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I've done a bunch of work on haven recently, so if you rely on it you might want to try out the dev version: github.com/tidyverse/ha.... One of the headline features of the upcoming work is that write_sas() finally properly works! #rstats

How do you model the time until an #RStats user comes to a tutorial on survival analysis? You'll have to register for #WOMBAT2026 to find out. wombat2026.numbat.space/program/tuto...

I'm speaking at the NYC Statistical Computing Meetup about @grantwitness.org: how we use modern #rstats stack to produce trustworthy, reproducible, rapid data that powers activism, litigation, and journalism. Join us in-person @ NYU or online. Mon, Oct 19 at 7PM! www.meetup.com/nyhackr/even... 🧪

This week’s #RLadies curator is @mel-likes-maps.bsky.social.

Looking for more speakers for Workshops for Ukraine (sites.google.com/view/dariia-...), so if you want to contribute to a series by teaching a workshop on #Rstats, #Python, data analysis, while helping raise money for Ukrainian charities, drop me a message or email dmykhailyshyna@kse.org.ua #Econsky

Can't make it to Houston? Virtual passes for posit::conf(2026) start at $99, with academic and nonprofit rates at $49 and a needs-based option at $0. Every keynote and session livestreamed, September 14–16. conf.posit.co

posit.co/conference is next week! So stoked! We got an order in for a Houston limited edition (ruby red grapefuit!) #rstats stacks sticker just in time. :)

#rstats I'm glad to announce Jarl 0.6.0! 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 (1/5)

Out with a big {themis} release. 11 new methods implemented, support for different distance mantrics and so much more! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-08... #rstats #tidymodels

We're happy to announce our new #rstats package: lorax. If you fit tree-based models, lorax enables conversion to the party package's format (for making nice tree diagrams) and has methods to compute which features were used, the number of terminal nodes, etc. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...

> “Our findings frame AI slop as a tragedy of the commons,” the researchers concluded, “where individual productivity gains externalise costs on to reviewers, maintainers and the broader community.” The newer gift link: as.ft.com/r/cb395b74-8...

Inspiring talk from Dariia Mykhailyshyna about teaching and surveying the R community in Ukraine while in the midst of a war. #rstats #useR2026

A really nice data visualization and story-telling in the scrolling of this Pudding article on women's clothing sizes. They are a mess but this shows you in which ways they are messed up: pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...

🎉 We've just moved @ropensci.org on Bluesky to a fully independent account! We were previously bridged from our Mastodon account via Bridgy Fed. Same community, same content, fresh start. Give us a follow if you haven't already! 🦋 #RStats

Air 0.10.0 is out now! - Enforce `<-` or `=` throughout your #rstats code (only one of these is correct though 😉) - Tighter Positron and RStudio integration - pre-commit / prek support - stdin support - Install with uv, mise, or pixi Read all about it! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

TidyDevDay 2026: bring your laptop, leave with a merged PR, new friends, and sharper R skills! First-time contributor? Perfect. Seasoned developer? Also perfect. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06... 📅 Sep 17, Houston, TX, after posit::conf(2026) 🕘 9 am - 4 pm 🎟️ luma.com/pnjuw08h #rstats #tidyverse

PSA: a map of publicly accessible spaces to cool down in London apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

We have a new entry in the climate dictionary under “irony”

Perfect Munich summer day 🤍💙

The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026

@sara-altman.bsky.social and I will be speaking at the R/Pharma GenAI Day tomorrow about agents for data science! The talk is free, virtual, and should also feel relevant for data folks outside of Pharma. :) Register: events.zoom.us/ev/AkKYQ7Ury...

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

John Fox (1947-2025) An obituary of R Foundation member John Fox by Peter Dalgaard. www.r-project.org/doc/obit/joh... #rstats

New post on the R-hub blog! "Refactoring with Jarl: a coffee chat" ✨ By @frick.ws + myself, reviewed by @etiennebacher.bsky.social blog.r-hub.io/2026/06/02/j... #RStats

Also an excellent package for some generative art experiments in #RStats 🎨 #Rtistry

The local elections in one chart. Labour has been squeezed between the Greens in young wards and Reform in older working-class wards www.economist.com/britain/2026...

We listened. We reflected. We evolved. Meet RLadies+. A more inclusive identity for our global community. Because belonging matters. 🔗 Read more about the rebrand: rladies.org/news/2026/re...

We are pleased to announce that Mikael Jagan has joined the R Core Team. #RStats He has been an active contributor to the R project for several years, proposing bug fixes and enhancements. Further, he has been co-authoring/maintaining the important Matrix package and more recently lme4 and glmmTMB.

Two years of Long Covid data and the numbers agree: I'm slowly getting better. New post with calendar heatmaps, change-point detection, and a surprise — my rough patch hits before ovulation, not my period 🤔📊 l.drmowinckels.io/O37ek6 #rstats #mecfs #longcovid #dataviz

It's important that data professionals and organisations – that actually work with this data – speak up and support the government's position: "Information about sex and gender is not necessary for the intended purpose of the digital ID". 📝 The consultation closes 5 May: www.gov.uk/government/c...

I am most excited that @inheritParams now supports explicit inclusion and exclusion 🎉 #rstats #' @inheritParams other_fn x y #' @inheritParams other_fn -z

📰 New post alert! Our second #tidymodels cheatsheet is out now! It covers creating models with {parsnip}. We have written a post with an overview of both our current cheatsheets: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04... #rstats #DataScience

We've had a flurry of new tidymodels #rstats releases. Here's a summary of what's been going on with a focus on ordered outcomes and quantile regression. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04...

Tomorrow, @grrrck.xyz is joining us to show how to build agent skills from scratch! 🤖 He’ll be walking through how to create the instructions and scripts that give agents specialized knowledge, including how to get the LLM to write the skills for you 👀 Register here: pos.it/dslab

We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.

I am excited beyond description to lift the veil on what we have been working on in 2026: Please meet ggsql! A new extension of the SQL language for creating visualisations using the grammar of graphics. Read all about it in the blog post or visit the website at ggsql.org

I'm planning on a GIANT roxygen2 release in the near future (tons of bug fixes, improved R6 support, new S7 support, ...) so if you use for your packages, I'd really appreciate you trying it out and letting me know if you see any problems! github.com/r-lib/roxyge... #rstats

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on 1 April of Tomáš Kalibera, a valuable member of the R Core Team for close to 10 years, after a short but aggressive illness. Tomáš is survived by his wife and 1 year old son. A full obituary will be posted in due time.

I'm a data scientist @ourworldindata.org and I need help from a botanist or someone local to Kyoto, Japan! 🌸 We present one of the world’s longest climate records: 1,200 years of peak cherry blossom dates in Kyoto. The researcher who maintained it, Prof. Yasuyuki Aono, sadly passed away last year.

This is a really neat idea but I'll never remember the commands, so I created a little `git-recon` bash script that runs them in series, complete with some ascii bar plots. gist.github.com/gadenbuie/46...

I 💚 this especially the first one: "The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code" by Ally Piechowski piechowski.io/post/git-com...

For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025. 48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable.

New blog post on maps of burger places in London over time (yes, I am fun at lunch, wdym?) #rstats antoinevernet.com/blog/2026/04...

I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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

We have summer internships y'all! Come work at Posit on the PyData, tidymodels, shiny, or Connect teams: grnh.se/tigz810a3us. You will have an awesome time, learn a ton, and help advance our open source and pro tools 🧰 #rstats #pydata

Today is the last day to apply for an Opportunity Scholarship for posit::conf(2026)! Our Opportunity Scholarship provides travel, lodging, & registration to attend posit::conf for underrepresented groups in data science. Learn more & apply by midnight tonight: posit.co/blog/apply-t...

We’re thrilled to welcome Sara Altman and Simon Couch of the Posit AI Core team to the #positconf 2026 keynote stage! They’ll be sharing a practical, hype-free look at how AI is being thoughtfully integrated into the tools you use every day. ✨ See what’s next for AI in open source: pos.it/conf

We are pleased to announce that Heather Turner @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy has joined the R Core Team. She has been an active contributor notably via the R Dev Days, and has greatly improved cooperation between R Core and the R community in more ways #RStats.

Smith College is hiring for a 3-year lecturer position in data journalism. apply.interfolio.com/182785 I can attest to Smith being a great place to work. Folks at #NICAR26 should check out the posting.