Solved a problem the old school way last night (following a Stack Overflow that linked to another Stack Overflow than linked to a GitHub repo with three stars), and I’m going to be riding that high all week long
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𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 v0.7.0 now available on CRAN 🎉 This is big release, with loads of new features. Same tiny footprint, though ;-) Short highlight thread below, borrowing examples from our gallery: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...
As interesting as this is as a sort of social experiment, I'd love to offer an observation of my own: it's often best not to comment at all on what someone's body looks like or what they eat. You can feel sad for me that I don't eat bread all on your own inside your head! Without telling me! 😂
Legal status doesn’t matter: if you exceed ICE’s melanin threshold, you get snatched. It is ethnic cleansing. There is no other word for it. The news has shown you video of these often violent detentions. What you don’t see is what happens to these individuals after. I’ve had a front row seat. 7/
I just opted out of a workshop with a heavy heart when I learned it's a collab with DataCamp. No matter what, I'll maintain my boycott — why? Here is a detailed overview: dnlmc.medium.com/dont-use-dat... There are soooo many other options that value you, the community, and the instructors!
Don’t use DataCamp
A timeline of transgressions & community response
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One of the most pleasant surprises of the past 20 years was the transformation of Wikipedia into arguably the most reliable general information source freely accessible to the public. It’s not perfect — I’ve certainly seen errors — but it’s kind of shockingly good. One might consider a donation.
Republicans gave $132 billion in tax breaks to the top 1% in 2027. With that money, we could have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people next year and still have $100 billion left over.
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
A🧵 This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds. The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful. THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die. 1/n
Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. Zero (0) cervical cancer cases were diagnosed in Australian women under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began. Put simply, Vaccines Work.
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...
Networking and social gathering, Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 4:00 PM | Meetup
Our September meetup will be an in-person gathering for local SLC area folks! We will meet at Thieves Guild Cidery near downtown to spend time networking, having some DnD-t
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I'm writing up a brief history of the tidyverse? What do you want to know about it? #rstats