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On the Origin of Species was published on this day in 1859, forever changing our understanding of nature and our origins. Here are the charming doodles Darwin's kids left all over his manuscript with their tiny opposable thumbs: t.co/BGtxu11Mgz

Reverse GitHub Copilot, it doesn't write any code for you, instead it asks you to explain your code with non-specific questions and through the rubber duck effect this causes you to notice bugs and/or realize yourself how to proceed with coding. On the inside it is literally just Eliza (1964)

πŸŽ‰ Tool for better documentation!! Release of sphinx-gallery, to automatically integrate narrative 🐍 examples in documentations
sphinx-gallery.github.io/stabl

Highlight: a light recommender system to show related examples

An illustration of sphinx-gallery:
scikit-learn.org/dev/auto_exam
(from @sklearn 's gallery). Note the links to function docs.

Sphinx-gallery comes with awesome features such as
β—Όonline execution with binder or jupyterlite
β—Όmini-galleries eg to link an object's docstring to its examples

Job opportunity: Open Climate Campaign Communications Manager.

Are you passionate about open access to research and fighting climate change? The Open Climate Campaign is hiring a Communications Manager to create and execute a communications plan. The Campaign advocates for all research on climate science and biodiversity to be openly available. Application deadline is January 12, 2024.

creativecommons.org/mission/op

I was also able to get a better photograph of my koi fish drawing. Natural light makes all the difference.

Here's the listing for it on etsy: etsy.com/listing/1604274553/ha

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The toast sandwich article was created on English Wikipedia twelve years ago today!

(photo: Qwantz, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Apropos of nothing (and everything):

It is way more fun to lift people up than to tear them down.

After DART Smashed Into Dimorphos, What Happened to the Larger Asteroid Didymos? @asrivkin tells me about new observations using JWST to see how the parent asteroid is doing, post-DART impact. universetoday.com/163895/after

Massachusetts ME/CFS and FM Annual Event

"ME/CFS: Changing the Narrative"

October 28, 1-3 PM Eastern Time (on Zoom)

Guest Speaker: Ed Yong

Fee is $10 for non-members

Full details: massmecfs.org/news-events/866-

@mecfs

#MEcfs #PwME #ChronicIllness #Massachusetts

I'm always struck by how uncanny the images from space missions can look: the precision of the movements and the flatness of some textures
asteroidmission.org/?attachmen

bro levels are 06% and falling

(06%) β– β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘

I signed a thousand books today. Almost all of them were ones I wrote!

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