Martin Mächler
@mmaechler.bsky.social
Husband, father, granddaddy; Christian; Math Prof.em. ETH; R Core member;
The first in a series of blog posts reporting back on milestones achieved through an investment in the R Project under the Sovereign Tech Fund: blog.r-project.org/2026/06/02/s... #RStats
Sovereign Tech Fund Project: Milestone 1 - The R Blog
blog.r-project.org
Very nice blog - about the mother/father of R
The R Foundation@r-foundation.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday marks 50 years since John Chambers and Rick Becker presented a new project to colleagues at Bell Labs - an interactive environment that became the S language. For more details, see the #RStats blog entry "S at 50": blog.r-project.org/2026/05/05/s...
📢 Early Bird tickets for useR! 2026 in #Warsaw are still on sale!! Join the global #RStats community from July 6–9 for inspiring talks and hands‑on workshops. ⏳ Early Bird ends 20th April — don’t miss out! 🎟️ Register now to save: 🔗 user2026.r-project.org/register.html #DataScience #OpenSource
Really ???? How irresponsible to go against the Internet Archive !!
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 5mo agoPublishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because of AI scraping. But shutting out a nonprofit library won’t stop AI—it will damage the public’s best record of the web.
...as @r-foundation.bsky.social knows all too well. #rstats
Me too. ((Teaching R and in general: I think the bigger problem nowadays is motivating students to *think* more rather than just letting an AI ..))
Frank Harrell@f2harrell.bsky.social · 5mo agoI am completely convinced that it is detrimental to teach tidyverse to students before they learn base R and perhaps data.table. I have looked at students' homeworks when they haven't followed that advice. Phew! #RStats
New #RStats blog post from Tomas Kalibera: Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux. Following on from the previous blog entry, this post introduces the mfuzz tool which can be used on Linux to empirically calibrate the tolerance of numerical tests. blog.r-project.org/2026/01/30/d...
Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux - The R Blog
blog.r-project.org
I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.
Support Open-Source Data Science-Sponsor UseR! 2026 Join us in Warsaw 6–9 July 2026 at the premier event for R. As a sponsor, you help power an inclusive, high-impact event while reaching thousands of researchers, developers, and educators. user2026.r-project.org/about/sponso... #RStats #useR2026
The R Foundation is happy to be a partner on the project "Enabling the next generation of R contributors" awarded £500k under the Research Software Maintenance Fund (Software Sustainability Institute, UK). Announcement: www.software.ac.uk/ssi-awards-f... Congratulations to the project team!
SSI awards funding to 13 projects through the RSMF Round 1 | Software Sustainability Institute
We are pleased to announce that the Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) has funded 13 projects to advance the sustainability and impact of research software. Through this initiative, the SSI, wi...
software.ac.uk
I remember John Fox as one of the most kind R Foundation #rstats members (ca. 2006-2023) giving wise and kind words often. The 1-1 interview he held with several of us, resulting in a useR!2008 pres and the article journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-... It is sad to miss him. May he rest in peace!
Michael Friendly@datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 8mo ago#rstats It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week. He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly. www.john-fox.ca
The #rstats community has given me so much, and I give back enthusiastically! I love this stuff. It's easy to talk and teach about stuff you love ❤️❤️❤️ But you're right, this community is just the best, most generous group ✨
Ok, that's it. Just a story about how much I love R, how much I miss teaching, my love for stats, and my amazing friend on her PhD journey 😌 I hope you spent your weekend doing things that feel magical, too!! 🪄✨ 8/8
Niall Ferguson: Without Books We Will Be Barbarians www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferg... quiet convincing & frightening. Will we (mankind) "turn around"?
Niall Ferguson: Without Books We Will Be Barbarians
It is not the road to serfdom that awaits—but the steep downward slope to the status of a peasant in ancient Egypt, writes Niall Ferguson.
thefp.com
🚨 Big news for the R Community! The Sovereign Tech Fund has invested $450,000 in the R Foundation to strengthen R’s sustainability, security, and modernization. Details: r-consortium.org/posts/sovere... #rstats #opensource #datascience
The Sovereign Tech Fund invests $450,000 in R Foundation to Enhance R’s Sustainability and Security – R Consortium
R Foundation embarking on a crucial project to modernize R’s core infrastructure, improve its maintainability, and fortify its supply chain.
r-consortium.org
EFF thanks DuckDuckGo for their generous support as we continue the fight to protect your privacy online!
2025 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations
DuckDuckGo is donating $1.1 million in 2025 to support organizations that share our vision of raising the standard of trust online.
spreadprivacy.com
They tried to kill us (a missile hit like three blocks from us), We survived (but are very tired), Let's eat (pancakes!)
REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. user2025.r-project.org/register #useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
After a massive Russian missile strike on Kyiv, teens waited 12 hours at the rubble of their friend’s home. He was found dead. Three children were killed in the attack. One friend said simply, “He was good. I want people to know that.” Photo: UNICEF Ukraine
Early Bird for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. useR! will be held from August 8th to August 10th at Duke University. Conference page: user2025.r-project.org #rstats
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.
