Ella Kaye
@ellakaye.co.uk
Senior Research Software Engineer at University of Warwick, working on sustainability and EDI in the R Project. SSI Fellow. I love #RStats, #QuartoPub and their communities. I also run @rainbowr.org, for LGBTQ+ folks who code in R 🌈 https://ellakaye.co.uk
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
The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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Are there any #rstats folks who use @tally.so for forms who would be willing to take the new {tallyr} R package for a spin? github.com/EllaKaye/tal... Created in a couple of hours this morning with Claude Code using Fable 5. Feedback most appreciated!
GitHub - EllaKaye/tallyr: An R package interface to the Tally.so form builder API
An R package interface to the Tally.so form builder API - EllaKaye/tallyr
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I'm very much looking forward to being one of the instructors for cohort 1! Full details on the course website forwards.github.io/package-dev/ (then sign up to a cohort via the Workshops page)
R package development workshop – Forwards R Package Development Workshop
forwards.github.io
R Forwards@r-forwards.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 3mo ago💻 Forwards Package Development Workshop 2026 A free short course on how to create an R package. Choose your cohort: 1️⃣ Every other Monday from May 18, 10:00-12:00 UTC: https://forwards.github.io/package-dev/workshops/may-july-2026-cohort-1.html OR 2️⃣ Every other Wednesday from May 20, 14 […]
Thanks for the shout out @rfortherestofus.com and for highlighting localtime github.com/EllaKaye/loc...
R for the Rest of Us@rfortherestofus.com · 3mo agoThis week on What's New in R: ✅ An introduction to Posit AI for RStudio ✅ 2nd edition of @kjhealy.co’s Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction book ✅ Quarto extension built by @ellakaye.co.uk for displaying times in readers’ local time zones. Read the issue: buff.ly/3I1H2dz #rstats
R Dev Day @useR! 2026 (Warsaw, July 10): a free, hybrid event for contributing to base R. Places are limited; participants selected via self-nomination. Please complete the nomination form by April 24 🛠️ user2026.r-project.org/additional/r... #rstats #useR2026
R Dev Day
R Core developer Martin Maechler working with Ella Kaye and Kelly Bodwin at an R Dev Day
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I confirm - we are delightful! And also really passionate about contributing to base R. Can't wait for this!
Libby Heeren@libbyheeren.bsky.social · 4mo agoBASE R GIRLIES OUR TIME HAS COME Come hang with us, ask Ella questions (I know Isabella and I will), and learn something new. Don't think you use base R? You use it pretty much each and every time you use R! #baseRgirly Also, we're a delight ✨
Did you know you (yes, YOU!) can contribute to base R? Base R is the foundation of everything #RStats. If you’ve ever found a bug or thought of an improvement, you can help shape the language. Join @ellakaye.co.uk on the Posit Data Science Lab tomorrow to learn how to get started! pos.it/dslab
CANNOT WAIT! We’re going from “what even is base R?” to fixing a bug in the C source code in under an hour. In a live demo. What could possibly go wrong? NOTHING! #RStats #baseRgirly
Libby Heeren@libbyheeren.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe have a Lab coming up March 31st on contributing to base R 😍 and I'm so excited about it 🥹 @ellakaye.co.uk will be our lab manager! IT'S #baseRgirly TIME, Y'ALL!! #rstats
Absolutely fantastic news for #RStats 🎉 Heather has been integral in efforts to secure the long-term sustainability of The R Project, and building the R community, especially for folks from groups underrepresented in software. She's also an excellent R contributor herself. Very well deserved!
The R Foundation@r-foundation.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe 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.
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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The brilliant charity, Lucy Faithfull Foundation, is recruiting a Data Scientist/Analyst, to support their mission of preventing child sexual abuse. UK-based, Edinburgh or Espsom (hybrid). www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/careers/data... Q&A webinar about the role, team and context on Feb 3rd 12-1pm UTC.
Data Scientist/Analyst - Lucy Faithfull Foundation
We really welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline. Please contact Tom Fisher, Director of Research and Impact on 0795867190...
lucyfaithfull.org.uk
🌈 rainbowR meet-up & AGM*: Wednesday Jan 28th, 4:30pm UTC 🌈 - vote on constitution* - elect leadership committee* - connect with other LGBTQ+ people who code in #RStats 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ➡️ Registration via rainbowr.org/meetups
New! Ella Kaye on the R Contributors project—R Dev Days, office hours, and how GitHub helps lower barriers to contributing to base R - plus a “learn with joy” story and history of rainbowR for LGBTQ+ folk who code in R r-consortium.org/posts/contri... @ellakaye.co.uk #rstats #opensource
Is there an issue with #RStats CRAN submissions at present? I submitted an update of a package a couple of days ago, got an email, ticked the boxes to confirm, clicked to send then the screen went blank and I haven't heard anything since. Now I can't even open the link from the original email.
An #RStats blog entry by Heather Turner explains the new Research Software Maintenance Fund grant. blog.r-project.org/2025/12/17/r...
RSMF: Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R - The R Blog
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Huge congratulations to @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy for putting together a fantastic team of collaborators and a brilliant proposal. I'm so happy to be a co-lead on this project, continuing to work with Heather and many others on the sustainability of the language and community we love.
Ella Kaye@ellakaye.co.uk · 8mo ago🎉 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...
🎉 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...
RSMF Round 1 Projects | Software Sustainability Institute
Round 1 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund awarded just under £3 million to 13 projects selected for their potential to deliver high impact, value for money, feasibility, and quality. The funde...
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I wrote a long thread about contributing to base R, highlighting the resources and opportunities provided by the R Contribution Working Group. contributor.r-project.org #RStats
R Contributor Site – R Contributor
A site for people interested in contributing to R core - the code and documentation that gets distributed as base R.
contributor.r-project.org
We Are RLadies+@weare.rladies.org · 8mo agoToday I'm talking about contributing to base R 💻 Are you curious about how to improve the language we love, at its core? This is a thread for you! #RStats
I'm R-Ladies RoCur this week - follow at @weare.rladies.org. I'll be posting about contributing to base R, the joy of R community, @rainbowr.org, Forwards, R packages (mine and my favourites), Research Software Engineering and whatever else I think of over the next few days!
We Are RLadies+@weare.rladies.org · 8mo agoThis week’s #RLadies curator is @ellakaye.co.uk 🎉
🌈 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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Always wanted to learn how to create your own R Packages? Then take a look at this upcoming workshop with @ellakaye.co.uk ⬇️
GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social · 11mo agoPackages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation. Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
📣We're hosting a rainbowR conference, to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the #RStats community and to showcase examples of working with LGBTQ+ data 🌈🎉 To help us plan, if you'd be interested in attending or speaking, please fill in this very short form (1-2 mins) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tx0...
Interested in a rainbowR Conference?
rainbowR (https://rainbowr.org) is hosting a virtual conference (tentative date: February 26, 2026). The aim of the conference is to connect and promote LGBTQ+ people in the R community, and to showca...
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@cscheid.net at #PositConf2025, working to make #QuartoPub 100x faster 🤯🤯🤯🎉🎉🎉
After 7.5 years in development (on-and-off), I am beyond excited to announce the release of the #RStats {pregnancy} package for tracking dates and medications in pregnancy and fertility treatment! There's a lightning talk about it at #PositConf2025 at 1pm EDT today. ellakaye.github.io/pregnancy
Calculate and Track Dates and Medications During Pregnancy
Provides functionality for calculating pregnancy-related dates and tracking medications during pregnancy and fertility treatment. Calculates due dates from various starting points including last menst...
ellakaye.github.io
Packages are essential to the #rstats ecosystem for sharing code, data, and documentation. Join @ellakaye.co.uk's #GESISworkshop to learn how to write your own R 📦 from scratch, covering the whole process from setup to publication More information & registration ➡️ t1p.de/R_Pack_Dev_25
Once again, @davisvaughan.bsky.social's extrachecks have saved me from a likely CRAN rejection for an upcoming #RStats package submission. Thanks Davis! github.com/DavisVaughan...
GitHub - DavisVaughan/extrachecks
Contribute to DavisVaughan/extrachecks development by creating an account on GitHub.
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