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kylieainslie.bsky.social
Senior Researcher in Infectious Disease Modelling @rivm-nl.bsky.social | Organizer @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social | Crazy dog lady 🐶 🌈 Personal website: https://kylieainslie.github.io/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylieainslie #rstats #rladies
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Long-time admirer, first time #TidyTuesday participant. I love a good time-lapse, so here's a figure of the percent of law enforcement agencies in each U.S. state using the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) over time.

Seeing all those #TidyTuesday posts? Want to know how to join in on all the fun? Watch this great tutorial from @libbyheeren.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol2F...

By far the most valuable article of clothing I didn't know I needed are fleece lined pants! They are clutch for winter dog walks. 🐶 *Leon still doesn't understand why I wear any clothes at all 🤷🏻‍♀️

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

Since it's my week as curator 💜, let's dive into infectious disease modelling! 🦠📈 What do ID modellers do? Use math, data & computer simulations to understand how diseases spread & how we can control them It's a mix of 📊 Epidemiology 💻 Coding (eg #Rstats/ #Python) 🏥 Public Health #IDSky #EpiSky

Years ago, I started organizing each new project as an #Rstats 📦. Some (unexpected) benefits: 1. Consistent project structure 2. Improved coding skills 3. #Reproducibility 4. Shareable Here’s an example: github.com/kylieainslie... What ways have you found to optimize your project #organization?

My team primarily works in #Rstats, but we're extending a model originally written in #Python. Rather than reinvent the wheel, and to leverage the benefits of python in this case, we want to interface with python from R. Luckily, {reticulate} was designed for this! 🚀 rstudio.github.io/reticulate/

🐫 Happy Hump Day! Let’s settle the debate: camelCase or snake_case? 🐍 snake_case – recommended in R/Python (🔗 style.tidyverse.org) 🐪 camelCase – popular in JavaScript, some R base functions I am team 🐍, but curious—what’s your go-to naming style and why? ⬇️ #rstats #python #CodingStyle (1/2)

Just came across this great article co-authored by @yabellini.bsky.social , one of @rladies.org' own. It lays out 10 simple rules for #leadership without formal authority—something I’ve seen in action as an #RLadies organizer. 📖 eoss-om-communitycalls.github.io/2024-08-27-1... Key takeaways. 🧵👇

I enjoyed teaching some nowcasting/forecasting at ESPIDAM last year in Stockholm (and loved the ferries). The other courses all sounded great + amazing org. Great it is coming back this year. Please sign up so I can rant at you about my model world f2f for a change. www.su.se/matematiska-...

Fact: gander gives aquarius♒ Was trippy to see the package among the others shown here. Fun #rstats thread🙂

It’s cold and grey out there if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, so why not start planning your vacations? 🏖️ Get a healthy dose of vitamin R by planning your trip around an #Rstats conference in 2025! Here's list of conferences rworks.dev/posts/r-conf... compiled by @ivelasq3.bsky.social

Happy #Monday! Here’s something fun to get the week off to a good start! 🔮 What R package would you be based on your #zodiac sign? Let me know if these resonate! 👀✨ #rstats #rladies 🧵👇 (1/13)

Let #RoCur week begin! Starting off with a little #introduction. #RLadies

This week’s #RLadies curator is @kylieainslie.bsky.social!

Our organiser @kylieainslie.bsky.social will be curating @weare.rladies.org next week! 💜💜💜 #RLadies

The new face of @posit.co? Currently available for paws-it::conf(2025) 🐾

🔊 I'll be taking over @weare.rladies.org next week (3-8 Feb) as part of their #RotatingCuration program! 😬😬😬 Stay tuned! 💜 #RLadies

Join @statsteph.bsky.social, RJP, & me on Feb 25 11am CT for a session on Analyzing Complex Survey Data in #RStats! Learn how to use srvyr and tidyverse for weighted survey analysis. Thanks to @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social & R-Ladies RTP for hosting! ⚖️ Sign up here: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst...

💻 Want to improve your #Git skills for R projects? I'm leading an online session for @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social on Git remote setups & daily workflows for R users (part of the R-Ladies book club) 📅 Feb 4, 2025 17:00 CET 🔗 Sign up: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst... #RLadies #RStats @rladies.org

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

New @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social webinar event announced on Feb 25th, 2025 at 12:00 ET/18:00 CET! #rstats #rladies Details 👇👇👇

It's my first day back at work after an extended and relaxing holiday. I'm glad to be back, but am a little overwhelmed by all the emails, messages, and notifications awaiting me. 😳

I swear I spend the most time on #AdventofCode just trying to get the input data into a usable form 😅

#AdventOfCode Day 03 ⭐️⭐️ github.com/kylieainslie...

On a whim, I decided to participate in #AdventOfCode for the first time! I just completed Day 1 (using #rstats, of course)! adventofcode.com/2024/day/1 @adventofcode.bsky.social

🦃 Happy #Thanksgiving! 🦃 W/ extra time over the holidays, I nerded out trying to automate a data pipeline using maestro and cron! It took several attempts because I couldn’t find a nice tutorial that summarised the whole process, so I wrote one: kylieainslie.github.io/tutorials/au... #rstats

Stay safe out there! #stormconall #dogsofbluesky

We're rocking and rolling on the floating house as Storm Conall (literally) blows through 🌬️⛵ #stormconall

This is next week! Sign-up here: www.meetup.com/rladies-amst... @rladies.org @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social #rstats #rladies #git

I'm writing up a brief history of the tidyverse? What do you want to know about it? #rstats

My dad signed my dog up for a contest to be the face of a #dog themed 5k race in my hometown (he loves his grandpup). Help a stranger out and Vote for Leon! #dogsofbluesky #petsofbluesky forms.gle/eogBnCy9CNr8...