A European capital is on fire because Russia spent the night firing missiles at civilians in their beds. Kyiv is full of smoke. People are buried under rubble. This is terrorism.

Excited to present at EEA Dublin in August - until I found two invited presenters affiliated with Russia's Higher School of Economics. HSE has backed the invasion of Ukraine and fundraised for its military. I feel unsafe sharing a room with people raising money to kill my family. #EconSky

Another very tough night in Kyiv. 17 people dead, almost 100 injured, multiple residential apartment buildings destroyed, countless people losing sleep and experiencing additional trauma. #UkrainianView

That's a co-author grade 🐲 Finds a mistake in preliminary code, corrects your C++ code, submits a Pull Request, becomes a contributor! I think we have a paper! Thanks, Fei Shang! github.com/bsvars/bsvar... #bsvars #rstats #cooperation

I have been tinkering with how to quickly modify a Quarto theme, and I think I have a decently fast solution. Introducing the Quarto Theme Tweaker Run the `Open Theme Tweaker` command in an active qmd file. Modify the settings to your liking. Save the results. github.com/EmilHvitfeld... #quarto

When @thejuicemedia.com published I’m resharing!

🌆 function forecast is used to obtain draws from the predictive density in our R packages 🌇 bsvars bsvarSIGNs bpvars bvars 🌆 🌟 Bayesian forecasting with state-of-the-art models ✨ point/density forecasting ⭐ great plots 💫 blazingly fast computations 💛 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats #forecasting

🌆 functions verify test model and data properties in our R packages 🌇 bsvars bsvarSIGNs bpvars bvars 🌆 🌟 verify homoskedasticity ✨ verify normality ⭐ verify restrictions on autoregressive parameters 💫 using Bayes factors 💛 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats

🌆 verbs are functions in our R packages 🌇 bsvars bsvarSIGNs bpvars bvars 🌆 🌟 specify a model ✨ estimate it ⭐ compute things to interpret 💫 forecast future values ✨ verify hypotheses 💛 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats

I really liked contemporary music of 2010s 💫 Then COVID happened... But I think it's back to great! ✨ Have a look at my fav pieces of 2020s as we're going 🌟 and remember there's the whole album behind a piece 💛 open.spotify.com/playlist/3vs...

⭐ It's official now! ✨ Our latest paper is out in the Journal of Econometrics 💫 doi.org/10.1016/j.je... ⭐ Partial identification of structural vector autoregressions with non-centred stochastic volatility 💛 #econometrics #bsvars #identification #verification #fiscal

🌆 to estimate is to run Bayesian estimation and obtain draws from posterior distribution 🌇 🌐 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats

🌆 use our function compute to process estimation output and obtain posterior draws for quantities of interest 🌆 🌟 impulse responses ✨ forecast variance decomposition 💫 historical decomposition ⭐ structural shocks 💛 fitted values 🌟 conditional sd 💫 regime probabilities 🌐 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats

this needs to be read out, syllable by syllable, to the press gallery. There is no such thing as maternity leave, and paid parental leave is a Commonwealth funded scheme administered by Services Australia. The gallery would rather bowl up soft ball Islamaphobia than simple corrections like this.

Maternity leave must stay! This politician can leave! #auspol

🌇 verify! 🌆 I forgot about verify! ⭐ how could I forget about verify?! 🌟 🤣😂😆 #bsvars #rstats #neverForgetVerify

🌇 bsvars verbs are commands used for your data analysis using our packages 🌆 🌟 specify a model ✨ estimate it 💫 compute quantities of interest ⭐ forecast 🌐 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats #econsky

🌇 in our package use one of the specify functions to create model specification and customise it 🌆 🌇 specify functions do all that: 🌟 specify model's priors ✨ specify identification 💫 create data matrices ⭐ create starting values 🌐 bsvars.org #bsvars #rstats #econsky

BBC article about Brian Ripley of the #RStats Core team given this week's excellent news concerning 2026 Rousseeuw Price for Statistics recognition for him and the core team. www.bbc.com/news/article...

💙 the newest version of our R package bpvars for forecasting with panel vector autoregressions includes a vignette 🖤 the vignette explains the models coded in details 💙 and their implementations in R 🖤 in a range of applications 💙 only good stuff 🌐 doi.org/10.32614/CRA... #bpvars #rstats #econsky

💙 the logo of our R package bpvars presents unemployment rates and their forecasts for Colombia and Poland 🖤 can you tell which one is which? 💙 the whole model is specified for 189 countries 🖤 the fully reproducible workflow for the logo can be found at 🌐 github.com/bsvars/hex/t... #bpvars #rstats

If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.

🖤💙 Our bpvars package includes a range of model specifications! 🖤 they're fantastic for forecasting dynamic panel data 💙 they provide robust basis fitting various data well 🌐 bsvars.org/bpvars/ #bpvars #bsvars #rstats #econsky

💙 bpvars 🖤 is for forecasting time series data for many countries or agents 💙 this R package does that comprehensively to meet your needs 🖤 and it does the thing well! 💙 🌐 bsvars.org/bpvars/ #bpvars #forecasting #rstats #econsky

🖤💙 oh wow! 💙🖤 have a look at all the things you can do 🖤💙 with our bpvars package for R 💙🖤 for forecasting with panel vector autoregressions 🖤💙 🌐 doi.org/10.32614/CRA... #bpvars #forecasting #rstats #econsky

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STARTER PACK: There are so many great urbanists on Bluesky from outside North America, and hopefuly many more will join us! Please follow these folks and organizations, and please share. #UrbanistShoutout go.bsky.app/UG85GL8

💙🖤 version 2.0 of our R package bpvars for forecasting with Bayesian panel vector autoregressions is out on CRAN! And it's great! 🌐 cran.r-project.org/package=bpvars #bpvars #bsvars #rstats #econsky

Aww, this one is so good! 🖤💙

CRAN updates: baggr bpvars cash klassR MethScope MOutliers popdemo punycoder sdbuildR slideimp #rstats

Hey, that's my package! 📦

Hey, that's my paper!

💘 Estimation of state-of-the-art BVARs could not be easier using our new R package bvars 💘 🌐 cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #bvars #bsvars.org #rstats

💘 Interested in estimating Bayesian Vector Autoregressions with Student-t errors and common Stochastic Volatility? Here's the new R package bvars 💘 How good is it?! 💘 🌐 bsvars.org/bvars/ #bvars #bsvars #rstats #econsky

💘 Forecasting with an outstanding model done in seconds? This could not be easier than with our new R package bvars 💘 💘 Just use our forecast function! 🌐 bsvars.org #bvars #rstats #econsky

💘 install.packages("bvars") 💘 #bvars #rstats #econsky

Only good vibes! 🛝 #rstats

This paper is not authored by Organisation and Melbourne, but rather by Miguel and truly yours! 😜

🪐Today was the day! …for the final exam for my subject Quantitative Methods 1 at the @unimelb.edu.au 🚀 The students were so brave but also prepared and focused! All the best, y’all! 🛸

“Spatial econometrics” should be called “surface econometrics” 😜 #econsky

💘 the new R package bvars includes state-of-the-art forecasting models 🚀 🔭 They are most useful for macroeconomic and financial forecasting! 🤖 the range of models is already great! ...and more to come! 🌐 bsvars.org/bvars/ #bvars #bsvars #rstats #macro #fin #forecasting

💘 interested in super precise and reliable forecasts? The new R package bvars is the way to go! 👾 great tools for forecasting! 👽 super fast routines! 👻 models proven best at forecasting 🌐 cloud.r-project.org/package=bvars (where's the astronaut emoji when you need it?) #bvars #rstats #forecasting

💘 The HEX logo for the new R package bvars is fully reproducible using R! Just follow the script at github.com/bsvars/hex/t... Step 1: generate forcasts Step 2: generate 3D plot Step 3: generate hexagonal logo #bvars #bsvars #rstats #hexSticker #3Dplot

✨ I believe we’re all set on the RISE! 📈 My forecasting system predicts this decision with a record-high 88 per cent probability, reflecting market expectations in light of the latest developments. My forecasts are available 🌐 forecasting-cash-rate.github.io #cashrate #forecast #rstats

Hey! That’s my package! 📦 💘

💘 Hey hey! Our new package written by Rui, Andres and Tomasz has just landed on CRAN! 💘 bvars is the R package for Bayesian Forecasting with Large Vector Autoregressions 💘 It's for state-of-the-art Bayesian VARs and it's blazingly fast! 🌐 cran.r-project.org/package=bvars #bvars #bsvars #rstats

💘 bvars: Bayesian Forecasting with Large Vector Autoregressions 🌐 bsvars.org/bvars/ 🌐 cran.r-project.org/package=bvars #bvars #bsvars #rstats #foss

💘 Our new R package bvars is for Bayesian Forecasting with Large Vector Autoregressions 💘 It's blazingly fast and has just landed on CRAN! 🌐 cran.r-project.org/package=bvars #bvars #bsvars #rstats

Thank you, Marjane Satrapi ❤️