🚨New preprint!🚨 “Global plate model choice impacts reconstructions of the latitudinal biodiversity gradient” out now bioRxiv with Will Gearty, Lucas Buffan, and @bethany_j_allen 🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #palaeobiology #palaeontology

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨 🗓️30th January, 16:00 UTC (11:00 EST) For this month's lecture, we will be joined by Adam T. Kocsis presenting "The 'rgplates' interface to tectonic calculations in R: overview, updates and related projects" Registration: bit.ly/palaeoverse-le…

Don't miss out this Thursday! Catch Adam T. Kocsis's talk at 16:00 UTC. Details and registration link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I mean, it’s one airplane ride, Michael. What could it cost? Two dollars?

Yesterday, we formally decided to action our permanent switch to Bluesky. We will not be deleting this account but it will now be archived and no longer active. For all things Palaeoverse, you can now find us at bsky.app/profile/palaeo…

A huge loss in the field of paleontology and macroevolutionary theory. It was an honor to take some of the final classes that Elisabeth Vrba taught at Yale before retiring. I'll never forget some of the inspiring and insightful conversations we had.

Don't miss a great opportunity—register for the Lecture Series organized by The Palaeoverse Community Registration link ⬇️ bit.ly/palaeoverse-le… #lecture #palaeontology #modelling

📢 deeptime 📦 v. 2.2.0 is now on #CRAN: - geom_text_phylo() for adding labels to radial trees 🏷️ - timescales updated to ICS 2024/12 🗓️ - support for ggplot2 4.0.0 📈 Patch notes 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/news/ Docs 👉 williamgearty.com/deeptime/ #rstats #dataviz #geology #deeptime

Today proves that Republicans were serious about one promise: to cut taxes for the wealthy. All the rest was bullshit.

Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July! 249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.

This Fourth of July, we remember that the United States of America has no kings. Wishing you a safe and happy Independence Day.

Charting the course to a strong and sustainable future. Exciting conversations are underway. As part of the #BHLTransition from Smithsonian hosting, we’re seeking ambitious ideas for BHL’s future. Learn more ➡️ blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/07/transi… #ILoveBHL

📢 rredlist 📦 1.1.0 is now on #CRAN!!! - wrapper to download multiple assessments ⬇️ - wrapper to extract assessment data from lists of assessments 🐍 - filter latest assessment to a particular scope 🌏 Docs 👉 docs.ropensci.org/rredlist/index… #rstats #iucn #redlist #api

📢 deeptime: an R package that facilitates highly customizable and reproducible visualizations of data over geological time intervals 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/209644… Fully #openaccess in Big Earth Data with insight about deeptime 📦 development and code examples! #rstats #geology

Aug 28, 10 AM PT – Unlocking Collaborative Power with Git, GitHub CI/CD & LLMs in Pharma 💻⚕️ Automated QC, fewer errors, faster workflows 🔗 r-consortium.org/webinars/unloc… #rstats #opensource #clinicaltrials #pharma #DevOps #LLM #GitHub #CI_CD