Issue 25 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬 It includes: ➡️ Make Your Open Data More Useable @collin-schwantes.bsky.social ➡️ PIDs 101 - Webinar @sparcopen.bsky.social ➡️ Cleaning Medical Data with R @pipinghotdata.com ➡️ Lab Manual Template @martonkovacs.bsky.social rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

Fixing `tools::toTitleCase()` so it doesn't incorrectly capitalise conjunctions. Team includes @pipinghotdata.com and @reikookamoto.bsky.social. bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi...

Here's one that many people will notice and appreciate - improving the CSS for the R manuals. Team including @emitanaka.org @fontikar.bsky.social, Pao Corrales, Jayani Lakshika and Toni Price. github.com/r-devel/r-de...

Adding missing information to bibliographic entries github.com/r-devel/r-de... With @fontikar.bsky.social and others

Not all contributions need to touch R or C code. There have been some impactful improvements to R documentation and manuals. Linking R manuals to help pages (with @statsrhian.bsky.social and Claire Welsh) github.com/r-devel/r-de...

Fixing a bug in the `text()` function. @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy uses this one as an example of how to fix a bug in the R Dev Container in her talk for #LatinR last week. The talk covers other aspects of contributing to R too. hturner.github.io/LatinR2025/

The ability to specify colours with a 3-digit hex (e.g. "#12A" as equivalent to "#1122AA"). It was the first patch I was involved with, so it's especially dear to me! It's also makes changes to C code. github.com/r-devel/r-pr... With @oberman.bsky.social @malcolmbarrett.malco.io @gws.phd

Today I'm talking about contributing to base R 💻 Are you curious about how to improve the language we love, at its core? This is a thread for you! #RStats

We're looking at cars in Qatar for #TidyTuesday this week - "an international and modern version of the now-ancient `mtcars`" data! 📊 ➡️ 9 ways to visualise the distribution of a variable Thanks to @andrew.heiss.phd for curating this week's dataset! #RStats #DataViz

I got to hear a sneak peek of Stephanie’s keynote, and it was so good! Definitely recommend watching if you work on teams adopting or transitioning to #RStats.

Yes, ChatGPT can help you write #rstats code, but so can this old Wiki I created with example code used for common data wrangling needs. Who knows, you might find some gems in there.🤷‍♀️ github.com/Cghlewis/dat...

My talk from posit::conf 2025 is now online! 🎉 It's about my early experiments in using LLMs to be more productive; what went well, what didn't, & what I learned, in the hope it can be useful to other people experimenting with AI workflows 🧪 🤖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nhD... #rstats #llms #ai

R-Ladies Philly 🔔 is thrilled to host ✨Casey Aguilar-Gervase✨ to speak about "Design of Everyday Shiny Apps" on Tuesday, Dec 9! #rstats #rladies www.meetup.com/rladies-phil...

If you, like me, can't remember all the Sass variables when creating #quarto #revealjs slides. I found a semi hacky way to help myself here. Using code snippets in VS Code & Positron allow us to get pretty good completion in our style sheets slidecrafting-book.com/miscellaneou...

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

The recording of my #rstats posit::conf talk ✨ practical {renv}✨ is available! 🎉 I created this talk for frustrated {renv} users 🫠 and potential {renv} users🤩 youtu.be/l01u7Ue9pIQ?... Even if {renv} isn't on your radar, you may still find this talk interesting if you are curious about🤔...

Our data science team is hiring for a summer 2026 undergraduate intern! Applications close Friday, Nov 14. #rstats msk.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MSKCC_Career...

R-Ladies Philly 🔔 is delighted to welcome ✨ Alex Velez✨ on Tuesday, Oct 28 for a lunch & learn discussion on "From data to story"! Hope you can join us 🤗 #rstats #rladies 💜 www.meetup.com/rladies-phil...

There is a new monthly release of #Positron available, and it delivers fresh new features for the Data Explorer! In this screencast, I walk through how to interactively explore a recent #TidyTuesday dataset on literary prizes 📚📖🏆 using some of the Data Explorer newness. youtu.be/KOgQuWF0US4

Thank you to everyone who joined in with their hex photo. It was a pleasure to be part of R Dev Day and to have presented R in Buenos Aires 💜. #RStats #RDevDay

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in! #rstats

🤖 Big update to the LLMs + R guide > 10 packages added plus other tools and interested reads luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/ As usual, all the content is available in English and Spanish. #rstats

A little bit of self-promotion, I @ivelasq3.bsky.social will be giving a talk on Positron for RStudio Users! Hoping to share some perspectives, extensions, and other tips in case you're interested in exploring Positron. Sign up here: 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

Tell me something you do when you code that other people would tell you that you shouldn't do. Tell me the rules you break! I'll go first: I work in untitled files in the wrong project directories all the time. Like, all the time. Yes, I do tend to lose things 😂 #databs #rstats #python

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily slidecrafting-book.com #quarto

Adapted ggarrow to the new ggplot2 theme features! ```r library(ggplot2) ggplot(ggarrow::whirlpool(5), aes(x, y, group = group)) + ggarrow::geom_arrow() + theme_minimal(ink = "purple") ``` #ggplot2 #rstats

"How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner" by Annie Mueller 😅 😂 😭 anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...

posit::conf wrapped up just last week! There were some wonderful talks by R-Ladies. Here are a few: AI Coding Assistants: Hype, Help, or Hindrance? 💬 Rebecca Barter @rlbarter.bsky.social 🖇️ rlbarter.github.io/posit-conf-2... A refreshing take on what to consider before asking an LLM for code.

The latest issue of @rweekly is now live! https://rweekly.org/2025-W39.html This week's highlights: ✏️ All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents by @rOpenSci 🈂️ I Vibe Coded an R Package by @jonocarroll ☑️ Quality Control for Scanned Multiple-Choice Exams by […]

Another delightful #positconf in the books! So lovely to see everyone 🌻 I miss it already! Especially excited about: 🤖 @minecr.bsky.social’s aifeedr 🌬️ Making my code pretty like @davisvaughan.bsky.social’s with air ✨ @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social’s editable quarto magic 📈 everything @kjhealy.co said

Great talk about {renv} by @pipinghotdata.com at #positconf. Very practical strategies for restoring and updating project state. Has anyone also used rv (a2-ai.github.io/rv-docs/)? In my little experience, it is very much like uv for python and looks more helpful than {renv}. #rstats

@alxrh.bsky.social's lightning talk was excellent!! So impressive to get the crowd laughing in a ✨pre-recorded✨ talk. #PositConf2025 pkg.rossellhayes.com/player/

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

People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python

Join me for social coworking & office hours about #accessibility! I'm co-hosting w Steffi LaZerte from @ropensci.org on Tues 9/9 from 8-10am ET: ropensci.org/events/cowor... There will be a special focus on accessibility in data visualization 📊 #DataViz #DataJournalism #RStats #PyData

Two weeks to go 😬 I'll be presenting on the fun work I've been doing on spreadsheets + R #rstats #positconf

I am excited to speak about ✨practical {renv}✨ at posit::conf! Please say hi if you are there! 🤗 #rstats #rladies

Excited to announce that our paper with @pingfanhu.bsky.social and Bogdan Bunea on our #rstats package {surveydown} is now published in @plosone.org The paper compares the benefits of using a code-based approach to survey design, leveraging #quarto and #shiny journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Are you like me and struggle to choose colors for your charts? I recently found the colorspace package, and it's a total game-changer. cran.r-project.org/web/packages... Load the package, run 'pal<-choose_palette()' and a GUI shows you color combos! Check out my example with #TidyTuesday data:

Hello #dataBS (& especially #TidyTuesday) fam! I'm trying to organize a thing to help me keep TidyTuesday running smoothly, but first I need to get a bit of a runway. Every week I curate a TT dataset, and it's wearing me down. Please see github.com/rfordatascie... for some ways you can help! #RStats

A simple design framework that will massively improve your slides and your public speaking clauswilke.substack.com/p/slides-tha...

{hexsession} by @liomys.mx is fun and useful! Produces css/html snippets that tile hex logos nicely, e.g. to showcase your #rstats package projects. 😎 github.com/luisDVA/hexs... #useR2025

Still smiling after my keynote abt Community at #useR2025 💜 Huge thanks to the organizing team for the invite, and to everyone who joined, asked questions, and shared their thoughts — you made it truly special! Slides docs.google.com/presentation... Video: www.youtube.com/live/CTTvTQ-... #rstats

Super excited to curate the @weare.rladies.org account this week. Follow me over there for data viz inspo, some things I think are magic, as well as chat about burnout, navigating career change and showing up for the #rstats community. Thanks for the nudge @pipinghotdata.com !

At useR! 2025? Join us at the R-Ladies networking event today, Friday, Aug 8! 💜 Thank you to R-Ladies RTP for organizing! 🤗 #rstats #rladies user2025.r-project.org/additional/r...

I'm looking forward to instructing #rstats debugging 🐞 with @edavidaja.com at #useR2025 this weekend! 💙 Please say hi if you are there! 👋

We are looking for some community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! - replace_when() - recode_values() - replace_values() New tools for recoding (think, lookup tables!) and replacing (think, replace `-99` with `NA` in `col`) in the tidyverse - I'm pretty excited about these!