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

🌟 The ninth round of the Mardia Prize is now open for applications! If you’re passionate about connecting statistics with other sciences, this is your chance to run an interdisciplinary workshop series. Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 More info & application form: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

I'm hosting the @strategyunit.bsky.social RAP drop-in session on Wednesday morning. Free, fortnightly support for NHS folk who want a space to ask or chat about Reproducible Analytical Pipelines and all things #rap #rstats #python #datascience 👩‍💻💙💼Techys and managers welcome Register below ⬇️

Had a brilliant time running the “Give it a go: build an R package” workshop today 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who jumped in and gave it a try - can’t wait to see what you build! 📦 Materials here if you want to play along ⬇️ statsrhian.github.io/build-r-pkg/ #RSS2025Conf

Packed room for "Learn from my mistakes" career session organised by @zakvarty.bsky.social for @statsyss.bsky.social Featuring the excellent Richard Samworth, Fiona Underwood and @stateecetics.bsky.social #RSS2025Conf

We've managed to snap pics of some brilliant statisticians and data professionals at #RSS2025Conf - lured in by #UnicornSkye🦄 's beauty! #RSSConf2025

Having a great time at #RSSConf2025 and it hasn't event started yet 😄 #WillCycleForIceCream

It’s Statistician’s Eve! 🤩 This weekend I’m heading to Edinburgh for the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social International Conference – my favourite of the year (sssh 🤫 don’t tell the others) #RSSConf2025

Absolutely thrilled our open-source demand model won the Florence Nightingale Award @royalstatsoc.bsky.social @ap.brid.gy! 🎉 Proud to be part of a kind, clever team at @strategyunit.bsky.social who value open-source, probabilistic thinking & public value. 🔗 strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/news/strateg...

We are delighted to organise this @kevinguyan.bsky.social talk in Edinburgh jointly with @rssedinburgh.bsky.social ➡️Rainbow Trap: How Inclusive Statistics Still Box Us In⬅️ 📅7 July 📌 @bayescentre.bsky.social ⏰6pm-7.30pm 🎫Book your place! rss.org.uk/training-eve...

Great chat in this morning’s #RAP drop-in about how to avoid refactoring code. Honestly, refactoring is how I figure out what I’m really trying to do. I rarely understand the full flow of my code until I’ve reworked it a few times. It’s not something to avoid, it’s part of the process!

One of the warmest and most empowering communities I’ve found in the R world is @rainbowr.org 💜 ✨ Their mission? To connect, support, and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community and to spread awareness of LGBTQ+ issues through data-driven activism. 🌈📊 #RStats #RLadies

Really proud of this one 👇 We’ve just open-sourced our hospital demand model 🥳 We’re trying to answer a big question: what should hospitals look like in 20 years? How many beds will be needed? It’s complicated and full of uncertainty. ⬇️

From June, I’ll be taking on limited consulting work via my new practice, NC Data Labs → ncdatalabs.com If your team needs support with production R, internal R tooling, or Shiny/package dev, I’d like to hear from you! #rstats #rinprod

🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday April 23th, 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

Small multiples can save even the most complicated chart. And the best thing is, you can use this technique for almost any type of chart. A scatter plot, for example! medium.com/p/3aa0b039410 (Post 4 out of 4 while I'm on holiday, sharing some highlights from previous years)

New version of R is out! Our Data Scientist, Russ Hyde, has put together a quick review of the key features and changes in R 4.5 — from new language features to graphics updates and more. 📝 Read the full blog post here: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n... #rstats #Rprogramming #opensource

Did you know there are stock images specifically for Women of Colour in tech? 📸 Representation matters, and it's great to see resources like these that help showcase the diversity in our field. 🌍💻 www.flickr.com/photos/wocin... #RepresentationMatters #WomenInTech #DiversityInTech #WOCinTech

Want to come to @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference but worried about the cost? Did you know there are a few bursaries for RSS fellows, focusing on early career researchers, people returning from a career-break/parental leave, and those from economically developing areas rss.org.uk/training-eve...

🚀 Join the R-Ladies Global Team! 🌍💜 Are you passionate about diversity, empowerment, and fostering an inclusive R programming community? Make an impact by joining the R-Ladies Global Team! ✨

In order to better align with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community, R-Ladies is re-branding to R-Ladies+! 💜 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ ✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand... ✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand... #rstats #rladies

I don't put stickers on my laptop, instead decorating my kayak, toolbox, or a poster in my office. However, I've just got a sticker which may make me reconsider—a shiny bao bun from my fav lunch spot in #WhitleyBay. It's so cute & sparkly! ✨ Where should I put it? Where do you keep yours? #RStats

📊 Minard’s diagram of Napoleon’s Russian campaign is often called the best statistical graphic ever drawn—but how did it earn that title? Paul Kahn unpacks its journey and asks whether history’s greatest visualizations can truly shape the world around us. nightingaledvs.com/napoleon-tru...

Publishing spreadsheets? {aftables} makes publishing accessible spreadsheets easy. It auto-structures & styles your tables to follow UK gov best practices. 📊✨ #rap #rstats #DataScience

Y’all can’t even imagine how much debugging I’m about to get done.

The first YSS event in 2025 will happen next week (3 March 3-4 pm) ✨ The online panel session will include discussions of maintaining work and family balance for female professionals, ahead of the International Women's Day (8 March) 👩! Register here: rss.org.uk/training-eve...

On mornings like this, I feel very lucky to live in the North East 😍 And also grateful for coffee☕ 😴

🎉 UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals - Deadline Extension 🎉 UseR! has extended the Call for Proposals deadline for useR! 2025. You now have until 10th March 2025 to submit your abstracts. 📅 New Deadline: Monday, 10th March 2025 🌐 Submission Link: lnkd.in/e_t65qmc #rstats

Oh this is lovely 🤩 Format-on-save code formatting in Positron for consistent, clean R code. #RStats

📝 [Blog post] Open Science and Open Source only with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility by The rOpenSci Team. Including all of humanity is and always will be at the heart of open science. https://ropensci.org/blog/2025/02/05/no-science-without-deia/ #OpenScience #deia […]

Want to join our team? 🚀 We're hiring a #python data scientist to help build the future of open source data science in health & social care 💙 - NHS Band 7 - Birmingham (hybrid / UK remote) - Closes 12th Jan Apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/41vOxih FAQs ➡️ https://buff.ly/3ZIV3AC #datasciencejobs

🚀 We've launched a rainbowR starter pack 🚀 go.bsky.app/S3t9LbZ ↩️ Reply to be added!

We have our brand.yml page on the Posit Gallery posit-dev.github.io/brand-yml/in...! All our colours can be used for NHS England. Thanks to @send2dan.bsky.social for the issue on the Posit GitHub and @grrrck.xyz for all your help with getting this to a successful Pull Request. #RStats #Python

Had a lovely time at #NHSRPySoc last week. I particularly enjoyed hanging out at the #unconference, chatting about Using GitHub for everything, and the distinction between data analysts and data scientists. 🗣️ Slides: "From Reproducible to Reusable" https://buff.ly/4932m9B #RAP #RStats #NHSR

It's a Shostakovitch sort of Saturday. Leningrad & Festival Overture later with New Tyneside Orchestra 🥁🎶

Still at #NHSRPySoc. Still hearing too many stories where analysts learn and succeed in spite of their jobs, not because of them

🌈 rainbowR meet-up: Wednesday December 4th, 5pm UTC 🌈 - connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 - ask questions about R 🙋 - tell us about an R package you like 📦 - show/tell us about something R-related you’ve been working on 💻 ➡️ Registration via us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Arrived in Birmingham for @nhsrcommunity.bsky.social #rstats & #python conference (one of my favourites💜). Looking forward to chatting about reusable code and banging the #RAP drum 🥁 See you there? 👋

Well this is lovely 🥰 thanks @turingway.bsky.social All contributions count! Even if it's just a typo ✏️ 🐛

Should be finishing up my @nhsrcommunity.bsky.social talk, but instead I'm making doge memes like it's 2013.

Big life achievement for me this week. Actually finished the Significance magazine cryptic crossword in time to submit a solution. 🤓