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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you're ever like, man which 40 new #RStats packages should I take a look at this month, may I introduce.... the CRAN Top 40 😎

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Tiger Tang @tigertang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📘 It’s official: my first book, Work Automation with R, is published! I started with a simple belief: you don’t need to be an R expert to build useful automation with R. I certainly wasn’t one when I started. 📖 www.routledge.com/Work-Automat... 1/5 #RStats #RProgramming

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Work Automation with R

Work Automation with R provides a solid framework on how to automate tasks and workflows in the workplace with R. This book introduces the most common components used in R automation, one by one, and ...

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Posit @posit.co · 03/09/2026

We're hard at work putting the final touches on posit::conf, AND we got oodles of open-source updates for you! From GPU-accelerated ML in #RStats to PyTorch neural network support in Orbital to new cheatsheets, we have something for you. Read the roundup: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-09...

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posit::glimpse() Newsletter – September 2026

Monthly roundup of open source updates from Posit, featuring package releases, new resources, and highlights from upcoming conf talks.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Want to watch the crashiest crash course on custom themes for VS Code/Positron?! At a Data Science Lab with @libbyheeren.bsky.social, I attempted to go through the steps in 15 min. I also mixed up nvim and nvm, pobody's nerfect 😬 Watch it here! Make something cool~ youtu.be/yXYGhRCSEL4?...

me presenting on creating a custom theme extension for VS Code/Positron

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'll be at PyData Amsterdam next week, ready to talk open-source #Python tools in between the stroopwafels 😋 🧇 📅 10-11 September 2026 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands I'd love to know if you'll be there, too!! Let's go and get stroopwafels together!

A promotional graphic for PyData Amsterdam set against a background of colorful canal houses. On the left side, an overlay includes the Posit and PyData logos alongside the text: "Join us at PyData Amsterdam! September 10-11. Posit is a proud sponsor of PyData Amsterdam." On the right, a smiling woman with glasses pointing.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Come join us! Únete a nosotras! (Is that right? Sounds weird to me) Mach mit! Junte-se a nós! Unisciti a noi! Rejoignez-nous!

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R for the Rest of Us @rfortherestofus.com · 31/08/2026

What's New in R: ✅ Australian government report on AI & employment made entirely in R ✅ @drxeo.eu on Spain's rising heat ✅ @ivelasq3.bsky.social intro to agent skills Read the issue: rfortherestofus.com/2026/08/whats-n… @mattcowgill.bsky.social #rstats

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tired of "it worked on my computer" breaking your #RStats projects? Tomorrow on the Data Science Lab, @rpodcast.bsky.social is going live to demo {rix}, an @ropensci.org package that uses Nix to build reproducible R environments. I caught a sneak peek and it's WOW! Join us! https:// pos.it/dslab

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Another reminder that I'll be doing a 2 hour free online workshop about all things slidecrafting on August 12, 9:00 AM PDT! pos.it/slide-wrkshp #quarto #slidecrafting

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Slidecrafting Workshop with Emil Hvitfeldt

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I saw someone had made an R package to create ASCII hex stickers... anybody remember what it was called 👉👈

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Got a sneak preview of tomorrow's Wordle

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us tomorrow on the Data Science Lab where the awesome @richmeister.bsky.social will demonstrate live how to build automated validation pipelines and automated data reports with pointblank (mostly #RStats but some #python too!)! See you there: pos.it/dslab

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Do you dabble in Quarto, and really want to make slides that make people go, wow 😯 Learn from the amazing @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social tomorrow, where he will demonstrate the ✨ art of slidecrafting✨ for creating reusable, custom slide themes. Hope to see you there! pos.it/dslab

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RLadies+ Bot @rladies-bot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

📝 "Exploring other ggplot2 geoms" Level up your R data viz with these amazing ggplot2 plugins. 👤 Isabella Velásquez (@ivelasq3.bsky.social) 🔗 ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/other-geoms #rladies #rstats #oldiebutgoodie #reference

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There are SO many Posit open-source updates, you may wonder how to keep up! 3 totally unbiased* options: 1️⃣ Posit Open Source LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/showcase/pos... 2️⃣ posit::glimpse newsletter: posit.co/about/subscr... 3️⃣ RSS feeds on the Open Source site *Plugs aside, I hope these help!

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In **1 week**! The fabulous @libbyheeren.bsky.social and I are giving a guided tour to Positron for RStudio users 💻 Join us for a live walkthrough of this cool tool. 📅 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 11 AM AEST / 8 PM CDT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-melb... 💜 Thanks for having us, @rladiesmelb.bsky.social!

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Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 11:00 AM | Meetup

**Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users** **Date:** 30th July, 2026 **Time:** 11 AM **Where: [Online](https://deakin.zoom.us/j/87455019351?pwd=mvadykmUlN0OsEFj8Ir

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R-Ladies Melbourne @rladiesmelb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 30th July, 2026 ⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11 AM 📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Online - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...  Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and Isabella Velásquez to explore the next generation of data science development in a relaxed, beginner-friendly environment!

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Danielle Navarro @djnavarro.net · 18/07/2026

And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author learningstatisticswithr.com

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Learning Statistics with R

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A few weeks ago, I attempted (hopefully successfully!) to introduce Agent Skills in a friendly way at R/Pharma's GenAI Day. 🕸️ ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/skills-... ✍️ pos.it/skills-101 🎥 youtu.be/MphOm5LDhi8?... Thanks to the Open Source in Pharma for the opportunity and putting on a great conference!

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Skills 101 – %>% dreams

This session provides a clear, high-level introduction to agent skills: specialized capabilities that allow AI agents to navigate complex data, execute tasks, and connect workflows.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ever used a ggplot2 extension package (like ggbump, geomtextpath, ggdensity) and wondered how they were made? @ginareynolds.bsky.social, @libbyheeren.bsky.social, and I will create an extension from scratch, live, tomorrow on the DS Lab! In #RStats and #Python! Register here: pos.it/dslab

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sooo, I recently learned not all #Python libraries support different DataFrames. But do not despair! Cameron Riddell will give a friendly intro to Python DFs and why Narwhals exists at the Data Science Lab. (see how friendly by the adorable images I found on Canva) 6/30 at 12pm ET: pos.it/dslab

A Friendly Introduction to Python DataFrames and Narwhals Join us with Cameron Riddell Tues, June 30 at 12pm ET pos.it/dslab

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Miles McBain @milesmcbain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

left_join is usually the right join: milesmcbain.micro.blog/2026/06/27/l... Brought to you by an afternoon bug hunt, and @ivelasq3.bsky.social who reminded me I have a micro.blog this week. #rstats

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Micro.blog

Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can share and engage with others.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thank you for sharing the Libraries for your Python Polars workflows post on The Real Python podcast, @trudeau.dev and team 💕 As mentioned, they've featured Pointblank and Great Tables on previous episodes, too! Check them out: PB: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp... GT: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

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Libraries for your Python Polars workflows

Posit's Python libraries provide excellent support for Polars DataFrames across your data science workflow.

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Did a little Love Island analysis inspired by Isabel Zimmerman recent post! I looked at all the times in the UK version we had 2 sets of men/women that had all coupled up with each other at one point or another emilhvitfeldt.com/post/love-is...

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Love Island - exploring double dates

Love Island is back, and with that comes the drama. I will explore some of the connections between the contestants from a very small graph perspective.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Thanks to code-first, open-source tools, LLMs are REALLY good at making Shiny apps. But, how good are they at making **good** Shiny apps? 🤔 This is the sort of question that Shiny QA Engineer Karan Gathani is thinking about. And he'd like to discuss it with you tomorrow at the Data Science Lab!

Evaluating LLM-generated Shiny apps. Join us with Karan Gathani Tues, June 23 at 12pm ET, pos.it/dslab

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Come join me for a all new slidecrafting workshop! 2 hours of all new content, teaching you to go from zero to hero in quarto slides! It is free and open to anyone, very minimal quarto knowledge required, we are starting with the basics! pos.it/slide-wrkshp #quarto #slidecrafting

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Slidecrafting Workshop with Emil Hvitfeldt

This will be a 2-hour workshop (with a short break) led by Emil Hvitfeldt all about making great slides in Quarto! Wed, Aug 12, 2026 12:00 PM EDT

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

If you're still wondering about the slick new functions in dplyr 1.2.0, join me for a "Working smarter with dplyr 1.2.0" redux with R-Ladies Abuja! 📅 Wednesday, 24 June 2026 🕐️ 6pm WAT 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-abuj... See you there! ⚒️ #RStats

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Working Smarter with {dplyr} 1.2.0, Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Discover how the latest features in **{dplyr} 1.2.0** can help you write cleaner, faster, and more maintainable data transformation workflows. This session explores practic

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

As a previous co-organizer for R-Ladies Seattle, I know how long a little help can go. That’s why I’m so excited that Posit is supporting community conferences and local meetups! Please share this with an organizer who wants to feed folks some pizza while learning about data science tools 🍕

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Want to programmatically build presentation slides with #Python? Meet Quarto! We wrote a lil post on how to use Quarto to combine your code, text, output into beautiful slides, perfect for @scipyconf.bsky.social or your next conference 😊 Check it out: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

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Make your SciPy presentation in Quarto

Quarto is built for scientific presentations. Here's how to build your next SciPy (or any conference) talk as a Quarto slide deck.

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Mickaël CANOUIL, Ph.D. @mickael.canouil.fr · 15/06/2026

Reproduction with #Typst -> Done (still some work to do on Gribouille obviously) 😎

Screenshot of VSCode showing a Typst document on the left with Gribouille code to draw penguins bill depth against bill length coloured by body mass, with a line cutting between to clouds of points. The figure itself is displayed on the right side

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

That nice-looking plot might be R, Python, Typst... or even, SQL!? Join us tomorrow with @thomasp85.com , where he will introduce ggsql, a new package that brings the grammar of graphics (a framework for composing plots) to SQL. Join the ggparty here: pos.it/dslab

bringing the grammar of graphics to SQL with ggsql join us with Thomas Pedersen Tues, June 16 at 12 pm ET pos.it/dslab

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In May, 40 of the 323 new CRAN packages had no README file, no vignettes, and no URL linking to a repository 🤔

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Skills, skills, skills... everyone's talking about them, but what IS a skill? 😅 Let's find out - join my "Skills 101" session at GenAI in Pharma Day 2026! 📅 June 16 | 11:20 EDT 🔗 rinpharma.com/docs/ai-day/ 🙋 What would you like to know, or what did you *wish* you had known when you started?

Skills 101 GenAI in Pharma Day 2026 June 16, 2026 11:20 EDT

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

When I was at PyCon US, there was so! much! buzz! around @pola.rs. For those of us who work primarily in the latter part of the data science lifecycle (reporting, etc.), I wrote a little blog post on four #Python libraries with Polars support. Check it out here! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

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Libraries for your Python Polars workflows

Posit's Python libraries provide excellent support for Polars DataFrames across your data science workflow.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Do you love seeing how people are **actually **using data science tools? Join us with @kylieainslie.bsky.social and @chendaniely.bsky.social tomorrow for a Community Project Showcase. Ask questions about their thought process, code organization, or whatever you want to know about! 🔗 pos.it/dslab

Community Project Showcase Join us with Kylie Ainslie and Daniela Chen Tues, June 9 at 12pm ET pos.it/dslab

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 23/05/2026

💻 RStudio addins now run in Positron through the command palette, including the addins from my annotater package (despite relying heavily on the rstudioapi pkg for modifying open files!) Nice! #rstats

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This RStudio "What's New" window is neat!!

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A lot of care (and coffee) went into crafting this month's newsletter. I hope you find it valuable 🥰

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Learn all about PARQUET FILES 😍 on the #DSLab with us! TOMORROW, TUESDAY JUNE 2ND! WITH NIC CRANE! ( @niccrane.bsky.social) 12PM ET / 9AM PT REGISTER: pos.it/dslab #databs #rstats #pydata #CAPSLOCK

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wrote my first ever Quarto extension! 🥹 If you've ever wanted to copy/paste non-code text from a Quarto doc, check out the Copy Text extension! Made with help from Gemini & Claude Code. Many thanks to @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social and @mickael.canouil.fr for the support. 🔗 github.com/ivelasq/quar...

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This Quarto extension, in addition to being super helpful, is so cool 🤩 closer and closer to Google Slides-like functionality everyday!

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Posit @posit.co · 26/05/2026

Are you on LinkedIn? If so, follow our new Posit Open Source LinkedIn Showcase Page! www.linkedin.com/showcase/117... We’ll be sharing updates, deep dives, and behind-the-scenes looks at everything we're developing for #RStats, #Python, and beyond. Tag us so we can see what you are building, too! 🤓

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Using LLM chat in a browser interface is just the beginning. You can unlock so much more power programmatically! At Pyladies Monterrey, I spoke about chatlas, a lightweight library that connects #Python with LLMs. Check out the slides and summary (in 🇪🇸 and 🇬🇧): ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/connect...

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Connecting Python with LLMs – %>% dreams

This talk explores how to connect Python code directly to LLMs using chatlas, a lightweight library that makes LLM integration straightforward and flexible.

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Git worktrees" is a pretty new term to me (I've only heard about them in the context of AI), so I'm very excited that @schloerke.com will join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and me tomorrow to show off how they work and how you can use them for agentic coding! Register here: pos.it/dslab

git worktrees join us with Barret Schloreke Tues, May 26 at 12pm Et pos.it/dslab

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It's been an amazing experience to work on the new Open Source website. The team does such incredible work, and it's so impressive to see it all in a single place. (And as someone always aggregating updates, I'm particularly excited to consolidate all my bookmarks into a single link 😂)

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Posit @posit.co · 18/05/2026

Looking to connect with Posit folks on Bluesky? 🌐 We've updated our Posit Starter Pack! If you haven't looked at it lately (or are seeing it for the first time), discover and add some incredible data scientists, developers, and team members to your feed. bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Are you at #PyConUS? So is Posit! Find us at our unmissable sign!!

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R-Ladies Remote @rladiesremote.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

New R-Ladies+ Remote recordings are out 🎥 1️⃣ A gRadual Intro to Shiny with Ted Laderas youtu.be/gMbTPSBdhAI?... 2️⃣ Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons youtu.be/Q2kOlrvSqwQ?... Thanks to all who joined live. #RStats #RLadies #Shiny #DataScience #OpenSource

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R-Ladies+ Remote (English) - Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons

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