I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats

I don't know how I missed this, but the blog post on ggplot2 extensions was an R Weekly highlight last week! Thank you so much to R Weekly and the curators! 💜 Here is the post if you would like to see it: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...

Woo, the post is on Data Elixir! It's a really great data science newsletter if you are looking for one! dataelixir.com

I had a great time presenting at the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" and #RStats! Recording is available on the MAPOR website, and here are the slides if you are interested! 🧡💗 📝 Slides: ivelasq-automating-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud#/title-slide

Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp.... genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

🚀 New blog post: "Lua Best Practices for Quarto Extensions" Transform your working code into maintainable, robust extensions with proven patterns: - Modular architecture - Parameter scoping Level up your Quarto game! mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1... #Quarto #QuartoPub #Lua #DataScience

My election night R code worked last night! 🎉! Inspired by @andrew.heiss.phd & @gosterhout.bsky.social 's #PositConf2025 talk re Idaho's website built with R, Quarto & the {targets} #RStats 📦 My results page: www.district2framingham.com/posts/2025-1... Their repo: github.com/andrewheiss/... 1/2

I wrote a lil post on the amazing work that @ginareynolds.bsky.social does championing ggplot2 extension developers and teaching others to build their own! The post features the Scrollytelling Quarto extension and the group's cute #RStats hex 🐱: rworks.dev/posts/ggplot...

I'm looking forward to this talk! Thanks for the invite for this great conference

I'm super excited to give a workshop during next week's R/Pharma conference! Join me if you'd like to discuss the ✨beautiful✨ outputs you can create with #Quarto and #RStats. 📅 Tuesday, November 4 at 9 am CT 🔗 Free to register, too! events.zoom.us/ev/Ai-geyS63...

Happy logical Halloween

I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone! Check out the recording and materials: 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ... 📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro... I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹

Messy folders haunting your R projects? 👻 This Wednesday Oct 29 at 4:00 PM PDT, I'll lead a workshop on Efficient File Management in R with {fs} hosted by @r-ladies-stl.bsky.social. Let's clean and organize a spooky messy folder together! Register at www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l... #RStats #DataBS

Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series! Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️ I would love to see you there 💚💛💙 www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...

Looks like the Revolutions Analytics blog is down 😔 Used to be on my regular bookmarks rotation in the early 2010's. End of an #RStats era. blog.revolutionanalytics.com

There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness. youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4

Quarto has a way to collapse code, but what if you want to collapse code OUTPUT? The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!! Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...

Love reading Posit's AI Newsletter as a nice, quick way of getting AI news without feeling overwhelmed. Today's edition is now out!! 😄 posit.co/blog/2025-10...

In June, I gave a webinar at @amstatnews.bsky.social GASP 2025, "Quarto--To Tell Your Story with Data" and the recording is now online! 🕸️ #RStats & #Python materials: ivelasq-gasp2025-quarto.share.connect.posit.cloud 📹 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Yf... 🐙 GitHub: github.com/ivelasq/2025...

New blog post on the right and wrong way to rake a survey's data to estimates from another survey. As an example, it shows what can go wrong when we rake data from a poll to benchmark data from Pew's National Public Opinion Reference Survey. www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/npors-...

Super excited to share what I've learned picking up Positron as a long-time RStudio user! 💙

I’m so excited to be your curator this week! Be sure to follow @weare.rladies.org and see you on Monday 😎

Excited to announce that our paper with @pingfanhu.bsky.social and Bogdan Bunea on our #rstats package {surveydown} is now published in @plosone.org The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Announcing Harley's #PawsitConf2025 Talk: "From Tracking Pawprints to Tracking Code Changes" @ivelasq3.bsky.social said it must be about "purrsion control" 😂 I LOVE IT Submit your pet's talk: lnkd.in/gDzRPRTW Deadline? 9/1/25 Submit multiple? Yes! One submission per talk! #databs #rstats #python

This week on What's New in R: ✅ @ivelasq3.bsky.social shows how she brought her favorite RStudio color theme into Positron ✅ Quick tour of @posit.co 's next-generation IDE ✅ Tutorial by Daniel Lakens on downloading files from the Open Science Framework Read the issue: buff.ly/UpsCj1X #rstats

My dear #databs, what is conf season for if not unhinged good times? NOW ACCEPTING PAW-POSALS FOR PAWSIT CONF 😂 Challenge: get a cute pic of your pet (w/ #posit, #rstats, #Python merch/stickers if you can!) + submit a funny talk name. Pet puns heavily encouraged! Submit: forms.gle/CDm9kmWw7uLF...

Teaching/learning intro stats and R? #rstats Explore my teaching materials, including syllabus, lecture slides, exercises, interactive graphs, and self-graded review exercises: ellaudet.github.io/dss_instructor_resources Instructors using DSS: source files from PUP have just been updated!

I was so excited to see these data released that I wrote a short blog post showing how to get started in #RStats: rworks.dev/posts/anes20... Many thanks to @statsteph.bsky.social and Rebecca Powell for their review and feedback💙

ellmer (for #RStats) and chatlas (for #Python) integrate LLMs directly into your code. They also support local LLMs (like #Ollama) so you can run models on your own machine, in case you have sensitive data, a lack of API access, or cost restrictions. Check out how here! posit.co/blog/setting...

Hello there, #rstats, I know y'all are enjoying the last weeks of summer and I am just reminding you that the deadline for submissions for the @rconsortium.bsky.social #R+AI conference is September 5th. Please take a moment and share your proposal with us! rconsortium.github.io/RplusAI_webs...

I had a great time presenting a #useR2025 workshop with @statsteph.bsky.social and Rebecca Powell on "Complex Survey Data Analysis"! If you'd like to check out the materials, we cover survey design, descriptive analysis, statistical testing, & more: tidy-survey-r.github.io/user-2025-su... #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 🐘 !

i have compiled a list of free image resources inspired by our conversation about this last week. livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...

Want to learn how to analyze datasets like these? We cover how (thoroughly) in our book! tidy-survey-r.github.io/tidy-survey-...

Many have sworn off spreadsheets, others swear by them. Some swear profusely when they’re forced to use them. New @nature.com, six questions to make the most of your spreadsheets in science. 🧪 Feat @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social & more #datasci www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Glad to see my little site is of help 😊 you can see it here: ivelasq-posit-ai-tools.share.connect.posit.cloud Thanks for the shoutout, @rfortherestofus.com!

I originally made this Streamlit app two years ago in VS Code. Obvs a bit biased, but working with Streamlit was way easier with the preview window and Positron Assistant. Would love to know what you think 💕

🎉 useR! 2025 virtual-day playlist is live! Catch every Aug 1 session free on YouTube 👇 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... The in-person program starts this week in Durham—see you there! Proudly backed by R Consortium, platinum sponsor. #useR2025 #rstats #opensource

Welcome back, @rpodcast.bsky.social! Thank you for highlighting Sam's awesome chat app, created with #RStats open-source tools ♥️ We hope it helps folks build a perfect posit::conf agenda! Check it out: posit-ai-posit-conf-agenda-chat.share.connect.posit.cloud Blog post: posit.co/blog/posit-c...

The limited run of the #rstats stacks hex for this year's posit::conf is confirmed🥞🥞🥞 I'll have a batch of peaches & cream stickers, come say hi to pick one up! posit.co/conference/

Excited to share I'm co-instructing a Quarto workshop with Sara Altman at #PositConf2025! We'll show you how to go beyond basic reports to create branded websites, presentations, and more, all reproducible with your #RStats/ #Python code. See you there!

I 🩷 this #Quarto extension by @mickael.canouil.fr! I used it to show the colors from different VS Code/Positron themes on my blog: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/positro...

RAG has come to the tidyverse! Check out my step-by-step #InfoWorld tutorial on how to use the {ragnar} and {ellmer) #RStats 📦s to answer natural language questions about a document or Web page. www.infoworld.com/article/4020... #GenAI #LLMs

Isabella Velásque @ivelasq3.bsky.social taught a fantastic workshop on how to use brand.yml for consistent, multiformat styling in Quarto. 👉 tiny.cc/brand-yml I haven’t mastered it yet, but I definitely need to! Check it out if you want your PDFs, HTMLs, and slides to look cohesive and on-brand.

Today I’ll be sharing some of my favorite Quarto learning resources 💻✨ Most of what I know, I learned thanks to the amazing work of others. So this thread is a small tribute to open educational content and the people behind it. Let’s go! 👇 #QuartoPub #RLadies #RStats

@ivelasq3.bsky.social, Rebecca Powell, and I will be doing a tutorial on Survey Analysis in R. Tutorials (workshops) are included with registration!

Why do we 💙 #ggplot2? Yes, it's for the Grammar! But also for the passionate and supportive community — and their steady contributions to the ggplot2 universe: all the extension packages 🧩 that take its impressive flexibility even further, making it more powerful and beautiful 🙌 #rstats #tidyverse

Join the SLC RUG on July 22 to hear from Emil Hvitfeldt about sparse data structures in tidymodels! ✨ #rstats www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...

Throwback Thursday. #RStats #RJava