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Zhian N. Kamvar

@zkamvar@hachyderm.io

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Former bioinformatician, science communicator, plant pathologist, and research software engineer. I code in R mostly.

I live in Beaverton (#PDX), and I will retoot #RStats, #cats, #puns, #fungi, #baking, and #bikes

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Joined August 25, 2023

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https://zkamvar.netlify.app/

GitHub:

https://github.com/zkamvar

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Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Jul 21, 2026

Replying to @millerdl@mathstodon.xyz

@millerdl@mathstodon.xyz and yet phylogenetic trees grow any which way they please

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Jun 13, 2026

Replying to @foone@digipres.club

@foone@digipres.club one of my earliest memories of computer jargon is of my mother complaining with her coworker about having to write a GUI. Of course I was like 7 and thought they were saying "gooey" It was over 20 years later that I learned that particular hell

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · May 07, 2026

Replying to @tang0008@mastodon.social

@tang0008@mastodon.social this reminds me of that one onion article about an Iowa farmer startled to find the country of Japan floating above his farm

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 11, 2026

I missed this lightning talk from last year, and I know not to process untrusted serialized data, but WOW

https://youtu.be/gDBbRZXKx1s

#RStats

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 08, 2026

I donated platelets today. The phlebotomist was named Bee and I thought their name was delightful.

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @zkamvar@hachyderm.io

I just can't get over how perfect that last part is, especially now that we are polluting our digital and physical environment at a faster rate than ever.

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 08, 2026

Replying to @zkamvar@hachyderm.io

"Eliminating herself was a sort of aesthetic project. One can't go on anymore, she said, electronics seems so clean and yet it dirties, dirties tremendously, and it obliges you to leave traces of yourself everywhere as if you were shitting and peeing on yourself continuously: I want to leave nothing, my favorite key is the one that deletes."

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 08, 2026

I finished the Neapolitan Novels yesterday and it's one of those series that just kind of sticks in your mind.

My reactions on finishing the books:

My Brilliant Friend: I had to stare at a wall for a while, angry.
The Story of a New Name: staring at my coffee for a while, incredibly sad.
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: oh no.
The Story of the Lost Child: Lila was right.

#bookstodon

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Apr 06, 2026

RE: @grickle@mstdn.social

Ranma 1/2 (1989)

mstdn.social

Grickle: "Damn it! #grickledoodle #indianajones #cats #raid…" - Mastodon 🐘

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 31, 2026

Salt from where now? 😨

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 23, 2026

Replying to @coatless@mastodon.social

@coatless@mastodon.social this is fantastic! It's great to see that all of the mailing lists, including some of the really obscure ones, are here! Incidentally, the AI ads are _terrifying_

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 22, 2026

Replying to @tang0008@mastodon.social

@tang0008 @futurebird there's also a part before the breakdown where you can see the eyes don't quite match the movement of the head. It feels like a slight misalignment in a screen print, but creepy.

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 19, 2026

Replying to @nervous_jessica@mastodon.social

@nervous_jessica@mastodon.social this is such a cool image! It looks like an album cover from the late 90s

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 19, 2026

People who used to work in software but transitioned to a different career, what are you doing now and how did you get there?

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Mar 02, 2026

Replying to @coolbutuseless@fosstodon.org

@coolbutuseless I have never heard of them before! This is great and their low-freq work sounds interesting

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Feb 10, 2026

Replying to @th@social.v.st

@th@social.v.st @aparrish@friend.camp whoa! Where is that from?

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Dec 02, 2025

Replying to @steffilazerte@fosstodon.org

@steffilazerte@fosstodon.org I think the link might be wrong? That doc is for November 2024

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Nov 20, 2024

The lessons page gives me so much joy. The fact that you can now _filter lessons_ by language, skill, program, and tool is so wonderful: https://carpentries.org/lessons/

@gvwilson@mastodon.social

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Aug 23, 2024

Replying to @mhoye@mastodon.social

@mhoye I love mentioning this to people whenever I get the chance.

Zhian N. Kamvar @zkamvar@hachyderm.io · Jan 05, 2024

Replying to @jimgar@fosstodon.org

@jimgar@fosstodon.org I believe initiatives like @R_Contributors@hachyderm.io and @R_Forwards@hachyderm.io are indeed trying to fix this

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