Really into The Summer Hikaru Died right now. Quiet, unsettling, and beautiful all at once. Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhih... #anime

New research shows that cash can cut infant mortality in half Between 2014 and 2017, GiveDirectly sent $1,000 one-time transfers to 10,500 households in rural Kenya. The results showed that cash cut infant mortality by 48% and transformed the lives of mothers. www.givedirectly.org/mortality2025/

AAUP Condemns UO’s Planned Cuts The AAUP has denounced the University of Oregon’s plan to slash programs and lay off faculty, calling it a violation of shared governance. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-pr... #highereducation

No one can be truly free in a society considered by many to be unjust. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns. Our job — the responsibility of all who seek a just society and a decent world — is to move as far as possible away from hateful violence, toward social justice.

𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑 By Markus Gesmann: magesblog.com/post/2015-01... Inpired by the QuantEcon examples: - #pydata: python.quantecon.org/kalman.html - #julialang: julia.quantecon.org/introduction... #rstats #econsky #dataviz

Has anyone used {shinyMobile} to create Shiny apps for mobile? 😃 #RStats #Shiny #RShiny rinterface.github.io/shinyMobile/

The slides and recording for my talk "LLMs in the R space" at the last R-Ladies Gaborone monthly meetup are now linked in the LLMs+guide luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/c... Thanks again to @simisani.bsky.social, @rladies.org and all the attendees :)

Generative AI Can Harm Learning Interesting study: Students using GPT-4 for math homework got way better scores, but performed worse than kids who never used it when the AI was taken away. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #AI #Education #Research

📢 We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should? 📝 Sign up to curate: rladies.org/form/rocur-s... 📖 Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/ 💌 Nominate someone you admire: rladies.org/form/rocur-n...

svglite 2.2.0 is here, bringing significant enhancements to your #RStats graphics! This update focuses on making your SVG visualizations more versatile and professional, especially with improved text rendering and font handling. Read about it here: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/05...

The new Oakley Meta smart glasses are… super ugly, right? I was looking for sunglasses for running and thought these might be a good option—but wow. Hard to get past the design. Anyone else think they look ridiculous? www.meta.com/ai-glasses/o... #running #meta

What happens when NIH is under threat? 📉 Fewer clinical trials. 💔 No new treatments for cancer, rare diseases. And long-term? We surrender our global leadership in biomedical research. NIHers risked everything to speak out, b/c the stakes are life and death. Stand with them here⬇️ zurl.co/OArEE

Loving Murderbot on AppleTV+ tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... #scifi #tv #appletv

🚨 2 DAYS TO GO! 🚨 Cascadia R Conference kicks off this Friday in Portland! Amazing talks, hands-on workshops, and a community that loves R as much as you do. 🗓️ June 20–21 📍 Portland, Oregon 🔗 cascadiarconf.org Who’s ready?! #RStats #DataScience

🚀 Want to automate your R workflows? Join @benmatheson.bsky.social at Cascadia R to explore GitHub Actions + R: ✅ Automating reports & tasks ✅ Web scraping ✅ Secure credential management ✅ Test & deploy actions 📅 June 21 🔗 cascadiarconf.org #RStats #GitHubActions #Automation #DataScience

A visualisation of the wine regions of Spain. #rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale

🌍 Want to make maps in R? Check out Intro to GIS and Mapping in R at Cascadia R Conf! 🗓️ June 20 📍 Portland, OR 👩‍🏫 With @brittanysbarker.bsky.social + Carrie Preston Great for beginners or anyone curious about spatial data + R. 🔗 cascadiarconf.com/workshop/ #RStats #GIS #SpatialData #datascience

NPR just sued Trump over his unconstitutional executive order gutting federal funding for public media. Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.

I registered for Intro to Positron!

As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests politicalwire.com/2025/05/25/a...

Hot off the presses! 🔥 Check out these brand new Cascadia R Conf hex stickers, only available at the conference! Join us in Portland, June 20-21 for the ultimate R event in the PNW. Don’t miss your chance—register now: cascadiarconf.com #RStats #HexStickerHunt #Portland #DataScience #Cascadia

If you are a looking for Pocket alternatives then I recommend checking out GoodLinks goodlinks.app great read it later app. #pocket #readitlater #macOS

The 80/20 Guide to R You Wish You Read Years Ago open.substack.com/pub/borkar/p... #RStats #DataScience

🚀 Want to use LLMs in R? Join Yan Liu at Cascadia R Conf to explore {ellmer}—a powerful package for: Image-to-text, Text classification, Summarization, and more! Plus tips on prompt design, ethics, and local vs. cloud models. 📅 June 21, 2025 🔗 cascadiarconf.org #rstats #LLM #DataScience #AI

Who wants to join me for the Siuslaw Dunes race in March 2026? www.daybreakracing.com/siuslaw-dunes #running #oregon #trail

Hard to see how Trump could be more corrupt www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

Need-based scholarships now open for CascadiaR 2025! 💸 If cost is a barrier to attending (in Portland or remotely), we’ve got you. Scholarships cover the conference ticket for June 21. 🗓️ Apply by May 31 📬 Decisions June 1 🔗 forms.gle/U4DHy3aU2qrq... #RStats #DataScience

Just booked my hotel for the Cascadia R Conf! This is one of my favorite R community events! Great people, creative talks, and a welcoming vibe. 🗓️ June 20–21 📍 Portland, Oregon 🌐 cascadiarconf.org Come hang out if you’re into R, data, or just want to visit Portland! #RStats #DataScience

Poor Trump: you can’t even accept a luxury jet from Qatar without being called corrupt these days | Marina Hyde

You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...

R folks, ready to level up? Join us at #CascadiaR for Intro to Rust for R Devs workshop — a fast-paced, opinionated dive into Rust through the lens of R. 📍 PDX | 🗓️ June 20 & 21 Details: cascadiarconf.org #rstats #rustlang

Heading to Cascadia R Conference this June in Portland! One of my favorite events—great people, great talks, great vibes. Hope to see you there! cascadiarconf.org #RStats #DataScience

The Future of Oregon State University's Open Source Lab (OSL) is in Jeopardy – Your Support is Needed osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...

Eugene marathon today! #running

This week’s #RLadies curator is @lydz-gibby.bsky.social.

🚀 RStudio fans: meet Positron Come learn Positron — the new IDE from @posit.co — at Cascadia R Conf! Hands-on, beginner-friendly, and packed with tips to level up your R workflow. Led by: Charlotte Wickham @cwick.co.nz cascadiarconf.com #RStats #Positron #CascadiaRConf #datasci

Bribery, Rebranded politicalwire.com/2025/04/24/b...

Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office. Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.

The Trump admin says it’s “protecting America’s children.” Meanwhile, they’re defunding child care, cutting Head Start, gutting child abuse investigations, and hollowing out support for foster care, tribal youth programs, and school meals. www.propublica.org/article/how-...

🚨 Registration is OPEN for Cascadia R Conf 2025! Join us June 20–21 in Portland for workshops, talks, and our keynote from David Keyes: “25 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with R” 🧠✨ Full agenda + tickets: cascadiarconf.com #rstats #datascience

On June 13, we will have a workshop on Using LLMs by @hadley.nz More info: bit.ly/4jmEAJW Please share! #RStats #EconSky #AcademicSky

It’s unclear exactly how many citizens have faced the Trump administration’s dragnet so far. The government does not release such figures. Neither Border Patrol nor ICE would tell ProPublica how many Americans have been mistakenly detained.

Watched the Wedding Banquet remake over the weekend and it was very funny and very queer. Worth checking out. Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcnG... #lgbtq #film

Want to learn about Positron the next-generation data science IDE? Check out this workshop at the 2025 Cascadia R conf in Portland, OR! #rstats #datasci cascadiarconf.com/2025/worksho...

This is very sad as the Arduboy is such a fun device www.theverge.com/news/645555/...

📊 Exciting News! The 2025 Cascadia R Conference agenda and workshops are LIVE! Join us June 20-21 in Portland, OR This regional conference brings together #rstats enthusiasts from across the Pacific Northwest Register today: cascadiarconf.com #DataScience #Statistics #OpenSource #Programming

LLMs and World Models - Part 1: How do Large Language Models Make Sense of Their “Worlds”? open.substack.com/pub/aiguide/...

The more I use python, the more I like R 🤷 #rstats