Post is up! #rstats rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...

library(ggplot2) library(mgcv) ggplot(mtcars) + aes(x = hp, y = disp) + geom_point() + stat_smooth( aes(color = "vanilla gam"), method = "gam" ) + stat_smooth( aes(color = "monotonic constraint"), method = mgcv::scasm, formula = y ~ s(x, bs = "sc", xt = c("m+")) )

A new release of the mgcv #RStats 📦 is out on CRAN and Simon Wood (U Edinburgh) has added some significant new features despite the small bump in version number: 🌟 scasm() for estimating GAMs with shape constrained smooths. Can be used with any family & smoothness selection is via the EFS method

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

We're hiring an open-source #python developer focused on modeling APIs! tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... #numpy #scipy #scikitlearn

Found this on LinkedIn but truer words never spoken. Stop the Python project "dependency hell" and make the switch to Python's {uv} framework. Here's a great YouTube video that really resonated with me being an R first dev... From Posit's Julia Silge: youtu.be/pMVYl9fx1EE

Senator Tim Kaine does not have a voicemail, but you CAN send him a fax. And I just did. Virginians, make your voices heard tonight! AND I called Warner back and leave a message begging him to pass on our thoughts to Senator Kaine, since he seems to not wish to hear from the people he represents.

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

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...

Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)

"Ordinary person who just got isekai'd to a fantasy world in a video game" x.com/dailyportalz...

I responded "go Dodgers!" because no one else wants to hear it

Oh shit I think the spam texters are pissed at me

His arms are like little garlic rosemary breadsticks and his body is soft.

Look you bring me in the names of some six or seven

[Exit Ghost.]

Blue Jays, Dodgers cause mass confusion by dressing up as each other for Halloween world series game

R version 4.5.2 "[Not] Part in a Rumble" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

People sometimes ask why we want to rate DAGs. Couldn't we just rate statistical models instead? We like to explain it with capybaras and bicycles.

I built a DAG diagram with garden hoses for teaching. Pictured: a collider bias diagram, inspired by a blocked pipe situation I experienced (which I credit with giving me the intuition though it also ruined my belongings in the flooded cellar).

Say what you will about LLMs, we’re THIS close to automating away LinkedIn

I'm now also looking for a postdoc with strong Bayesian background and interest in developing Bayesian cross-validation theory, methods and software. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact information at users.aalto.fi/~ave/). Others, please share

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

Have you ever wondered how the transportability of an estimate may be affected by the choice of effect measure? Join us in Nov to hear from @mpiccininni3.bsky.social on why the causal risk ratio might be more stable and transportable across settings. Sign up: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #CIIG

Possibly weirded out my long-suffering colleagues with this idiosyncratic observation last week, and feel like it belongs in a meme. #rstats #python #ripdavidlynch

#rstats data.table + Mac users: is there an up to date guide on compiling data.table from source* with openMP on a newer Mac? My old notes (from an M1 mac) are not getting me there *I also see now that you can get parallelization just from the binaries from CRAN now, which is cool!

The recording of @dingdingpeng.the100.ci's fantastic #CIIG presentation "Making Rigorous Causal Inference More Mainstream" is now available on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0c...

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.

Announcing Plotnine 0.15.0: The Python package for Grammar of Graphics gets a massive upgrade! A new feature is Native Plot Composition: combine multiple independent plots into one figure, no more layout managers for multi-panel #Python graphs! Read the post: posit.co/blog/plotnin...

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

I made signs expressing points of disagreement with the government

Kids in the street

let's goooooooo

and by and by Think that I am unking’d

Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series! Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️ I would love to see you there 💚💛💙 www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...

Join our team! We are seeking a Technical Lead to guide the development of our web-based educational platform. See the job posting at:

Mr President Sir without NHANES the US will lose the trade war and become a net importer of observational studies

Despite all the uncertainty right now in American Higher Ed, our department is hiring! jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55... Happy to answer any questions you have - it's a wonderful place to work. 🥰 (Note: this is a tenure-track TEACHING position, not a good fit for research-only goals.)

Ahab fuming rn, seething

if I was a confounder I would simply be easy to observe

mirai 2.5.1 released. mirai.r-lib.org This is a patch release, but brings a new synchronous mode: `daemons(sync = TRUE)` runs your code in the same process. This means you can now drop into a browser session *within* your mirai #rstats code! p.s. amazing hex stickers made by someone @posit.co!!

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈 You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

I'm looking for a doctoral student with Bayesian background to work on Bayesian workflow and cross-validation (see my publication list users.aalto.fi/~ave/publica... for my recent work) at Aalto University. Apply through the ELLIS PhD program (dl October 31) ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...

✨ We launched a new installation page for DuckDB! 🚀 The new page lets you install the latest stable DuckDB release with just one or two clicks. If the defaults don't fit your use case, no worries: alternative download methods remain available for many clients.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to make beautiful websites with #QuartoPub and #rstats , check out this workshop I'm giving in a couple weeks! It'll be a blast (and we're covering Quarto's brand new _brand dot yaml system!)

seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that” me: “Bob Dylan” 7yo: “is that yr friend” me: “no a singer” 7yo: “not a very good singer”

My Alma mater has not historically shown much moral fortitude in the face of a big pile of money so I don’t have high hopes about this. Hopefully they find a little spine. laist.com/news/educati...

📊💿🧡🎉 Exciting news!! 'Release party' tomorrow Friday Oct 3rd at 3pm Eastern for #ggplot2 v4.0.0! With developer and maintainer @teunbrand! bit.ly/join-gg-exte...