I need #rstats meme help. I've just updated my MSc book and all of the chapters start with a (probably outdated) meme except chapter 10 (next steps). Any ideas? psyteachr.github.io/reprores-v5

Shannon's slides are always so unbelievably clear and helpful!!! github.com/shannonpileg... I'm having "Ohhhhh that's what that means" moments every 10 seconds here. #positconf2025

🍝 A package I love, {datapasta}, came up at #CascadiaRconf this weekend, so I wanted to share a little example of it in action. It's an addin (but also a pkg w/ some funcs), so showing is better than sharing code. Thanks for the awesome pkg, @milesmcbain.bsky.social! #rstats #databs

Tinseltown literally in the rain

One form of Music Production is Generative Music, a world where a single piece of MIDI data can form entire compositions with the right parameters. We're with @mikeksmith.bsky.social to explore @eonlake.bsky.social @sunwarper.bsky.social @kh3rtis.bsky.social youtube.com/live/mekwAii...

Big thanks to Mike for the kind word - was a pleasure to work on his beautiful album. Get in touch if you need help getting your music ready for release.

Massive thanks to Alex at @quietdetails.bsky.social for mastering my album. 100% can recommend his work (*and* his label *and* his own artist work as @fieldswefound.bsky.social). Listening party on Bandcamp tomorrow night (Thursday at 7pm UK) mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

Hey gang, please come to the listening party for my album the Thursday night. mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/merch/the-la...

Things I would tell you as a statistician if I weren’t afraid of hurting your feelings: - you can’t answer that question with the available data

Bandcamp Friday again so great time to buy music from any of your favourite artists or labels.

Huge thanks everything - you're an incredible crew of supporters - the artists and I are very grateful! 

quietdetails.bandcamp.com
 #musicsky #bandcampfriday

It’s Bandcamp Friday where artists get 100% of what you spend on the site. It’s a great moment to support independent music makers. Here are some releases I’ve been enjoying over the last month or two. bandcamp.com/mikeksmith/p...

Go buy some music its bandcamp friday

Available NOW: my new album at mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la... and Release 1.00 of the book mikeksmith.github.io/The_Lazy_Pro...

This book has been really helpful as I've been exploring more generative techniques

My album The Lazy Producer comes out this Friday 5th September 2025 on Bandcamp. It has been in the works for over two years and so I’m delighted to finally share it with you all. It’s an album of generative ambient music mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

NEXT WEEK! “Unlocking Collaborative Power with Git, GitHub CI/CD & LLMs in Pharma” — Aug 28 2025, 10am PT / 1pm ET 15+ pharma programmers used Git + GitHub, CI/CD, GitHub Actions and LLM to automate QC, cut errors, speed workflows r-consortium.org/webinars/unl... #Rstats #Pharma #OpenSource

Do you know what *doesn’t* work for production work, but is still used by a remarkable number of R users? Their desktop R installation. “This is how I did it during my PhD…” doesn’t cut it during regulatory inspection folks.

You can see her full hangout episode here if you missed it! youtu.be/1c2k6qQ122Y

Making an appearance on @darktrain.bsky.social tonight… thanks Kate!

Decided on a whim to put the app on sale for the next few days for cheap - $5.99. Great time to grab it if you’ve been waiting!

One of the things I’ve realized in years (somehow, years?) of listening to folks talk about their work, is that the thing people don’t realize is how much time it takes — not just in workflow, but in all the hours (accrued over months, years, decades) that it took to hone & refine those skills. And:

Following the dismissal of Erika McEntarfer as US Commissioner of Labor Statistics, we've released a statement of concern. At a time of global economic uncertainty, we stress the importance of the independence of statistical institutions and the protection of the integrity of official statistics.

My new album The Lazy Producer is now open for pre-order on Bandcamp. mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

What makes an R user group thrive? Julia Silge shares lessons from building a technical and inclusive #rstats community in Salt Lake City — from approachable meetups to deep ecosystem ties. Building data communities! 🔗 r-consortium.org/posts/julia-... #opensource bsky.app/profile/juli...

🚨 New R Consortium webinar: Unlocking Collaborative Power with Git, GitHub CI/CD, and LLMs in Pharma 🗓️ Aug 28, 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET 🔗 r-consortium.org/webinars/unl... Learn how pharma teams use open tools to collaborate.

If you attend *ONE* Data Science Hangout this year, make it this week's hangout with JENNY BRYAN. Trust me ✨ Thursday, July 31st at 9AM PT / 12PM ET - a casual conversation with Jenny powered by YOUR questions. Feel free to lurk or hop in the chat. #rstats #databs pos.it/dsh 👈🏼 👀 (register here!)

Don't go overestimating how much people know in comparison to you. We all know bits & pieces. No one knows it all. You have nuggets of knowledge that other people don't have. If you talk to those other people & share a little of what you know & listen, everyone benefits. You all get nuggets! #databs

The people call and I answer. Here are my thoughts on that developer RCT and the "AI slows down developers" claim. www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...

I’ve been listening to this album a fair amount recently. It’s VERY good. solstrauman.bandcamp.com/album/kvitev...

The Data Science Hangout I was on is available to watch for free. A full hour of Q&A where we explored SO many good and challenging questions about the Psychology of technical teams. It's my joy to work in service of these communities. youtu.be/osHlcc3SqQU?...

R in Pharma 2025 is coming to you globally on Nov 3-7 ! Check out R in Pharma 2024 including for the first time, our friends from the APAC region : www.youtube.com/@RinPharma Register here for the 2025 program : events.zoom.us/ev/AhJgNAEgF...

Hey @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com www.etsy.com/listing/4316...

100% agree on all of these points. So many beginner Shiny developers jump right in and skip this stuff. That may be fine for low-risk apps, but the minute you go beyond that point you need to think of these things, and they are hard to retrofit.

PSI One Day meeting on Change Management in the transition to open-source/R is happening NEXT WEEK. Covering the human aspects of moving to open source tools, business readiness, training, etc. Register and come along… (NB Cambridge *UK*) psi.glueup.com/event/one-da...

I had hoped to get some work done today. Puppy had other plans for me. I think you’ll agree - I’ve got a lot going on at the minute.

We are overjoyed to welcome Will Landau as a keynote speaker for useR! 2025. He is a Senior Research Scientist at Eli Lilly and Company and will present his talk Powerful simulation pipelines with {targets}. user2025.r-project.org/register #RStats #useR2025

The Round 1 grants from the R Consortium Infrastructure Steering Committee have been announced. This is one of my favorite things about this working for this org. #rstats r-consortium.org/posts/r-cons...

Ah. It was a simpler time when people at home with a cassette recorder were the ones responsible for the death of the music industry…

but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine

Meet Ted / Teddy our new pupper.

I had a great time at @EdinbR.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy last night, talking about interactive charts in R 🦖 💬 How to add tooltips and dropdowns 🦒 In R with {ggiraph} 📊 By passing data from R to Observable Slides: nrennie.rbind.io/talks/edinbR... #RStats #DataViz #Observable #QuartoPub

Really beautiful music - recommended. Now is an excellent time to drop a few $ to own it, and while you’re there, why not round up the amount a bit?

Details for the EdinbR May #meetup are now live! Register here: https://www.meetup.com/edinbr/events/307742291. See you next week :-) Featuring @nrennie & Jordan Richards #datascience #statistics #dataviz #rstats #d3

Great news! R/Medicine 2025 is providing a forum for sharing R based tools and approaches used to analyze and gain insights from health data. Join us for the premier R conference for health and medicine. 🔗 Register today: rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #opensource #RMed25

You may be having a bad day. The universe doesn’t care. Also, sorry if you’re having a bad day.

It’s a BELTER…

You wake up the day after the election. The frequentist party swept after the Bayesian incumbents got too aggressive setting informative priors. You sigh and resign yourself to four more years of NHSTs answering questions no one ever asked Not the politics we deserve but the politics we want

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

Quarterly Round Up from the R Consortium - highlighting upcoming events like R/Medicine 2025 and useR! 2025, opportunities to join a working group, and for your organization to become a member: r-consortium.org/posts/quarte... #rstats #opensource

“There are two kinds of people in the world - those who understand that dichotomising a continuum is a bad idea, and everyone else.” Applies to statistical endpoints, but also many other topics. In particular, discussion of trans rights.