Join us tomorrow on the Data Science Lab where the awesome @richmeister.bsky.social will demonstrate live how to build automated validation pipelines and automated data reports with pointblank (mostly #RStats but some #python too!)! See you there: pos.it/dslab

Do you dabble in Quarto, and really want to make slides that make people go, wow 😯 Learn from the amazing @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social tomorrow, where he will demonstrate the ✨ art of slidecrafting✨ for creating reusable, custom slide themes. Hope to see you there! pos.it/dslab

📝 "Exploring other ggplot2 geoms" Level up your R data viz with these amazing ggplot2 plugins. 👤 Isabella Velásquez (@ivelasq3.bsky.social) 🔗 https://ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/other-geoms/ #rladies #rstats #oldiebutgoodie #reference

There are SO many Posit open-source updates, you may wonder how to keep up! 3 totally unbiased* options: 1️⃣ Posit Open Source LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/showcase/pos... 2️⃣ posit::glimpse newsletter: posit.co/about/subscr... 3️⃣ RSS feeds on the Open Source site *Plugs aside, I hope these help!

In **1 week**! The fabulous @libbyheeren.bsky.social and I are giving a guided tour to Positron for RStudio users 💻 Join us for a live walkthrough of this cool tool. 📅 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 11 AM AEST / 8 PM CDT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 💜 Thanks for having us, @rladiesmelb.bsky.social!

Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 11:00 AM | Meetup

**Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users** **Date:** 30th July, 2026 **Time:** 11 AM **Where: [Online](https://deakin.zoom.us/j/87455019351?pwd=mvadykmUlN0OsEFj8Ir

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📢 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11 AM 📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Online - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...
 Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and Isabella Velásquez to explore the next generation of data science development in a relaxed, beginner-friendly environment!

And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.com

Learning Statistics with R

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A few weeks ago, I attempted (hopefully successfully!) to introduce Agent Skills in a friendly way at R/Pharma's GenAI Day. 🕸️ ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/skills-... ✍️ pos.it/skills-101 🎥 youtu.be/MphOm5LDhi8?... Thanks to the Open Source in Pharma for the opportunity and putting on a great conference!

Skills 101 – %>% dreams

This session provides a clear, high-level introduction to agent skills: specialized capabilities that allow AI agents to navigate complex data, execute tasks, and connect workflows.

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Ever used a ggplot2 extension package (like ggbump, geomtextpath, ggdensity) and wondered how they were made? @ginareynolds.bsky.social, @libbyheeren.bsky.social, and I will create an extension from scratch, live, tomorrow on the DS Lab! In #RStats and #Python! Register here: pos.it/dslab

Have you met Max Kuhn yet? If you've used {caret} or {tidymodels}, you probably KNOW who he is... but have you MET him?! Come hang with us this Thursday & meet the dude yourself! Register at pos.it/dsh if you haven't already, & we'll see you Thur July 16 @ 12PM ET #rstats #BrandonSanderson #iykyk

Sooo, I recently learned not all #Python libraries support different DataFrames. But do not despair! Cameron Riddell will give a friendly intro to Python DFs and why Narwhals exists at the Data Science Lab. (see how friendly by the adorable images I found on Canva) 6/30 at 12pm ET: pos.it/dslab

left_join is usually the right join: milesmcbain.micro.blog/2026/06/27/l... Brought to you by an afternoon bug hunt, and @ivelasq3.bsky.social who reminded me I have a micro.blog this week. #rstats

Thank you for sharing the Libraries for your Python Polars workflows post on The Real Python podcast, @trudeau.dev and team 💕 As mentioned, they've featured Pointblank and Great Tables on previous episodes, too! Check them out: PB: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp... GT: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Libraries for your Python Polars workflows

Posit's Python libraries provide excellent support for Polars DataFrames across your data science workflow.

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Christopher Trudeau@trudeau.dev · last mo.

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about email(s), polars, httpx2, and more. With content from: @adamj.eu @djangoproject.com @pypyproject.bsky.social @pola.rs @ivelasq3.bsky.social @bbelderbos.bsky.social @pydantic.dev and others not on the 🦋

Did a little Love Island analysis inspired by Isabel Zimmerman recent post! I looked at all the times in the UK version we had 2 sets of men/women that had all coupled up with each other at one point or another emilhvitfeldt.com/post/love-is...

Love Island - exploring double dates

Love Island is back, and with that comes the drama. I will explore some of the connections between the contestants from a very small graph perspective.

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Thanks to code-first, open-source tools, LLMs are REALLY good at making Shiny apps. But, how good are they at making **good** Shiny apps? 🤔 This is the sort of question that Shiny QA Engineer Karan Gathani is thinking about. And he'd like to discuss it with you tomorrow at the Data Science Lab!

Come join me for a all new slidecrafting workshop! 2 hours of all new content, teaching you to go from zero to hero in quarto slides! It is free and open to anyone, very minimal quarto knowledge required, we are starting with the basics! pos.it/slide-wrkshp #quarto #slidecrafting

Slidecrafting Workshop with Emil Hvitfeldt

This will be a 2-hour workshop (with a short break) led by Emil Hvitfeldt all about making great slides in Quarto! Wed, Aug 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT

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If you're still wondering about the slick new functions in dplyr 1.2.0, join me for a "Working smarter with dplyr 1.2.0" redux with R-Ladies Abuja! 📅 Wednesday, 24 June 2026 🕐️ 6pm WAT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj... See you there! ⚒️ #RStats

Working Smarter with {dplyr} 1.2.0, Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Discover how the latest features in **{dplyr} 1.2.0** can help you write cleaner, faster, and more maintainable data transformation workflows. This session explores practic

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As a previous co-organizer for R-Ladies Seattle, I know how long a little help can go. That’s why I’m so excited that Posit is supporting community conferences and local meetups! Please share this with an organizer who wants to feed folks some pizza while learning about data science tools 🍕

Posit@posit.co · 2mo ago

Organizing a community data science event or workshop? Posit wants to help! If you need event funding, awesome swag, social media signal boosts, or guest speakers/mentors, please reach out. Learn more: opensource.posit.co/about/commun...

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

Want to programmatically build presentation slides with #Python? Meet Quarto! We wrote a lil post on how to use Quarto to combine your code, text, output into beautiful slides, perfect for @scipyconf.bsky.social or your next conference 😊 Check it out: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

Make your SciPy presentation in Quarto

Quarto is built for scientific presentations. Here's how to build your next SciPy (or any conference) talk as a Quarto slide deck.

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Reproduction with #Typst -> Done (still some work to do on Gribouille obviously) 😎

That nice-looking plot might be R, Python, Typst... or even, SQL!? Join us tomorrow with @thomasp85.com , where he will introduce ggsql, a new package that brings the grammar of graphics (a framework for composing plots) to SQL. Join the ggparty here: pos.it/dslab

In May, 40 of the 323 new CRAN packages had no README file, no vignettes, and no URL linking to a repository 🤔

R Works@rworks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

CRAN continues to be the most accessible repository for statistical knowledge on the planet, and the number of new packages being accepted by CRAN is growing faster than ever. But, is the #RStats community benefiting from this new growth? @revojoe.bsky.social explores: rworks.dev/posts/too-ma...

Skills, skills, skills... everyone's talking about them, but what IS a skill? 😅 Let's find out - join my "Skills 101" session at GenAI in Pharma Day 2026! 📅 June 16 | 11:20 EDT 🔗 rinpharma.com/docs/ai-day/ 🙋 What would you like to know, or what did you *wish* you had known when you started?

When I was at PyCon US, there was so! much! buzz! around @pola.rs. For those of us who work primarily in the latter part of the data science lifecycle (reporting, etc.), I wrote a little blog post on four #Python libraries with Polars support. Check it out here! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

Libraries for your Python Polars workflows

Posit's Python libraries provide excellent support for Polars DataFrames across your data science workflow.

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Do you love seeing how people are **actually **using data science tools? Join us with @kylieainslie.bsky.social and @chendaniely.bsky.social tomorrow for a Community Project Showcase. Ask questions about their thought process, code organization, or whatever you want to know about! 🔗 pos.it/dslab

💻 RStudio addins now run in Positron through the command palette, including the addins from my annotater package (despite relying heavily on the rstudioapi pkg for modifying open files!) Nice! #rstats

This RStudio "What's New" window is neat!!

A lot of care (and coffee) went into crafting this month's newsletter. I hope you find it valuable 🥰

Posit@posit.co · 2mo ago

Kickstarting June the only way we know how: with incredible open-source updates. We're excited to share recent #RStats and #Python updates to make your life easier, from mirai, mori, Shiny, Quarto, to events and resources, and more. Read the Glimpse newsletter: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

Learn all about PARQUET FILES 😍 on the #DSLab with us! TOMORROW, TUESDAY JUNE 2ND! WITH NIC CRANE! ( @niccrane.bsky.social) 12PM ET / 9AM PT REGISTER: pos.it/dslab #databs #rstats #pydata #CAPSLOCK