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Danielle Navarro<p>unmedicated anxiety, a portrait in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a></p>
alastair rushworth<p>📊 This week in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a>:<br>- Learning tidyverse with AI tools<br>- Visualizing R package risk assessments with Litmus<br>- Upcoming post-Bayes workshop at UCL (May 15-16)<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datascience</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blaze.email/Data-Scientist-(with-R)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blaze.email/Data-Scientist-(wi</span><span class="invisible">th-R)</span></a></p>
Steven P. Sanderson II, MPH<p>😕 Confused by R's loop syntax? ✨ Transform your understanding with clear examples and best practices for writing beautiful, maintainable repeat loops! Read more: <a href="https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2025-04-07/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#R</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RStats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Programming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Programming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OpenData" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RStats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Blog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blog</a></p>
Steven P. Sanderson II, MPH<p>😕 Confused by R's loop syntax? ✨ Transform your understanding with clear examples and best practices for writing beautiful, maintainable repeat loops!</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2025-04-07/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spsanderson.com/steveondata/po</span><span class="invisible">sts/2025-04-07/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenData</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a></p>
kobriendublin<p>Please RSVP for the "useR! 2025 Conference - Virtual Event" on LinkedIn.<br>The virtual component takes place on Friday 1st August 2025,</p><p>The rational here is that the more people that RSVP to this event, the greater the exposure the conference has to the overall R community, as well as potential sponsors for this year's conference, as well as future useR! conferences.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/7313635592217518081/comments/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/events/7313635592</span><span class="invisible">217518081/comments/</span></a></p>
Bruno Rodrigues :rstats: :tux:<p>Thx to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ivelasq3" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ivelasq3</span></a></span> for pointing me to this blog post of hers: <a href="https://ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/reticulate-data-recreation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/reticula</span><span class="invisible">te-data-recreation/</span></a></p><p>I used it as an example to "port" the code to a rixpress pipeline which you can find here: <a href="https://github.com/b-rodrigues/rixpress_demos/tree/master/yanai_lercher_2020" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/b-rodrigues/rixpres</span><span class="invisible">s_demos/tree/master/yanai_lercher_2020</span></a></p><p>end result is here: <a href="https://b-rodrigues.github.io/rixpress_demos/yanai_lercher/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">b-rodrigues.github.io/rixpress</span><span class="invisible">_demos/yanai_lercher/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nix</span></a></p>
Posit<p>ShinyConf 2025 is this week!</p><p>Charlie Gao will showcase how the mirai <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> package natively supports Shiny ExtendedTask, leveraging async innovations to drive high performance and minimize latency for scaling Shiny applications.</p><p>Register today! <a href="https://www.shinyconf.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">shinyconf.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ethanbass<p>chromConverter 0.7.5 is finally available on CRAN! Major changes since v0.2.1 include support for 10+ new file formats (Shimadzu LCD/QGD, Agilent D, Varian SMS, Allotrope ASM, ANDI MS/CHROM, mzML), parallel processing, and improved metadata extraction.<br><a href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/chromConverter/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cran.r-project.org/web/package</span><span class="invisible">s/chromConverter/index.html</span></a><br> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CRAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRAN</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/chromatography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chromatography</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a></p>
Olivier Leroy<p>If you are interested in the book DevOps for Data Science (<a href="https://do4ds.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">do4ds.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). I would like to do a book club with it at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@DSLCvids" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DSLCvids</span></a></span> community. </p><p>You can join the slack: <a href="https://dslc.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dslc.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and the channel <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/book_club" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book_club</span></a>-do4ds </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a></p>
sebffischer<p>What plugins for C/C++ would you recommend in positron? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a></p>
Jonathan Carroll<p>The latest issue of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> :rstats:<br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@rweekly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rweekly</span></a></span> is now live!</p><p><a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W15.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rweekly.org/2025-W15.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This week's highlights:</p><p>⚛️ Positron: current joys and pains by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Drmowinckels" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Drmowinckels</span></a></span> </p><p>🤖 Learning the tidyverse with the help of AI tools by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@minecr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>minecr</span></a></span> </p><p>📊 Observable for R users by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@nrennie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nrennie</span></a></span> </p><p>As always, your pull requests for new posts or RSS feeds are greatly appreciated.</p>
R-Ladies Global<p>🎨 Designers wanted! Help us bring R-Ladies+ 🌈 to life with a fresh, inclusive brand identity. Proposals due April 15, 2025!</p><p>👀 CFP: <a href="https://rladies.org/news/rebranding-cfp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rladies.org/news/rebranding-cf</span><span class="invisible">p/</span></a> <br>🔗 Submit: <a href="https://airtable.com/apphrsts5IruOEGJo/pagmZISNXBiAfDfpC/form" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">airtable.com/apphrsts5IruOEGJo</span><span class="invisible">/pagmZISNXBiAfDfpC/form</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rladies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rladies</span></a> 💜</p>
Nicola Rennie<p>It's Day 7 of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/30DayChartChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>30DayChartChallenge</span></a>, and the prompt is "Outliers" 📊 </p><p>💻 Data wrangling in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a><br>📈 Scatter plot made with Observable<br>🗒️ Static tooltips for annotations (+ dynamic tooltips for exploring)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Day7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Day7</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Observable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Observable</span></a></p>
Katja Politt<p>Dieses Semester gibt's mit einer Kollegin einen Kurs zu <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rstats</span></a>, ich freu mich schon</p>
James Goldie<p>Tired: learn to download data through APIs in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a><br>Wired: learn to animate WLED strips using their API in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a></p>
coolbutuseless<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Lluis_Revilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lluis_Revilla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@bioinfhotep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bioinfhotep</span></a></span> "OS_type" is correctly picked up by <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Runiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Runiverse</span></a> !</p><p>Build graphics show that {kissatire} is unix only and has a little minus sign for the build status on the right. :)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a></p>
hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱<p>I am 🙏🏽 ~20-ish new <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bsky.app</a> accounts appear tomorrow, w/students following a *whole lot of y'all*. I cannot imagine how way less competent I'd be if not for the creativity, code-sharing &amp; camaraderie of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23RStats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RStats</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23datavis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datavis</a> community that's managed to stay together since the (good) Twitter days.</p>
boB Rudis 🇺🇦 🇬🇱<p>I'll have a git repo up with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> code for ^^ tomorrow.</p>
boB Rudis 🇺🇦 🇬🇱<p>also, not too shabby <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ggplot2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ggplot2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rstats</span></a></p>
Still Mad About CD Prices<p>Listen, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ggplot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ggplot</span></a>: Iove you, I do. But 90% of the time when I want to set fill or color manually I don't want to have to look up and figure out an entire fucking palette of colors. I want 2 or 3 colors, the end. I want to specify them easily.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ItsNotYouItsMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItsNotYouItsMe</span></a> I realize this</p><p>I just want firebrick and navy. That's all. It always takes me 10 minutes of searching to remember that scale_color_manual exists; I always end up seeing pages for scale_color_discrete first.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/personalIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalIssues</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a></p>