#r5rgui has been on CRAN for a few days now! Your handy helper to quickly visually explore routes built by #rstats #r5r (@urbandemog.bsky.social), powered by #mapgl (@kylewalker.bsky.social). Learn more at www.ekotov.pro/r5rgui/

I’m teaching #rstats and #rspatial to a mix of geographers and data science folks at UMBC this spring. I’ve used RStudio in class for the last three years but I’ve switched over to #Positron for all of my own programming. Do folks consider Positron a “pro tool” only? Or is it good to learn on?

"SERIES 78, AERO SPACE DEFENSE COMMAND BOX 1 OF 2 V-0092," slide 16 of 38 [gallery]

My slow boys (gender neutral) feel me

Looking for critical/STS/media studies work on the "data lake." Anyone? 😬

Really unfortunate building fire on the 3100 block of Barclay Street this morning. No one got hurt, thankfully, but the building looks rough. #Baltimore

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Baltimore parents and caregivers: PCAB is asking for feedback on your child's/children's transit experience. Bit.ly/PCABtransportation Cc @drberger.bsky.social @carolsott.bsky.social @onetjesse.bsky.social @elipousson.bsky.social @jogadsby.bsky.social @mskerrygraham.bsky.social

man, those later animorphs books got a little sidetracked

The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders. The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here: newrepublic.com/article/2035...

I gave a talk on #QA in #GitHub: ditch the spreadsheets, embed QA in your workflow, make it a habit. More details ⬇️ 🛝 slides: statsrhian.github.io/qa-in-github 📝 blog post: rhian.rbind.io/posts/2025-1... #rstats #rap #quality-assurance

This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is: www.economist.com/united-state...

{sqltargets} 0.3.0 just hit CRAN, now includes the ability to pass 'dbi' parameters into queries. Turns out using SQL with #rstats {targets} is pretty fun! github.com/daranzolin/s...

like many folks I did not know that parking in bike lanes technically wasn’t illegal in Montgomery County, at least until this week. now we just need MCPD to enforce it— www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

I threw together a hacky first blush at creating package for the Allmaps MapLibre plugin (allmaps.org/docs/package...), now I can peruse georeferenced maps in #Rstats! github.com/mhpob/allmaps I'm a complete JS novice and using this as a foil to learn, so I will greedily accept any suggestions.

#30DayMapChallenge Day 3 - Polygons Land use distribution of Mong Kok, Hong Kong Classified into 6 major categories: built structure, open space, carriageway, footway, alleyway, others

It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with. Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

REMINDER: Free Early Bird registration for Cranksgiving ends on November 4th. After that, you will have to pay a late registration fee to participate. So register now! Can't ride? We also need a ton of volunteers. Join us! www.bikemore.net/cranksgiving...

I can't believe I've never seen this photo before

Interested in teaching spatial data skills for urbanism? 🗺️ The Geospatial Data Carpentry for Urbanism (TU Delft / thecarpentries) seeks beta pilot workshops. Details 👉 https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/10/geospatial-data-carpentry-for-urbanism/ #rstats #gis #carpentries #rspatial

Creating large and complex projects in #Rstats can get messy really quick. Once I've learned the advantages of using the {targets} package to orchastrate my code I never looked back. #tipoftheday Use targets! books.ropensci.org/targets/ Kudos to @ropensci.org team behind this !

I've started working on an R package that makes it easy to write Typst markup dynamically! #rstats It's still in its early stages, but it implements: - ✅ all Typst functions - ✅ set rules - ✅ conversion from R to Typst (`NULL` becomes `none`, etc) - ✅ no dependencies github.com/y-sunflower/r2typ

ROAD TO NOWHERE is out in one week! Find it at a bookstore near you (and request it at your local library).

Tonight Baltimore City Council took a step toward increased housing flexibility and choice and decreased housing costs by passing on second reader parking minimum repeals and updated bulk and yard standards, as well as sending single stair reform to the mayor for signature.

I'll be in conversation with Judy Richardson of SNCC tomorrow at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Avenue!

New R package: gridmappr by Roger Beecham It automates creating small multiple gridmap layouts by optimally placing geographic points into grid cells (inspired by Jo Wood’s Observable notebooks). 👉 github.com/rogerbeecham... #RStats #RSpatial #DataViz #GISchat

Will be at @redemmas.org with Ho-fung Hung this Wednesday. In Baltimore? Come on down!

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to America's and Maryland's and Baltimore's Native People.

The documentation is outdated but I just updated (and fixed) my typstdoc Quarto format extension github.com/elipousson/t... Documentation needs work but I think it looks pretty good.

The Baltimore City Council passed a bill earlier this year to study chronic absenteeism (25-002). I submitted written testimony on a major factor being MTA, known at least since BERC published a large transit study nearly 10 years ago. A decade on, here's how the commute is for my kid. /1

I’m testing out this method to get spatial data from MSSQL into R (then convert to an sf object) but it seems to work for some tables but not others hydroecology.net//reading-spa... I need a reprex but I’m also wondering if there are other ways to do this that don’t use st_read. #rstats #rspatial

🎉 The latest version of {stats19} is here! This #rstats package for road collision data now includes: ✨ 2024 data downloads (finally) 👥 A new package author (Blaise Kelly) 📃 Docs reproducing DfT data Instantly analyse 9 million+ collision records 🚀 Details: docs.ropensci.org/stats19/news...

Before I code something from scratch, does anyone have a #rstats function like setdiff but it works with named lists and/or data frame rows? Optionally dropping duplicate values and keeping the differences from the first list?

Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work. That's how cities manage curbs.

📢 Tuesday 10/7 7pm PT @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social in conversation w/ Daphne Muse celebrating POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back @princetonupress.bsky.social In-person, or register for Zoom here: citylights.com/events/joshu...

THIS SATURDAY IN BALTIMORE!!! The second annual Graphic Novel Festival is happening from 9-5 in Highlandtown at @dreamersbmore.bsky.social! www.graphicnovelfestival.com

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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

Are you doing public history work in NYC? If yes and you would like to be included in a potential gathering tentatively happening in April 2026 here in the city, please reach out to [email protected]. This will be focused on grassroots public history efforts happening and/or planned here in NYC.

At @okfn.bsky.social we are looking for a short-term R Developer. The work is exciting and important, advancing a humanitarian mission! Apply or share with others!

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

Safeway’s got a pretty similar deal, FTR: www.safeway.com/pharmacy/vac... & Wegmans is now taking appointments & walk-ins in MA, NY, NJ, PA, & MD (No idea on their one DC location, they’re giving them @ their VA & NC stores but only w/ a doctor’s prescription) www.wegmans.com/pharmacy

Hope to see some #Baltimore neighbors in the morning at the @bikemore.net Bike Breakfast! secure.everyaction.com/eTH-PaXiNEmE...

Zines are a great tool for science communication. Earlier this year, I put one together with @kiricarini.com of @developmentseed.org. The zine provides a visually interesting jumping off point for folks learning cloud-native geospatial data!

Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡

oh no i'm reading about the b&o's weird freight operations in fells point @sandypsj.bsky.social @interurbanera.bsky.social @sevensixfive.bsky.social

Check out "Scaling the r-spatial ecosystem" by Dewey Dunnington 🌍📦 An exploration of how R’s spatial tools can be used for big(ger) data. Video: youtu.be/tjNEoIYr_ag?... Slides: dewey.dunnington.ca/slides/rspat... #RStats #rspatial #GIS #SpatialData

📦 New R package: sfhotspot by Matt Ashby Identify & analyze spatial clusters of points (places/events) entirely with sf objects. Includes tools for counts, change over time, kernel density, Getis–Ord Gi*, etc. 🔗 GitHub: github.com/mpjashby/sfh... #RStats #GISchat #Geocomputation #RSpatial

advocan't: somebody who says they want things to be better but constantly makes excuses for power and has endless reasons That Won't Work