know anyone who'd be a good candidate – perhaps you! – apply by Feb 21: pos.it/opp-scholar-2025 #DataScience #positconf2025 #rstats #pydata

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2025) - Posit

We are excited to announce Posit will provide 40 Opportunity Scholarships so they can attend posit::conf(2025) in Atlanta, Georgia.

pos.it

Tomorrow noon east-coast time, 9am Pacific: we'll be here to talk about beloved community, power, storytelling, and enter this next era of US history together, heads held high, friends held close. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...

Heads up if you're into data and passionate about the science of science! @crossref.bsky.social seeks TWO Data Scientists for this new team. You'll collaborate to glean insights from and detect gaps in scholarly metadata and help build the research nexus. Join us! www.crossref.org/jobs/2025-01...

Data Scientist - Crossref

Are you interested in using data to understand the scholarly landscape better and help the scholarly community? Would you like to help Crossref make better-informed decisions? Join us as a Data Scient...

crossref.org

The tidymodels group has an #rstats summer internship position this year. The focus is on feature selection tools. All of the information is in the blog post below. We look forward to seeing your applications! www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/01...

tidymodels Internship for 2025 - Tidyverse

The tidymodels team is sponsoring a summer internship in 2025.

tidyverse.org

What are some of the examples of mutual aid, solidarity and self-organizing, improvised community support you've seen in the L.A. fires? Thanks!

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

Learning of fast-moving fire near Runyon Canyon in Hollywood Hills from @weatherwest.bsky.social #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

Daniel Swain@weatherwest.bsky.social · 2y ago

I will return to this livestream (same link as below) one last time for today at 5:30pm Pacific Time. The scope of the devastation from these fires truly is stunning, even given recent historical context. #CAwx #CAfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

We have a new role open dedicated to funders. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with research funding experience to make an impact by extending and growing the Crossref Grant Linking System (GLS), which bridges award info with research outcomes. www.crossref.org/jobs/2024-12...

Community Engagement Manager (Funders) - Crossref

Do you want to help improve research communications in all corners of the globe? Come and join the world of nonprofit open infrastructure and be part of improving the creation and sharing of knowledge...

crossref.org

Excited and grateful that R-Universe is R Consortium's newest top-level project! This means sustained support for @rOpenSci.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy's platform for discovery and publishing of #rstats packages. Hats off to @jeroenooms.bsky.social for his leadership! ropensci.org/blog/2024/12...

R-Universe Named R Consortium Top-Level Project

We're excited to announce R-Universe has been named the R-Consortium's newest Top-Level Project.

ropensci.org

Holy 🐮, TIL that Nixtla has R version - nixtlar! nixtla.github.io/nixtlar/inde... #rstats #machinelearning #timeseries

A Software Development Kit for Nixtla's TimeGPT

A Software Development Kit for working with Nixtla's TimeGPT, a foundation model for time series forecasting. API is an acronym for application programming interface; this package allows users to inte...

nixtla.github.io

If you're interested in trying out LLMs in #rstats but don't know where to begin, I've added a few two vignettes to elmer: elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/elm... and elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/pro...