Liz Hare, PhD

Coworking and Office Hours next week! Theme: Climate Science in R Tuesday November 3rd 09:00 Australia Western (01:00 UTC) Join @eliocamp and @steffilazerte - General coworking - Explore how R is used to study the climate - Cowork independently on something related to R - Chat and discuss […]

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

Don’t forget: - Early voting lasts from October 24th to November 1st. - Your last chance to vote is on Election Day: Tuesday, November 3rd. - Voting is your fundamental right and no one — especially not the government — should stand in the way of you exercising it.

Third, automating science is not really possible in the way described. In the same way a machine cannot eat food for us because we'd starve: scientific understanding is for us to experience and share with others as a psychological state. It's a process and a cognitive state not an output.

This is so unrealistic in both genetic and financial ways. Behavior genetics is too complex to engineer. there is not enough money in the working dog market for this. And yes, massive cruelty. 

One thing about all these techies fired up to gene-engineer dogs or their own offspring or other living commodities is that none of them know how a genome works

This is quite simply not going to work, and in the process of not working is going to reach absolutely horrific levels of animal cruelty

I am grateful today for this year's new Covid and flu shots. I didn't think we would have easy access to them this year with the destruction of the public health system here in the US. Yay science.

🗣️Japan.R 2026では次の2種類のトークを幅広く募集中です。 🗣️We are widely accepting applications for 2 types of talks below at #JapanR 2026. - トーク（10または20分） Talks (10 or 20 mins) - LT（5分） LT (5 mins) forms.gle/8zhk4TtLd2fQ...

Looking for an artist willing to work with me for seasonal DiS merch line! I believe all artists should be paid but very limited budget because it's just me as a grad student 🙈 Message if interested! 💜

Today marks World Day Against the Death Penalty. The death penalty is cruel, racist, and unpopular in our country. It must be abolished.

A little more about the 2027 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program and who can participate! Whether you’re looking for mentorship or hoping to support disabled people in STEM, there’s a place for you in our community. Applications are open through Dec. 11!

This survey is still open! Help us shape canine cognition research!

Join us at @btscon.bsky.social, where we'll be holding a panel on "Tips for leading the writing of a many-author paper" on October 7 from 14:00-14:55 UTC. Register now (for free or pay-what-you-want) at bigteamscience.github.io 🌟 @excelscior-era.bsky.social

🎨 formatted spreadsheets can now make the round trip in R. {forgts} reads a formatted .xlsx file into a gt table, and the new {gtxlsx} package by J.M. Garbuszus writes it back out with fills, fonts, and colors #rstats post available in English and Spanish luisdva.github.io/rstats/round...

I would love to see a comparative genomic study with dogs. 

This November, you’ll see five questions on your ballot about making government work faster for New Yorkers. Make sure you’re registered to vote by Oct. 24 and learn what’s on the ballot at nyc.gov/fast.

Do you have a #dog? Do you study/work with dogs? Do you just think dogs are awesome?! If you answered "yes" to any of the above, take the #ManyDogs survey and share your thoughts on what's interesting about dogs 🐶 🧪 Thank you for helping shape our future science! ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for Fellows of the Society Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 17st!

Growing up, my dog sang along with music. We were a family of singers, so maybe he thought he was joining the pack howl, but it sure made practice challenging. 🎶 What do YOU want to know about dog behavior? 🐶 Take the ManyDogs survey to guide future studies! 📋 ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🚨Master's project on dog cognition🚨 Are you a Master's student? Into animal behaviour? Do you think dogs are cool? We've got a project for you. Check the flyer below 👇

What do YOU want to know about dog behavior? 🐶 Take our survey, which will help shape the direction of future research. Open to all dog enthusiasts over 19, worldwide! 🐕 Survey: ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGhF6eGPOGJYHSS Please share widely! 🐾 #Dogs #DogScience #CanineScience

ManyDogs wants to know what YOU want to know about dogs! 🤔 Take our quick, 10-minute survey to help guide our future studies. 📝 And please share with dog lovers near and far! 🐩🐕🐕‍🦺 #Dogs #DogResearch #DogScience #CanineResearch #CanineScience

Disabilities are not one size fits all and I think we should have flexible adaptive response that allows people to choose what's best for their use case

Good advice for all US voters!

What do YOU want to know about #Dogs? Tell us through the new @manydogsproject.bsky.social survey 🐶🤓 Your input will help guide our future #BigTeamScience studies: ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Open to all dog enthusiasts 19+ 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology

Yes I miss Science Twitter!

Gaaahh I just LOVE the research I get to do for WCAG 3 as a W3C Invited Expert! The biggest hurdle for me is financial. I’m a self-employed contractor & consultant. Most of my time is finding paid work. All tips, donations, & referrals enable me to have more space for volunteer research. 🩷

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

Black women with disabilities or limitations: What is one thing you wish able-bodied people knew, understood, or cared about regarding disability?

BREAKING: New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion". #standupforscience public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf

White people need to stop telling Black people how we should protest. The NCAAP should, Black athletes should, the NFL players should… We are capable of dealing with ourselves we don’t need an overseer. You need to start telling the white ppl in your orbit and YOURSELF how to protest. Look inwards.

#MaintainerMonth spotlight! Meet Andrea Gómez Vargas Andrea is a sociologist and data analyst focused on population statistics and official data, developing R tools for the public sector. She is part of rOpenSci's Champions Program and maintains {ARcenso}. This […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

blaming bigotry on disabilities is just bigotry with extra steps it's bullshit and I'm sick of it

Too many white ppl conflate who we are with who they *decided* we are. When they engage with Black ppl they're really mostly engaging with the caricatures in their heads.

Stand Up For Science virtually tomorrow! https://www.standupforscience.net/sufs-may-day-2026?utm_source=TAF&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MayDay26

Our last Virtual and Accessible Rally was such a success we thought we would do it again...FOR EARTH DAY!!! Join us April 22nd, 8pm ET. We will have ASL interpretation, Spanish interpretation, captioning, and visual descriptions. We would love to have you.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

The Mamdani administration today announced its own click to cancel rule, to make sure that every subscription transaction in the city is as easy to end as it is to start. The FTC did this in 2023, it was challenged in court & Trump's FTC wouldn't defend it. NYC is doing it themselves.

Fuck that motherfucker

The hypocrisy is astronomical: Trump slashed NASA’s budget by 23% and then took credit when astronauts made history. Artemis II does not belong to politicians dismantling American space science. Join the fight for science: standupforscience.net zurl.co/JHmEp

This approach is not yet available to screen reader users. 

Without alt text, seriously? It's only for sighted people?

Missed the Official No Kings 3 Virtual & Accessible Rally yesterday? No problem! Here's a link to a full recording of the rally on YouTube: youtu.be/1cyGZmdnL6Q?... #NK3AR #NoKings #NoKings3