@murray.senate.gov and @cantwell.senate.gov and @adamsmith.house.gov Y'all need to be saying loud and clear to the media and military command: These threats from POTUS are war crimes and the POTUS and SecDef should be disobeyed if these orders are given. Call your GOP colleagues and reconvene NOW!

Open source in R - don’t know where to start? Start TOMORROW! R Consortium webinar (Wed, April 8): “Make your first R open source project contribution with git, forks, and PRs” 👉 Register here: r-consortium.org/webinars/mak... Build real experience. Collaborate globally. Contribute to R.

really like this quote from john bingham the goat on citizenship from 1867

We know, we're late. There's been a lot of changes this year. We appreciate your patience and look forward to seeing your proposals, #rstats!

When you wake up and your organization's Google workspace is suspended and you can't get anyone to respond to your service request... 😭

Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs. But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅 First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti. #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

‪Contribute to an R open source project! “Make your first R open source project contribution with git, forks, and PRs” with Daniel Chen, Lecturer at Univ of British Columbia Part of the lead-up to R/Medicine 2026! 👉 Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/mak... #rstats #opensource

The Rufous hummingbird has hit town and taken possession of the upstairs feeder.

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged even to people you find kind of cringe or annoying

I’m a white female college grad and I think that I am as legitimately and importantly American as a white male who flunked out of trade school and listens to podcasts at the gym.

Well, hello there, #rstats! Can I interest you in an R Dev Day? R Dev Day @ useR! 2026, Warsaw, Poland, Fri 10 July user2026.r-project.org/additional/r... Deadline: Fri 24 April R Project Sprint 2026, Birmingham, UK, Tue 1 - Thu 3 Sept contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sp... Deadline: Fri 8 May

Fantasizing about mass transit infrastructure

Y’all know that a few dollars USD goes much further in Africa than most other places. Can you kick in a few bucks for these folks trying to start up their R conference? I am. #rstats

It's that time again #3 of 12 plasma donation for 2026! #DonorFeet #DonateBloodSaveLives

#rstats I'm glad to announce Jarl 0.5.0! Jarl is a very fast R linter, written in Rust. This release brings many improvements and fixes. See the blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2026-0... And the full changelog: jarl.etiennebacher.com/changelog 🧵 to highlight some features below (1/4)

Join us for “Working Smarter in R” 💜 📅 Apr 22 ⏰ 6–7 BST / 11–12 PDT A global panel sharing tips on workflows, data cleaning, debugging & more in R. Featuring: @nrennie.bsky.social, Pao C., @meghansharris.bsky.social, Soraya C., @ivelasq3.bsky.social & @cghlewis.bsky.social #RStats #RLadies

I just saw my first Rufous hummingbird of the season!

Drop a movie that traumatized you as a kid.

Please give it a read and let me know what you think. Thank you! #rstats

What war would that be? Last time I checked the US Congress has not declared war with Iran. The administration should be told, "No money will be made available for your "excursion" using the US military unless that money is to bring our military personnel and resources home, immediately."

Are you keeping up with the latest plans and progress in the @rconsortium.bsky.social #Submissions working group? The group published a blog post. You might want to check it out: r-consortium.org/posts/submis... #rstats

R Dev Days are short events to work collaboratively on contributions to base R, the core functionality of the R programming language. Check out the list of R Dev Days in 2026! contributor.r-project.org/events/r-dev... #rstats #opensource @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

Contribute your knowledge and your voice! The R/Medicine 2026 Call for Proposals closes tomorrow, March 13. Submit your talk, lightning talk, demo, or workshop! rconsortium.github.io/RMedicine_we... #rstats #opensource #publichealth #healthdata

Amazing news for the R Core and the community! #rstats

I don't care that devs/data scientists use LLMs and agents. I hope that AI enthusiasts remember that without a well maintained & documented language, your code will suck. This is a big reason corporations should support open-source software projects. #opensource #rstats (pic from an email exchange)

Organizers of the R User Group of Nueva Vizcaya State University (RNVSU) recently spoke with the R Consortium about building a provincial, university-based R community in the Philippines. Find out all the details! r-consortium.org/posts/igniti... #rstats #opensource

Recording of my talk on {collapse} and the {fastverse} at the Bank of Portugal‘s workshop „Speeding up Empirical Research: Tools and Techniques for Fast Computing“ in December is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO5d... It includes examples from trade and network processing. #rstats #DataScience

Announcing {freestiler}: a high-performance vector tiling engine for R and Python. Generate vector tiles for your maps directly from R/Python spatial data, @duckdb queries, and local spatial files. Check out the docs here: walker-data.com/free... Some highlights:

Slyngstad always gets it right…

Personal opinion and likely wrong: What if the real reason for this war is simply to raise oil prices so OPEC can benefit from the rise and hard to access resources (Venezuela and US shale fields) are more cost effective to exploit? Side benefit to the Sunni regimes is crippling majority Shia Iran.

"To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavor. The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal... and all economics, politics, laws, armies, and institutions, are only valuable in so far as they prolong and multiply such scenes." C.S. Lewis

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There's another weekend in there for ya, #rstats! Get those proposals in and join us for one of the best online conferences on R in medicine!

Jeremy Horne, organizer of the Birmingham (UK) R User Group recently spoke with the R Consortium about rebuilding Birmingham’s R community as an inclusive space for learning and collaboration r-consortium.org/posts/jeremy... #rstats #opensource #community

One of the questions in our @rainbowr.org 📊 workshop, was "could you make the beeswarm chart interactive?" 🐝 The answer is "yes, you can" and here's how: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/interac... #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2 #VisLGBTQ

It's so early 😣

February @ropensci.org news! 🗞️ #RStats 💙 Strong Engagement in the Champions Program Call 🤔 Policy Updates for use of Generative AI Tools 🚀 Dashboard for your own R-Universe 📆 Coworking 💓 New packages {Athlytics}, {orgmetrics} 🗒️ Blog posts! 🧰 Package Dev Corner ropensci.org/blog/2026/02...

Alright, this is 2 of 12 for the year. Donating plasma every month this year is my goal! I hope you will consider donating or volunteering in your area. Blood supply is local! Give back to your community! #DonateBloodSaveLives

This is our very best value for a live event. You don't want to miss this, #rstats, especially if you are in public health or clinical data roles.

Seen online: ProPublica is hiring a data reporter, 5 yrs data journalism exp req'd. Salary $110K-$135K. Knowledge of Python or #RStats. US remote or option to work in NY, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix or Berkeley More info: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j... #DDJ #JournalismJobs

UseR! 2026 – Warsaw 🇵🇱✨ CFP is now open! Submit abstracts for talks, lightning talks, posters, tutorials, and panels. 🗓 Deadline: Sun 8 Mar 2026 📅 Conference: 7–9 July 🎓 Tutorial Day: 6 July 🔗 user2026.r-project.org/call/ #rstats #warsaw #datascience

Without trusted data, insurers can't meet internal or regulatory requirements to offer products across geographies; forcing the state to step in as insurer of last resort. This is an unacceptable risk to taxpayers. Congress, do your damn job!

A great keynote this morning! Thank you so much, @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com!

Risk 2026 is this week, there's still plenty of time to register! Full program here: rconsortium.github.io/Risk_website...

I love how tiny I am. Tiny and mighty 💪(within a localized area / your experience will vary).

I want a national rail service that supports a realistic alternative to regional air and bus travel.

Every once in a while I get really angry that the US doesn't have reliable, timely, and affordable rail travel all across the country.

I've worked with Claude to create a natural-language interface to Census data. It generates #RStats tidycensus code to answer a user's query. If of interest, here's the R package with the usual disclaimers (AI can make mistakes! Check the code! Use at your own risk!) github.com/smach/census... #ddj