Thanks for mentioning my R Consortium blog post r-consortium.org/posts/what-m...

R-Podcast (Eric)@rpodcast.bsky.social · 5d ago

Episode 236 of R Weekly Highlights is out! serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/... 🏰 useR! recap @mikeksmith.bsky.social 🛠️ ir @t-kalinowski.bsky.social @cderv.bsky.social @shikokuchuo.net 🗨️ Building glue prompt @albertrapp.bsky.social h/t @mike-thomas.bsky.social & @colinfay.bsky.social 🙏 #rstats

Worth a read. A reluctant AI user uses AI in an attempt to figure what things (if any) AI is actually good at. No hype. No BS. Just honest appraisal. And of course, genuinely human. Thx @djnavarro.net

Danielle Navarro@djnavarro.net · 2w ago

not literally about cocaine

"The software is free. The ecosystem is not." Benjamin Arancibia explains why organizations invest in the future of R. Learn why organizations join the R Consortium: r-consortium.org/about/join Views are Benjamin's own. #RStats #OpenSource

Organizations that invest in shared infrastructure help keep R strong for everyone. Mike K. Smith: "Using open source without contributing back is not a sustainable model." Views are Mike's own. Learn why orgs join the R Consortium: r-consortium.org/about/join.h... @mikeksmith.bsky.social

The R Consortium was proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of #useR2026. Mike K Smith reflects on why community investment matters and how organizations and individuals are shaping the future of R. r-consortium.org/posts/what-m... #RStats @user-conf.bsky.social

Adrian taught me statistics at Glasgow 88-92. He was a good tutor and good fun… sad to hear this.

Royal Statistical Society @royalstatsoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

We were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Professor Adrian Bowman, a distinguished statistician, longstanding RSS fellow, and valued contributor to the Society for almost five decades. Adrian's contributions to statistics, teaching, and the RSS will have a lasting impact.

I spoke with a couple of folks at #useR2026 who asked how I stay current on best practices. One of my recommendations was to follow @nrennie.bsky.social.

Nicola Rennie@nrennie.bsky.social · 3y ago

Ending 2023 with a final blog post reflecting on some of the changes I've made to my #RStats workflows this year! 📄 template files and repositories 🎨 linting and styling ✍️ Quarto extensions Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/four-wa... #RStats #RLadies #QuartoPub

Watcher - meet the R community! ```r install.packages("watcher") ``` Tell us how you end up using it - open a discussion show-and-tell at r-lib/watcher! Catch you at useR! 2026 in Warsaw next week!!! #RStats #Rshiny opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

watcher 0.2.0: filesystem watching for R, and the engine behind Shiny auto-reload

After a year quietly powering Shiny behind the scenes, we're excited to introduce watcher to the R community.

opensource.posit.co

Norm Matloff (1948-2026) @matloff.bsky.social I was made aware of the post below made by his daughter. We lost another friend and valued long-time contributor the #Rstats community, gone far too soon, and sure to be missed. His memory will be a blessing.

Inspiring talk from Dariia Mykhailyshyna about teaching and surveying the R community in Ukraine while in the midst of a war. #rstats #useR2026

I’m at #useR2026 in SGH Warsaw representing @rconsortium.bsky.social. Opening keynote from Di Cook.

@statsrhian.bsky.social Teddy is on Instagram as @redted_lab. www.instagram.com/invites/cont...

Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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#ambient

djent atkins@jojjjajjr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“I’m afraid I cannot come to work today. I have experienced an anomaly…” youtu.be/1O90WZJALYc?...

Breaking News: Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad test

YouTube video by Spaceflight Now

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The R Consortium R Submissions WG is helping move R-based regulatory submissions from concept to implementation. Pilot 4 explored WebAssembly and Docker for running an R Shiny app in regulatory review. FDA feedback showed practical next steps. r-consortium.org/posts/beyond... #rstats #shiny

“presynaptic protein bassoon” - well that’s a track title on my next album.

Jan Broder Engler@jbengler.de · 3mo ago

Thank you for citing #tidyplots 🙏 Marcel S. Woo et al. The presynaptic protein bassoon is a biofluid biomarker of synaptic pathology in multiple sclerosis. eBioMedicine (2026). doi.org/10.1016/j.eb... #rstats #dataviz #phd

Not, it's not Bandcamp Friday... But it **is** my birthday, and as a special birthday treat, all my releases are available on a "Pay What You Want" basis (including just downloading them for free). So fill your boots... mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

The Lazy Producer, by MikeKSmith

13 track album

mikeksmith.bandcamp.com

THINK OF THE KITTENS!!!

Maëlle Salmon@masalmon.eu · 4mo ago

This, and more, in ropensci.org/blog/2026/04...

Make Ableton Move into anything you want, with RNBO (in Max). That's the full standalone device -- engine and controls. Holding Granulator III in your hand, battery-powered, is a revelation. (you can do that with the free download) And this works alongside other unofficial Move hacks.

Max for Move: run RNBO patches on Ableton Move - like Granulator III - CDM Create Digital Music

What if you could remake Ableton Move to do anything, using Max -- every pad, button, encoder, and even the display? That's RNBO support on Move. It's labeled "experimental alpha," but I've been testi...

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If there’s a question in the title of a podcast episode or YouTube video, the answer is invariably “No”.

AI in Production 2026 has extended its Call for Papers to 30 January. If you work on machine learning, data science, or AI systems in production and have lessons to share, submit a proposal and join us in Newcastle this June. Submit your abstract here: ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com

We are responding to this call for evidence: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors? Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value. Thanks!

I was today years old when I learned about tidyr’s uncount function. #rstats tidyr.tidyverse.org/reference/un...

"Uncount" a data frame — uncount • tidyr

Performs the opposite operation to dplyr::count(), duplicating rows according to a weighting variable (or expression).

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I always tell my students: The best model isn’t the most accurate. It’s the one you can explain clearly to a decision-maker who wasn’t in the room when it was built. #DataScience #MachineLearning #AI #RStats

Wishing y’all platitude du jour for 2026. “Life is a jobby (shit) sandwich and every day is another bite” as Billy Connolly pointed out. All the New Year platitudes are just platitudes. But honestly, I wish you the best for the New Year.

My biggest achievement of 2025 was getting The Lazy Producer album released along with v1 of the accompanying book. It has been “work in progress” for (literally) ***YEARS***. mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...

The Lazy Producer, by MikeKSmith

13 track album

mikeksmith.bandcamp.com

test_that("Are you ready?", {  expect_match(YOU, "watch out")  expect_no_match(YOU, c("pout", "cry"))  expect_no_error(telling_you_why())  expect_no_warning("Santa Claus" |> coming_to_town()) })

@mikeksmith.bsky.social has released the recording of his performance from our Evening Of Experimental Music on his Bandcamp. Go check it out. 🔊🔊🔊

MikeKSmith@mikeksmith.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I played a set at the @dustopianfreqs.bsky.social session last night. You can find it on Bandcamp and pick up a copy if you’d like. mikeksmith.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Some impressions from our Evening Of Experimental Music event in Glasgow on Wednesday night. In order of appearance: The Sound Priestess @everydaydust.bsky.social @speculum-bunny.bsky.social @mikeksmith.bsky.social #experimentalmusic #livemusic #soundart #electroacoustic #noise #dronemusic