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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

David Hand is giving a free talk next month at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social based on his new book, 'What's the Question?: Deciding What You Really Want to Know'. Don't miss a chance to hear David talk, and to win a signed copy of the book! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/21353...

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I am giving away a free copy of the brilliant book, 'Analytic Methods in Sports' by Tom Severini. Just like, repost, and follow, and I will randomly select a winner on Friday! 😀 #Statistics #DataScience #SportsAnalytics #RStats #Baseball #Football #Basketball www.routledge.com/9781032836003

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Principles of #Psychological #Assessment: With Applied Examples in #RStats' by Isaac Petersen now available in paperback from CRC Press. www.routledge.com/9781032411347 #psychometrics #datascience

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Big news! 🎉 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 1.0.0 for #Rstats is out. It’s a big number and it feels like a big step. I wrote a blog on the challenges of interpreting statistical models, SPEED, cool new features, the future, and a 5 year package development and writing odyssey. arelbundock.com/posts/margin...

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Did you have an amazing conference experience this week? Then save the date for #JSM2027, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 8 – 12. See you next year! #STATSSKY #JSM2026 #Statistics #DataScience

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Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Currently attending MAA MathFest in Boston. Just a hop and a skip across town after JSM! Having some great conversations in the opening reception. Come see our books and journals! @joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

As usual the T&F mixer at JSM is underway and super-busy! Come grab a coffee or a snack! @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Good news from #JSM2026: CSCAR@ISR, a statistical and methodological consulting service designed to support faculty, staff, and graduate students, is now officially open for business at the University of Michigan. This is a rebirth of CSCAR, with new features! Visit cscar.isr.umich.edu for details.

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CSCAR: Consulting for Statistics, Computing, and Analytics Research, University of Michigan Dev |

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Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Announcement: Mixer on the Taylor & Francis booth 3:30pm Tue 4 August at JSM! Come say hi and get some free snacks! @amstatnews.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Come and browse our new books in #Statistics and #DataScience at booth #201/300 in the exhibit hall at #JSM2026.

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

JSM 2026 has so much to offer—including DOGS! Don’t miss your chance to relax with Caring Canines. Stop by Room CC-261 Monday and Tuesday from 12 p.m.–2 p.m., brought to you by ASA GivesBack. tinyurl.com/3taypvfk

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Very excited to fly out to #JSM26 tomorrow. See you at the opening mixer! 😁

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Paul Naish @paulnaish.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Look! The @tandfresearch.bsky.social stand is ready for #JSM26 tomorrow. Literally the best stand in the Expo so a must-visit if you’re there!

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Amstat-American Statistical Association @amstatnews.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Check out the "Insider Guide to Boston" and get to know the exciting host city of #JSM2026! Learn about cool spots to visit and take in a meal – courtesy of the ASA Boston Chapter. tinyurl.com/mr25th36 #STATSSKY #Statistics

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Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Book blurbs deciphered #booksky

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I see now we missed an opportunity by not entitling our book "Bayesian Odyssey" instead of "Bayesian Workflow". The priors are polytropic! Still all the case studies are online avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... (and python translations arviz-devs.github.io/bayesian-wor...) for your adventure

screenshot of case study chapter 22, black cat adoptions

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Sara Stoudt @sastoudt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Anyone headed to #JSM2026 next week? Let's talk data storytelling and/or ecological modeling!

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Demetri @phdemetri.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I was planning to wrist a blog post at work but Gelman and crew already wrote it for me in their new book :(

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Lovely review of #BayesianWorkflow just appeared in ISR. Some highlights: “This is an important book", "beautifully structured", "a tour-de-force", "[certain to] inspire future innovations in Bayesian theory, methodology and computational software.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Pepijn Vink @pepijnvink.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Bayesian Workflow arriving the week of a deadline and the week before a conference could not be worse timing

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Reviews of our Bayesian Workflow book from Bin Yu, David Spiegelhalter, Brad Efron, Christian Robert, Rohan Alexander, and Mine Doğucu! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/07/16/r...

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Reviews of our Bayesian Workflow book from Bin Yu, David Spiegelhalter, Brad Efron, Christian Robert, Rohan Alexander, and Mine Doğucu! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Congrats again Felipe. Enjoy your prize! 😁

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Charlie Gao @shikokuchuo.net · 15/07/2026

I've distilled my experience of useR! 2026 Warsaw into a blog post. Hoping that people who couldn't attend get a taste of it, and are motivated to participate in the next one - or come join us for posit::conf(2026) in Houston! #RStats #useR2026 opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...

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useR! 2026: CRDTs, community, and contributing back to R

Reflections from useR! 2026 in Warsaw - talking about CRDTs and collaborative editing coming to Quarto 2, increasing adoption of mirai and mori, and a day spent contributing to base R at R Dev Day.

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Now that the Bayesian Workflow book is physically in the world, I am spending more time again on 3rd edition of Stat Rethinking. Lots of workflow stuff to weave into it. (Yeah I am still just using latex, you quarto kids get off my lawn.)

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Henrik Singmann @singmann.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Looks like my summer read has finally arrived. #rstats @mc-stan.org

Picture of the Bayesian Workflow book by Gelman and colleagues

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Arnav Das @arnav7.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The left one mentioning all other authors is a good thing 👍😊

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Finally, got a copy of Bayesian workflow book in my hand, and it looks awesome! I really like we did get full colors for figures, too

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Osvaldo Martin @aloctavodia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Look what was waiting on my desk this morning! It's so great to finally see #BayesianWorkflow in print.

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Osvaldo is translating the Bayesian Workflow book's case studies to Python, very useful in case you are snake person arviz-devs.github.io/bayesian-wor...

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026

the bayesian workflow book is great so far, filled with experience based reflections and suggestions. I can also see the different voices. I'd bet @rmcelreath.bsky.social would have written at least 10 pages for the early 1p list of useful features of bayesian stats (and I'd have loved every word)

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Rob Calver @robcalver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Great to see the Bayesian Workflow book by @statmodeling.bsky.social, @avehtari.bsky.social, @rmcelreath.bsky.social et al is already going viral on BlueSky! Please post a photo of your copy using the hashtag #BayesianWorkflow...! 😀 routledge.com/9780367490140 #RStats #DataScience #Bayesian

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Frank Harrell @f2harrell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Bayesian Workflow is available on Kindle on 2026-08-28. I wonder how good the formatting is on the Kindle version. @avehtari.bsky.social @rmcelreath.bsky.social

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Emily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thrilling news for me as I’m waiting for my Bayesian Workflow pre order to come!

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Magnus Karlsson-Good @mkgood.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Picked this up today for some light summer reading! Looking forward to diving in. Hope to understand at least 25% of it. @rmcelreath.bsky.social @avehtari.bsky.social

A picture of a textbook called Bayesian workflow.

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Carlo Debernardi @dbrcrl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Oh, yess! My precious!

My new copy of "Bayesian Workflow" by Gelman, Vehtari and McElreath, with contributions from others

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Aki Vehtari @avehtari.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@aloctavodia.bsky.social has been porting Bayesian Workflow book avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... case studies to Python using CmdStanPy, numpyro, ArviZ, Bambi, and kulprit arviz-devs.github.io/bayesian-wor... He is working on porting the rest of the case studies, too

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Bayesian Workflow book: Case studies in Python – Bayesian Workflow case studies in Python

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Charles Margossian @charlesm993.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📘 With the release of our textbook "Bayesian Workflow" (avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor...), I figured I'd also share the content of my graduate course on the topic at UBC. 🌎 charlesm93.github.io/stat547/ The course contains overlapping and complementary material, homeworks and reading.

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Bayesian Workflow book: Website – Bayesian Workflow book

Website for the Bayesian Workflow book by Gelman, Vehtari, McElreath, et al. — case studies, code, and exercises in R and Stan.

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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Which to read first…

The new Bayesian Workflow book and Ken Bollen’d new SEM book!

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Randy Ellis @randalljellis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

From Chapter 1 of the new Bayesian Workflow book by @statmodeling.bsky.social, @avehtari.bsky.social, @rmcelreath.bsky.social. Two chapters in it already feels like the BDA-SR synthesis the world needed.

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Charles Margossian @charlesm993.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Catching up with a few co-authors of "Bayesian Workflow" and fellow Stan developers at #ISBA2026. @paulbuerkner.com @vianeylb.bsky.social @yulingy.bsky.social

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Thejasvi Beleyur @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally getting my hands on it. Love the practical nature of the writing and can feel the years of cumulative experience in the writing. Right now am at how to build, probe and break models. @statmodeling.bsky.social @rmcelreath.bsky.social @avehtari.bsky.social (and others!)

A picture of the book 'Bayesian Workflow' on a wooden tabletop as background.

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Thejasvi Beleyur @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

..and link here to Osvaldo Martin's Python implementations of the case studies: arviz-devs.github.io/bayesian-wor... (as someone who started out with PyMC, this is a blessing!)

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Martin Modrák @modrakm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just got my author copy of Bayesian workflow! Check out avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-Wor... if you want a copy, a discount code, get source code for our examples and stuff.

Photo of me, holding a copy of the Bayesian Workflow book, smiling like a happy statistician fella that I am.

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Frank Edwards @frankalready.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I’m unreasonably excited to dive into this one

Cover of Bayesian Workflow by Gelman, Vehtari and McElreath

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