not literally about cocaine

A cocaine skeptic starts an unwise habit – Notes from a data witch

You will be shocked to learn that this is not actually a post about cocaine

blog.djnavarro.net

The same but with an archive.ph link 🥪 "If I bring in someone new to push the machine’s buttons, they will never really learn to make my sandwiches. And then who is going to take over the deli?" archive.ph/eUi58

Hannah Frick@frick.ws · 3w ago

> “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...

We're excited that #rainbowR is at @user-conf.bsky.social this week. Keep an eye out for committee members @ellakaye.co.uk & @tinarozsos.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 If you're an LGBTQ+ coder looking for a friendly face, or you're curious to learn more about our community, please say hi👋 #useR2026 #RStats

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...

📢 R Project Sprint 2026 🏢 University of Birmingham / Remote 📅 Tue 1 - Thu 3 Sept ✨ Travel funding available ✨ Apply by Friday 8 May to join this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats. https://contributor.r-project.org/r-project-sprint-2026 #RSprint2026

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

Do I belong in tech anymore?

On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.

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✨ The useR! 2026 Diversity Scholarship is open! We provide financial support to underrepresented groups in the #RStats community. We offer: 🎫 Registration waivers ✈️ Full needs-based grants (travel/lodging) ⏳ Apply by May 10! Find links in the comment below!

▶️ Videos from the rainbowR conference are now on YouTube 🎉 Catch-up with talks on wide-ranging subjects in R, Shiny, and working with LGBTQ+data, from our fabulous speakers (listed in next post) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

rainbowR conference 2026 - YouTube

The inaugural rainbowR virtual conference brought together LGBTQIA+ users of R, and their allies, to promote their work and foster connections within the com...

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R version 4.5.3 (Reassured Reassurer) #rstats

Announcing localtime, a #QuartoPub extension for displaying times in the reader's local timezone e.g. {{< localtime 2026-03-09 20:30 UTC >}} will render as 2026-03-09 21:30 for someone in CET. Has nice formatting options, and automatically accounts for daylight saving. github.com/EllaKaye/loc...

GitHub - EllaKaye/localtime: Quarto shortcode to display times in the reader's local timezone

Quarto shortcode to display times in the reader's local timezone - EllaKaye/localtime

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"I just love programming so much that I don’t want to hand it off to a machine"

Jacob Harris@jacobharr.is · 5mo ago

Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...

It’s a wrap! 🌈 The @rainbowr.org conference closed with a keynote by @hadley.nz on Claude 💻 Thank you to @ellakaye.co.uk @damiepak.bsky.social Katlyn, Lea @tinarozsos.bsky.social @northernmaps.bsky.social @oberman.bsky.social @ddsjoberg.bsky.social @statsrhian.bsky.social for organizing 🫶

Wow #rainbowR conference was a blast! Even in these dark times, we have our community. Hoping this would be annual event! #rstats

🌈 Due to popular demand, we have RE-OPENED registration for the rainbowR conference until 15:45 UTC today (Feb 26th) (15 minutes before the program starts - when Zoom links will be sent) 🎉 pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

rainbowR Conference 2026

Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

pretix.eu

Inspired by Tidy Tuesday & LGBTQ+ History Month myself and @nrennie.bsky.social are challenging people to produce visualisations using UK census data on LGBTQ+ people. Share your visualisations and code via GitHub or on here using #VisLGBTQ github.com/nrennie/rain...

GitHub - nrennie/rainbowR-VisLGBTQ: Materials for rainbowR conference 2026 workshop on 'Visualising the UK’s LGBTQ+ population'.

Materials for rainbowR conference 2026 workshop on 'Visualising the UK’s LGBTQ+ population'. - nrennie/rainbowR-VisLGBTQ

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Inspired by #TidyTuesday & LGBTQ+ History Month myself and @kenglish.bsky.social are challenging people to produce visualisations using UK census data on LGBTQ+ people 📊 Share your #DataViz and code via GitHub or on here using #VisLGBTQ Here's one we made in today's @rainbowr.org workshop 🐝

🚀 ...and we're off!! The rainbowR conference kicks off with the parallel workshops 'Introduction to R' & 'If You Can Write a Function, You Can Build an R Package' conference.rainbowr.org/workshops.html #rainbowRconf #RStats

At 7 myself and @nrennie.bsky.social are running a workshop for visualising the UK’s LGBTQ+ population for the @rainbowr.org conference. The workshop will introduce participants to the LGBTQ+ data produced by the UK 2021/22 censuses and them participants create visualisations with it.

🌈 rainbowR is next week! ⏳ Registration closes this Sunday at 23:59 UTC. If you’re planning to join us, now’s the time to sign up 💜 🔗 pretix.eu/rainbowr/con... #RStats #LGBTQ #QueerInTech #DataScience

rainbowR Conference 2026

Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

pretix.eu

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am a tyrant at conferences. I want papers to be polished and well-timed.

dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

dplyr 1.2.0

dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...

tidyverse.org

📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉 The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend. pretix.eu/rainbowr/con... #RStats #LGBTQ

rainbowR Conference 2026

Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

pretix.eu

🎉 Big news for the future of #RStats. The project "Enabling the next generation of R contributors" has received £500k over 2 years. - mentoring expert contributors - modernising infrastructure - improving governance - strengthen communication and outreach www.software.ac.uk/rsmf-round-1...

Hello! I'm back to talk about R community. This is a thread about @rainbowr.org, a community for LGBTQ+ folks who code in R 🌈 I know previous RoCurs have talked about rainbowR, but as the co-founder and co-lead of the community, I can't not write this thread! rainbowr.org

Would you like to present at the inaugural rainbowR conference? If you're LGBTQ+, we'd love you to tell us 🦄💻 How you use R 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ How you work with LGBTQ+ data Call for submissions extended to December 8th. conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts #RStats #QueerData

Abstracts – rainbowR conference

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Call for abstracts for the first ever @rainbowr.org conference is still open! We're looking for talks that either 🦄 Showcase how our diverse community uses #RStats 🏳️‍🌈 Use LGBTQ+ data Get in your abstracts before December 1st. conference.rainbowr.org/abstracts.html #queerdata #PrideinSTEMDay

Abstracts – rainbowR conference

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We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz as a keynote speaker for the rainbowR conference! To find out more about the conference, including how to submit a proposal, and to sign-up for updates, see conference.rainbowr.org

I've done a lot of work in Python this fall, and it hasn't endeared me to the language at all. Why does stuff have to be so complicated when you're doing it in Python? blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/python-is-...

Python is not a great language for data science. Part 1: The experience

It may be a good language for data science, but it’s not a great one.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

🌈 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

– rainbowR conference

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I was recently interviewed by @coreecon.bsky.social. We talk about the partnership between CORE Econ and @ourworldindata.org, new OWiD features, and the challenges of collecting and maintaining up-to-date data in a rapidly changing world. www.core-econ.org/from-global-...

From global data to classroom insight: The CORE–OWiD partnership - CORE

We spoke with OWiD’s Joe Hasell, CORE data editor Tina Rozsos, and CORE editor Eileen Tipoe , to learn about OWiD's partnership with CORE.

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