ggview is brilliant #rstats #ggplot2

Announcing #RStats package ggcube, now on CRAN -- make 3D #ggplot2 figures using `coord_3d()` matthewkling.github.io/ggcube/

Is there a way to add white around text in #ggplot2 to look like this? #rstats

Here's a fun puzzle: Can anyone guess how this #ggplot2 design hack works to ensure polygons with opacity do not show gridlines within them? #rstats

I'm please to celebrate that legendry 0.3.0 has hit the streets on CRAN 🎉 Legendry is a ggplot2 extension that lets you draw more guides. Read about all the guide goodness in this minor update here: teunbrand.github.io/teunbrand_bl... #rstats #ggplot2

Part 1 of 5: Introducing a complete rethink and rewrite of #ggblanket. The original goal of simplifying no longer made so much sense what with llms. So I refocused it on the design aspect: provide a way to produce consistent publication quality plots with minimal effort. #rstats

What's a safe way to parse a datetime variable? I am reading it in as a character, and then I'm trying this ..

📦 new #rstats package to overlay ggplot2 plots, gt tables, or code snippets onto images, with optional perspective warp and transparency. 🪄powered by magick luisdva.github.io/overlay/

Are namespace collisions really that bad?! People can just use pkg::fun anyway, and this can be helpful for users finding the function that they want #rstats

R 4.6.0 "Because it was There" is set for release on 24 April. @russhyde.bsky.social writes up the more interesting changes — %notin% in base R, neater character column summaries, and more. Full breakdown with code: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n... #rstats #datascience #rprogramming

This is beyond mere-mention-important. I've always hated SQL as bloaty, with shades of COBOL; not how I want to ask for analysis or graphics. But, the idea of reformulating #rstats ggplot graphics for SQL with a VISUALIZE verb is quite heady, worth attention. Kudos @thomasp85 👍

Introducing geobounds dieghernan.github.io/202602_geobo... #r_bloggers #rstats #rspatial #maps #ggplot2 #sf

Guy I’m sponsoring very quietly releases #rstats package I’ve been wanting for the last couple of years. pkg.yihui.org/gglite/doc/g... Guess he shut up and took my money. 🤣🤣🤣

I'm guessing the reason excel does this is that classes are determined at the cell, rather than at the column?? #rstats

Some great #rstats hot takes this week. I'm unapologetically pro-tidyverse so pro-tibble by default

I started making this R package 6 years ago. I finally have it in a state I'm happy with, thanks to Claude Code #Rstats github.com/MattCowgill/...

This is my #rstats method for standardising bar widths across different #ggplot2 plots. Seems to work for when the base of the plot is discrete, and that scale expand is not altered. If you have a go with it, let me know if it works github.com/davidhodge93...

#dplyr 1.3.0 wishes: 1). rename filter to filter_in 2). rename case_when to recode_when #rstats

dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

Well, I didn't finish my big and breaking #ggblanket update before xmas as hoped :/ The project got kind of massive, as v4 of ggplot2, LLMs and new ideas/experience/skills changed how I thought everything should and could work. Merry christmas to all #ggplot2 #rstats

second CRAN package is up! this is a collection of database utilities to help you create databases, schemas and tables in either @motherduck.com or @duckdb.org I have a few improvements and enhancements planned but happy to get this across the finish line. #rstats

wow.. where did lets-plot.org come from? ...undeniably impressive, especially the the geo-support.

capitalizing the R in package names is the WOrST TrEND EVEr cc @mrcaseb.com

ellmer 0.4.0 is out now! New features include Claude caching & file uploads, support for newer OpenAI responses API, web search tools, and better security. Read more at tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... #rstats

#ggblanket users: I'm going to break this package with a major version update at some point. Things have changed, and I've thought of a new way to acheive what I want. So please use renv etc for any projects using ggblanket. It's too messy & time-consuming for me to bother deprecating, sorry #rstats

Is there any r package out there that blends colours together? I.e. like ggblend but with input and output of hex colours. I have something in the works, but first need to confirm I'm not reinventing the wheel #rstats

Can all countries/people please just use a point decimal seperator? #rstats

Take your plots from drab to fab! #ggplot2

I got introduced to @randyau.com's 'Data Cleaning IS Analysis, Not Grunt Work' post during the #dataBS Conf this week: www.counting-stuff.com/data-cleanin... . I just finished--it was a great read. Here are some quotes and thoughts I'm walking away with 👇 1/9 #RStats

Enjoyed Hadley's keynote at Posit 2025. But disagreed with the statement that AI can't do maths. My understanding (& testing) of Claude.ai is that it can. If it identifies it's a maths question, it runs code in the background, and then provides the answer back in natural language #rstats #posit2025

Got a #Shiny app idea but don’t know where to start? 🤔Shiny Assistant can help you get unstuck and start building: shiny.posit.co/blog/posts/s... #RLang #ShinyApps #DataScience

Posit::conf(2026) will be in Houston, Sept. 14-16 - announced now at #Positconf2025 #Positconf2026 #Positconf #RStats

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

Playing around with some new annotate_* helper functions in development #rstats

I'm creating a bunch of flexible themes for a mega update of #ggblanket.. They're all the same, but different defaults for colours to make things easy. I've currently got a grey, beige, light, and dark one. Then I wondered about alternative grey/beige options with white gridlines. Thoughts? #rstats

I really love trailing commas. You often never know how many args you need when you start, and it makes it easier to incrementally add to it. Think all DEVs should support where they can #rstats

I've developed a bunch of useful functions that I have as extras in #ggblanket. They're just #ggplot2 helpers really. I'm not sure if they should ideally be in a separate package? There's not heaps. I'm not sure if a new package might be hard to get on CRAN, and I'm low on energy for that #rstats

New #rstats blog post: Deep Dive into ellmer: Part 1. I explore the source code behind ellmer's starter workflow - creating a new Chat object and calling the $chat() method. www.howardbaik.com/posts/deep-d... Thanks to @hadley.nz , @grrrck.xyz, @atheriel.bsky.social, and others for 🐘 ellmer 🐘 !

#AcademicLife in Ukraine: preparing for lectures at night during a massive missile attack on Kyiv in an overcrowded underground station #EconSky #UkrainianView #RStats

🌲 New R package: forestdata makes it easy to download forestry and land cover data from multiple sources (Copernicus, ESRI, EU-Trees4F, and more). Supports sf, SpatRaster, and tidy outputs. Explore it here: cidree.github.io/forestdata/ #rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover

Introducing my new #rstats package {kitchensink} Not sure what the right model to fit is? Should you allow random intercepts, slopes, both? What do Bayesian methods say? Just call {kitchensink::throw} to fit every possible model and see how your results differ!

I feel like maybe I'm an #rstats anomaly, but I'm finding LLMs particularly Claude.ai an amazing help

For complete themes, there is a #ggplot2 convention to name them with a theme_ prefix. For when you have a bunch of theme args that do something, but it is not a complete theme (nor is it intended to be), is there a naming convention?? #rstats

🦆 My new R package {avilistr} is live on CRAN! 🎉 The first unified global bird taxonomy (11,131 species) is now accessible to #rstats users. I built it this weekend after Cornell Lab's AviList release last week! 🪿 Blog: www.dalyanalytics.com/blog/avilist... 💻 GitHub: github.com/dalyanalytic...