Data Science, Physics PhD

Joined June 2012
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Been getting questions about what *exactly* we mean when we say abortion is still legal in Virginia. Great question -- you deserve to know your rights... 🧡
Abortion is legal in Virginia. Abortion will stay legal in Virginia so long as we remember that abortion rights are always on the ballot in Virginia.
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It feels great when our efforts are rewarded. With a new more extensive rebuttal format this time around, we had a grueling conference season but very happy to share that we have 4 accepted papers at #NeurIPS2021. Congratulations to all my students/collaborators. Details πŸ‘‡ [1/n]
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Some napkin math on Youngkin’s education β€œplan”: There are ~100,000 public school teachers in Virginia. $100M is $1,000 per. That’s not a raise. It’s not even inflation. #FundOurSchools πŸ“š
Republican Youngkin to unveil long list of policy priorities in Virginia governor’s race, including tax cuts and new spending washingtonpost.com/local/vir…
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do you think a doctor would prescribe me some kind of propranolol & muscle relaxant cocktail if i explained what it's like to listen to public comment on the land use map
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Slowly waking up and attending tutorials for #facct2021 this morning. Excited to explore some of the tutorials today!
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Birthday wishes from the Great Serpent of Ronka. My drawing for @SimplyApprox ! You're the best! ☺️πŸ₯³ #FFXIV
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26 Jun 2020
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Virtual #rstats meetup time! Join us on Tuesday, June 16th for a workshop on building dashboards with flexdashboard and Shiny! meetup.com/rladies-charlotte…

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I'm very glad I haven't come across this in any business email. I would be so confused.
My brain will never accept that FU stands for FOLLOW UP
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20 Apr 2020
Them: Can you just quickly pull this data for me? Me: Sure, let me just: SELECT * FROM some_ideal_clean_and_pristine.table_that_you_think_exists
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✨ Poster Giveaway πŸŒ™ To enter: ~ follow me ~ retweet this post ! giving away this 30” x 20” gloss poster !! πŸ’™ free shipping, open worldwide and ends on feb 29th!!
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So glad I got to contribute to this project and am super happy that it has been released!
Excited to announce that {osfr} is now available on CRAN! πŸŽ‰ ICYMI: osfr is an #rstats πŸ“¦ for the Open Science Framework (OSF), an awesome service for βœ… #reproducibleresearch βœ… working with collaborators βœ… archiving data βœ… disseminating #openscience buff.ly/2uHFfmh
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Anyone have a recommendation for a good method or tool for organizing online articles/blog posts?
Excited to be back at my alma mater representing @Merkle for the @williamandmary Career Fair!
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It was great meeting all of the folks interested in @Merkle today! Super excited about all the great analytics and data science students that stopped by!
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Also, it isn't a true trip to @williamandmary without a stop at the Wawa
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🚨 Flash meetup alert! 🚨 We're doing a refresher in rmarkdown and the tidyverse tomorrow at Dell 1 of the @uvadatascience! meetup.com/rladies-charlotte…

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JUST IN: Voter turnout in Charlottesville stands at 3.7% for the primary. Albemarle County is reporting 1.7% turnout. Orange County is averaging 4% turnout. We are live at the polls on @NBC29 at Noon.
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Past me sent future me a gift! Thanks @GreenRoninPub! Looking forward to digging into it.
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