Really great discussion here about code and reproducibility (& an assumption that one needs to code to be reproducible). Perhaps something we should discuss at the next SORTEE conference?

We're looking for 2 #SoftwareEngineering superstars to join our team! 🌟🌟 If you’re a #FullStackDeveloper excited to work on #OpenSource products, have experience with Java, Python, JS or Groovy, Cloud environments, Linux, git & databases, then apply! spr.ly/6010Oipmj

Ok random question: is there an R package for accessing the Trove API? Surely there must be, right?! #rstats

In the world of #dataviz sometimes art meets science! 🖌👩‍🔬 We plotted parrot data in the ALA to celebrate #WorldParrotDay 🦜 using the dominant plumage shades for each genus 🌈 and created some accidental art in the process! Watch out Monet ‍🎨 @accidental_aRt #rstats #Rtistry

I love this #dataviz for a few different reasons! 1. How interesting the general spatila patterns in plumage trends (South-East redder, North green/yellow, West pinker etc). Is it adaptive? 🤔 Has anyone ever studied this? BirdLife Australia @D0CT0R_Dave Sean Dooley

We've just released the FrogID dataset 4.0. Almost 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 #frog records. That’s more than double all other frog records gathered since FrogID launched in 2017. Created by over 23,000 people recording #frogs across #Australia. 🐸💚 australian.museum/blog/amri-news…

Checking out the other place threads.net/@mjwestgate_

Open-science practices don't (all) require big investments of time and effort. This great post by @daxkellie and @westgatecology introduces small and achievable steps to improve R code reproducibility that can have a big impact ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/improvin…

Remember to get your application in for ESH2023. Details👇! #EvidenceSynthesis #Hackathon #R

Our R package `galah` version 2.0.0 is on our GitHub page now; feel free to give it a spin before it goes to CRAN! Repo: github.com/AtlasOfLivin... Docs: galah.ala.org.au/R/

galah 2.0.0 takes flight on CRAN! 🐦 #Rstats New features: ✅dplyr syntax ✅Transparent query building ✅Faster parsing ✅Use `%in%`, `!`, `is. na()` ✅New advanced vignette series 🔗Changes: spr.ly/6010uAqjw 🔗More info: spr.ly/6012uAqjj @daxkellie @westgatecology

📦 galah 2.0.2 is now on #CRAN! We've made LOTS of 🐞 bug fixes & added experimental features like: ▪️ Download records using a point radius (see 👇) ▪️ Use galah_geolocate() with GBIF + other Atlases ▪️ Improved atlas_species() See updates:🔗 spr.ly/6016bAYl8 #rstats

🔎 Have you checked out ALA's new book Cleaning Biodiversity Data in R? This hand resource will make sure you're using brains 🧠 not prawn 🦐 to get through your data cleaning tasks! 🔗 spr.ly/6015lfpof @daxkellie @[email protected] @ShandiyaB

Amazing to see Prof. Euan Ritchie (@euanritchie.bsky.social) recognised with the 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for promoting understanding of science. So well deserved, what a legend!

Wow now David Keith wins the #EurekaPrize for Botanical Science. A great night for Australian ecological research. “Long live botany, long live ecology!”

Despite providing 5% of GBIF @biodiversity.social/@gbif's global observations, the ALA's research impact is greater than it seems...🧑🏼‍🔬🧫 New UNSW research finds the ALA has supported > 9,000 authors & 2,406 scientific publications (to 2023). 63% are open-access! 🔗📚: spr.ly/6012mCn3e

You asked.... we listened! It's the last day of biodiversity month! To celebrate, we've visualised all the plant observations added to the ALA in 2024. 🌿🪻 Flowering plants have hit everyone else out of the park! 🌸⚾️ #rstats #dataviz