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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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Martin Mächler @mmaechler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very nice blog - about the mother/father of R

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R User Community @r-user-community.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

📢 Early Bird tickets for useR! 2026 in #Warsaw are still on sale!! Join the global #RStats community from July 6–9 for inspiring talks and hands‑on workshops. ⏳ Early Bird ends 20th April — don’t miss out! 🎟️ Register now to save: 🔗 user2026.r-project.org/register.html #DataScience #OpenSource

A vertical, vintage-style travel poster for the useR! 2026 Conference.

The illustration features a stylized bird in flight at the top left, soaring toward a large, orange circular emblem containing a white letter "R" that mimics a rising sun with radiating rays. Below the sun is a minimalist, mid-century modern cityscape of Warsaw, rendered in black, white, and orange, featuring historic silhouettes and a bridge over a river.

The text is presented in a bold, sans-serif font:

Top: "EARLY BIRD TICKETS!"

Middle: "useR! 2026 CONFERENCE"

Bottom: A decorative banner reads "useR! 2026 CONFERENCE | WARSAW • JULY 2026"

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MeteoSchweiz @meteoschweiz.ch · 26/03/2026

So schnell kann es gehen: Gestern noch #Frühling🌺, heute wieder #Winter❄️. Vielen Dank für die tollen Meteo Meldungen aus der ganzen Schweiz! Bild: Les Valettes (VS), Meteo Meldung, Meteoswiss App

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Martin Mächler @mmaechler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Really ???? How irresponsible to go against the Internet Archive !!

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Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

...as @r-foundation.bsky.social knows all too well. #rstats

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Martin Mächler @mmaechler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Me too. ((Teaching R and in general: I think the bigger problem nowadays is motivating students to *think* more rather than just letting an AI ..))

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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New #RStats blog post from Tomas Kalibera: Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux. Following on from the previous blog entry, this post introduces the mfuzz tool which can be used on Linux to empirically calibrate the tolerance of numerical tests. blog.r-project.org/2026/01/30/d...

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Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux - The R Blog

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Support Open-Source Data Science-Sponsor UseR! 2026 Join us in Warsaw 6–9 July 2026 at the premier event for R. As a sponsor, you help power an inclusive, high-impact event while reaching thousands of researchers, developers, and educators. user2026.r-project.org/about/sponso... #RStats #useR2026

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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The R Foundation is happy to be a partner on the project "Enabling the next generation of R contributors" awarded £500k under the Research Software Maintenance Fund (Software Sustainability Institute, UK). Announcement: www.software.ac.uk/ssi-awards-f... Congratulations to the project team!

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SSI awards funding to 13 projects through the RSMF Round 1 | Software Sustainability Institute

We are pleased to announce that the Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) has funded 13 projects to advance the sustainability and impact of research software. Through this initiative, the SSI, wi...

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Martin Mächler @mmaechler.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I remember John Fox as one of the most kind R Foundation #rstats members (ca. 2006-2023) giving wise and kind words often. The 1-1 interview he held with several of us, resulting in a useR!2008 pres and the article journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-... It is sad to miss him. May he rest in peace!

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The #rstats community has given me so much, and I give back enthusiastically! I love this stuff. It's easy to talk and teach about stuff you love ❤️❤️❤️ But you're right, this community is just the best, most generous group ✨

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Libby Heeren @libbyheeren.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Ok, that's it. Just a story about how much I love R, how much I miss teaching, my love for stats, and my amazing friend on her PhD journey 😌 I hope you spent your weekend doing things that feel magical, too!! 🪄✨ 8/8

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🚨 Big news for the R Community! The Sovereign Tech Fund has invested $450,000 in the R Foundation to strengthen R’s sustainability, security, and modernization. Details: r-consortium.org/posts/sovere... #rstats #opensource #datascience

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The Sovereign Tech Fund invests $450,000 in R Foundation to Enhance R’s Sustainability and Security – R Consortium

R Foundation embarking on a crucial project to modernize R’s core infrastructure, improve its maintainability, and fortify its supply chain.

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar @mattansb.msbstats.info · 14/06/2025

They tried to kill us (a missile hit like three blocks from us), We survived (but are very tired), Let's eat (pancakes!)

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Martin Mächler @mmaechler.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

You're right ... but it's fun and somewhat insightful, I love it!

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. user2025.r-project.org/register #useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data

useR! Early Bird sales end this Wednesday on April 30th!

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

After a massive Russian missile strike on Kyiv, teens waited 12 hours at the rubble of their friend’s home. He was found dead. Three children were killed in the attack. One friend said simply, “He was good. I want people to know that.” Photo: UNICEF Ukraine

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Early Bird for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th! Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R. useR! will be held from August 8th to August 10th at Duke University. Conference page: user2025.r-project.org #rstats

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 20/03/2025

I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :( So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/

Screenshot of the linked Quarto website, with input checkboxes to change different conditions for a regression model that predicts economic performance based on US political party, with a reported p-value

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

It’s worth stating this simply: For literally anyone in the US Govt from 1945 to 2025, Signalgate would require an instant resignation—and a criminal investigation. It would be a matter of personal *honor* to resign. The fact Mike Waltz & Pete Hegseth are choosing to fight it out is a terrible omen.

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Government spreadsheets sometimes add asterisks next to a few numbers in a large data set. Why worry about that when I can handle it automatically? x <- c("10.1", "74%", "23*") as.numeric(x) [1] 10.1 NA NA Warning message: NAs introduced by coercion readr::parse_number(x) [1] 10.1 74.0 23.0

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Lowman Philip Minsky II @juandefuca.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

"When a clown moves into a castle, he doesn't become a king. The castle becomes a circus" - Turkish proverb

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Peter Dalgaard @pdalgd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

#rstats 4.4.3 "Trophy Case" scheduled for February 28. Full schedule soon on developer.r-project.org

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Grumpy Old Health Stats Dude @healthstatsdude.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

i love Andrew Heiss but that’s not his creation; Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social has plots along these lines in Chapter 8 of Discrete Data Analysis in R

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025. Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025 useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA. user2025.r-project.org/call #RStats

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Call for Submissions – useR! 2025

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mark padgham @mpadge.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The amazing #RStats CRAN team demonstrating that they (exponentially!) scale

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appliedepi.bsky.social @appliedepi.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🎉 R scholarship applications open on January 20! If your team (government or nonprofit) works in applied epidemiology in a low- or middle-income country, you could get access to our Intro to R course and Support Desk! Details: appliedepi.org/training/sch... #Rstats #epitwitter

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James Clawson @jmclawson.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Proof that I sometimes emerge from the shadows of social media: a blog post about using Python and R to analyze Bluesky posts... about Python and R. Truly, the ouroboros of sentiment analysis. 🐍📊 #Python #RStats jmclawson.net/posts/bluesk...

Bar charts comparing NRC sentiment distributions for Bluesky posts discussing Python and RStats. In Python posts, the sentiments fear, trust, and anticipation show the highest scores of about 1.25%. Among RStats posts, the sentiments trust, anticipation, and joy score the highest, at about 2%, 1.7%, and 1.1%.

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 14/12/2024

This one bit me recently. I know I saw something similar here before. Do you get why this happens? #Rstats

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𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚣𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘 @mackaszechno.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Exactly. If you're teaching, teach something they can use for free at home. Skills are transferrable :) #Rstats

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Teal @tealemery.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Teaching real-world economic & financial data analysis in #Rstats has helped my SAIS students get jobs at the IMF/WB, The White House, and lots of other kick ass places. Why are we still burdening students with $925/year software when open source is the future?

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 14/12/2024

I think this might be one of the most impactful applications of LLMs inside a developer environment since the rise and rapid adoption of Copilots. Use an LLM to translate help documentation on-the-fly blog.stephenturner.us/p/llm-transla… #rstats

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Use an LLM to translate help documentation on-the-fly

The lang package overrides the ? and help() functions in your R session. If you are using RStudio or Positron, the translated help page will appear in the usual help pane.

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Matt Blackwell @mattblackwell.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

A few weeks late to this, but this is an excellent piece of analysis on the economics LLM companies. LLMs as airlines, not Coca Cola calpaterson.com/porter.html

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Building LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant business

The Netscapes of AI

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Daily number of Bluesky posts with the #RStats hashtag (case insensitive) Sept. 1 - Dec. 5, excluding the CRAN Package Updates bot. Coded with the {bskyr} and {ggplot2} R packages

A bar graph titled "Daily #rstats Bluesky Posts (without CRAN update bot)" showing post frequency from September 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024. The y-axis ranges from 0 to 150 posts per day. The graph shows relatively low activity (around 10-20 posts daily) from September through October, followed by a significant increase starting in November, with peaks reaching nearly 150 posts per day. The most recent data in December shows consistent activity between 80-120 posts daily.
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Heather Turner :rstats: @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2024

The #LatinR2024 videos are up already! Watch by the day, session or individual talks: www.youtube.com/@LatinR Talk title indicates the language: Spanish/Portuguese/English

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A little bit of weekend #Rtistry 🎨 #RStats #GenerativeArt

Circles arranged in a sort of grid, with a black background and neon colours.

Circles arranged in a sort of grid, with a brown background and autumn colours.

Circles arranged in a sort of grid, with a white background and pink, green, and blue colours.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

1 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Eva Edith Heimans, was born in Zutphen. In September 1944 she was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto from where in October she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Black and white portrait of a girl smiling.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

27 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Ina da Costa da Fonseca, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

Vintage close-up portrait of a young girl wearing a hat.

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