Data Science Weekly - Issue 630, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

hi #python #databs folks! I'll be giving a talk at #pydata global today on how we can aim to use #llm in #datascience. Repository, code, slides are all up here: github.com/chendaniely/...

First section of a new chapter on Data Management in my Better Code, Better Science series: russpoldrack.substack.com/p/data-manag...

I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf

My intro to programming in #rstats class materials are all openly available p4a.seas.gwu.edu

New Post on @ropensci.org: Better #RStats Code, Without Any Effort, Without Even AI Edited by @etiennebacher.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte Read about: ✨ {lintr} for detecting lints ✨ Air for formatting code ✨ jarl for detecting+fixing lints ✨ {flir} for refactoring ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...

🚨 New #DataViz post! I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters. 👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments! #rstats dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...

Herdling (the game) is really beatiful, has lots of cave paintings and shrines in the woods— strong rec. store.steampowered.com/app/3047750/...

Eleven quick tips for organizing a data cleaning challenge journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Hey check it out - I've now got a Substack! It's just the same content as on my blog, but if you prefer getting an email then feel free to subscribe. interestinglinks.substack.com/p/interestin... (I've moved the publication domain, just in case you happen to have bookmarked the previous one…)

Thanks to my friends at @datascienceweekly for featuring Probably Overthinking It ... now available in paperback!

In the past few years, we’ve seen a cambrian explosion of new columnar formats, challenging the hegemony of Parquet. Presumably, the design of yore is not going to cut it moving forward. I spent some time to understand a bit better how things actually changed. sympathetic.ink/2025/12/11/C...

Data Science Weekly - Issue 629, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Here is the recording of my talk PyData Berlin 2025: Introduction to Stochastic Variational Inference with NumPyro Notebook: juanitorduz.github.io/intro_svi/ youtu.be/wG0no-mUMf0?... #pydata #berlin #bayes

Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...

This semester I taught Spatial Data Science with #rstats Students analyzed areal, geostatistical & point pattern data, creating fantastic projects on disease mapping 🗺️ air pollution 🏭 crime 🚨 & species modeling 🐾 Book freely available: 👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Gradient optimization methods: the benefits of instability — Peter Bartlett, UC Berkeley www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEgT... #MathSky #SMRISeminar

Here's a little round up of my 2025 year in #DataViz featuring 💜 Some of my favourite #RStats charts 💜 A look back at 5 years of #TidyTuesday 💜 Links to cool #QuartoPub and visualisation things I've seen this year Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/year-in...

Why write engineering blogs? Here’s how some of our favorite bloggers responded to the question “Why did you start blogging and why do you continue?” writethatblog.substack.com/p/why-write-...

I have asked this, before, but is there anywhere else online that good Cog Sci/AI/ML discussions are ongoing, where I can at least eavesdrop academically? Twitter/X and Bluesky both feel kind of... sparse... and I might like a more concentrated topic focus, anyway.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 628, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...

TIL allmaps.org - lots of great svg annotations on historical maps, and help with labeling

Came across GameShell via this week's @datascienceweekly.bsky.social. It's a terminal game that helps someone learn/practice shell commands. Pretty cool idea: github.com/phyver/GameS...

Data Science Weekly - Issue 627, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

🚨📢 Incredibly proud to share our new paper and R package on non-linear regression modelling for medical professionals; making it simple! 🔗 Open access paper: doi.org/10.1093/post... #rstats #nonlinear #biostatistics More details 🧵👇👇👇

🔍 David O’Sullivan explores how to generate random points on the globe in R -- from uniform random to Halton sequences and blue-noise sampling. Read more: dosull.github.io/posts/2025-0... #RStats #RSpatial #GISchat

a game to learn (or teach) how to use standard commands in a Unix or Linux shell. GameShell is available in English, French and Italian. github.com/phyver/GameS...

I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio

It has been so so fun to think with some of my favorite scientists about what it means to understand!

Building a Durable Execution Engine With SQLite Great article with accompanying Java code, that uses annotations, bytebuddy and sqlite to be able to resume jobs. Great to follow explanations plus code.

One-Way Data Extraction For Logging On Airgapped Systems

Tis the season! Friendly annual reminder about my {secretsanta} 📦 for running your group's surprise gifting event. I didn't get a chance to test it out yet this year (Gmail auth changes sometimes) so please report any bugs. github.com/ataustin/sec... #RStats

⚡️ Writing an abstract for a lightning talk ⚡️ rmoff.net/2022/08/31/%...

Wait what's this?! I've managed to pull my finger out to ship a list of **a whole lot of interesting links about stuff going on in the world of data for November**, a whole three days left until the end of the month! rmoff.net/2025/11/26/i...

Happy `tinyplot` v0.6.0 (codename "Thanksgiving") release day to all those that celebrate. Some new features, but mostly bug fixes and internal improvements. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW... #rstats

Some thoughts on Math Textbooks and how to choose one: open.substack.com/pub/kidswhol...

Data Science Weekly - Issue 626, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

We received so many additional proposals for PyData Boston 2025 - THANK YOU! 🎉 PyData Boston 2025 will feature 3 days of talks, tutorials, lightning talks, Keynote sessions, and more. Connect with fellow members of the PyData community, and get your tickets now! pydata.org/boston2025

The PyData Amsterdam 2025 keynote “Minus Three Tier: Data Architecture Turned Upside Down” by @hannes.muehleisen.org is out now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxwD...

Here are all the assignments, btw, all CC-licensed for anyone to adapt from! #rstats #dataviz github.com/andrewheiss/...

gggenomes: A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics thackl.github.io/gggenomes/ #Rstats

Meta has released the beta version of Pyrefly Pyrefly is a super fast, open source language server and typechecker for Python, first released in April 2025. Project: pyrefly.org Sandbox: pyrefly.org/sandbox/ Repo: github.com/facebook/pyr...

Excellent advice for job seekers from Abigail Haddad, succinctly summed up by an amazing tl;dr title: Make Things, Tell People presentofcoding.substack.com/p/make-thing...

The online edition of @hardmaru.bsky.social new book on neuroevolution, Harnessing Creativity in AI Agent Design neuroevolutionbook.com

After years of working with Quarto, I've refined a set of editor settings that significantly improve document editing efficiency. My latest blog post shares these battle-tested configurations. mickael.canouil.fr/posts/2025-1... #Quarto #VSCode #Positron #Productivity #DataScience

Thinking about Mathematical Maturity in Elementary School... Helping move kids from *doing math* to *thinking mathematically.* Some thoughts:

Data Science Weekly - Issue 625, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

tmap or ggplot2 for maps? 🗺️ David O’Sullivan breaks down the trade-offs in a blog post. URL: dosull.github.io/posts/2024-1... #RStats #RSpatial #Maps #tmap #ggplot2