AI has real risks & we should have smart & evolving policy to manage them. By focusing the public's mind on very low probability/"high" consequence extinction events from super-intelligent AI, it slides acceptable windows of what bad things humans can do with AI right now (eg discrimination/disinfo)

If you are an #rstats user in the greater SLC area, join us IN PERSON next Tues, Sept 30 for some networking and data science chat! We are meeting at a place called Thieves Guild Cidery, which, yes, is a DnD-themed tavern. ⚔️🎲🐉 www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...

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

📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

H1B holders are net job creators. Ending the H1B visa will not result in more hiring of Americans or hiring overseas, it will simply destroy jobs and fewer people will be hired. It is racism shooting itself in the foot as usual.

Could this {uv} solution recommended by @juliasilge.com be the answer to the personal hell that is "Import Error: no module named 'numpy'" ? #positconf2025

It was such a pleasure to speak today at #PositConf2025 about how BADLY 😱 it went when I tried to learn Python ~10 years ago, and how tooling in the ecosystem has changed (gotten better!) in the intervening decade. You can check out my slides at: juliasilge.github.io/get-unstuck-...

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

It was such a pleasure to join PyCon Colombia this past summer, to speak about #Positron, how the work of data science is different, and the tension between exploratory work and reproducible practices. 💫 The recording of my talk is now available, if you'd like to check it out! youtu.be/xiCa6OcXlSs

Whether it's John F. Kennedy saving thousands of children's lives by founding the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ending thousands of children's lives by limiting access to vaccines, both Kennedys impacted children's health.

RFK is the only person able to properly talk like that creepy text that y̵̲̹̲͌͜o̶̻͠ȗ̵͍̓ ̸̞̏ͅh̵̡̗͈̥̅a̷͇̍̊͝v̶̺͕̲͑̐ê̵̥̪ ̵̻̫̪̝̓̿ţ̵̂͋́̿ͅȯ̵͍͙̪ ̵̨̳̞̼͒g̴͚̰͆͝ǫ̴͖̫̼̇̇̆͠ ̶̡̡͓̩̾ẗ̸̛͉͌͝o̷̬̣̠̍̊̋ ̵̫̜̼̾̒͛a̸̤͒̿ͅ ̵̬̀̈́ẉ̸̦͙̀ḛ̵̲͇͓͗b̴̟̪͋̂ș̸͎̻͈͋̀i̴̛̟̞̽̀t̶̙̻̳͋ẹ̸̦̗̀͊͌ ̸̙̈́͠t̷̙̦͓̾ö̴̬̺́͒ ̶̨̰̜̋̽ṫ̵͚̝̖̎͜y̴̞̮͊̆p̴̖̫̚ě̸̢̻͍̈́ ̷̳̖͙̾̔͗ō̵̤̱ù̸̢̐͝t̴̰̻̦̎̃̅.̴̛̮͓̣̱̈́

I found this post by Claire Welsh super interesting, outlining how she uses #Positron as someone working in product! 🤩 My own data science skills have been helpful in making product decisions, and I always appreciate learning more about other people who do similar work. posit.co/blog/positro...

A very nice document prepared by Friends of BLS with important information about the agency. A solid effort to prevent the spread of misinformation. Please share, especially with friends and colleagues who do not understand what’s happening. www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

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...

More or less universally a country seeking to limit foreigners studying in that country is a sign of a society, culture, great power in severe decline.

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...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the last one they come for before they come for you.

Really, really excited to get to the next stage with Positron, including upcoming general availability of Positron in Posit Workbench! posit.co/blog/positro... #RStats #PyData #dataBS #datascience #positron

Gosh, as someone who grew up homeschooled, evangelical, etc in TX in the 90s, I would have been VERY HAPPY to never hear the name "Doug Wilson" again.

Super excited to be teaching at posit::conf again this year! Interested in learning about how to do machine learning with Python and scikit-learn? Register for our workshop!

I just saw that my Fosstodon account has been bridged to here by… someone? Not sure 🤔 I do tend to manually cross post, customized for each platform, so I wonder if I can get that bridge removed? bsky.app/profile/juli...

I'm excited to speak this afternoon at #useR2025 on outgrowing your laptop with #Positron for #rstats users! You can check out my slides at juliasilge.github.io/useR-2025/

My day 1 #useR2025 highlight was the Positron class, I’m officially a convert now. 🤓 Why? 🐇 Positron is fast! ⌨️ RStudio keybindings 🎨 Command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) to find any IDE feature 🏡 Remote-SSH runs code on my home server, anywhere! 🤖 The Positron Assistant integration is seamless #rstats

Still smiling after my keynote abt Community at #useR2025 💜 Huge thanks to the organizing team for the invite, and to everyone who joined, asked questions, and shared their thoughts — you made it truly special! Slides docs.google.com/presentation... Video: www.youtube.com/live/CTTvTQ-... #rstats

Frauke Kreuter giving a deeply informed and rousing defense of the U.S. federal statistical agencies and community at #user2025, with a clear-eyed view of its challenges user2025.r-project.org/program/in-p...

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

I sat on the technical advisory committee for the BLS for about 5 years, and the statisticians who work there are so conscientious and hard working. I am SO UPSET to hear about the commissioner’s firing!!! 😩

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

Today is the @user-conf.bsky.social 2025 virtual conference 🙌 The talks are being posted one at a time on YouTube, starting last night at midnight ET going through midnight tonight: www.youtube.com/@useRConfere...

If you attend *ONE* Data Science Hangout this year, make it this week's hangout with JENNY BRYAN. Trust me ✨ Thursday, July 31st at 9AM PT / 12PM ET - a casual conversation with Jenny powered by YOUR questions. Feel free to lurk or hop in the chat. #rstats #databs pos.it/dsh 👈🏼 👀 (register here!)

Introducing the Data Explorer in Positron! Quickly view raw data files (CSV, Parquet, etc.) or dataframes from your #Python / #RStats sessions with a data grid, summary panel, and filter bar. Learn more: positron.posit.co/data-explore... #Positron

What makes an R user group thrive? Julia Silge shares lessons from building a technical and inclusive #rstats community in Salt Lake City — from approachable meetups to deep ecosystem ties. Building data communities! 🔗 r-consortium.org/posts/julia-... #opensource bsky.app/profile/juli...

In the latest episode of The Test Set, @wesmckinney.com talks funding #OpenSource, building trust in dev communities, and the "community over code" mindset. Plus, get an overview of #Positron, the new polyglot data science IDE 💻 🎧 Listen at thetestset.co, on Spotify, or Apple Podcasts

Take a quick tour of Positron, Posit's next-generation data science IDE, built by the creators of RStudio. Read the blog to learn more: posit.co/blog/a-quick...

Libby has finally taken her first breath of Air 😂

OMG I TRIED AIR. I TRIED IT & LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. @juliasilge.com recommended format on save, so I set up Air + format on save + auto save when focus leaves editor. This might be the thing that gets me using #Positron for both #Rstats & Python (currently only using it for #Python) #databs

I am starting to prep for my #positconf2025 talk this year, and I am excited but also a bit nervous 😅 because I am sharing how TERRIBLE things went for me the first time I tried to learn Python! 🐍 Hoping it will be interesting to the Python-curious and beyond: posit.co/conference/

🐘 ellmer 🐘 makes it easy and fun to use LLMs from #rstats, and 0.3.0 is out now. Read about the new streamlined chat() function, improvements to tool specifications, and more at www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07....

Join us now to hear from Emil! 🙌

mcptools, a package implementing the Model Context Protocol in #rstats, is now on CRAN!🌉 We see significant opportunity with MCP and, at the same time, want to note that it's still a nascent ecosystem with serious security risks. www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/07...

Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again

The Data Science Hangout I was on is available to watch for free. A full hour of Q&A where we explored SO many good and challenging questions about the Psychology of technical teams. It's my joy to work in service of these communities. youtu.be/osHlcc3SqQU?...

I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg

So CBS is cancelling the Late Show, which regularly skewered Donald Trump just a week or so after its parent company agreed to pay a bribe to Donald Trump to get its merger approved with a company run by the son of one of Trump's biggest donors/supporters. Nothing to see here.

It's at least a little bit funny that what we used to call "vibe coding" has become something that is best done through detailed spec-writing with the agent and then detailed planning with the agent before getting said agent to code, kind of the opposite of vibing out.

Announcing Orbital for Python! For Scikit-learn users, this tool transforms your ML pipelines into SQL queries, letting predictions run directly in your database without a #Python environment. Learn more: posit.co/blog/introdu...

Join the SLC RUG on July 22 to hear from Emil Hvitfeldt about sparse data structures in tidymodels! ✨ #rstats www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...