What's new in JAGS 5.0.0 part 1: Initial Values martynplummer.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/w...

R-universe now provides binaries and check results for Windows-ARM64 of all CRAN and BIOC packages: contributor.r-project.org/windows-arm64/

CRAN submissions are back online! #rstats The certificates had been revoked on Friday at rather short notice. Submit your 📦️ before CRAN goes on vacation August 5-19. xmpalantir.wu.ac.at/cransubmit/i...

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.

🔥 New project website for #rstats pkg "zoo" 🌐 📈 S3 Infrastructure for Regular and Irregular Time Series Updated some docs and vignettes and rendered everything with #quarto and #altdoc zeileis.codeberg.page/zoo/

Here's a useful page with a **ton** of common tasks in #RStats, done with parallel syntax for tidyverse vs. data.table vs. base. arelbundock.com/posts/dt_tb_... #rdatatable #tidyverse

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.

Adrian W. Bowman, 1955-2026

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⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's match at #FIFA2026 In Semifinal: #ENGARG #ENG #ARG Probability to advance: 58.2% vs. 41.8% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.4-1.1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 43.9% Draw 26.7% 🇦🇷 29.4% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Semifinal: #FRAESP #FRA #ESP Probability to advance: 51.9% vs. 48.1% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.2-1.2 🇫🇷 37.8% Draw 27.8% 🇪🇸 34.4% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Quarterfinal: #NORENG #NOR #ENG Probability to advance: 30.9% vs. 69.1% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 0.9-1.7 🇳🇴 20.9% Draw 24.3% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 54.8% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Quarterfinal: #ESPBEL #ESP #BEL Probability to advance: 71.9% vs. 28.1% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.6-0.8 🇪🇸 56.8% Draw 25.3% 🇧🇪 17.9% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Quarterfinal: #FRAMAR #FRA #MAR Probability to advance: 72.1% vs. 27.9% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.6-0.8 🇫🇷 57.3% Draw 24.6% 🇲🇦 18.1% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 16: #ARGEGY #ARG #EGY Probability to advance: 77.6% vs. 22.4% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.8-0.7 🇦🇷 63.7% Draw 22.1% 🇪🇬 14.2% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

In a few weeks I’ll be giving one of this year’s Ihaka Lectures. This is a big honor for me, I have to say, as I’ve has benefitted so much from R and learned so much from its community of developers and users over the years. This year’s other lecturers are @nrennie.bsky.social and @robjhyndman.com.

Ihaka Lecture Series 2026

Thinking Critically, Creatively, and Responsibly with Data

eventbrite.co.nz

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 16: #PORESP #POR #ESP Probability to advance: 44.2% vs. 55.8% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.0-1.2 🇵🇹 30.4% Draw 29.1% 🇪🇸 40.5% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 16: #BRANOR #BRA #NOR Probability to advance: 57.7% vs. 42.3% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.4-1.1 🇧🇷 43.2% Draw 27.2% 🇳🇴 29.6% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 16: #CANMAR #CAN #MAR Probability to advance: 40.6% vs. 59.4% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.0-1.4 🇨🇦 28.2% Draw 27.0% 🇲🇦 44.8% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

5. There are a bunch of other improvements... from "smart" axis limits to caption support to numerous bug fixes... See our full v0.7.0. changelog for details: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW... Thanks to everyone who contributed, made suggestions, or filed bug requests. Happy tinyplotting!

4. We've added `tinyplot.*` methods for core R objects (data.frame, matrix, ts), making it trivial to visualize your data quickly, e.g. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/man... Bonus: this all means you can use tinyplot with pipes, e.g. `mydata |> plt(y ~ x | group)`. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/man...

2. We've added more plot types and improved the functionality of existing types. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...

1. We've significantly refactored (and added to) our theming capabilities. Choose from 20+ built-in themes... or roll your own. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...

𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 v0.7.0 now available on CRAN 🎉 This is big release, with loads of new features. Same tiny footprint, though ;-) Short highlight thread below, borrowing examples from our gallery: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #AUSEGY #AUS #EGY Probability to advance: 55.0% vs. 45.0% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.2-1.0 🇦🇺 40.0% Draw 28.8% 🇪🇬 31.2% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #ESPAUT #ESP #AUT Probability to advance: 77.6% vs. 22.4% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.7-0.6 🇪🇸 62.9% Draw 23.6% 🇦🇹 13.5% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #ENGCOD #ENG #COD Probability to advance: 80.7% vs. 19.3% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.8-0.6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 66.9% Draw 21.5% 🇨🇩 11.6% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #CIVNOR #CIV #NOR Probability to advance: 32.4% vs. 67.6% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 0.9-1.6 🇨🇮 21.6% Draw 25.5% 🇳🇴 52.9% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #BRAJPN #BRA #JPN Probability to advance: 66.4% vs. 33.6% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.6-1.0 🇧🇷 52.1% Draw 24.9% 🇯🇵 23.0% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽️ Lessons learned from evaluating our probabilistic #FIFA2026 forecast. 📈 Many predictions turned out to be reasonably accurate. 📊 But the new expanded 48-team tournament was challenging not only for us as viewers but also for predicting goal differences and draws. www.zeileis.org/news/fifa202...

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's match at #FIFA2026 In Round of 32: #RSACAN #RSA #CAN Probability to advance: 23.5% vs. 76.5% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 0.8-1.8 🇿🇦 15.2% Draw 22.2% 🇨🇦 62.6% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 using our machine learning ensemble. In Group L: #PANENG #PAN #ENG 🥅 Mean goals: 0.7-2.3 🇵🇦 9.2% Draw 16.4% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 74.4% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match: