The deadline for the Call for Proposals has been extended until March 14th! The program committee for useR! 2026 in Warsaw invites global R users and developers to submit their contributions. 

 SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL before time runs out: 📢 user2026.r-project.org/call/

📣 Quick reminder: The Call for Contributions for useR! 2026 conference in Warsaw 🇵🇱 is open. We are waiting for your application 😊 Info & submission here: 👉 user2026.r-project.org/call/ #RStats #useR2026 #DataScience #Poland

Join the global R community in Warsaw! We welcome submissions from all experience levels. We are looking for: 🎤 Talks (Standard & Lightning) 🧑‍🏫 Tutorials 📊 Posters 👥 Panels Topics range from AI, Positron IDE & Production to Bio/Social Sciences & Community building. 👉️ user2026.r-project.org/call/

I love this idea: duckdb.org/community_ex.... It translates dplyr syntax _inside_ of duckdb so you can mix it with regular SQL

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Kari L. Jordan (@drkariljordan.carpentries.org) as a Keynote Speaker for useR! 2026 in Warsaw! Dr. Jordan will from her knowledge and experience deliver her talk: "The Work Behind the Work: Sustaining R Through Community" user2026.r-project.org #rstats #useR2026

With the new year PyData NYC is looking for more volunteers! We stayed active with often two events a month and co-organized a conference with @pydatabos.bsky.social! We are the outreach arm of NumFOCUS so our goal is to support projects like NumPy, Pandas, and SciPy. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are honored to announce Dariia Mykhailyshyna (@dariia.bsky.social) as a Keynote for useR! 2026 in Warsaw! A postdoctoral researcher at the Kyiv School of Economics and a recent PhD graduate from the University of Bologna, Dariia has been an avid R user for seven years. user2026.r-project.org

If you are in or are able to make it out to Seattle this November, the Diversity Scholarship App is open until Sept 12. You can get free admission to the conference as well as a few other benefits that we manage to provide. pydata.org/seattle2025/... #PyDataSeattle2025 #PyData #Python #DataScience

And with that, the fabulous PyData Berlin 2025 has come to a close! Thank you to everyone who came, spoke, sponsored, or supported in any way! This event would not have been possible without the support of our entire wonderful open source community. UNTIL NEXT TIME!!! 🇩🇪🖤❤️💛

Last but definitely not least we have Ruby Waller on Apprenticeships in Data: a practical pathway into the profession.

The Call for Proposals for PyData Seattle 2025 is OPEN! Got something to share with the data community? We want to hear from you. Submit your talk, tutorial, or lightning talk idea by Sept. 1, 2025 at pydata.org/seattle2025/. #PyDataSeattle25 #PyData #NumFOCUS

🎤 PyData Seattle is seeking enthusiastic speakers for this 3-day in-person event by Sep. 1, all speaker proposals due in ONE WEEK! cfp.pydata.org/seattle2025/ We look forward to reading your proposal and appreciate you being a part of the community! 🩷

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in R. Register for in-person and virtual events: user2025.r-project.org/register useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University. #RStats

Registration is open for the useR! 2025 Virtual Program! The program features speakers from a diverse range of industries and parts of the world, covering topics from the basic to the advanced. Registration is free with options for suggested donations. user2025.r-project.org/register #RStats

Hacker and maker-spaces such as NYC Resistor have great potential to unlock creativity and innovation as you can be exposed to people from from many different fields and hobbies in a friendly, causal environment. www.meetup.com/pydatanyc/ev... #PyData

Join PyData NYC on May 15th at the Microsoft Times Square building 6pm to 8pm for an introduction to using Git by Mars Lee. Learning source control is an invaluable skill as Git and Github are used extensively in both scientific and mainstream software development. lnkd.in/g2MA_Tcp #PyData

The useR! 2025 extended deadline closes today! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025. useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. user2025.r-project.org/call #RStats

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025. Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025 useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. user2025.r-project.org/call #RStats

Look mommy, I’m famous now! Exhibit A: I’m on a podcast 📻 If you’re eager to hear me ramble about open source software, autodiff, French pronunciation, and of course #JuliaLang, tune in below open.spotify.com/episode/20ml...

Our very own Ashley Louie will be presenting at an upcoming webinar about generative AI! It takes place this Wednesday, December 18, at 2pm ET. Learn more at RSVP here!

I always wanted a complete #RStats guide for complex survey data with the #tidyverse, and now it’s here! Huge thanks to @statsteph.bsky.social & RJP ❤️ "Exploring Complex Survey Data Analysis Using R" Free online: tidy-survey-r.github.io/tidy-survey-... Preorder: www.routledge.com/Exploring-Co...

🎉 Core Developers at #PyLadiesCon 2024! 🐍💻 Ever wondered how Python is developed?🤔 This is your chance to ask! 7 amazing female Core Developers will be answering your questions. 👉 Register now: conference.pyladies.com/news/pyladie... Don’t miss this unique experience!🚀 #Python #PyLadies

Pydata Global 2024 has started! Make sure you check your email for the event link. #datascience #python #rstats

The second patch release for Julia v1.11 is now out! Check out the commits since v1.11.1 here: github.com/JuliaLang/ju... #JuliaLang

Whatever field you work in, from teaching, to pharmaceuticals, from plasma physics to DevOps and you use #JuliaLang please look into submitting a minisymposium. We want as broad of a set of minisymposia as possible at #JuliaCon 2025 in Pittsburgh next year! #AcademicSky

You gotta have that Oregon Trail ornament on your tree. That’s what Christmas is all about, dying of dysentery on your months long voyage out west.

Hey for the #rstats people out there - did you know that the R Consortium sponsored the Dengue Data Hub to provide a centralized repository for dengue incidence, mortality, and risk-related data. Learn more about it: r-consortium.org/posts/empowe...

So, do I ever really properly introduce myself? #Pydata #DataScience #OpenSource

🏆 Announcing the winners of our first app competition! From thermodynamic modeling to production planning and veterinary diagnostics, the #JuliaLang community amazed us with their talent. Check out the winners and their apps: 🌐 genieframework.com/blog/genie-competition-winners #LowCode #DataApp

🎥 The @pydata.bsky.social NYC talk by Christian Luhmann on 𝐏𝐲𝐌𝐂-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 is now live on Youtube! 📊 Catch the replay and see how Bayesian modelling simplifies complex analytics! 👉 youtu.be/4FznIhcrHCA?... #PyMCMarketing #Bayesian

Next JuliaHealth meeting is Thursday, November 28th 12 - 1PM EST! We will be planning our first ever mini-symposium at @juliacon.bsky.social! Come ready with your thoughts! 🧪 (Agenda and details in link!) #medsky #julialang #academicsky

The schedule is up now for PyData Global 2024. On Dec 5 at 13:00 UTC, I'll present a tutorial on Time Series Analysis with StatsModels: global2024.pydata.org/cfp/talk/KLX...

PyData Global 2024 Keynote Jeroen Janssens, PhD, is a data science consultant and certified instructor with an expertise in visualizing data. He will demonstrate how embracing the Unix command line can enhance your productivity, streamline workflows, and complement your skills. hubs.la/Q02ZdT3F0

I'm writing up a brief history of the tidyverse? What do you want to know about it? #rstats

Data Umbrella is now on Bluesky! 💙 🦋

Don't forget to submit a minisymposium proposal to JuliaCon Global 2025 in Pittsburgh by December 1! We welcome topics from your research domains (biology, chemistry, health, climate science, turbulence, etc), CS/SWE areas like testing libraries, HPC, and more! pretalx.com/juliacon-202...

PyData NYC 2024 was a success for sure! Come join us to enjoy learning and networking in our monthly meetups and yearly conferences! Thanks to #Microsoft for hosting, along with our many sponsors such as #Nvidia, #IBM, and @bloomberg.com! meetup.com/pydatanyc #PyData #Python #DataScience

Learn Polars expressions and how to build library-agnostic data tools, with @marcogorelli.bsky.social of Quansight: ⏺️ Polars & Narwhals: Understanding Expressions When You're Used to pandas #python #pandas #polars #opensource #arrow #datascience youtu.be/kPtUPe5Egak

It is good to see everyone's support of the Bluesky project, but honestly- Engagement rates need to pick up. Companies are opting not to incorporate BS into their social media strategy b/c not worth it

Attention all Python lovers🐍, data explorers🔍 and algorithm architects💡! The 24th Prague PyData meetup is coming up, and it will be hosted by #Creative_Dock! 🎉 So see you soon! 👉 www.meetup.com/pydata-pragu... 👈 #python #data #datascience #bigdata #pyvo #pydata

The PyData Global 2024 schedule is out! Check out the different tracks to find your area of interest whether you are a Python, R, or Julia user! pydata.org/global2024/s... #PyData #Python #Stats #RStats #DataScience

Win an opportunity to get a free copy of our new book on complex survey analysis using R! 💙

I got a Probabilistic Programming starter pack going. Hit me up if you're involved with #probprog R&D and want in! go.bsky.app/JfvubEf

Expand your Bluesky network with R: Find people followed by the people you follow, but who you don't follow, using R and the atrrr package blog.stephenturner.us/p/expand-you... #Rstats

Tomorrow: Containerization and R for Reproducibility and More with Noam Ross, computational disease ecologist and Executive Director of rOpenSci Register here: r-consortium.org/webinars/con... #rstats

I'm excited to be at PyData Global in December! I'll be talking about 📊 customising plotnine plots 📈 combining with matplotlib functions ✍️ adding annotations with HighlightText I'll be using this chart 👇 as an example! Link: https://buff.ly/3Z9R9k6 #DataViz #Plotnine #Python #PyData #ggplot2

The Why R? Linkedin page is being reconfigured to promote technical content for #rstats. Anyone interested in helping out, please get in touch

I’m heading to France and I get that going to another country is a serious matter, but I’m already tired of people who treat it like a trip to Mars, even people there. If it was as dangerous as the over dramatic make it sound Paris wouldn’t exist.

This is a short after movie of the first JuliaCon Local Event in Eindhoven, Co-located with PyData EindHoven. Make sure to submit your CFP proposal to JuliaCon 2024 soon! pretalx.com/juliacon2024... www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YfR...

Anyone have a compelling example of using a simple database (e.g., duckdb?) to store intermediate data from a more science-oriented project? I mostly use #rstats, #python, and #julialang. Bonus if the database is managed through docker/compose for the sake of flexibility