If you are a local SLC data person, join me and other folks this Saturday, Nov 15, at Big Mountain Data & Dev, a free, one-day conference with a broad scope! 🏔️ I'm looking forward both to speaking myself and to learning about the wide variety of topics: www.utahgeekevents.com/events/big-m...

Listen, I love fun. I love memes, emojis, gifs, and it’s still a wonder how I’ve fooled most of you into thinking I’m a professional…but please..oh please, NO ✋🏾

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Posit Table Contest! 🏆 The data community showcased stunning work in #RStats/ #Python using gt, Reactable, and #Quarto, transforming complex data into beautiful, effective communication. Congrats to all the winners! See the innovation: posit.co/blog/2025-ta...

My talk from posit::conf earlier this fall on getting unstuck with #Python is now available to watch! - Ten years ago, I attempted to learn Python and it went EXTRMELY badly 😩 - I am really happy that so much tooling in this area has improved SO much since then 😌 youtu.be/pMVYl9fx1EE

Nothing like a nice long flight for catching up on #30DayMapChallenge 🤪. Here's Day 8 — urban — right on time. A map of Paris buildings by age of construction. A real beauty if I do say so myself. 😍

POV of me: Learning the hard way how important indentation is in Python... and then discovering extensions exist to visualize control flow chunks. You know. After the fact. 🫠

Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉 🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026 📣 Call for submissions is open 👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members conference.rainbowr.org

30DayMapChallenge - Day 5: earth Protected areas vs oil & gas extraction using Latam datasets and oil concessions in 5 Latam countries (Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina). Data: Global Energy Monitor, Global Forest Watch, World Database on Protected Areas #dataviz #map

Day 5 #30DayMapChallenge - Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Bonfire night here in the UK but there are some other public holidays going on earth (see what I did there?) today. #rstats #dataviz

I'm excited to share side::kick(), an experimental open-source coding agent for RStudio built entirely in R. It can interact with your files, communicate with your active #rstats session, and run code. Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...

PSA: If you see someone learning in public, maybe don’t lead with ‘wow you really are a beginner.’ We know. That’s why we’re learning. In public. To help others who are also learning. Gatekeeping and condescension helps no one. Also, did Mastodon get toxic all of a sudden, or is it my algo?! 😅

TOMORROW, I'm hosting what I'm calling Data Science Lab. This debut session will be our fave Positron settings for #rstats & #python 😍 I called it DS Lounge at first, but that doesn't feel right. You'll see "Lounge" when you register at pos.it/dslab, but future sessions will be "Lab" 🧪😎 #databs

Been getting comfy in Python lately. Made this with Pillow. It was fun, clunky, and sprinkled with a lil' scrutinized vibe code 😅. “Pythonic” docs still trip me up (tidyverse spoiled me), but I’d love to help make them feel more approachable as I build in python more. Code: tinyurl.com/2ec7v6fn

purrr 1.2.0 out now — mostly removing long deprecated functions but a few small performance nad parallel processing improvements. Learn more at www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... #rstats

This summer, I sat down with my friend Saumita & give her an intro to ggplot2. She's a capable pythonista, so I skipped the fluff & just showed what plotting with #ggplot2 in #rstats can look like. If you're in a similarly Just Curious re: ggplot2, lemme know! #databs #python #matplotlib

Debated whether I should participate this year—a crisis of confidence and purpose and all that—but here I am again. #30DayMapChallenge · Day 1 · Points: Threats to global shipping as measured by anti-shipping activity messages. #rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale

Halloween logicals, still the best 10/31 venn

Happy Halloween if you celebrate 🕸️🎃

When researchers bring up confounders without ever having declared the actual analysis goal

The way python and R foster inclusion directly contributes to their success: joyful places to exist, a steady flow of new maintainers, and a delightful collection of niche tools empowered by wildly different expertise coming together Watch the new python documentary for more on PSF’s work here

Do you enjoy playing chartle.cc? We’re opening up to the community! Are you a scientist, journalist, researcher or just a data-enthusiast and would like to submit your own data (it should be a country-based time series)? Get in touch with us - we’d love to feature it!

Would any fluent speakers of Korean or Chinese have a couple of minutes to review some updated pkgdown translations at github.com/r-lib/pkgdow... ? These were generated by claude code, so they're probably ok, but I'd love a human to double check.

4 word horror story for an R user: "has a Java dependency"

I started learning Js and Ts this weekend. And yes, I feel quite undefined 😂

Join me and @lizhare.bsky.social at the Big Team Science Conference, where I'll be presenting live via Zoom Today from 16:30 UTC. Register now (for free or pay-what-you-want) at bigteamscience.github.io to catch our Talk: Big Team Collaboration on Data Management and Analysis with @ropensci.org

{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png. There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful. Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...

🎲 Want to add a little playfulness to your R sessions? Check out {fun}- a package full of classic games (Minesweeper, sliding puzzles, Gomoku) and quirky utilities all in R. Try demo(package = "fun") to see what it can do! 🔗 cran.r-project.org/package=fun #rstats #RPackage #UseR #FunWithR

Oh I am so using this when I get a chance🥹

I just pushed v0.1.0 of my {blueycolors} #rstats package to GitHub. Check it out if you’re interested in using Bluey-themed colors in ggplot: ekholme.github.io/blueycolors/

Where has my buddy Eric been? I haven't seen him around as much 🤔 OH JUST BUILDING A NEW SHINY PACKAGE NO BIG 😤😤 #databs #rstats #rshiny

ooh this is a nice one

Data Elixir is one of my favorite newsletters. Love it when they share #RStats resources! And now they're on Bluesky! 🦋💙

#TidyTuesday (2025-09-23) | FIDE Player Database Simulated a knockout-style♟️chess tournament using FIDE rating data. Eight players were randomly selected and matched across four rounds, quarterfinals to champion, using Elo-based win probabilities. #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

Have you ever started working in Python and then felt... stuck? Check out @juliasilge.com's recommendations from her talk, "How I got unstuck with Python", at posit::conf(2025)! The recording will be on the Posit YouTube channel soon 🤗 Slides: juliasilge.github.io/get-unstuck-...

Had some fun with today's #TidyTuesday dataset! Here is an annotated streamgraph displaying chess players' age versus title.

#rstats #meme Sometimes, all I want is a histogram....

🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE? This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC) #RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...

Want to manage multiple R versions without pain? 🧰 The rig (R Installation Manager) tool makes installing, removing, and switching between #RStats versions simple; works across macOS, Windows, and Linux. 🔧 github.com/r-lib/rig

RDM Weekly Issue 14 is out! 📬 After attending posit::conf last week, I decided to highlight some recent and past data management related talks from the conference. #rstats - AI Coding Assistants - Spreadsheet formatting - Creating R Data Packages and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

Did you know there are two contests happening right now? ✨ 📊 Table Contest: use any #RStats or #Python package. 📈 Plotnine Contest: use the Plotnine #Python package. Show off your skills, share your work, and earn some well-deserved open-source cred! Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...

TIL about the "💡" Show Code Actions icon in Positron IDE This is the best way to generate roxygen2 skeletons in Positron & just found out about it 😅 It also lets you do a handful of other things with extensions, I'm noticing I can share a function with an LLM directly from my script. 👀

I wrote a recap of my time at posit::conf(2025) where I list out sessions I attended, experiences I had, and some lessons and new goals that I took away from it all. Special thanks to @tladeras.bsky.social for introducing the term "vibe conf'ing" into my vocabulary 😂 📖:

If you are an #rstats user in the greater SLC area, join us IN PERSON next Tues, Sept 30 for some networking and data science chat! We are meeting at a place called Thieves Guild Cidery, which, yes, is a DnD-themed tavern. ⚔️🎲🐉 www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...

🌈 rainbowR meet-up tomorrow: Wednesday Sept 24th, 4pm UTC 🌈 - connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 - ask questions about R 🙋 - tell us about an R package you like 📦 - show us something R-related you’ve been working on 💻 Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups

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Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Isabella @ivelasq3.bsky.social, formerly a data analyst, now at @posit.co, and your curator this week! There’s always something new in #RStats. I'll be sharing: ✨ Favorite R packages + workflows ✨ News + tools you might have missed ✨ #PositConf2025 recaps ✨ A decade of R memes 🎉

Yesterday, I actually stepped away from a computer and enjoyed nature. I’m sad my favorite season is ending, but it was an enjoyable walk.