I have to update one of the most inflammatory things I said back on the bird site, but for the LLM era: 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 If your agent prefaces every tool call with `cd /the/current/workspace &&`, I will come set your data center on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

We got "lucky" and were selected for the long form of the Canadian census. Which apparently I filled out after the deadline 😬 once I saw the envelope says it's required by law.

I am most excited that @inheritParams now supports explicit inclusion and exclusion 🎉 #rstats #' @inheritParams other_fn x y #' @inheritParams other_fn -z

Just sent this to my oldest, who's in 4th year of a software engineering degree. It's going to be an "interesting" ride for this cohort 😅

Weird thing I'm enjoying about the Orion launch: I love hearing people speak with this level of precision 🤓

Our list of 2026 #rstats and #python summer internships has been posted. We can't wait to work with you and make great things! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/03...

This is fantastic news! Heather is such a positive force in the #rstats community and is doing vital work for the long-term sustainability of R and its community.

The future of #DataScience is at #positconf 2026. Check out our keynote lineup: Wes McKinney: Future of high-performance computing Christine Zhang: Data storytelling at NY Times Emily Riederer: Scaling open-source at Capital One Sara Altman & Simon Couch: AI-driven workflows Register: pos.it/conf

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2026) in Houston! We’re offering 40 full-support scholarships for underrepresented groups in data science. Includes: 🎟️ Conference+Workshop pass 🏨 Hotel stay ✈️ Travel reimbursement Apply by March 13: posit.co/blog/apply-t... #positconf2026 #rstats

Stop playing "diagnostics ping-pong" with your users 🏓 Wrote about why every R package wrapping external tools needs a sitrep() function — with real examples from meetupr and freesurfer. #RStats https://drmo.site/F5gVjR

Good news: The posit::conf(2026) Call for Talks has been extended to Friday, February 20! Join us in Houston to share your work with the R & Python community. 🎤 Speakers receive: Professional coaching, free conference pass, travel assistance Submit your 20-min talk proposal: pos.it/conf-talk-2026

Speak at posit::conf(2026) and share your R & Python stories! Accepted speakers get: ✨ Travel & lodging help ✨ Free conference pass ✨ Professional coaching Apply by Feb 6 to join us Sept 14-16 in Houston, TX! Submit here: pos.it/conf-talk-2026 #positconf2026 #rstats #pydata

Join us this summer in Visby, Sweden 🇸🇪 for RaukR 2026, a 2-week intensive R summer school 👨‍💻👩‍💻 to take your R skills 📊 beyond the basics. Sign up now for early bird offer! @nbis.se @scilifelab #rstats #r #datascience #code #bioinformatics #nbisweden #raukr go.nbis.se/raukr-2026/

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

This gives a fantastic framing of how to think about reproducibility (it's a spectrum) and how to use renv with intention. Highly recommend, even if you're not using renv, to get a better understanding of how to live in peace as R and package versions advance 🕊️ #rstats

My keynote about data science tools at posit::conf is now online! I originally meant it to be a talk about Positron, but as I was writing it, it took a left turn through the history of RStudio and into the philosophy of tool design & how to build stuff for people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGre...

We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family: - `filter()` to keep rows - `filter_out()` to drop rows - `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers Read more and leave feedback here: github.com/tidyverse/ti...

Will definitely include this example in my next talk on how to name files! ✅ Full marks for "make it easy to guess what the heck something is, based on it name".

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 😹

I'm excited to share a new version of the Air formatter for #rstats, with support for tabular formatting! Super useful with `tibble::tribble()` calls or `data.table::fcase()`. It's currently experimental as we're looking to get feedback on the feature, so please let us know what you think.

BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies. martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...

I bet the whole reason he's thinking about this is that I was complaining to him (to everyone, really) about the pain of using Windows full-time while my macbook's logic board gets replaced. And he brought out the house words "if it hurts, do it more often!"

Ever run `install.packages()` and wish it were faster, smarter, and more reliable? The {pak} package speeds things up with parallel downloads, dependency solving, and reproducible installs. 📦 pak.r-lib.org #RStats

Air is our incredibly fast R code formatter! Come learn all about it at 2:40pm in Regency V in the Sparking Development Joy session!! We also have hex stickers! #positconf2025 #rstats

The equivalent of the Bechdel test for a tech-ish event is “is there a line for the womens bathroom?” and #positconf just passed with flying colours 😅

Whole entire extra day of #positconf, anyone? All Virtual!! Come hang with me on Tuesday Sept 16th (day before talks!) from 11am to 4pm ET. We'll have an AMA with Rich Iannone, a full talk session, a DS Hangout style Q&A session, and a Trivia Night game with swag prizes!! #databs #rstats #python

Does Jenny Bryan #VibeCode? 🤔 She shared on the Hangout that she's been thankful that she gets to learn #rust and #typscript in the age of #AI and these are her thoughts on #LLM use. (We really need a #RubberDuck emoji 🦆) #rstats #databs #VibeCoding #DSHangout #python

If you attend *ONE* Data Science Hangout this year, make it this week's hangout with JENNY BRYAN. Trust me ✨ Thursday, July 31st at 9AM PT / 12PM ET - a casual conversation with Jenny powered by YOUR questions. Feel free to lurk or hop in the chat. #rstats #databs pos.it/dsh 👈🏼 👀 (register here!)

Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio. Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...

I seriously recommend reading the comments on this one. An incredible collection of annoying website sign-in behaviours.

We're happy to announce that there will be another #rstats Tidy Development Day after the 2025 posit::conf in Atlanta! www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...

Ready to plan your #positconf2025 adventure? The posit::conf(2025) agenda is LIVE, packed with incredible workshops, keynotes, and talks. Plan your perfect conference with Sam Parmar's Agenda Chat Bot, powered by #RStats shinychat, ellmer, and ragnar. Check it out! posit.co/blog/posit-c...

RaukR is an #rstats summer school (~1.5 weeks) I've taught at a few times. Highly recommended for content (of course I'm biased 😁), smooth organization, and an amazing location (Visby 🏰 on the island of Gotland in Sweden 🇸🇪). Intrigued? Sign up to get notified when RaukR 2026 opens for registration.

Ever wonder how the #tidyverse came to be? 🤔 #TheTestSet's first episode features @hadley.nz on his accidental empire of #RStats packages, bear encounters, and more! Stream it at thetestset.co, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts. #DataAnalytics #PodcastLaunch

Deep thought of the morning ☕🤔 Custom LLM instructions will usher in a golden age for contributor docs. Now there's a whole new level of motivation to create these and actually keep them current.

I'm excited to go to #useR this year and will be offering a half-day tutorial on Positron with @juliasilge.com. I just realized the last in-person #useR I attended was 2019 in Toulouse 😅 I hope to see lots of #RStats folks in August 😎

Come for the detailed #PositConf2025 schedule, stay for the unpredictable rollercoaster of serious 🤓 and unhinged 🤪 session titles! #RStats #Python

Two days until the Tongs Election

Hopefully the US will experience a similar about face in future 🤞 (Reminder: Color conventions are the opposite of those in US. Red is more like Democrat, blue is more like Republican.)

We're delighted to announce Jonathan McPherson – software architect at Posit – as keynote speaker at posit::conf(2025)! If you're curious about how thoughtful design principles can improve the data science tools you use, you won't want to miss this! Join us Sep 16-18 in Atlanta. pos.it/conf

Canadians seem to be realizing that maybe they don't want their own mini-Trump after all. The colors associated with the 2 main parties are basically the opposite of the convention in the US. This shows a dramatic improvement for the Liberals (red, ~Dems) relative to the Conservatives (blue, ~Rep).

Shopping in Canada be like 🇨🇦

@lionelhenry.bsky.social and I are so excited to finally announce Air - an extremely fast R code formatter! 🎉 With Air, you'll never need to worry about styling your #rstats code ever again. All you need to do is save, and Air takes care of the rest. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/02...

Tuesday February 18th, @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social will talk us through the second part of Daily workflows in our online #rstats R-Ladies boookclub around the book Happy Git and Github for the useR, by @jennybryan.bsky.social. Want to join us? See www.meetup.com/rladies-den-...

Vancouver is the latest to boo the Star-Spangled Banner

The US national anthem just got booed at the Toronto Raptors game tonight. This doesn’t happen. The anger is real. #TrumpTradeWar (🎥 William Lou)

Resonant words from the Auschwitz Memorial today: “Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. Hatred was gradually developed. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through dehumanization & violence to systematic & industrial murder. “Auschwitz took time.”

Sometimes when building a minimal reprex for a bug, you discover that you were the bug all along. I assume this is what Kafka was on about.