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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I barely "promoted" anything this summer thanks to "The Business™", but I'll be presenting "Fake it Til' You Make It: Mocking Reality So Your Tests Can Run" at posit::conf(2026) this Wednesday in Houston! Say hi if you see me! Not sure if it's me? Look for the purple and pink hair! 🤸🏾‍♀️💜🩷

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My talk “Fake it Til' You Make It: Mocking Reality So Your Tests Can Run” was accepted for #positconf2026 🎉 A software testing focused talk this time, and a reflection of where I’ve been putting my energy lately: Python, AWS, testing, and engineering flavored work. Excited for this one!

Illustrated conference announcement graphic styled like a taped notebook page on a textured blue background. Large hand drawn text reads “Fake It Til’ You Make It:” with smaller handwritten text below saying “Mocking Reality So Your Tests Can Run.” A colorful striped snake curves across the lower half of the page. A yellow sticky note pinned to the paper reads “posit::conf(2026), Houston, TX U.S, 2026-09-16.”

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stevecarufel_ @stevecarufel.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

#30DayChartChallenge Day 3 : Mosaics All the #Minecraft blocks but vertically-sorted by presence of Red, Green, and Blue (RGB coding, from 0 to 255) All 3 contain the exact same blocks Top = color is high/full Bottom = color is low/absent (as for left-right, it's random) #Rstats #dataviz

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Julia Silge @juliasilge.com · 31/03/2026

When it comes to #Python type checkers and LSPs, we had a lot of options for what to bundle in Positron, our data science IDE! 🤯 Read through how we evaluated Pyrefly, ty, Basedpyright, and Zuban, and what we ended up deciding to use by default: positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...

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How we chose Positron’s Python type checker – Positron

We tested four open-source Python type checkers to find the best default for Positron. Here’s how Pyrefly, ty, Basedpyright, and Zuban compare on features, correctness, performance, and development ve...

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Danielle Navarro @djnavarro.net · 21/03/2026

Decided that the time has come to wrap up the series of #rstats art pieces I've been posting recently. As usual, the pieces themselves are released under CC-BY licence, and the source code is linked to from the gallery page

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Nautilus – Art by Danielle Navarro

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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 20/03/2026

We have summer internships y'all! Come work at Posit on the PyData, tidymodels, shiny, or Connect teams: grnh.se/tigz810a3us. You will have an awesome time, learn a ton, and help advance our open source and pro tools 🧰 #rstats #pydata

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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

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dplyr 1.2.0

dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...

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James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

webRios is live. #rstats on your iPhone and iPad. I showed native R compilation on #iOS last week. Shipping it is another story (thanks, GPL). This version uses #webR 's #WebAssembly build instead. Different tradeoffs, but this one clears App Review. apps.apple.com/us/app/webri...

Promotional image for webRios showing the app icon and an iPhone displaying the R console. The console shows example R commands with syntax highlighting: basic arithmetic (1 + 1), a print statement saying 'Hello from iOS!', a warning message in orange reading 'Uh-oh, I'm in the Apple-verse?', an error message in red with the HAL 9000 quote 'I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.', and a plot command.

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Issue 30 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬 ➡️Mapping Public OA K-12 State Education Data @alexjbowers.bsky.social ➡️ A New Tool for Measuring Metadata Completeness ➡️ Ten Simple Rules on How to Write a Standard Operating Procedure ➡️ Please Switch to Python and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

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RDM Weekly - Issue 030

A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.

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Posit @posit.co · 23/01/2026

2 weeks left to take the stage at posit::conf(2026)! 🎤 Share your work on R, Python, open-source, or any topic the community would love. Can't make it to Houston? Apply for our virtual track! It’s a great way to reach the global community. Apply here: posit.co/blog/posit-c... #positconf2026 #rstats

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Life's been extremely difficult lately, especially when your progress and efforts... feels under constant assessment. I made this to let myself code with no pressure. I'm calling it 'release.' A reminder that even in the darkest phases, there's light on the horizon. Messy Code: tinyurl.com/dy7zc2mz

Mountain landscape created in the R programming language with ggplot2. White geometric peaks with horizontal line texturing rise against a dark gradient sky transitioning from charcoal gray to black.

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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · 01/01/2026

Happy 2026! 🎆 My resolution: put @dslc.io on a sustainable footing. I’m soft-launching our Patreon to cover costs (Zoom, hosting, etc). If you love #TidyTuesday, our Slack help, or our book clubs, you can be an early supporter before the official launch Monday! patreon.com/DSLC #RStats #DataBS

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Data Science Learning Community | Patreon

Tools to learn data science, e.g. weekly TidyTues.day dataset

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ᴅʀ. ᴍᴏᴡɪɴᴄᴋᴇʟ'ꜱ @drmowinckels.io · 28/12/2025

My #RPackageAdvent2025 recap is live! 📦✨ Get the complete guide to modern R package development: setup, docs, testing, CI/CD, and CRAN submission. All 25 days of tips, tools, and best practices in one place! Dive in! #RStats #RPackageDevelopment Link: drmo.site/8ny3eU

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terence @tterence.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Power lines of Italy. #rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale

A visualisation of Italy's power lines as illuminated lines

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Getting a fancy wooden playhouse for your kid for Christmas is all fun and games until you realize there’s 100+ pieces and 48 “steps” to putting it together. 🫩

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Planning a friendly intro to dbt for the 1st DS Lab of the year w/ Michael Chow, & the question came up of who the episode will be for. It'll rock for anyone curious about #dbt & data eng, obvs, but if you're a dbt pro, it will be a chance to come help others learn!! #databs #rstats #duckdb #pydata

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I like to give small, subtle hints when I am not happy with something I'm working on.

R code comment followed by ASCII art emoticon: '# frames for baseline and follow' and below it a text-based table flip emoticon expressing frustration because yes, I'm also going to age myself here too.

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Piter Pasma @piterpasma.nl · 16/12/2025

YEAAH GENUARY 2026⋆˚꩜.ᐟ.ᐟ genuary.art GENUARY is the most GENERATIVE (creative code based) ART month of the entire universe // There are 31 creative coding prompts for you to play with for daily challenge // beepboop // please enjoy // time travelers welcome #genartclub #generative #creativecoding

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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 12/12/2025

This is a thread about Forwards, the R Foundation task-force on women and other under-represented groups. We work on accessibility, community, conferences, on-ramps, social media, surveys, and teaching. forwards.github.io

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Forwards

R Foundation taskforce on women and other under-represented groups

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Jon Harmon (he/him/his) @jonthegeek.com · 08/12/2025

I just need 1 more dataset for #TidyTuesday 2025! Thank you so much to those of you who have submitted datasets! The submissions have allowed me to make progress on a long-planned huge maintainability and usability improvement for TT, coming in 2026!

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I'm excited to announce the newest release of {tidypredict}! This release brings for standardization to outputs, faster trees for parsing and prediction, and glmnet support tidyverse.org/blog/2025/12... #rstats #tidymodels

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tidypredict 1.0.0

tidypredict 1.0.0 brings faster computations for tree-based models, more efficient tree representations, glmnet model support, and a change in how random forests are handled.

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Posit @posit.co · 09/12/2025

New releases for tidymodels! 📦 We've launched filtro and important for supervised feature selection in #RStats. These tools simplify predictor ranking, reduce overfitting, and include advanced dynamic importance calculations. Learn more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...

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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 09/12/2025

Today I'm talking about contributing to base R 💻 Are you curious about how to improve the language we love, at its core? This is a thread for you! #RStats

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 08/12/2025

My first #TidyTuesday data submission! Check out the accompanything #rstats package too at profmusgrave.github.io/qatarcars/ - the data there has label metadata + functions for converting between QAR/USD/EUR + documentation for other unit conversions

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Harriet Mason @harriet-mason.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN! harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in... You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We're getting a native R %notin%!! "after many years of private definitions mostly hidden in packages" 😂😂 #rstats #databs

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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · 06/12/2025

Huge thanks to @posit.co and hosts @mchow.com and @wesmckinney.com for having me on The Test Set!!! posit.co/thetestset/e... My favorite part was learning that I've been pronouncing "pandas" correctly all along. I've never felt more vindicated. And y'all are wrong about candy corn. 😜

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Episode 11 : Kelly Bodwin — Quarto hacks, AI in the classroom, and why R should stay weird - Posit

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Erin Grand (she/her) #rstats @astroeringrand.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I'm trying out a Quarto website for my blog! What do you think? #rstats eringrand.github.io/new_blog/pos...

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New Blog - Who Dis? – Erin Grand

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Here is a godawful joke in chart form to ruin your Christmas season 🤪🎄

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I have a December gift for you all 🎁 I am finally able to open up a general call for ADVANCE READERS for my book: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS (coming 2026). I cannot tell you how much it means to me to share this! Indicate your interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Request to be an advance reader of The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks

Thank you for your interest in being an advance reader for The Psychology of Software Teams (working title) by Cat Hicks. I am selecting some interested readers to receive a free advance copy of this ...

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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#rstats It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week. He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly. www.john-fox.ca

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John Fox: Books and Software

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Etienne Bacher @etiennebacher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#rstats Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter. Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds. Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more. Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 18/11/2025

happy cloudflare outage day to all who celebrate

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I'm reminded of how handy the usethis::browse_*() functions are and thought I'd remind people they exist. Choose from a menu of links or go straight to CRAN or GitHub. #rstats

Screenshot showing usage of usethis::browse_package(), usethis::browse_cran(), and usethis::browse_github().

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

One thing that’s helping me on my polyglot journey is using small visual things that make my brain feel “at home” after seven years in R and the tidyverse. Emojis in my test results do exactly that. testthat will always be my ride-or-die, but pytest-emoji is fun. 🐍 pypi.org/project/pyte...

A terminal window with a dark purple theme shows the output of a pytest test session. It displays Python version 3.13.1, pytest 9.0.1, pluggy 1.6.0, and plugins for coverage and emoji. The test runner reports 22 collected tests. Each test file name appears followed by a long row of smiling-emoji indicators and a percentage: test_art_pals.py at 68%, test_main.py at 72%, and test_utils.py at 100%. Below, a coverage summary table lists three modules (__init__.py, _utils.py, palettes.py) all with 100% coverage and zero missed statements. At the bottom, it shows “22 passed in 0.62s” with a highlighted success message.

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Julia Silge @juliasilge.com · 12/11/2025

If you are a local SLC data person, join me and other folks this Saturday, Nov 15, at Big Mountain Data & Dev, a free, one-day conference with a broad scope! 🏔️ I'm looking forward both to speaking myself and to learning about the wide variety of topics: www.utahgeekevents.com/events/big-m...

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Big Mountain Data & Dev 2025 | Utah Geek Events

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Listen, I love fun. I love memes, emojis, gifs, and it’s still a wonder how I’ve fooled most of you into thinking I’m a professional…but please..oh please, NO ✋🏾

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Posit @posit.co · 11/11/2025

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Posit Table Contest! 🏆 The data community showcased stunning work in #RStats/ #Python using gt, Reactable, and #Quarto, transforming complex data into beautiful, effective communication. Congrats to all the winners! See the innovation: posit.co/blog/2025-ta...

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Winners of the 2025 Table Contest - Posit

We had many submissions to the Posit 2025 Table Contest and this post will show you the winners, the special prize recipients, and the runners up!

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Julia Silge @juliasilge.com · 08/11/2025

My talk from posit::conf earlier this fall on getting unstuck with #Python is now available to watch! - Ten years ago, I attempted to learn Python and it went EXTRMELY badly 😩 - I am really happy that so much tooling in this area has improved SO much since then 😌 youtu.be/pMVYl9fx1EE

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How I got unstuck with Python (Julia Silge, Posit) | posit::conf(2025)

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Rachel Franklin 🦚 @rsfrankl.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Nothing like a nice long flight for catching up on #30DayMapChallenge 🤪. Here's Day 8 — urban — right on time. A map of Paris buildings by age of construction. A real beauty if I do say so myself. 😍

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

POV of me: Learning the hard way how important indentation is in Python... and then discovering extensions exist to visualize control flow chunks. You know. After the fact. 🫠

A man with an intense, wide-eyed expression holds a lit cigarette to his mouth. The background is dim and blurry, drawing focus to his face and the glowing tip of the cigarette.

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Dr. Cat Hicks (@grimalkina.bsky.social) gave one of my very favorite keynotes of all time at #positconf this year 🥹 It really made my heart glow, and now that all the conf talks are on YouTube, you can watch it even if you missed conf!! #databs #rstats #python www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-bM...

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The Psychology of Technologists (Cat Hicks, Catharsis Consulting) | posit::conf(2025)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 06/11/2025

🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉 🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026 📣 Call for submissions is open 👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members conference.rainbowr.org

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– rainbowR conference

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Eleonore @eleonore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

30DayMapChallenge - Day 5: earth Protected areas vs oil & gas extraction using Latam datasets and oil concessions in 5 Latam countries (Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina). Data: Global Energy Monitor, Global Forest Watch, World Database on Protected Areas #dataviz #map

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Tan G. @tangandhara.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Day 5 #30DayMapChallenge - Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Bonfire night here in the UK but there are some other public holidays going on earth (see what I did there?) today. #rstats #dataviz

Remember, remember, the fifth of November...
While we celebrate Bonfire Night in the UK on November 5th, there's some other public holidays happening around the world today.

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Simon P. Couch @simonpcouch.com · 05/11/2025

I'm excited to share side::kick(), an experimental open-source coding agent for RStudio built entirely in R. It can interact with your files, communicate with your active #rstats session, and run code. Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...

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Meghan Harris, MPH @meghansharris.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

PSA: If you see someone learning in public, maybe don’t lead with ‘wow you really are a beginner.’ We know. That’s why we’re learning. In public. To help others who are also learning. Gatekeeping and condescension helps no one. Also, did Mastodon get toxic all of a sudden, or is it my algo?! 😅

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