This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!

The equivalent of the Bechdel test for a tech-ish event is “is there a line for the womens bathroom?” and #positconf just passed with flying colours 😅

Can't wait to see everyone at posit::conf(2025)!! Here's my annual "things to do" list for food, coffee, bakeries, and bars near conf! #positconf2025 #rstats docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I’m excited for #PositConf2025 next week! Can’t wait to talk to y’all! I wanna hear what you are working on, and always happy to talk about what I have been up to. Especially keen to talk to people that have tried orbital about your experience. Also bringing special edition kittymodels stickers

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

If you'd like to contribute to the tidyverse or tidymodels packages -- or learn how to -- join us at the tidyverse developer day! There are some tickets left for underrepresented minorities. #RStats #RLadies More info in the blog post: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...

So stoked to share about the first release of the Posit AI Newsletter! @sara-altman.bsky.social and I have been working on a pilot of this newsletter internally for a few months now—an opinionated and pragmatic snapshot of AI news released every two weeks. First edition: posit.co/blog/2025-08...

Extra day of virtual fun added to posit::conf(2025)! Join us on Sept 16 for a full day of virtual talks and activities. P.S. The conference Discord is now open to all. Come hang out! 🔗 Login for Discord instructions: pos.it/conf-event-portal 🔗 Learn about Virtual Day: posit.co/blog/posit-c...

Happy to announce ✨quarto-revealjs-editable✨ This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides github.com/EmilHvitfeld... #quarto #slidecrafting

Does Jenny Bryan #VibeCode? 🤔 She shared on the Hangout that she's been thankful that she gets to learn #rust and #typscript in the age of #AI and these are her thoughts on #LLM use. (We really need a #RubberDuck emoji 🦆) #rstats #databs #VibeCoding #DSHangout #python

We still have spots available for tidyverse dev day on Sept 19: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07.... Please come along to contribute to the tidyverse and have a bunch of fun along the way! It's open to all, but is most convenient if you're coming to posit::conf or live near Atlanta #rstats

In the frenzy of exciting #useR2025 talks, I forgot to mention that I also gave my talk. 😆 "Adding models to {tidyclust}", slides here: kbodwin.github.io/Talks-and-Pr... PC: @healthandstats.bsky.social

I saw the hex wall, but they also brought back socks from useR in Australia! 🤩 #useR2025

I've been excited for @yabellini.bsky.social's #user2025 Keynote since it was announced!!! Title slide does not disappoint. 🥰

Join us for the R-Ladies Networking Event at useR! 2025 Friday, August 8 at 6:30 PM | Gross Hall Room 103, Duke University. Come say hi, meet members, discover local chapters, and explore how to get involved. More details here: user2025.r-project.org/additional/r... #useR2025 #rladies

Following the dismissal of Erika McEntarfer as US Commissioner of Labor Statistics, we've released a statement of concern. At a time of global economic uncertainty, we stress the importance of the independence of statistical institutions and the protection of the integrity of official statistics.

It's the virtual day for useR! Some of the talks are already available, including this one: I always enjoy @juliasilge.com explaining things so if you are curious about the Positron IDE (it's out of beta now!), this is for you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKSr... #rstats

Just discovered {ggcats} and yes, it does exactly what you think: adds cats to your ggplots. 🐈📈 Because sometimes your data visualisation needs a little more purr-sonality. 👉 github.com/R-CoderDotCo... #RStats #ggplot2 #dataviz #catsinstats

The call for papers for LatinR 2025 (online) is now open! You can present in English, Spanish, or Portuguese 🗣️ #RStats latinr.org/en/blog/en/2...

Slides from yesterdays talk "Don't be dense, embracing sparsity in tidymodels" are live if you are interested! emilhvitfeldt.github.io/talk-slc-spa...

A little while ago I saw a really beautiful colour palette/colour science post. It was something to do with capturing pastel/water colours and transformations to the colourspace. I can't for the life of me remember what is was called, does anyone remember this? #rstats

After a month or so of not using Claude Code much to write R code, I recently returned to using the tool most days. Giving coding assistants the ability to peruse #rstats package documentation via MCP is so, so helpful: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-07...

Hi #RLadies! I’m Jesica, your curator this week! I’m super excited to be here and share this week with you! 💜 Based in Argentina 🧉, I’m a researcher working at the intersection of data, education, and open science. I use R for analyzing data, teaching, and (more recently) building tools.

vitals, an R package for LLM evaluation, is now on #rstats CRAN!🧸 Specifically aimed at folks building with ellmer, the package will help you engineer prompts, choose models, and measure cost/latency/performance rigorously. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/06...

New post! How to open files, folders, websites in #RStats 📂 Featuring 👐 - base R functions - {usethis} functions - {cli}'s inline formatting - IDE commands & shortcuts masalmon.eu/2025/06/25/o... Thanks @frick.ws for inspiration and reviewing! 🙏

It's remarkable that this is as needed as it is, but it is. A nice collection of practices.

At Posit, we love @typst.app: ⚡ Make PDFs in milliseconds, not minutes ✨ The power of LaTeX with today's technologies ✍️ Modern typography (including emojis!) 🧠 Clear mental model So I'm thrilled to announce that we're now supporting its development: posit.co/blog/posit-a... #rstats

1. 🧵 on both German intercity rail and the TCP high-speed rail proposal, inspired by someone on Twitter asking @mattyglesias.bsky.social about how I'm addressing Deutsche Bahn's own problems with reliability. So, to start with, here are some schematics; NEC is what we propose, not current service.

Registration for the posit::conf(2025) virtual experience is now open! Join us virtually, Sept 16–18, and access live-streamed keynotes and 100+ talks, on-demand recordings, Q&A sessions, and our virtual networking platform. Learn more in the blog post: posit.co/blog/posit-c... #RStats #Python

With all my recent work on systemfonts I felt it was time it got a hex logo

Mastering typefaces and fonts in #rstats has always been harder than it should. I have tried to collect much of my relevant knowledge in this deep-dive blog post so you can spend your time picking the right typeface instead of cursing at the computer

Curator: @noamross.net @dslc.io welcomes you to week 18 of #TidyTuesday! We're exploring National Science Foundation Grant Terminations under the Trump Administration! 📁 https://tidytues.day/2025/2025-05-06#TidyTuesday #RStats #PyData #JuliaLang #DataViz #tidyverse #r4ds

Come for the detailed #PositConf2025 schedule, stay for the unpredictable rollercoaster of serious 🤓 and unhinged 🤪 session titles! #RStats #Python

Happy to share that {recipes} has a new release with many new features and all known bugs exterminated! www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/04... #rstats #tidymodels

I wrote up a little blog post comparing the runtime and memory allocation of how we used to create dummy variables with the new sparse support I added in tidymodels emilhvitfeldt.com/post/sparse-... #rstats #tidymodels

I've just signed up! What a great opportunity to learn about using LLMs in #R with @hadley.nz, the creator of the {ellmer} #RStats 📦(and others, like ggplot2). Only $20 or €20! And you're supporting Ukraine! June 13 online, 18:00 - 20:00 CET / noon to 2 pm ET bit.ly/4jmEAJW #GenAI #Ukraine ⬇️⬇️⬇️

@Yanina Bellini Saibene is a pillar of many R communities so we are thrilled she will be sharing her wisdom with us for her keynote. Yanina is a Professor at Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, rOpenSci Community Manager, and R-Ladies Project Lead. user2025.r-project.org/register #RStats #useR2025

R 4.5.0 is released and includes the `penguins` data popularised by {palmerpenguins} 📦! Some variable name changes means that scripts need editing to use the built-in datasets. The new {basepenguins} 📦 automates that! ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins #RStats

Want to work with me on the Shiny team at @posit.co alongside @jcheng5.bsky.social @winstonchang.bsky.social @schloerke.bsky.social @grrrck.xyz? We're looking for another engineer, apply here posit.co/job-detail/?... #rstats #rshiny #ShinyConf #python #pydata

For the last couple of months I've been working on something and I'm excited to finally share an early preview: Say hello to plumber2 🎉 plumber2 is a full rewrite of the plumber package for creating powerful webapis in #rstats. It takes everything we have learned from plumber and adds even more

rsample 1.3.0 is on CRAN! This release contains a more flexible grouping for bootstrap confidence intervals as well as many tidy dev day contributions as general upkeep. #RStats www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/04...

New on my blog: I've been seeing lots of hype claiming that Gemini 2.5 Pro is the new state of the art since the model's release last week. How well does it know #rstats? www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2025-04...

Hey #rstats! 👋 As part of my first consulting venture, I'm excited to share 2 in-person workshops in Brisbane on April 14 & 15: "Quarto for Scientists" and "R Package Essentials". Bonus: When you sign up, you'll get a free one-hour video consult with me for code review, writing, or data analysis! 🚀💡

I'm beyond excited to share with you all that tidymodels now have sparsity support. We now support sparse data during the whole process, generate data sparsely in recipes steps when your model supports spare data structures. and you don't have to change anything! www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/03...

1/3 To better align with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community, R-Ladies is re-branding to R-Ladies+! 💜 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️ @rladies.org is rebranding to R-Ladies+ You can read more about the process and the decision in our blog post: rladies.org/news/rebrand... #RStats

As access to scientific communications remains crucial, I'm excited to share I've joined openRxiv as Interim Chief Operations Officer to help launch the organization. It's already been amazing working with @richardsever.bsky.social & John Inglis & team & I'm grateful to be part of this next phase. 💚

Tech-heavy Nasdaq registers worst day since 2022 Elon Musk's Tesla closed down 15.4%, its biggest daily fall since September 2022

Also, shameless self-promotion-- I'm a major R and data nerd, and I'll be on sabbatical next year. I would love to get involved with journalism projects (either paid or unpaid). If you might have something I could help with, come say hi!

Today is International Women’s Day! It’s an important day for us (although the R-Ladies mission is not limited to women). 💜Who are we? R-Ladies is a worldwide organization whose mission is to promote gender diversity in the R community.

reminded today just how great the {censored} #rstats hex is