Happy 75th Birthday to Bill Murray - who is back in in Ireland at the moment. This is the trailer for "The Bill Murray Stories - Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man" - interesting documentary that starts with Murray, but goes on its very interesting direction www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn2z...

Feeling oddly disappointed that I didnt get to meet any of Duke University's parapsychologists at UseR! 2025 youtu.be/tTf25FJdGYI?...

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day to all those who celebrate

Time to bring back "International Talk Like A Pirate Day" as an #Rstats holiday. Ask the big shots at #user2025 to get on this

The online ghouls who are celebrating and/or justifying the shooting of Charlie Kirk have no idea how much damage they are doing…

The most cursed part of Bluesky is the emergence of "reality tunnels." The protocol's design allows for the creation of self-validating information bubbles, which fragments consensus reality.

Another excellent stint by Steven Kell as the PR coordinater for @user-conf.bsky.social #user2025 #rstats

User! Conference 2026 will take place in Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱 Provisional dates: Dates Monday 6th July to Thu 9th July 2026. Hope to see you all there. #rstats #user2025 #warsaw

Time to bring back "International Talk Like A Pirate Day" as an #Rstats holiday. Ask the big shots at #user2025 to get on this

Poster Session at @user-conf.bsky.social #rstats #user2025

3 weeks ago at #USCOTS2025, @hadley.nz told his llm chat "I'm Hadley Wickham" and it said: "Yeah RIGHT. Even if you WERE the creator of the tidyverse...." etc Today at #useR2025, it said: "Hello your lordship, thank you for gracing us with your presence." Do I sense some model retraining? 🤔 😆

Hadley Wickham's Keynote at @user-conf.bsky.social #user2025 #rstats

If you are here hmu, and come to my talk tomorrow that’s all about real-time economic analysis with R. #useR2025

🎤 Hadley Wickham's Keynote "I wrote this talk with an LLM" taking place later today at useR! 2025. Streaming live on YouTube at 5:00 PM EST / 22:00 UTC. Don't miss this highlight of the R community calendar! 📌 Watch the livestream here: lnkd.in/gSjGsFFP #rstats #user2025 #LLMs

Position Tutorial with Prof. Jenny Bryan at @user-conf.bsky.social #rstats #user2025

Plenty of Lunch options at the Brodhead Centre @user-conf.bsky.social 2 minutes from conference venue #rstats #user2025

Solid Conference Swag Game here #rstats

Look at this beauty @user-conf.bsky.social #rstats

"Evil Julia Marketing Machine" was an actual thing on Hackernews

#useR2025 start with workshops Enjoying @pipinghotdata.com workshop on debugging #RStats

Some @user-conf.bsky.social events taking place in Gross Hall (aka Duke Energy Hub) about 15 minutes walk from Penn Pavillion #rstats

Tutorial Day at @user-conf.bsky.social #rstats

Bryan Centre - a student resource centre - is also adjacent to Penn Pavilion (Conference venue). Loads of seating inside. Coffee and Snack shop too

Wandering around Duke University to check the place out in advance of @user-conf.bsky.social - starting tomorrow #rstats

Repost for #PyData Berlin - The Diversity Committee of PyData Berlin 2025 is happy to announce that applications for Financial Aid are now open! 💜 Apply now, spread the word, and let's make sure great ideas aren't limited by access! 🤗 🔗 Application form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

What is Rene of The Resistance doing in this TV advert? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBuR... #AlloAllo #80sTV

🚨 Final Call! PyData Berlin CFP Closes Soon! 🚨 Only one week left to submit your proposal for PyData Berlin 2025! 📅 Conference Dates: Mon 1st– Wed 3rd September 2025 📅 Deadline: Sunday 4th May 2025 🔗 Submit now: pydata.org/berlin2025 #PyDataBerlin25 #PyData #NumFOCUS

What we need are contingencies What I do is "Contigencies"

🚀 Exciting news! PyData London is back next June! Join us for a weekend packed with thought-provoking talks and hands-on workshops 📅 Conference Dates: 🔹 Tutorials Day: Friday, 6th June 🔹 Talks: Saturday, 7th – Sunday, 8th June #DataScience #MachineLearning #PyData #London

REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. user2025.r-project.org/register #useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data

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Vital #Rstats content here!

The League of Ireland Table after 12 Games 1 point separates the top 5 teams. 4 points separates 1st and 7th Waterford look like they are coming out of their rough patch finally. Sligo Rovers are currently bottom and are facing problems, but finding the back of the net is not one of them. #LOI

Dirty Bertie - Victoria's immediate successor who reigned as "Edward VII" was some boyo. He partied so ridiculously hard in Paris that England and France just had to sign a peace treaty that ended 600 years of hostility. Serious Partying!!!

Early Bird for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. useR! will be held from August 8th to August 10th at Duke University. Conference page: user2025.r-project.org #rstats

Eye of the Idol There’s nothing like Australian humor, especially when it comes at the expense of a fucking moron like realDonaldTrump! 😂

Please RSVP for the "useR! 2025 Conference - Virtual Event" on LinkedIn. This will really help extend the reach of the conference to the broader community, and potential sponsors. The virtual component takes place on Fri 1st Aug 2025 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/events/user-... #rstats #opensource

Peculiarly little discussion about the Ella Deasy scandal here on Bluesky. This should be a major scandal www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Huge problem in Ireland also - massive mismatch in what the Third level sector is teaching and the Skills actually needed in Industry. fortune.com/2025/03/25/g...

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It was a good thread, the pile-on is bad.

Garron Noone?

I see Waterford Whispers has had to take down their Andrew Tayto t-shirts. The joke was never that funny and it was incredibly unfair on, and potentially damaging long term to, the Tayto brand. A brand manager would have very little choice but to call in the lawyers in such a situation.

As a certain Tik Tok comedian found out yesterday, a brand can be destroyed as much by those that defend you (imagine Tayto as a pride symbol for CMcG heads) as by those that attack. The lad could maybe have survived the woke attack but couldn't survive the McGregor bros defending him . #SpéirGhorm

""On The Acceptance Of R"" By Patrick Burns Published March 2013 www.burns-stat.com/on-the-accep... #rstats

Another Rock Classic for St Patrick's Day "Sally" by Kerbdog www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9x...

Happy St Patrick's Day

Junkster - "The Only One" Quality Tune from the Irish 90s Songbook #stpatricksday #ireland youtu.be/n2QVmAjMSW0?...

Prague Fringe Festival is seeking a team of energetic, organised and creative volunteers to assist in delivering the 24th Prague Fringe Festival. Dates: Monday 26th May to Saturday 31st May Venues: Malo Strana District, Prague www.praguefringe.com/artist-info/... #Prague #Fringe