I'm considering writing a proposal for R Consortium ISC funding to write a free & open source book on LLMs/AI in R. Advice out there is scattered between different resources. Wondering if this is something the wider #rstats community would be interested in, & what folks would like to see in there?

1/🧵Skytorial 5 – @github.com Projects Issues are great for tracking tasks, but what if you want a bigger picture of your work? or you have many issues and don't know where to start. That’s where Projects come in 📋✨ They let you organize Issues and tasks into boards inside GitHub. Let’s see how 👇

Lots of unrealized value in researchers using packages like this to structure and manage projects. We need to integrate with causal inference and calibration/testing tools, so that stat models can be derived in pipeline from questions and mechanistic models, and then tested on synthetic data.

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

If you've ever gotten stuck with {renv} you need to check out Shannon Pileggi's talk at #PositConf25 - learning soooo much! #rstats

🔴 Gran marcha en Córdoba capital 🚶‍♂️👥💪 17 9 25 #argentina #CórdobaCapital

Streaming at #PositConf2025 is not working! I miss the last part of @grimalkina.bsky.social keynote 😿😭 Thank you, Dr. Cat, for everything you presented (I will finish when they share the video). I always follow what you do with great interest. It is always very enlightening to hear you speak.

Thrilled to have teamed up with @cderv.bsky.social & Zhian N. Kamvar for this post on @ropensci.org: ✨ All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents ✨ ropensci.org/blog/2025/09... It's even available in French and Spanish (🙏 @yabellini.bsky.social) #RStats

I got sucked into a great conversation and missed a talk I was excited for.... but luckily, @clauswilke.com puts all his work online in the most clean, organized, and helpful ways!!! 🥰 I've been using Claus's course sites as my templates for years, he is the best. 💙 clauswilke.com/PositConf2025/

rixpress is now an @ropensci.org package! Link: docs.ropensci.org/rixpress/

F of course! I already live and eat there every day, the food is one of the main reasons I will never leave my country 😁

These resources might come in handy: From @lizhare.bsky.social & @ropensci.org: ropensci.org/blog/2024/09... From JooYoung Seo: jooyoungseo.me/post/ds4blind/ Talks at the ArXiv #accessibility forum, including from Jonathan Godfrey: accessibility2023.arxiv.org/index.html

Had a privilege and pleasure to teach terra pkg (created by @roberthijmans.bsky.social et al.) and spatial sampling with R together with Alexandre Wadoux at the #EOSummerSchool2025 at WICC. You can follow the terra tutorial from here: differ.blog/p/processing... 📹: youtu.be/q9sQkg7BeAc?...

Really insightful post from Julie Tibshirani (spotted in LinkedIn, can't find on Bsky) reflecting on #rstats 's unique governance structure and what can be learned for other languages jtibs.substack.com/p/if-all-the...

R Developer Day at University of Warwick brought together R-Ladies from around the world 🌎. Spaces like this remind us how powerful our global community is when we learn, collaborate and build together. Thanks to Heather Turner for making this possible 💜 #RDevDay #rladies

Mucho antes de la existencia de la vacuna contra la polio existía el pulmón de acero, un dispositivo grande y engorroso que, según algunas versiones, parecía un auténtico "ataúd con patas". Sí, hoy es historia gracias a las vacunas.

Hey #rstats and especially {targets} peeps! What are some good ways to modularise long _targets.R files? I'm generating all figures for a book in one script and it's getting a bit unwieldy. I'm thinking of breaking the script into shorter subscripts by e.g. chapter to make it more readable.

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TIL that Lua (as in "Lua filters for Pandoc") is called Lua because - It was created in 🇧🇷; - "It incorporated the data-description syntax of [its predecessor] SOL" (Simple Object Language); - In Portuguese, SOL = "sun" & Lua = "moon"! 🌕 Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua cc @cderv.bsky.social

For more resources on #DataViz and #accessibility, be sure to check out the extensive list from the DataViz Accessibility Advocacy and Advisory Group at github.com/dataviza11y/...

TY @ropensci.org for inviting me to co-host a social coworking session about #accessibility! Big thanks also to the wonderful participants that kept the conversation lively & interesting. Our collaborative links & notes are at github.com/spcanelon/ro... #DataViz #DataJournalism #RStats #PyData

Recuerda, unas horas de prueba y error pueden ahorrarte varios minutos de leer la documentación.

¡Y #TalDíaComoHoy de 1978 se registra la última víctima de una de las enfermedades más letales y aterradoras que el mundo haya conocido! Tras 600 millones de muertos e incontables enfermos con espantosas secuelas,la viruela es erradicada del planeta POR LAS VACUNAS. #VaccinesWork

4/ lastly, ropensci's very own pkgcheck action. This one is really interesting as it gives you a summary of points you've either hit or missed and summarises them in a new issue in your repo. Subsequent pushes show up as comments in the same issue thread. docs.ropensci.org/pkgcheck/ind...

Going to start a series of threads on what I've been learning as I get an #rstats 📦 ready to submit to @ropensci.org. Every time I think the package is "ready" I find another checklist I haven't been through, but it's making it all the better. This first thread is on github actions!

These small grants are an excellent opportunity to finance your time as a developer. If you have an idea or are already developing one, check the requirements and submit a proposal to the ISC If you have any questions, let me know. I am part of the committee. #RStats #RSE #FOSS

We are excited to share an upcoming interactive workshop on building Shiny apps with the {rhino} framework, hosted by Rory Chen, health data scientist and fellow R-Ladies Sydney organiser! 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025 🕐 Time: 1–2 PM AEST 💻 Where: Online on Zoom 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4m2Rugw

Let's please not forget that all this made up science about autism is founded on ableism and hate, not disability rights and acceptance.

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

“The most important object of education is for the student to come to ‘feel like the master of her own thinking.’”

My painting TWO RED CHAIRS

🧵 Skytorial 4 – Issues on @github.com 1/ 📝 Do you have a thousand pending tasks scattered across notes, emails, and papers? 👉 On GitHub, all of that is organized with Issues. An Issue is a task, problem, or idea that is recorded in your repo. They are your shared TODO list 💡

🧵 Skytorial 4 – Issues en @github.com 1/ 📝 ¿Tenés mil pendientes desperdigados en notas, mails y papeles? 👉 En GitHub todo eso se organiza con Issues. Un Issue es una tarea, problema o idea que queda registrada en tu repo. Son tu lista TODO pero compartida 💡

If you've shut down a scientific research project, @gvwilson.bsky.social is interested in interviewing you about it mastodon.social/@gvwilson/11...

🎉 We added a Virtual Day to posit::conf(2025)! 🗓️ Tues, Sept 16 = talks, trivia, & hangouts. AMA with @richmeister.bsky.social & more. Also? Discord is open to all! Come join us. 🔗 Event portal: pos.it/conf-event-p... 🔗 Virtual Day info: posit.co/blog/posit-c... #positconf2025 #rstats #python

#RStats friend, this can be of interest. 👇

when you learned Git for the first time, what resources did you use? Did you like them? Mostly looking for answers from folks who learned Git in the last 5 years or so. Looking for resources to potentially add to the Git website

Coworking and Office Hours next week! Theme: Improving accessibility in your work Tuesday September 9th 14:00 European Central (12:00 UTC) Join @spcanelon and @steffilazerte - General coworking - Explore where you might improve accessibility in your work - Start making changes to improve […]

✍️ [blog post] rOpenSci Champions Second Cohort: Projects Wrap-Up 🏆 Our second cohort of Champions completed the program. In this blog post, we share each champion’s projects, their achievements, and outreach activities. Read the wrap-up by @yabellini […]

Taller de hoy para el programa de Campeon(a|e)s de @ropensci.org @yabellini.bsky.social ¡Código hermoso, porque lo valemos! 💅 ¿Quién conoce al teorema fundamental de la legibilidad? 🤓 codigo-hermoso.netlify.app#/ #RStats

🧵 Skytorial 3 – Repositories on @github.com 1/ 📂 On GitHub, every project lives in a repository (repo). A repo can contain: - Documents - Data - Code (if any) - Images - Presentations 👉 Think of it as a folder in the cloud, but with a historical record of every change. Let's create one👇

🧵 Skytorial 3 – Repositorios en GitHub 1/ 📂 En GitHub, todo proyecto vive en un repositorio (repo). Un repo puede contener: - Documentos - Datos - Código (si lo hay) - Imágenes - Presentaciones 👉 Pensalo como una carpeta en la nube, pero con registro histórico de cada cambio. Vamos a crear uno👇

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

August news! 🗞️ #rstats ✨ Community call: “R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages” 🎙️ rOpenSci at @useR_conf 🎙️ rOpenSci at @Posit conf 📰 @yabellini on spreadsheets, in Nature 📆 Coworking: accessibility in September, R-multiverse in October 📦 3 new packages: {trud}, {sasquatch} […]

📣 Save the date!! Next Community Call: R-multiverse: a new way to publish R packages with @landau 📆 Monday, 29 September 2025 14:00 UTC Information + find your local time + How to join: https://ropensci.org/commcalls/r-multiverse/ 🙏 Please share this event with anyone who may be interested in […]

📢 Recruitment for the EMBL International PhD Programme is officially open! At EMBL, we train young scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders in academia and other sectors. Join us and get a head start on your career in life sciences! bit.ly/47mmiFF

R for Excel users by Julie Lowndes and Allison Horst #RStats https://bigbookofr.com/chapters/r%20programming.html#r-for-excel-users

I'm really excited to be giving a talk w/my friend & respected colleague @yabellini.bsky.social at the Big Team Science Conf October 6-8 (timeTBD. 1/2 https://lnkd.in/eU2jW457 https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/ (Edited 12:31 PM via @skeetsapp.com)

nice guide to making github profiles (especially academic ones) legible to others!

🧵 Skytorial 2 – Your profile on @github.com 1/ 🌟 The first thing on GitHub is your profile: your cover letter to the academic and scientific world. This is how colleagues, collaborators, and potential reviewers of your projects find you. Let's create it step by step 👇