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Jonathan Carroll @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Oh, no! My R package {safespace} is in a broken state - won't someone (new to PRs) help me fix it??? I'm renewing my offer to guide newbies through the R package building / fixing / reviewing process during Hacktoberfest - see this post […]

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 7h

Table of departure times like at an airport but using object classes and file formats as origins and destinations

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 8h

🎨 formatted spreadsheets can now make the round trip in R. {forgts} reads a formatted .xlsx file into a gt table, and the new {gtxlsx} package by J.M. Garbuszus writes it back out with fills, fonts, and colors #rstats post available in English and Spanish luisdva.github.io/rstats/round...

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Round-tripping formatted spreadsheets with forgts and gtxlsx

From spreadsheet to gt and back again

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 30/09/2026

I’m pleased to announce that Vol 18 Issue 3 of The R Journal is out now! 🥳 Free & open access, R journal is made possible by our volunteer editors, reviewers + contributing authors. Thank you all! journal.r-project.org/issues/2026-3/ 🧵 20 articles 👇 #rstats journal.r-project.org/issues/2026-3/

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The R Journal: Volume 18/3

Articles published in the September 2026 issue

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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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rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 29/09/2026

✍️[blog] Celebrating the rOpenSci Community by Mauro Lepore #RStats For rOpenSci’s 15th anniversary, Mauro reflects on his journey with the community & shares 5 lessons about collaboration, contribution, kindness, and the importance of human connections in the age of AI ropensci.org/blog/2026/09...

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rOpenSci @ropensci.org · 29/09/2026

✍️[blog] Celebrando la comunidad de rOpenSci #RStats En el marco del 15 aniversario de rOpenSci, Mauro Lepore reflexiona sobre su recorrido y comparte 5 lecciones sobre colaboración, contribución, amabilidad y la importancia de las conexiones humanas en la era de la IA ropensci.org/es/blog/2026...

Foto de perfil de Mauro sonriendo en un marco de pixel art con globos de cumpleaños coloridos, una carpeta, la fechita del mouse y algunas chispas brillantes con el texto rOpenSci 15 years. Mauro Lepore.

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 28/09/2026

thoughts on equivalent Nissan D21 trucks? I've always liked those

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Sustaining R: Investing in the People, Infrastructure, and Community Behind R" Register for Oct 6 R Core / R Foundation panel discussion Simon Urbanek, Kurt Hornik & Heather Turner. Hosted by R Consortium. r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 25/09/2026

already so much capability back then 😎

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 24/09/2026

feature request: procedurally generated bubbles for a nice cold glass of coke 😅🥤

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our update to the BES Data Management Guide is now live! assets.britishecologicalsociety.org/2026/09/2110... Huge thanks to the incredibly talented ECRs who contributed sections. It's an excellent resource that I've already used with my PhD students. ❤️

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 22/09/2026

Would have liked to see a few talks about the new features in dplyr or even more on ellmer, for emotional support and reassurance

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 17/09/2026

Each year I try to be constructive and helpful with my talks at #positconf but ended up complaining about: - code comments (2024) - spreadsheets (2025) - IDEs + my dad fixing electronics with a kitchen knife (today)

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 16/09/2026

Gave my talk "Can I offer you a nice IDE in this trying time?" at #positconf earlier today and it went well slides here: luisdva.github.io/rstats/posit...

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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · 16/09/2026

👏👏👏 to @liomys.mx for calling out the issue of academic works citing the IDE instead of the language/packages!

A slide containing many snippets of text from academic papers saying "analysis was performed with RStudio"

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trevin @trevinflickinger.com · 16/09/2026

loved @liomys.mx hand drawn slides at #PositConf2026 a breath of fresh air after so many AI art slides

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 11/09/2026

Remind me to give you some limited edition rOpenSci stickers!

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 04/09/2026

Wrapped up a productive #rstats R-project sprint 2026 yesterday Cool people contributing to R over three days and lots of work done

Collage of six photos taken during a hackathon event

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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Are you passionate about code integrity and accessibility? Do you have skills in R, Python or Julia? Why not apply to be one of our new Code Integrity and Accessibility AEs? Open to any career stage. Details here: apply.workable.com/britishecolo... (sadly not paid, but comes with nice perks)

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Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) - British Ecological Society

Volunteer role: Associate Editor (Code Integrity and Accessibility) Organisation: British Ecological Society – Methods in Ecology and Evolution Term: 3 years Closing date: 25th Sept 17.00 BST Location...

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 20/08/2026

¡el programa de RSLA26 está buenazo! 🔄 FAIR+Flujos de trabajo reproducibles 🤖 IA aplicada, agentes y Green Software 🏥 Datos biomédicos y salud pública 🌍 Datos geoespaciales y ciencias atmosféricas 📊 Investigación cualitativa/cienciometría 🐸 Biodiversidad/bioinformática rs-latam.org/programa.html

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 18/08/2026

Quedan lugares en los tutoriales de #RSLA26, Primera conferencia sobre Software de Investigación en Latinoamérica 🛠️ Temas: Git, HPC, Python, renv y LLMs en R. 💰 Cuotas simbólicas (desde US$7). 🔗 rs-latam.org/tutoriales.h... #RStats #CienciaAbierta

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Tutoriales – RSLA26

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Simon P. Couch @simonpcouch.com · 17/08/2026

How do you choose an LLM? A survey of the current model landscape, including results from the vibes-from-Sara-and-Simon eval (/s) New on the @posit.co open source blog: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-08...

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AI Newsletter: How to choose a model

Which model is 'best'? A survey of the current model landscape.

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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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Florencia D’Andrea @florencia-dandrea.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I converted part of my #RSE Argentina talk into a blog post. ✍ If you're a researcher who values #openscience and computational #reproducibility but has never considered how it might change with the adoption of #AI, this post can offer some hints! 🔍 florencia-dandrea.netlify.app/posts/2026-0...

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Challenges and potential for reproducible open science in the AI era – Florencia D’Andrea

This post covers three topics: AI and open science, reproducibility, and its impact on scientific practice. It assumes a basic level of AI knowledge and becomes more complex as the reading progresses....

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Christophe Dervieux @cderv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Good news for Europe: posit::conf's virtual pass now includes auto-subtitles in French, Spanish, Portuguese, German & Italian 🎉 Plus a virtual workshop on 9/14, multiple time slots, and recordings within hours — easy to catch afternoon US sessions next morning. Join us virtually!

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Research Software Alliance @researchsoftware.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The IRSC26 program is live! www.researchsoft.org/irsc/program/ Keynotes by @rivaquiroga.bsky.social & Stefano Zacchiroli, BoFs, talks, lightning talks, plenary discussions & community reflections, and more! Join us 7–8 Sept 2026 in Sheffield, UK or online. #IRSC26 #ResearchSoftware

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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Me at work, every day. #RStats

Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time? meme but "a nice egg" is struck through and replaced with "R".

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Tiffany Timbers @tiffanytimbers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thrilled to share that @minecr.bsky.social and my paper on Ten simple rules for teaching data science is now available from @plos.org Computational Biology! journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 10/06/2026

📦 overlay was recently mentioned by @rfortherestofus.com, so I thought I'd share a recent example from teaching. Combining ggpath for background images in plots with overlay to add the code for the special legend - created with legendry #rstats

2D scatterplot with a photo of a highway for a background, with some of its underlying plotting code overlaid on top

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 09/06/2026

I tried (unsuccessfully) to change the UI labels to title case and even hassled Lionel and Davis about this 😅

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stdlib @stdlib.io · 08/06/2026

For years, open source communities relied on visible friction: people got stuck, asked questions in public, and became part of a community. AI is changing that. What happens when newcomers are no longer visible—and neither side knows the other is there? blog.stdlib.io/ai-and-the-i...

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What We're No Longer Seeing: AI and the Invisible Newcomer in Open Source

How AI is absorbing the visible friction that open-source communities have always relied on to see—and welcome—newcomers.

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LatinR Conf @latinrconf.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌎 LatinR 2026 te espera en *cualquier disciplina*: ciencias sociales, salud, medio ambiente, educación, sector público, IA, paquetes… Si usás #RStats en lo tuyo, tu lugar está en Medellín 🇨🇴 📅 Cierre: 15 de junio. openreview.net/group?id=LAT...

Asistentes a LatinR 2023 en una escalera sonriendo muy felices con la conferencia. 11 al 13 de noviembre de 2026 en Medellin, Colombia. Universidad de Antioquia.
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LatinR Conf @latinrconf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📚 Tip de envío: en #LatinR podés ser **autor/a principal de 1 trabajo** y **co-autor/a de hasta 2 más**. Pensá qué proyectos podés impulsar con tu equipo 👥 #RStats Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. Cierre: 15 de junio. openreview.net/group?id=LAT...

Sede Universidad de Antioquia. Edificio vidriado de varios pisos con arboles y bancos en los caminos de acceso.

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Fabricio Villalobos @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Neat study led by @liomys.mx describing what we (don't) know about genetic data on Mexican mammals. Part of the Special Issue of Therya (Mexican Mammalogy Association) dedicated to the pioneering work of Livia León Paniagua

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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 02/06/2026

New paper out with many cool collaborators: 🇲🇽 Overall, Mexican land mammals are genetically undersampled and a large % of existing samples lack spatial context, so what can we do to fix this? 🧬 💕 In a Special issue dedicated to Livia León Paniagua doi.org/10.12933/the...

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Status and shortfalls in the availability of genetic sequences and associated metadata for Mexican mammals

Genetic information represents an important dimension of biodiversity beyond species or ecosystems, and genetic sequences are essential for all themes in biodiversity research. Genetic data are not ex...

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