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You're doing awesome work and we want to hear your stories! Submit a talk for posit::conf(2026) - Today is the last call for talks!
📣 The useR! 2026 committee invites global R users and developers to submit abstracts for talks, panels, posters, and tutorials!
Submissions are peer-reviewed based on content and balance.
You're welcome to apply!
Find more at:
user2026.r-project.org/call/
#useR2026 #DataScience #Poland #Warsaw
"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish https://github.com/kip-dili/kip (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661897)
HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN!
harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in...
You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
I wrote out the whole exhausting narrative of what's happened at UNL over the past 2.5 months, including the videos, the memes, and a fair bit of snark. srvanderplas.github.io/posts/other/...
The Board of Regents decides our fate in 2 days.
testthat 3.3.0 out now! This is a massive release with tons of improvements including better failure messages, new expectations, improved snapshotting, new vignettes, and much much more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... Post includes some thoughts on developing an #rstats package with Claude Code.
We're hiring an open-source #python developer focused on modeling APIs!
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
Well, it's official. #UNL Chancellor Bennett submitted his final proposal and it includes eliminating the #statistics department. budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
Guess it's time to go look for jobs. Anyone looking for a couple of very talented #datavis researchers?
My keynote about data science tools at posit::conf is now online! I originally meant it to be a talk about Positron, but as I was writing it, it took a left turn through the history of RStudio and into the philosophy of tool design & how to build stuff for people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGre...
Example of using `filter_out()` on the `penguins` dataset, showing how it is much easier than `filter()`, especially with `NA`s
We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
If you're following the #UNL #statistics saga (proposed for elimination based on bad stats), you might find the seminar we gave yesterday interesting... youtu.be/fUk2R0UYWpA
It was weird to rail against someone for an hour, but strangely cathartic, and the #datavis seems to have been effective?
🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
Hopefully, today the #statistics department finds out what the acad prog cmte will recommend to the chancellor. The next step is the #nebraskaRegents. We have a letter-writing campaign to show this set of cuts is politically unpopular and will hurt the state.
actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
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Email from ChatGPT with the following text: Start with any question Chat now You don’t need a plan or the perfect question to use ChatGPT. Just start typing whatever’s on your mind — a half-baked idea, a random question, a weird "what if." ChatGPT is built for all of it. No pressure. No perfect prompts. Explore ideas, create images, write stories, and summarize files in just a simple conversation. Best, The ChatGPT Team
I just got this email from ChatGPT. Is anyone really worried that people are holding off until they have "a plan or the perfect question" to use these tools?! Or was this reaction-bait that I fell for?
Caran d'Ache is always a good idea!
Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto, 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series.
Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series!
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
These companies must be using the same crazy survey provider. What is this?!
Yeah I took a screenshot of the PDF to be able to upload it! It’s also impossible to get support from @githubeducation.bsky.social.
GitHub educator benefit application -- Apprived on May 25 and August 28 for 2 years, then asked to reverify on Sep 11 and denied, approved again September 27 and then denied three times again on the same day.
What is it @github.com @githubeducation.bsky.social? Am I faculty or am I not faculty? Why do you keep asking me the same question, after saying you won't ask for 2 years, and then not believing my answer?
Alt text: Curator Isabella Velásquez, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Posit. Recently gave a workshop on survey analysis at the useR conference; is updating a book called Data Science in Education Using R.
This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!
Do you like cleaning data? According to @rdpeng.org, it was a big part of a data scientist's job 10 years ago, and he misses it!
On the latest Test Set, Roger discusses changes in the field and what to focus on now that AI is taking over rote tasks.
Listen: thetestset.co, Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Yani, Andrea, Rocio, Luis, and Claudia were smiling and seated around a table under the shade of trees after useR2025 finished.
Tidying and sorting pictures, I've found this one: The Latinx at #useR2025
Love my useR! 2025 👩🏻💻Thanks to @jayanigamage.bsky.social #rstats #user2025
Great video by @minecr.bsky.social.
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...
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
ICOTS 12 (virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/e/icots12) have announced their keynote speakers: Prof Mine Çetinkaya–Rundel – Duke University
Prof Dianne Cooke – Monash University
Em Prof Sir Peter Donnelly – Genomics PLC, University of Oxford
Prof Rob Gould – UCLA
Dr Elena Proden – UNITAR
Data Talks: How to make your data science accessible. A conference poster for posit conf (2025) featuring speakers Acacia Duncan and Blythe Coons.
Mastering Data Visualization with ggplot2: Latest Techniques and Best Practices. A conference poster for posit conf (2025) featuring speakers Thomas Lin Pedersen and Teun Van den Broek.
Level up your data science skills this September at posit::conf(2025)! Learn to tell a better story with data in our "Data Talks" or "Mastering Data Visualization with ggplot2" workshops.
Join us! Register now: posit.co/conference/
📅 Sept 16–18 | Atlanta
#RStats #ggplot2 #PositConf2025 #DataViz
Someone needs to go through last few years’ social media posts and slack messages to find all the places you foreshadowed this!
