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Dirk Eddelbuettel

@eddelbuettel.com
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Code, Data, Analysis, Teaching, Running, Breadmaking ... dirk.eddelbuettel.com "God doesn't know, and the devil isn't telling." xkcd.com/2867/

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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 2h
myman 0.1.0 on CRAN: New (fabulous!!) package Fortunes-style collection of "My man ..." posts by Kevin Kruse dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats /cc @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Screenshot one of two of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/30#myman_0.1.0 describing (initial) CRAN release 0.1.0 of package mymanScreenshot two of two of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/30#myman_0.1.0 describing (initial) CRAN release 0.1.0 of package myman
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Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#rstats 4.6.2 "Diversified Portfolio" scheduled for October 29. Full schedule on developer.r-project.org (or the svn if you're impatient.)
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 29/09/2026
"Why we cannot have nice things." Plus: Steive Wonder graces us four unreleased songs. They are amazing. But I already said that it is Stevie. Minus: YouTube disgraces it by placing an ad at each of the three transitions. Awful.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 27/09/2026
r^4 post #060: Using bubblewrap for R sandboxing Quick note on agentic R use via bubblewrap dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats
Screenshot of r^4 blog post #060 at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/27#060_bubblewrap_for_R discussing R use inside the 'bubblewrap' harness helper
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Denmark is trolling Trump.
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Having just started teaching new undergraduates at uni, I think we're missing a key issue in the debate about AI: these kids do not know how *not* to use AI, full stop. We assume they are 'digital natives' but they are not and a Google Scholar search is as alien to them as an archival card-index.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 25/09/2026
Sitting here in #Chicago and, as one does, listening to Donnie Hathaway live. So many gone so soon. open.spotify.com/album/7HJQ47...
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Live At The Bitter End 1971 - Album by Donny Hathaway | Spotify
Donny Hathaway · album · 2014 · 10 songs
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 24/09/2026
RcppFastAD 0.0.5 on CRAN: Maintenance R interface to automatic differentiation C++ library dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rcpp #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/24#rcppfastad_0.0.5 describing release 0.0.5 of CRAN package RcppFastAD
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is a profound indictment of most media coverage of Big Tech that your best bet for getting an informed understanding of AI and its dangers is following a decently curated list of Bluesky shitposters
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apenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 24/09/2026
Robots can only commit manslaughter, not first or second degree murder, because murder requires intent. In this essay I will
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Someone needs to explain to Trump that the worse Republicans do in the midterms, the better it looks for him. Just goes to show the party is utterly lost without him on the ballot! He’s literally the only Republican who has the juice. (Natalie, if you see this, please print and share.)
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New blog post by @ellakaye.co.uk and @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy: Zulip Chat for the R Project #RStats blog.r-project.org/2026/09/22/z...
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Zulip Chat for the R Project - The R Blog
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troy_phd @troyhernandez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Update: corteza scored 100% on ARC-AGI-3's public set with GPT-6 Astra! And due to how they calculate their metrics, I'm happy to report that our 100% is the best 100%. I made a dashboard with details: cornball.ai/arc-agi-3/ #rstats
cornball.ai
ARC-AGI-3 comparison
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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A summer of AI optimization lemire.me/blog/2026/09/22/a-summer-…
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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What does it take to sustain R? Join R Consortium, R Core & R Foundation Oct 6 to discuss the people, infrastructure & community behind R. 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM London Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats
Graphic for upcoming R Core and R Foundation panel discussion - Oct 6, 2026
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 21/09/2026
Went cycling in Door County, WI, this weekend and am now a centenarian. 🚴‍♂️ Great day, most lovely scenerary, but we are now 0 for 2 on sunny days at the Peninsula ride following the spring ride last year.
Screenshot of Strava entry for the Peninsula Classic Fall Century showing total distance (101.8 miles, yay), elevation, time (6h 46min riding time but about 8h total), a map and a photo of four of us at the start.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 20/09/2026
Twenty months down. Leaves 853 days. One day at a time.
R code and output for the number of days until Jan 20, 2029.

> difftime(as.Date("2029-01-20"), Sys.Date())
Time difference of 853 days
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New blog post by Vincent Goulet & Kurt Hornik: Nifty new features for tangling and weaving Sweave documents in base #rstats blog.r-project.org/2026/09/18/n...
blog.r-project.org
New Tricks for the R Sweave Drivers - The R Blog
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 17/09/2026
You can take the boy out of [former grad school home] Marseilles but you cannot take Marseilles out of the boy. 'pizzaladière' as they call it: onions, anchovies, black olives. I had some sourdough from bread making. Turned out lovely.
Photo of an uncooked 'pizzaladière' Marseilles style pizza with onions, anchovies, and black olives. On sourdough as I had extra.Photo of a now cooked 'pizzaladière' Marseilles style pizza with onions, anchovies, and black olives. On sourdough as I had extra. Delicious.
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troy_phd @troyhernandez.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
ARC's analysis of GPT-6 Astra: 62.7% with their standard harness, 98.55% at max effort with their provider adapter harness (99.95% at high). corteza, our #rstats harness, at max effort with Claude Opus 5: 98.58%. Same 25 games. cornball.ai/posts/cortez...
cornball.ai
98.6% on ARC-AGI-3 in R
corteza, an R-native RLM harness, scored 98.58% on ARC-AGI-3. Across 25 games the model wrote 894 R helpers and kept calling them, 53 of them from before its context was compacted.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 13/09/2026
td 0.0.7 on CRAN: New Features and Updates R access to TwelveData Financial Data API dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/13#td_0.0.7 describing release 0.0.7 of CRAN package td
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 13/09/2026
Nice day for a 606-to-lakefront ride. Two selfies from, respectively, the north end of my lake exposure at Fullerton and then at southshore / 63rd.
Screenshot from Strava record for 45 mile ride from Oak Park via 606 to Lakefront, down to South Shore park and back.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13/09/2026
This will be bad for: - the students - the research progress - the universities - the towns the universities are in - the companies hiring students - the states the universities are in - the national economy - national security - the country - the world
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 12/09/2026
sanitizers 0.1.2 on CRAN: Maintenance True positives for ASAN/UBSAN/... tests dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/12#sanitizers_0.1.2 describing release 0.1.2 of CRAN package sanitizers
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 10/09/2026
RDieHarder 0.2.8 on CRAN: Minor Maintenance DieHarder RNG testing for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/10#rdieharder_0.2.8 describing release 0.2.8 of CRAN package RDieharder
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026
Experts Advise Against Throwing Laptop Across Office Even Though It Will Feel Incredible theonion.com/experts-advise-against…
Experts Advise Against Throwing Laptop Across Office Even Though It Will Feel Incredible
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 09/09/2026
RcppXts 0.0.7 on CRAN: Minor Maintenance Rcpp-based C-level Interface to the xts package dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rcpp #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/09#rcppxts_0.0.7 describing release 0.0.7 of CRAN package RcppXts
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 08/09/2026
RcppArmadillo 15.6.0-1 on CRAN: New Upstream Minor R bindings to powerful and expressive C++ matrix library dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats #rcpp
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/08#rcpparmadillo_15.6.0-1 describing release 15.6.0-1 of CRAN package RcppArmadillo
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 04/09/2026
r^4 post #059: r2u, GitHub Actions, a Tragedy of the Commons, and a Fix About #r2u Timeouts at GitHub Actions, Analysis and a Fix dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... A 'free' resource may get abused, defensive measure are taken, those hurt subsequent unrelated use, and how we cope. #rstats
Screenshot one of two describing blogpost #59 in the r^4 series at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/04#059_r2u_gha_tragedy_of_the_commons_a_fixScreenshot two of two describing blogpost #59 in the r^4 series at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/04#059_r2u_gha_tragedy_of_the_commons_a_fix
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 06/09/2026
RcppFarmHash 0.0.4 on CRAN: Maintenance R interface to Google FarmHash Family of Hashes dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rcpp #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/06#rcppfarmhash_0.0.4 describing release 0.0.4 of CRAN package RcppFarmHash
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 05/09/2026
rfoaas 2.4.0 at CRAN: Fully Restored Functionality A RESTful interface for R to the excellent FOAAS service dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats Fully restored thanks to new foaas.io service
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/05#rfoaas_2.4.0 describing release 2.4.0 of CRAN package rfoaas
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
A photographer in the Chatsworth Nature Preserve in Los Angeles captured a real-life image of something you would never see in cartoons: a coyote who successfully nabbed a road runner, instead of falling from a cliff, getting hit by a train or having an anvil land on him.
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Photo of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a Lie
Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 04/09/2026
r^4 post #059: r2u, GitHub Actions, a Tragedy of the Commons, and a Fix About #r2u Timeouts at GitHub Actions, Analysis and a Fix dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... A 'free' resource may get abused, defensive measure are taken, those hurt subsequent unrelated use, and how we cope. #rstats
Screenshot one of two describing blogpost #59 in the r^4 series at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/04#059_r2u_gha_tragedy_of_the_commons_a_fixScreenshot two of two describing blogpost #59 in the r^4 series at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/04#059_r2u_gha_tragedy_of_the_commons_a_fix
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 03/09/2026
RcppExamples 0.1.11 on CRAN: Very Minor Maintenance Examples of using Rcpp to interface R and C++ dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rcpp #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/03#rcppexamples_0.1.11 describing release 0.1.11 of CRAN package RcppExamples
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 03/09/2026
Oh no no no no, that is way to soon. Saw her a number of times live and she remains one of my all time faves. She will be missed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a...
nytimes.com
Cassandra Wilson, Star Jazz Singer, Dies at 70
With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 02/09/2026
RcppClassicExamples 0.1.5 on CRAN: Very Minor Maintenance Usage Examples for Long Deprecated Rcpp Predecessor dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rcpp #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/02#rcppclassicexamples_0.1.5 describing release 0.1.5 of CRAN package RcppClassicExamples
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 01/09/2026
gaussfacts 0.0.4 on CRAN: New Feature The Greatest Mathematician Since Antiquity dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/01#gaussfacts_0.0.4 describing release 0.0.4 of CRAN package gaussfacts
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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Qwen3.8 27B comes extremely close to Claude in programming tasks. It's been said, but I wanted to share a test I ran in #rstats for {paperboy} 📦. TLDR: Qwen in opencode got it done in 28 mins, Claude Code ( Opus 5) got it done in 3.5. Results differ a little, but both are perfect solutions.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 01/09/2026
PSA: Six-minutes and effortless passage from upload to 'thanks, ... on its way to CRAN' for an #Rstats package: helps to have zero reverse-dependencies, and to get lucky with their (every ten minutes ?) cron schedule. Kidding aside, thanks as always to CRAN for all they do.
Screenshot of email inbox with three CRAN messages in a span of six minutes from 'package submitted' to 'confirm submission' to 'thanks, on its way to CRAN'.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 01/09/2026
#r2u keeps going stronger and stronger and recorded the first 'five [point three] million downloads' month in August for it #Ubuntu binaries, all carefully crafted via #GitHubActions from #RStats CRAN packages. #r2u: Fast. Easy. Reliable. Pick All Three.
Dual chart showing cumulative #r2u downloads, now surpassing 93 million, and average weekly downloads on a log scale, also steadily climbing and now peaking at over two million per week (ignoring the older outlier).
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 31/08/2026
Another glorious fifth wave of 'my man ...' posts by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social washed ashore yesterday so I updated #rstats package `myman` to release 0.0.5. Quick example follows with new feature to subset by target. More as always at github.com/eddelbuettel.... /cc @timtriche.bsky.social
Screenshot of R session illustrating package `myman`:

> library(myman)
> example(myman)

myman> set.seed(123)

myman> myman(target="Miller")    # random draw against first target
My man looks like he carries a flask filled with ether.
	 -- about Stephen Miller on 2026-07-22


myman> myman("maitre")           # all posts mentioning a "maitre'd"
My man looks like he's inquiring with the maitre'd about the house curly fries.
	 -- about Howard Lutnick on 2026-08-28

My man looks like a maitre'd who deeply doubts you have a reservation.
	 -- about Scott Bessent on 2026-08-31

My man looks like he's asked the maitre'd to remove a party of four he finds
visually unpleasant.
	 -- about Scott Bessent on 2026-08-31

> Screenshot of myman repository at https://github.com/eddelbuettel/myman
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 30/08/2026
random 0.2.7 on CRAN: Maintenance R access to 'true' hardware RNGs dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/30#random_0.2.7 describing release 0.2.7 of CRAN package random.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 28/08/2026
corels 0.0.6 on CRAN: Microfix R Bindings to 'Certifiably Optimal Rule Lists' Learner dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08... #rstats #rcpp
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/28#corels_0.0.6 describing release 0.0.6 of CRAN package corels.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 28/08/2026
The `myman` #Rstats package now features over one thousand 'My man ...' burns by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social from the last five weeks. Accessor function can randomly sample, or pick by (regular expression) character match. More at repository at github.com/eddelbuettel...
Example use of the `myman` R package:

> myman("Wall St")
My man looks like he writes fan fic set in the Wolf of Wall Street extended universe.
	 -- about Stephen Miller on 2026-07-21

My man looks like a bowling pin who works on Wall Street.
	 -- about Stephen Miller on 2026-07-23

My man looks like he authored a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "Mulching the Poor".
	 -- about Howard Lutnick on 2026-08-28

> set.seed(20260828)
> myman(sample(1:1040,4))
My man looks like Pitbull addressing reporters after family court.
	 -- about Stephen Miller on 2026-07-18

My man looks like asks for a table near the lobster tank just to watch them get chosen for
death.
	 -- about Stephen Miller on 2026-07-18

My man looks like a haunted oak tree.
	 -- about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on 2026-08-12

My man looks like a character from the Extended Norbit Universe.
	 -- about Steven Cheung on 2026-08-18

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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 27/08/2026
prrd 0.0.7 at CRAN: Maintenance Parallel Running [of] Reverse Depends dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08... #rstats
Screenshot of blog post at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/27#prrd_0.0.7 describing release 0.0.7 of CRAN package prrd.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 27/08/2026
Just got schooled by Brian Ripley, how is your Thursday going? #rstats He is so thorough. Issue was g++-16 complaining about C compiler flags, did not replicate on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora. He pointed out in email that I had passed CFLAGS to PKG_CXXFLAGS so on his setting it happened. Point taken.
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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Interesting essay by the great Kevin Munger. asteriskmag.com/issues/15/sa...
asteriskmag.com
Saving Academics from Themselves
The university will survive AI. That doesn’t mean we’ll like what it turns into.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 26/08/2026
linl 0.0.6 on CRAN: Maintenance LaTeX letters from RMarkdown dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08... #rstats
Screenshot of blogpost at https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/08/26#linl_0.0.6 describing release 0.0.6 of CRAN package linl.
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Julia Eddelbuettel @juliaedd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Excited to see our work on facilitated transitions to postpartum primary care and postpartum mental health care out today in @jamanetworkopen.com!
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 25/08/2026
Cancel culture has gone too far as this lovely item has disappeared from my local Jewel/Alberton and Whole Foods, and also online. Sad.
Photo of an empty 'Better Than Bouillon' in the now-unavailable roasted garlic flavour.
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