Toby Hodges

📢 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧! Election Nominees for the 2027 Board of Directors. Check out the latest from The Carpentries. Read more:

RIP Tom Skerritt (1933–2026) www.tumblr.com/humanoidhist...

As I've mentioned, it's been really strange the last years to realize that I might not be able to visit the UK again, perhaps ever. At one point, I loved it so much - London, Cornwall, so many places, ideas, experiences, contexts, mythoi, people and institutions. I was applying for jobs there once.

From @alexbateman1.bsky.social in #OUP 's @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Peer Bork (1963-2026): pioneer of #ComputationalBiology, architect of #Bioinformatics #Resources, and visionary #Microbiome researcher | #OpenScience CC/ @embl.org @ebi.embl.org | 🧬🖥️🧪🔓❤️ ⬇️ academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

The community @ucl-arc.bsky.social worked hard to build a consensus on our policy for AI-assisted RSE @society-rse.org . We’re publishing it to help others learn from our efforts: doi.org/10.5522/04/3... Feedback most welcome.

Today I'm starting as the new Editor-in-Chief of @joss-openjournals.bsky.social. blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/09/dani... I can only do this because of the journal's incredible community and the work we've collectively done over our first 10 years. 🧵

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A commentary on "Training as infrastructure for biological data science in wartime Ukraine" doi.org/10.1038/s415... (Nat. Genet.)

Science Summit is a hybrid event running 14–30 Sep across New York and Nairobi, bringing together voices on regeneration, equity, and global governance under the theme "From Boundaries to Breakthroughs." Read more here: event.sciencesummitnyc.org/list-of-sess...

🎙️ We are Excited to share that our Associate Director of Community, @angeliquetrusler.carpentries.org will be speaking at Science Summit 2026! 📅 Sep 18, 2026 | 10:00–11:45am PST 🌍 Virtual — Youth & Education Track 🔬 Session: Building Global Student Research Capacity Through Open Science Networks

We've been very moved by the tributes paid to Peer at conferences around the world: e.g. at ISME by Jeroen Raes, at ECCB by Christian von Mering, and at the Tara conference by Chris Bowler. Thank you! @isme-microbes.bsky.social @eccb-europe.bsky.social @taraoceans-science.bsky.social @raeslab.org

⬡ Today, we become the Institute for Research Software. For 15 years, we've worked as the Software Sustainability Institute to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised.

💡Interested in #OpenSource and #OpenScience? Join this in-person Library Carpentries workshop on #OpenScienceHardware #OScH led by our Board Member Pen-Yuan Hsing 🗓️24 September 2026 📍Berlin, Germany ✏️More info & registration: events.tu-berlin.de/en/events/01...

I will be so sorry to see @drkariljordan.carpentries.org @erinstellabecker.bsky.social and the other members of the team go. I can't express how grateful I am for everything they have done for the @carpentries.carpentries.org community and for me personally.

I wrote up a short blog post about this year's Ukrainian Biological Data Science Summer School, which took place over two weeks in July: www.huber.embl.de/group/posts/... @mikelove.bsky.social @helucro.bsky.social @ladaisa.bsky.social

The Carpentries Board of Directors have approved the following resolution: Strategic Renewal of The Carpentries Curriculum Portfolio: carpentries.org/blog/2026/08... The resolution is to ensure that The Carpentries' curriculum portfolio meets our strategic aims and current and future learner needs.

I am so grateful for the trust this community has placed in me and for everything I've learned working alongside all of you. I have confidence in the Core Team and Board of Directors who will carry The Carpentries forward, and I wish our community every success as you shape what comes next.

The Carpentries Executive Director @drkariljordan.carpentries.org and Associate Director @erinstellabecker.bsky.social will step down on 1 September 2026. Dr. SherAaron Hurt will serve as Interim Executive Director for a 6-month term from 2 Sept. Full announcement: carpentries.org/blog/2026/08...

Welp looks like it's time to make space on the office wall for another Dinosaur Comics.

Phoebe Bridgers album release day 🎉 "The past is looking brighter all the time"

Interesting article, about a huge threat to one of the greatest sources of joy in my life. www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int... But I also laughed at this example of 'person doesn't understand how probabilities work'

Codon usage bias for prose blog.stephenturner.us/p/codon-usag... Anthropic is now watermarking Claude's output. The mechanism is statistical (not lexical) and a detection hit doesn't mean what I think most people will assume.

🧭 Applications for the 2027 round of the SSI Fellowship Programme are now open! Find out all about it, the dates, and the support available at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel...

#Art #StreetArt #Brazil uses real #Trees

Today's purchases: 1. The Menzingers - Everything I Ever Saw 2. Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend pre-order 3. IDLES - Crawler 4. Din of Celestial Birds - Takeoffs & Landings 5. Nomeansno - The Worldhood of the World (As Such) Should have bought Crawler years ago. Glad I've finally got around to it.

This Friday, August 7, is Bandcamp Friday! From midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’ll waive our revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists and labels. What will you be adding to your collection? https://bit.ly/4wEWMVT

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Can you strain your memory one more time?

Partially dislocated my shoulder near the end of my vacation last week, triggering an impromptu reprioritisation of my work. I don't expect to get a lot done while my right arm is in a sling, but I am enjoying the opportunity to learn my way around the voice control features of my laptop.

🖥️ In response to the growing number of reports about the use of generative AI chatbots by learners at workshops, The Carpentries has launched a bonus module in which instructors will explore what widespread genAI use means for the way they teach. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/genai-w...

This, so much. As long as 'number of papers published' is the single metric by which careers stand and fall, people will game the system. Nobody in power wants to change the system, instead it's piecemeal 'solution' after 'solution' ('AI to find cheaters!') instead of thinking about the incentive.

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It was my turn on the I4R blog this week. It mostly consists of links to things other people have said and it's not very long. That was a deliberate and surprisingly excruciating choice to commit to. www.i4replication.org/blog/the-con...

Thread of several new things from @carpentries.carpentries.org this week, all related to genAI. 1. We have launched a bonus module to Instructor Training, GenAI in Workshops. carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...

📢 In response to growing reports of genAI chatbot use by learners in workshops, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐬, 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, in which Instructors will explore what widespread genAI use means for the way they teach workshops: carpentries.org/blog/2026/06...