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Edzer Pebesma

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Spatial data science languages, open science, R foundation, upright bass

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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 23/09/2026
Want to work with the AlphaEarth Embedding data from R? 🛰️🌍 Felipe Carlos has developed an R package that makes it easier to search and retrieve AlphaEarth embeddings for your area of interest. m3nin0-labs.github.io/alphaearth/ #rstats #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #RSpatial
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Map projection that's equal-area for the whole world but transitions to Mercator (conformal) on zoom www.benjoffe.com/map
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A New Equal-Area Map for Interactive Computer Use
Seamlessly transitioning to Mercator upon zoom
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Equal Earth projection is nice. But the UN rejected an alternative proposal from the New Zealand delegation, the Middle-earth projection:
A map projection centered on New Zealand. It's Middle-earth, get it?
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last year, I publicly complained multiple times (see e.g. elevanth.org/blog/2025/07...) that the open access movement had been captured by publishers, and we are now worse off than before open access. Well people got mad at me for saying it. But I think things are still getting worse.
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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 26/08/2026
.@ducklabs.com is joining Amazon Web Services (AWS), expected to be effective by early Sept. This move gives DuckLabs the resources and reach to bring #DuckDB, DuckLake, and the Quack protocol to many more developers and orgs – while keeping our commitment to OSS Read the full announcement here:
ducklabs.com
DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source
DuckLabs provides services around the DuckDB in-process OLAP data management system directly from its main developers.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We invite #RStats users to contribute to a fund dedicated to helping the family of Tomáš Kalibera following his untimely death in April. Find out more and donate here: www.r-project.org/foundation/k...
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R: Tomáš Kalibera Family Fund
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 20/08/2026
Where can your spatial model be trusted? 🌍 Yesterday at #EOschool2026 in Istanbul, I talked about reliable validation of spatial machine learning: evaluate the map, not just the model. Slides (expanded ML4EO 2026 talk): jakubnowosad.com/ogh2026/docs... #rstats #rspatial #gischat
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 22/07/2026
A resource from Jérôme Guélat for anyone working with spatial data in R. *Spatial Data Processing with R* combines GIS fundamentals with practical, reusable workflows for analysis and map making. 🗺️ jguelat.github.io/spatial-r/ #rspatial #rstats #SpatialAnalysis #OpenSource
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 13/07/2026
📢 Call for Papers: The Open-Source Approach to Geospatial Applications (Geocarto International) 🗓️ Submission deadline: 31 January 2027 think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll... #FOSS4G #GISchat #OpenScience
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 11/07/2026
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.
Screenshot of post on X in the account of Norm Matloff in which his daughter announces his passing. Gone too soon, and sure to be missed.
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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Here's the official ad: we're hiring for a continuing position up to A/Prof. It's a large stats dept with a broad view of statistics. Research areas include probability, computing, ecology, astronomy, stats education, biostats. We care about teaching quality: students are our main funding source
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
Pouako|Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Te Kura Tatauranga|Department of Statistics
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandTe Whare Pūtaiao | Faculty of Science is the leading science faculty in Aotearoa New Zealand and one of the largest in Au...
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 08/07/2026
A world still to be mapped 🌍 Today at UseR! 2026 in Warsaw, I gave a talk "A world still to be mapped: reflections on geocomputation in R". A look at the #rspatial history, current state, my challenges, and more. Slides: jakubnowosad.com/user2026/ #rstats #geocomputation #UseR2026
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 05/07/2026
🚂 Heading to useR!2026 in Warsaw (6–9 July 2026). user2026.r-project.org I’ll be around and keen to meet others working on #rspatial and geocomputation in R (etc.). #useR2026 #rstats #rspatial
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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I am giving away a free copy of the #BayesianWorkflow book by @statmodeling.bsky.social, @avehtari.bsky.social, @rmcelreath.bsky.social et al!! Please like, repost, and follow to enter. I will randomly draw the winner next Weds July 8. 😀 routledge.com/9780367490140 #RStats #DataScience #Bayesian
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Dewey Dunnington @paleolimbot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We're excited to announce a new release of SedonaDB, and this one is a big one! Between native DataFrame APIs in Python and R, a brand new Geography implementation, GPU accelerated joins, and a raster/ND-array foundation, it's hard to know where to start.
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Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Some of us had a vision that maybe computers could change statistics” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Prof Brian Ripley on developing R to manage the world's data
Prof Brian Ripley has spent the past three decades working on a computer software that analyses data.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 21/06/2026
BBC article about Brian Ripley of the #RStats Core team given this week's excellent news concerning 2026 Rousseeuw Price for Statistics recognition for him and the core team. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Prof Brian Ripley on developing R to manage the world's data
Prof Brian Ripley has spent the past three decades working on a computer software that analyses data.
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Gabby Palomo, PhD @gabspalomo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hey #rspatial! If you’ve taught an undergraduate GIS course, would you be willing to chat/zoom for 20–30 minutes? I’m teaching GIS next semester and would love advice on topics, skills, assignments, and tools to include as I work on improving the course. Thanks!
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The 2026 laureates are Brian Ripley, Martin Maechler, Kurt Hornik, Peter Dalgaard, and Luke Tierney who have made the longest sustained contribution to #RStats. Half of the $1m prize money is awarded to the laureates and half to the rest of the Core Team.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026
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The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
R for eaRth: Data Visualisation and Exploration Challenge at UseR! 2026 Aimed at improving the precision of methane emission estimation based on spectral data from the Sentinel-2 satellite. More info at github.com/CredibleAI/R... Ticket sales end on the 12th! user2026.r-project.org #RStats
Promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference in Warsaw. Black background with white bold text in the top left reading "useR! 2026 CONFERENCE WARSAW," followed by bold orange text reading "Submissions open!" The top right features the conference's signature 2×2 grid of colored squares (blue, yellow, orange, purple), each containing a recursive square fractal pattern. Centered yellow bold text reads: "R for eaRth: Data Visualisation and Exploration Challenge" — with the R in "eaRth" capitalized to highlight the R programming language. In the bottom left is a pixelated/8-bit style illustration of Earth, showing green continents and blue oceans.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
John Fox (1947-2025) An obituary of R Foundation member John Fox by Peter Dalgaard. www.r-project.org/doc/obit/joh... #rstats
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R: John David Fox (1947-2025)
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Open-Earth-Monitor Project @openearthmonitor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🌍 Join the next OEMC Science Webinar! Meet the teams behind the GRDC, GWDC, and ISMN and discover how global environmental data infrastructures support Earth observation, climate science, and environmental monitoring. 📅 Thursday, June 11th 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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
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Sovereign Tech Fund Project: Milestone 1 - The R Blog
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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
R for eaRth: Data Visualisation and Exploration Challenge at UseR! 2026 Aimed at improving the precision of methane emission estimation based on spectral data from the Sentinel-2 satellite. More info at github.com/CredibleAI/R... #RStats #useR2026
Promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference in Warsaw announcing that submissions are open for the “R for eaRth: Data Visualisation and Exploration Challenge.” The design features a black background with bold yellow and orange typography, colorful fractal-inspired square patterns in the top right, and a large pixel-art Earth illustration in blue, green, and white in the lower left. The visual blends data science, R programming, climate and Earth themes with a retro digital aesthetic suited for the global R and data visualization community.
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Yay! 👩🏻‍💻
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Daniel Gutierrez @ddgutierrez.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
One reason I rely on R: It encourages thinking in models, not just running them. Formulas, diagnostics, assumptions—they’re part of the workflow, not an afterthought. #RStats #DataScience #MachineLearning
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 17/05/2026
Nominations are now open for the Lorena Abad Crespo Award for Innovation in Spatial Data Science! 🎉 Know someone doing outstanding work in spatial data science, GIS, or geocomputation? Nominate them here: spatial-data-science.github.io/award.html Please share widely! #GISchat #SDS #OpenScience
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Super excited to get this at my door today! Ursula Laa and my book on exploring high-d data and models is in print! Book website is www.routledge.com/Interactivel... if interested I think my 30% discount code might work for you - msg me. Time to update dicook.github.io/mulgar_book/ too! #rstats
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We are pleased to announce that Mikael Jagan has joined the R Core Team. #RStats He has been an active contributor to the R project for several years, proposing bug fixes and enhancements. Further, he has been co-authoring/maintaining the important Matrix package and more recently lme4 and glmmTMB.
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Edzer Pebesma @edzer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Now look at this! ogc.org/standards/op...
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openEO OGC Standard | Earth Observation Data API
Learn how openEO enables interoperable processing of large Earth observation datasets using a unified cloud-based API.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today 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...
blog.r-project.org
S at 50 - The R Blog
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Josiah @josiah.rs · 30/04/2026
📣 Last day for @rconsortium.bsky.social grant submissions! My (unofficial) Tips: - Small scoped R 📦 (or improvement) / tool - ~6 - 12 month duration - 3-7k ask is the sweet spot Spend 45-60 mins with your thoughts to write a proposal! r-consortium.org/all-projects... #rstats
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R Consortium – callforproposals
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This might be the most insane story about the US EPA that you’ll read.
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How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
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Tom MacWright @tmcw.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026
a long time ago i followed @sgillies blog and the moment he announced he had left a job we hired him to work at mapbox, a major coup. now is the time for you to do the same thing for your company, i guarantee you will not regret it: sgillies.net/2026/04/24/laid-off.ht…
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Laid off
Welp, I'm joining the ranks of the unemployed tech workers again. As before, I'm in a good situation. I don't depend on my former employer for health insurance. I've got some severance and savings, my family is in good health, we have a roof over our heads, and I have good connections. I don't feel afraid. But maybe I should? The job market is worse than last time this happened to me. I've seen experienced and talented people go for weeks and months without offers, and read some harrowing stories about what under-employment looks like for older tech workers these days. After a little detour into the biomedical field, I'm looking to get back into helping to solve important geospatial problems. If you've got them, please let me know.
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
On Friday, the Trump administration fired the National Science Board, a move that continues it's politicization at NSF and risks further interference at the nation's premier scientific research agency. My thoughts in a new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
blog.ucs.org
Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 26/04/2026
In her latest blog post, UCS’s president and CEO addresses this latest interference with independent science.
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Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.
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Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
R version 4.6.0 "Because it was There" (source version) has been released. It should be on CRAN by now. #rstats The choice of codename is in remembrance of R Core member Tomàš Kalibera (1978-2026). Among many other things, he was a keen mountain climber.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel @eddelbuettel.com · 23/04/2026
#r2u is absolutely cooking right now! Over 200k downloads by 10:20h; over 160k in the last three hours. Over 250k yesterday. Evidently robust demand for installing or upgrading your CRAN packages for #Rstatst via `apt` at a system level. #r2u: Fast. Easy. Reliable. Pick All Three.
Screenshot of simple shell script loop around `grep -c` and `sleep` displaying total downloads today in 15 minutes increments, with over 200k just after 10:00h.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Apply for a place at R Dev Day @ useR! 2026 by this Friday, April 24!
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 22/04/2026
a5R brings the A5 pentagonal geospatial index to R. Equal-area pentagonal cells across 31 resolutions, encoded as 64-bit integers, with millimetre-level precision at the finest scale 🗺️ R package by Hugh Graham; a5 by Felix Palmer github.com/belian-earth... #rstats #rspatial #dggs
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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 16/04/2026
That's a heck of a graphic www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
useR! 2026 is for data scientists, statisticians, researchers, R devs, students, and anyone who loves R. Warsaw, July 6–9. Three universities. One great conference. Early Bird ends April 20 👉 user2026.r-project.org #useR2026 #RStats
Promotional graphic for the USER! 2026 Conference Warsaw. The top shows the event title beside four colorful geometric squares, followed by large yellow text reading “Early Bird is open!”. The lower half displays a sunset view of Warsaw’s skyline with the Palace of Culture and Science centered among modern skyscrapers.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on 1 April of Tomáš Kalibera, a valuable member of the R Core Team for close to 10 years, after a short but aggressive illness. Tomáš is survived by his wife and 1 year old son. A full obituary will be posted in due time.
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Posit @posit.co · 08/04/2026
We are thrilled to announce that Positron Server is now available for academic use via JupyterHub! This gives students a robust #RStats & #Python data science IDE without needing a local install or new infrastructure. Learn more: positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...
Positron plus JupyterHub logo, with the Posit logo in the corner.
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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 05/04/2026
Bill’s early work had an incredible influence on my career, especially his studies on perception and coplots. It’s so sad to hear that he passed away. May his memory be a blessing.
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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · 02/04/2026
We co-hosted the Geo-Embeddings Sprint with Planet & Clark University to establish shared standards for Earth observation embeddings – storage formats, metadata & access patterns. Find the best practices & docs at geoembeddings.org. For full recap of sprint 👇🏽 cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2026/04...
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Julien Gaffuri @jgaffuri.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026
How fast does road transport get electrified in Europe ? To answer this question, #Eurostat just published a new digital #map on the #accessibility of electrical vehicle (EV) charging points in Europe for 2025 and 2023. ➡️ ec.europa.eu/assets/estat... #gischat #mapping #cartography #gis #transport
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James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
29 years of #rstats community knowledge was sitting in hard-to-search pipermail archives. So I built a more modern home for it. Introducing the R Mailing List Archives: 631,000+ messages from 32 lists, fully searchable and available as open data. r-mailing-lists.thecoatlessprofessor.com
Homepage of the R Mailing List Archives showing a search bar, three popular lists (R-help with 398,500 messages, R-devel with 63,425, and R-package-devel with 12,125), and a full directory of core lists and special interest groups.
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