It is underappreciated how much US pop-capitalism has changed. For example, Democrats favorable to the socialist (DSA) arm are now the most pro-trade group. datawrapper.de/_/29aq1/

Free trade popular across parties | Created with Datawrapper

"Please indicate whether you support or oppose free-trade agreements with other countries"

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You can vote on the new euro money design: surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote... 💶💶💶

I'm giving a brownbag seminar on "Accounting Research in the Twenty-First Century" at NC State University today, and I have summarized the talk for everyone else with this handy graphic...

This game was absolute chaos. You need to know that the goal also meant Algeria would face Spain instead of Switzerland next, and they knew it.

John Muller@johnspacemuller.com · last mo.

Okay here's the entire Algeria possession 5 minutes and 34 seconds of completely uncontested midfield possession 109 completed passes And then they scored a goal

Congratulations to the R Core Team and the five named laureates; I’m happy for them and everyone who supports the amazing #rstats community. Bravo! 👏

The R Foundation@r-foundation.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

If you reprice $TSLA and $SPCX at reasonable, even generous, growth-company multiples, you get a net worth around $350B. Is that a reasonable amount for one person to have? No. Does the exact number matter much in the grander scheme of problems? Also no.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo ago

SpaceX's 11% share price boost has made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, controlling two of the world's largest companies. ft.trib.al/r8K3jYL

And the new compact bar icons for #Positron, which I much appreciate. 🙌

Julia Silge@juliasilge.com · 2mo ago

The latest release of #Positron went out last week, and I am so pleased to share some of what's in it! 🙌 Read about how we improved startup performance, the ongoing migration from Positron Assistant to Posit Assistant, and more: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

Did you recently update your #rstats to 4.6? Is your matrix algebra slow? Not #BLAS ting? `sessionInfo()` shows which BLAS library R uses. Switching from reference BLAS to Apple Accelerate is easily a 50x speedup. Let me know if this worked for you. 🚀 uatz.org/blog/2026-06-04-r-blas-macos/ #rstats

The Lurking Dangers of the R Version Update – ulrich atz

After you update on macOS, switch R to Apple’s fast BLAS for a 50x speedup.

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I thought the original design was best until I saw this one. *after all ... why not? meme*

The article on "collapse: Advanced and Fast Statistical Computing and Data Transformation in R" has now been published (open-access) in the Journal of Statistical Software: www.jstatsoft.org/article/view... #rstats #DataScience

The 📦 `wrds` dev version displays the official product names for a more human-readable version of the table names. The package now comes with a #rstats #pkgdown site: statzhero.github.io/wrds/news/in... All that's missing is a hex sticker? Send ideas.

🚨 @rmcelreath.bsky.social @statmodeling.bsky.social & @avehtari.bsky.social are coming on the show mid-June to discuss their new book, Bayesian Workflow! ONE listener gets to bring a real Bayesian problem onto the recording and have the three of them work through it live. Here's how to enter 🧵

New version of the #typst template, now with more epigraph. typst.app/universe/pac...

What’s going on in this chart? Accounting and finance sit in a strange upper-right quadrant: jobs are available, but fields are highly exposed to AI. Are firms just slow to adapt, or do entry roles fulfill a different purpose vs. IT? Gift link below: www.economist.com/finance-and-... #AI #jobs

oof what happened to ebay? If you pay $100 for something shipped from New York, the seller might only keep around two thirds, so $66, after sales tax, shipping, and fees. What a haircut, feels like #ebay is cooked

Happy 100, big man

Join us in wishing a massive happy 100th birthday to the man who has inspired millions of people around the world to care about nature and look after our planet - the incredible Sir David Attenborough! 🎉

`wrds` 0.1.1 is out. It has better error messages for Duo 2FA issues, and a new `wrds_update_password()` function. Install from GitHub with `pak::pak("statzhero/wrds")`. Feedback welcome. #rstats github.com/statzhero/wrds

GitHub - statzhero/wrds: This R package provides simple functions for accessing data from WRDS. It includes credential management via the system keyring, database tools, and functions for downloading ...

This R package provides simple functions for accessing data from WRDS. It includes credential management via the system keyring, database tools, and functions for downloading generic tables, Compus...

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Hell yeah @zotero.org

for the targets #rstats fans: highly recommend some targets-specific keybindings for Positron/VSCode

Here are three agent skills for Typst typesetting. If you haven't tried Typst yet: it's the modern LaTeX replacement that compiles in milliseconds. #typst #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/typst-skill github.com/statzhero/typst-cetz-skill github.com/statzhero/typst-touying-skill

GitHub - statzhero/typst-skill: An LLM skill for modern Typst typesetting (0.14+)

An LLM skill for modern Typst typesetting (0.14+). Contribute to statzhero/typst-skill development by creating an account on GitHub.

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cee@cee.wtf · 4mo ago

ive been using --dangerously-skip-permissions every day since day 1 of claude code and nothing dangerous has happened yet

One takeaway from the paper is that disclosure is necessary but not sufficient: Franchise Disclosure Documents make these restraints visible, but they do not undo switching costs,hold-up, or post-term noncompetes. The FTC's Franchise Rule emphasizes disclosure over substantive regulation.

Marshall Steinbaum@econmarshall.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨🚨Revised paper 🚨🚨 The Balance of Power in Franchising w/@ulrichatz.org, Blake Eliason, @mikelipsitz.bsky.social, @pnorlander.bsky.social, & @stpinto.bsky.social. We built the 1st comprehensive panel dataset of franchise contract terms: 46,000 documents, 4,500 chains, 20+ provisions, 2009-2024. /1

@paulgp.com where do the 70-90% identification rates from the dashboard website come from? I can't find them in the paper (or I'm reading it wrong). paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

Another day, another R coding skill: targets-r. Covers the amazing `targets` package by Will Landau fosstodon.org/@landau for reproducible analysis pipelines. You can install it in one line. 📦 #rstats #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/targets-r-skill

GitHub - statzhero/targets-r-skill: Claude Code and Codex skill for the targets R package (targets >= 1.12). Modern patterns for reproducible analysis pipelines.

Claude Code and Codex skill for the targets R package (targets >= 1.12). Modern patterns for reproducible analysis pipelines. - statzhero/targets-r-skill

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`tidy-r` SKILL.md got a spring clean! I slimmed down the reference, added `tidyselect` coverage, and fixed a few things. It's one line to install. 📦 #rstats #claudecode #codex github.com/statzhero/tidy-r-skill

New game: guess the prompt. "Let's delve into the intricate tapestry of nuanced insights, meticulously woven together to robustly underscore the multifaceted landscape of innovation — not merely showcasing transformative synergies, ...

New blog post: The corruption of English. A very short rant, and my entry into the grumpy-old-man genre. uatz.org/blog/2026-04-06-corruption-of-english/

This made me chuckle @posit.co #positron #rstats

Send me your favorite #rstats hex tile. (And also the philosophy around it.)