The 📦 `wrds` dev version displays the official product names for a more human-readable version of the table names. The package now comes with a #rstats #pkgdown site: statzhero.github.io/wrds/news/in... All that's missing is a hex sticker? Send ideas.

🚨 @rmcelreath.bsky.social @statmodeling.bsky.social & @avehtari.bsky.social are coming on the show mid-June to discuss their new book, Bayesian Workflow! ONE listener gets to bring a real Bayesian problem onto the recording and have the three of them work through it live. Here's how to enter 🧵

New version of the #typst template, now with more epigraph. typst.app/universe/pac...

What’s going on in this chart? Accounting and finance sit in a strange upper-right quadrant: jobs are available, but fields are highly exposed to AI. Are firms just slow to adapt, or do entry roles fulfill a different purpose vs. IT? Gift link below: www.economist.com/finance-and-... #AI #jobs

oof what happened to ebay? If you pay $100 for something shipped from New York, the seller might only keep around two thirds, so $66, after sales tax, shipping, and fees. What a haircut, feels like #ebay is cooked

Happy 100, big man

Join us in wishing a massive happy 100th birthday to the man who has inspired millions of people around the world to care about nature and look after our planet - the incredible Sir David Attenborough! 🎉

`wrds` 0.1.1 is out. It has better error messages for Duo 2FA issues, and a new `wrds_update_password()` function. Install from GitHub with `pak::pak("statzhero/wrds")`. Feedback welcome. #rstats github.com/statzhero/wrds

Hell yeah @zotero.org

for the targets #rstats fans: highly recommend some targets-specific keybindings for Positron/VSCode

Here are three agent skills for Typst typesetting. If you haven't tried Typst yet: it's the modern LaTeX replacement that compiles in milliseconds. #typst #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/typst-skill github.com/statzhero/typst-cetz-skill github.com/statzhero/typst-touying-skill

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One takeaway from the paper is that disclosure is necessary but not sufficient: Franchise Disclosure Documents make these restraints visible, but they do not undo switching costs,hold-up, or post-term noncompetes. The FTC's Franchise Rule emphasizes disclosure over substantive regulation.

@paulgp.com where do the 70-90% identification rates from the dashboard website come from? I can't find them in the paper (or I'm reading it wrong). paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

Another day, another R coding skill: targets-r. Covers the amazing `targets` package by Will Landau fosstodon.org/@landau for reproducible analysis pipelines. You can install it in one line. 📦 #rstats #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/targets-r-skill

`tidy-r` SKILL.md got a spring clean! I slimmed down the reference, added `tidyselect` coverage, and fixed a few things. It's one line to install. 📦 #rstats #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/tidy-r-skill

New game: guess the prompt. "Let's delve into the intricate tapestry of nuanced insights, meticulously woven together to robustly underscore the multifaceted landscape of innovation — not merely showcasing transformative synergies, ...

New blog post: The corruption of English. A very short rant, and my entry into the grumpy-old-man genre. uatz.org/blog/2026-04-06-corruption-of-english/

This made me chuckle @posit.co #positron #rstats

Send me your favorite #rstats hex tile. (And also the philosophy around it.)

One more R coding skill for the pile: tidy-r. It includes all the cool new functions of dplyr 1.2! It also hooks into the r-btw MCP server for live docs, or falls back to R help when it's not available. You can install it in one line. 📦 #rstats #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/tidy-r-skill

unlocked new mobile browser tab count

This is live on the official IRS website and hasn't been fixed in a year.

Some juicy prizes for an essay.

Opening for a tenure track position in statistical computing: wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr... As dept chair, R Core member Kurt Hornik invites applications from people who could make substantial contributions to #RStats, including base R. Deadline Mar 18!

Estonians were truly ahead of the #AI curve: "in Estonia [the Kratt, a golemesque creature] is used as a metaphor for AI and its complexities. For instance, algorithmic-liability law is also called the Kratt law." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratt

The #AI benchmark that matters github.com/petergpt/bul...

Vibecoding in #Rstats visualized

New \glitch{} #latex command just dropped to freak out your coauthors. Tells exactly how the paper is going. gist.github.com/statzhero/ea...

Last week we released dplyr 1.2.0, but we left off something VERY important 🙂 `dplyr::if_else()` and `dplyr::case_when()` are now up to 30x faster and use 10x less memory! We dive into how we achieved these numbers in this new #rstats post! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

is github down?

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

It's also titled: "Olympic ski jumpers to be investigated for ‘injecting penises with acid’"

Today, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 with a #Finance plugin. I tested it on capitalizing VW's R&D expenses. In one vague prompt I got a full spreadsheet with amortization schedules and ROIC calculations.

`seed(42)` is the new em dash.

One of the greatest tools for scientific production relaunched: #Zotero 8. www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/

Sure, buddy. #rstats #mcp

📦 I've released an *alpha* version of wrds, an R package that simplifies access to Wharton Research Data Services. 🔗 github.com/statzhero/wrds This is an alpha release. I'd appreciate feedback on the API design, missing features, or bugs. Open an issue on GitHub or comment here. #rstats

I looked at the social science–relevant Claude Code skills in this library. They didn’t convince me, and the sample “papers” on the website were even less compelling. But I’m happy to hear success stories and be proven otherwise. github.com/K-Dense-AI/c...

Tired of littering your R code with `na.rm = TRUE`? I put together 📦 tidyna 📦: it masks common R functions so they handle missing values by default. It also catches base R edge cases, like `sum(c(NA, NA), na.rm = TRUE)` returns 0. Feedback welcome! github.com/statzhero/tidyna #rstats

Fantastic! $650k awarded via the Research Software Maintenance Fund for “Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R”—mentoring new contributors, modernizing R’s dev infrastructure, and strengthening the R Foundation. r-consortium.org/posts/650K-f... #rstats

So confident, so wrong. I'm actually not sure why ChatGPT gets this basic #RStats behavior wrong.

It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 💜✨ Yes, yes, the rumors are true — we are OFFICIALLY launching here on Bluesky! In case you forgot, we’re a place to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores, not billionaires. Thanks for being here 🙌🏽