Data Science Weekly - Issue 638, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

I just whipped up this little #QuartoPub site last week that demonstrates how I teach p-values/hyp-testing through simulation both with live OJS and with #rstats, and I think it's super neat! It has examples for diff-in-means, diff-in-props, and regression slopes nullworlds.andrewheiss.com #statsky

Malaysia’s R community is growing! 🇲🇾 From a small network into a platform that actively connects students, researchers, and industry practitioners r-consortium.org/posts/bringi... #rstats #opensource #datascience #Malaysia #Shiny #tidyverse #community #analytics

Winter Olympics 2026 medalists by place of birth: an interactive map I built (again) thanks to @wikipedia, @wikidata and #rstats). Check out the interactive version of the map: https://giocomai.github.io/olympics2026nuts/medalists_map.html

📈 A while back I did promise to put a post together how I generate publication-ready figures. Before I am off to #CNY2026, I finally found the time. May this be useful to some... Also I am curious to hear what other tricks are out there. jaquent.github.io/2026/02/crea... #rstats #ggplot #dataviz

Dearest Gentle Reader, I’m happy to announce the release of my new R package, “whistledown”, with color palettes from the hit show #Bridgerton! #RStats #ggplot

I’m thrilled to introduce flownet (sebkrantz.github.io/flownet/), a new R package for transport modeling, supporting stochastic or deterministic traffic assignment to large networks, and powerful tools for (multimodal) network processing/simplification: sebkrantz.github.io/Rblog/2026/0... #Rstats

Data Science Weekly - Issue 637, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

On a positive note, here's a new blog post highlighting some polyglot data science tools in R and Python that I've enjoyed lately #rstats #pydata www.practicalsignificance.com/posts/favori...

The first data science book that has a chapter on monads reproducible-data-science.dev Learn how to build robust #DataScience pipelines with #RStats, #Python , #Julia and #Nix !

Are you a #Stata user? Maybe you work with one? Have you ever found yourself copy-pasting from the results window? It's annoying as hell! And terrible practice. So I wrote a blog post on using #rstats to extract results from Stata log files benharrap.com/post/2026-02...

Posted a helpful little set of FAQs about regression for my causal inference class, including illustrations of statistical vs. substantive signficance and all the different things you can do with #rstats model objects evalsp26.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2026-02...

A new creative writing style bench and leaderboard for LLMs surgehq.ai/blog/hemingw...

Did you learn differential privacy (in part or in whole) from my course? Either the videos, lecture notes, or some combination? Please send me a DM or an email, I'm trying to gather some info. (In case you missed it, here's the course: www.gautamkamath.com/CS860-fa2020..., ft full notes & videos)

Data Science Weekly - Issue 636, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Things are grim. But in more frivolous news... @jamesbrandecon.bsky.social and I have been chipping away at `dbreg`, a 📦 for running big regression models on database backends. For the right kinds of problems, the speed-ups are near magical. Website: grantmcdermott.com/dbreg/ #rstats [1/2]

I’ve been thinking about how to find R packages by functionality when you don’t already know the package name. So over the holidays, Claude Code and I built The Warehouse: a functionality-first R package directory that helps you find packages by what they do. rwarehouse.netlify.app #rstats

Two approaches to generating pipelines: Parametric: define parameters, tool generates SQL Template-based: write SQL templates with variables dbt took templates. Automation tools took parametric. Neither is wrong - they optimize for different teams.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 635, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Data Science Weekly - Issue 635, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Don't know who needs to hear this, but don't be afraid of starting a blog in 2026. SEO will be brutal at first, but you can find an audience through BlueSky Regarding stack options, Quarto is good if you are doing an R/Python heavy data science site. Or for a modern CMS I recommend Statamic

For my #popgen nerds out there, I've finished building a Python package called hapnet - an easy to use, straight out the box tool for building #haplotype networks. Just plug your data in, run a single line of code and voila! A pretty color coded network. Still beta testing! pypi.org/project/hapn...

We just published a JOSIS paper on what spatial data science languages have in common and what they still need. Insights from across the R, Python & Julia ecosystems. URL: doi.org/10.5311/JOSI... #SpatialDataScience #GISchat #OpenSource #RSpatial #GeoPython #JuliaGeo

Been playing with this Python script to generate cool looking maps github.com/originalanku... They're fairly high res, 3630x4830. Uses OpenStreetMap data 1/6 #Calgary #yyc #maps

OPPORTUNITY: The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD, is searching for an Archive Analyst, with a focus on user‑facing documentation and tutorials, to help advance our state‑of‑the‑art astronomical data archive. Python experience required: https://bit.ly/3YQDM7y

Some thoughts on forecast accuracy using rolling scaled measures robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/ro... #rstats

🤖 New update to the LLMs+R guide (ENG+SPA) 14 new pkgs plus reading materials * AI assistants in RStudio * Ralph Wiggum Coding in R * local model tools * auto-routing to the most cost-efficient model * manage prompts w/ external files * translations in the IDE #rstats luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/

Hey #RStats and #PoliticalScience folks — update on a resource I've maintained: American political data & R guide: Presidential results 1864-2024 Senate/House composition since 1920s Historical margins & ideology scores Fully reproducible github.com/jaytimm/amer... #OpenData #DataViz #Elections

I'm glad this isn't my job. #rstats #statsky #mathjokes

Event-study plots in DiD are incredibly persuasive—but, honestly, not always honest. Why? If parallel trends or no anticipation fail, DiD estimates are biased. Testing against a zero-effect null then becomes misleading. 🚨New 📄: arxiv.org/abs/2512.06804 #CausalInference #EconSky #StatsSky #rstats

How to create a more accessible line chart nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi... another great #Rstats post from @nrennie.bsky.social as usual 🔮🎯

I'm super excited to share the next version of plumber2 with all of you. Headlining this release is support for OpenTelemetry throughout the routing logic, build in authentication logic, and much improved performance. Try it out and report back! #rstats

rspatialdata: a repository of spatial datasets & tutorials for spatial analysis & visualization in #rstats, supporting real-world applications such as estimating air pollution, quantifying disease burden, and monitoring progress toward the SDGs🌍💻📊 👉 rspatialdata.github.io

If you're teaching first year statisitcs (particularly for biology/ag), the data package `smbdata`, featuring all data from the Welham et al (2015) book, is now published on CRAN. Thank you to the authors for their permission to put it on CRAN! cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #rstats

I use the Zettelkasten method for all my technical notes. The insight: don't organize by folder, organize by connection. Instead of deciding "does this note about data quality go in the 'pipelines' folder or the 'governance' folder?", you just link. After five years, I have 1000s connected notes.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 634, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

My talk, "Who is Python for? EVERYONE (and why that matters)" from PyData Boston last month is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPQg...

I sent 200 pull requests using Claude Code and wrote about the experience. It's pretty wild! For dplyr releases, we send a PR any time we break an #rstats package. This release advances a lot of deprecated functions, triggering issues in many old packages! blog.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-0...

After 9 years, I thought it was time for another major release of the forecast package for #rstats! New modelling functions, missing values now handled in ETS models, and a more consistent interface. robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/fo...

📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇 🔗 www.hellodata.science #rstats #datascience #tidyverse

This was fun! I just posted all the links and resources we talked about at www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/01... - check it out to learn more about Raycast, Espanso, and neat Positron/VS Code extensions like Peacock and Pastum and Project Manager #rstats #databs

👀 New blog post! 👀 Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈 Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi... #DataViz #RStats

This is honestly such an inspiration. Every silly thing that doesn't matter that can be done with an LLM is getting done with an LLM going forward timdettmers.com/2026/01/13/u...

We all loved MinIO for building neat demos locally that need S3…and then they went and shuttered the project. I took a look at some of the alternatives, including S3Proxy, RustFS, Garage, CloudServer, and more. 👉 rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a... (💾 code repo: github.com/rmoff/minio-...)

I will be speaking at FOSSASIA this year to show how to quickly visualize data entirely in SQL using Shaper and DuckDB! I had a great time as participant last year: Great energy and many interesting conversations about what everyone is building in open source - in Asia and around the globe.

Data Science Weekly - Issue 633, by @DataSciNews open.substack.com/pub/datascie...

Here is sarcasmotrons prompt. Simple but very effective.

Getting started with Claude for software development: steveklabnik.com/writing/gett...

Grids are common in spatial analyses but the effects of pixel size/ orientation are rarely tested. In our new paper we tested ~400 grid sizes/orientations with heat and landcover data in NYC. Grid size, but not orientation impacts summary statistics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...