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Cosima
@cosima.bsky.social
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Loves working with data 👩🏼‍💻

#socialscientist turned #datascientist; thinking a lot about bias, building sustainable ML products and diversity in tech

Working on @rladies-bot.bsky.social and @pyladies-bot.bsky.social

https://linktr.ee/cosima_meyer
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Cosima @cosima.bsky.social · Nov 3
I set up a starter pack with #PyLadies on Bluesky - if you're also here and want to be included, let me know! I'm hoping to find more PyLadies over here ✨
bsky.app/starter-pack...

@pyladies-bot.bsky.social
cosima.bsky.social
Artificial intelligence is shaping our world, but how do we ensure it aligns with human and moral values?

Here’s a short review of “Moral AI” which addresses these and other questions: cosimameyer.com/post/moral-a...

#MoralAI #AIethics #Ethics #ResponsibleAI
Photo of the book “Moral AI” by Jana Schaich Borg, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, and Vincent Conitzer. The cover has a red background with white and black text. It features an illustration of a sliding puzzle with a partially completed image of a person’s face, symbolizing the complexity of moral AI. The book is part of the Pelican Books series.
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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posit.co
Discover posit::conf as an Opportunity Scholar! The deadline to apply is this Friday, February 21st.

The program includes travel funds, accommodations, and registration. We shared reflections from a few of last year's Scholars: posit.co/blog/discove...

Apply today!

#PositConf2025 #RStats #Python
posit conf 2025. A happy group of last year's opp scholars.
February 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
cosima.bsky.social
When I started creating portraits of women in tech last year, I had no idea how quickly it would grow into the "Amazing Women in Tech" series ✨

I set up a gallery where you can flip through the portraits:

🌟 Amazing Women in Tech Gallery: gallery.cosimameyer.com

#womenintech #amazingwomenintech
Screenshot of the Illustrations Gallery website showing a preview on “Amazing Women in Tech”. It shows hexagon tiles with small portraits of different amazing women in tech.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
cosima.bsky.social
It is with a full heart that I step down from my role with @rladies-cologne.bsky.social a chapter of @rladies.org that I had the pleasure of founding in 2021 💜
January 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
cosima.bsky.social
I played around with some functionalities of the @rladies-bot.bsky.social and @pyladies-bot.bsky.social to improve the blog post promotion. Using Gemini, I had a setup up and running in ~30 minutes.

If you want to try it out yourself, here's my step-by-step guide: bit.ly/embed-gemini

#python
Image showing the architecture of the bot. The bot's backend resides in a GitHub repository. GitHub Actions serves as a CRON trigger, running on a regular schedule. The CRON trigger activates a Python script named "promote_blog_posts.py". The script gathers RSS feed content from an RSS metadata pickle file containing basic information. Using the RSS feed text, the script interacts with Google AI Studio, where the Gemini API is connected. The script instructs the API to summarize the text and returns the summary. The script combines the title, author, hashtags, link, and summary to create a social media post. The post is then automatically published on Bluesky and Mastodon.
December 3, 2024 at 7:43 PM
cosima.bsky.social
I may be biased, but if you're looking for an opportunity to get involved in the #rladies community (and live in or near one of the best cities in the world), this is for you!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out or contact the chapter directly 😊

@rladies.org @rladies-bot.bsky.social
rladies-cologne.bsky.social R-Ladies Cologne @rladies-cologne.bsky.social · Nov 26
We’re looking for a Co-Organizer at R-Ladies Cologne! 🫶

Are you in the Cologne area and passionate about supporting our vibrant #rladies chapter? We’d love to have you on board! 💜

@rladies-bot.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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hugovk.dev
Here's some starter packs

Python community:
bsky.app/profile/sava...

PyLadies:
bsky.app/profile/cosi...

Python core team:
bsky.app/profile/hugo...
savannah.dev Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · Nov 2
go.bsky.app/LAkKWpR

If you’re a Python person, wave frantically so I can add you to my Python starter pack!
November 23, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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mariatta.ca
🏆 Nominate a PyLady for the Outstanding PyLady Award!

The perks:
- free registration to PyCon US (and travel grants), or
- $1000 USD cash award

Nomination accepted year-round, but the cutoff for recognition at PyCon US 2025 is Dec 31st.

How to nominate?

pyladies.com/blog/Nominat...

#PyLadies
Nominate a PyLady for the Outstanding PyLadies Award! – PyLadies
pyladies.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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michw.com
Another great starter pack - PyLadies on Bluesky 🙌
cosima.bsky.social Cosima @cosima.bsky.social · Nov 3
I set up a starter pack with #PyLadies on Bluesky - if you're also here and want to be included, let me know! I'm hoping to find more PyLadies over here ✨
bsky.app/starter-pack...

@pyladies-bot.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 3:29 AM
cosima.bsky.social
Because it never gets old... integrated gradients are a great (and accessible) way to start making your LLMs explainable 📖

Here's a blog post that I co-authored with @ankuepfer.bsky.social on this topic:

bit.ly/bert-xai-post

#pyladies #python #xai
Image showing integrated gradients from tokenization, vector representation, and starting with a baseline arriving step-by-step at an explainable model approach.
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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wondermixtape.bsky.social
For those interested in ethical implications of AI, as well as work on Responsible and Trustworthy AI - here is a starter pack (non-exhaustive) to help find out more or connect with colleagues go.bsky.app/RnucJWZ
November 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM
cosima.bsky.social
To all the #pyladies and #rladies out there - if you have a blog or a YouTube channel and want to be added, feel free to reach out! Your content will then be featured by the @pyladies-bot.bsky.social or @rladies-bot.bsky.social 🙌
cosima.bsky.social Cosima @cosima.bsky.social · Apr 23
The Awesome PyLadies' Blogs Repository is growing 🤩

I spent some evenings during the past weeks finding and reaching out to people (also for the Awesome R-Ladies' Blogs repository). It's so cool to see all the different blogs and feeds! 😍

(screenshot shows README of the repository)
November 21, 2024 at 4:42 AM
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drmowinckels.io
I would love love love to connect to more Research Software Engineers!

This is quite #rstats heavy currently, but is open to all of any level!

go.bsky.app/4kfWypW
November 20, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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kylestratis.com
PySky, what is your favorite automated documentation tool? Investigating to round out the docs of an internal platform I'm working on, and want something a bit more detailed than just a docstring-generated list of methods and inputs.

One thing I'd like is class diagrams of derived classes

#python
November 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
cosima.bsky.social
I'm so happy to see so many familiar and also new friendly faces here, so I thought it was time for a quick #introduction 👋

I have a PhD in #polisci and work as a #datascientist in the industry, where I've seen both the product and the consulting perspective.
November 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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quentin.pradet.me
If anyone has a reason to hype up language interfaces and LLMs, it’s @inesmontani.bsky.social—founder of Explosion, the company behind the Python NLP tools spaCy and Prodigy. But her take? Sometimes, a simple form does the job better. Let’s build more alarm clocks and less automated window knockers!
pyladies-bot.bsky.social PyLadies Bot @pyladies-bot.bsky.social · Nov 13
📝 "The Window-Knocking Machine Test"

👤 Ines Montani

🔗 https://ines.io/blog/window-knocking-machine-test

#pyladies#python
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 AM
cosima.bsky.social
When you listen to a podcast and then they start talking about your blog post - that doesn't happen too often 😄

Thank you, #RealPython, for featuring my blog post on #datascience in #Python and #rstats (and why choosing both is also an option 💜)

realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

#pyladies #rladies
November 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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drmowinckels.io
Did you all follow @cosima.bsky.social's awesome #rladies bot? It occasionally Skeets blogpost by #rladies!

Want to add your blog too? Have a look at our source repo for contributing information
github.com/rladies/awes...
November 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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mariatta.ca
Python Steering Council Nominations are now open (until Nov 21 AoE)

discuss.python.org/t/steering-c...

#Python
Steering Council Nominations Are Now Open (2025 term)
Nominations for the 2024 Steering Council Election (2025 term) are now open. Nominations will close at the end of 2024-11-21 00:00:00 AoE (2024-11-22 07:00:00 EST) For full timeline, see PEP 8106 - ...
discuss.python.org
November 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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rladies-bot.bsky.social
Let's meet @apreshill.com ⭐️

✨ Director of Product at Anaconda
✨ PhD in #Psychology
✨ Avid #OSS contributor (#rstats, #data 🐧)
✨ Promotes gender diversity in #rstats (#rladies 💜)
✨ And more!

🔗 https://www.apreshill.com/

#amazingwomenintech#womenalsoknow#impactthefuture
Image of Alison Presmanes Hill
Image of Alison Hill (a brown-haired person wearing a green sweater). The image has a darker background with Northern lights and a night sky also showing one-liner of lemons (for Hugo Apéro) and penguins (for palmerpenguins).
raw.githubusercontent.com
November 6, 2024 at 7:38 PM
cosima.bsky.social
I spent the last few nights working on getting some #rladies and #pyladies features over here 🎉 The bots are still experimental, but we should have:

⭐️ repost posts that directly tag the bots
⭐️ repost posts that use the #rladies or #pyladies hashtags
⭐️ promote content from #rladies and #pyladies
November 6, 2024 at 7:49 PM
cosima.bsky.social
If anyone from the #pyladies or #rladies community has a blog or YouTube channel, feel free to add them here so that the @pyladies-bot.bsky.social and @rladies-bot.bsky.social can post about your content 🫶
November 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM
cosima.bsky.social
I set up a starter pack with #PyLadies on Bluesky - if you're also here and want to be included, let me know! I'm hoping to find more PyLadies over here ✨
bsky.app/starter-pack...

@pyladies-bot.bsky.social
November 3, 2024 at 12:44 PM
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rladies-bot.bsky.social
Off to exploring the #blueksyverse 💜 still in an experimental stage but very happy to share content tagging the bot as well as content created by #rladies
Image showing a super-R-Lady holding a sign saying “R-Ladies” and a writing saying “hello” with a heart
November 1, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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pyladies-bot.bsky.social
The PyLadies bot is now also on Bluesky! Still exploring functionalities but excited to be contributing to the Python community here 🐍
Image showing the PyLadies bot in space
October 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM