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Russ Hyde

@russhyde.bsky.social
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Data scientist #rstats fanboy #shiny bookclubber. Piano playing, karaoke-positive music nerd. Todmorden, UK. Chess dreadful.

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 30/09/2026
Yesterday at Leeds Data Science Meetup, David Hoyle from dunnhumby explored how demand models help retailers understand purchasing behaviour and sales volume. Thank you to David for a great talk, and to everyone who joined us! #DataScience #RetailAnalytics
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
David Hoyle describing Demand Models at Leeds Data Science meetup tonight
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
I've recently started compiling a list of data science related resources that I use or recommend frequently! 📊 Link: nrennie.rbind.io/data-science... #RStats #Python #DataViz #DataScience
Screenshot of the Data Science resources website showing a list of blogs at the top of the site.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@dchoyle.bsky.social is talking at Leeds Data Science this month. Come and join us. #datascience
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 04/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who joined Kia Mack for A First Look at Positron and Posit Assistant — a tour of Positron, running R and Python in parallel, and live Posit Assistant demos. Watch it back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBl... #RStats #Python #DataScience
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 26/06/2026
Our first ever AI in Production conference has been and gone. Here's what stood out. Full recap: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/2026-ai...
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Jealous? #dataviz skills #rstats #harrrribo
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#rstats
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
After an invite to join conda-forge arriving once a month for the past ten years, I've now received 50 emails disinviting me in the past two days.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New blog post about R4.6 #rstats www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/whats-n...
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What's new in R 4.6.0?
Here we summarise some of the more interesting changes in the April 2026 release of R 4.6.0.
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 02/04/2026
Ever been handed a data process with zero documentation and told to just figure it out? That's exactly what Reproducible Analytical Pipelines are designed to prevent. Russ Hyde explains how. Check out the blog post here: jumpingrivers.com/blog/reproducible-analytical-pipelines/
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Hosting Leeds Data Science tonight. Come down! But if I wasn't, I'd go to see Steve Davis playing synths in Liverpool.
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 23/03/2026
Is AI taking your job, or just changing it? Leeds Data Science Meetup — tomorrow, 24 March, 6 pm @ The Elbow Rooms, Leeds. Two talks, food included. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s... — 95 already in! #DataScience #AI #MLOps
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 23/01/2026
Accessibility often gets lost once dashboards become interactive. This post shows how to use {ellmer} to generate dynamic alt text for ggplot2 charts in Shiny apps, keeping screen reader users aligned as plots change. Read more: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/ellmer-...
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 21/01/2026
We're still buzzing from last night ✨ Our January meetup on Operational AI and Modern Data Governance had great talks, thoughtful questions & a brilliant crowd. Thank you to Mark Pybus, Boyang Chen, and everyone who joined us. Join the community for future events: www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s...
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Leeds Data Science Meetup | Meetup
Meet with students, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who are interested all things Data Science related! This is an exciting time for coders of every type in Leeds, so join us!We are sponsored...
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Thanks for including Myles' RAG post this week @rpodcast.bsky.social
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 12/01/2026
Accountable for AI outcomes? Success depends less on models and more on how systems behave once users, data, and constraints show up. Our first Leeds Data Science Meetup of 2026 covers operational AI and modern data governance. 📅 Jan 20 · Leeds 🔗 Register here: www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s...
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January Meetup - Unleashing Operational AI and Modern Data Governance, Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
**Please note the change of address!** Welcome to our first meetup of 2026. We are pleased to announce that our meetups will now be hosted by [Parallax](https://parall.ax/
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Well it took a long time to work out it should have been MyForm(data=...) rather than MyForm(obj=...). So many moving parts. #python #flask
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
@warringtonruncorn.com youre on 6 music
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Well, the L-Sit is a beast
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Love a math rock gig. Its like a nerdy, dancing, moustache party
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Tell me #rstats of this tiedye-verse that is so celebrated.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
On the train back, I was contemplating the Pontefractal Dimension of UK place names. You know, the hidden variable underpinning whimsicality, bumpkinerry, catname-acceptability, and mirth-rising. Paper due soon
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Playing the foundations of Electro Swing to my 6yo. What's this called, dad? Erm, erm ... booty swing, hon.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Mining the Beckipedia, an old @drob.bsky.social post #rstats #beck
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Beck Song Lyrics
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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Why should I, a voter and taxpayer working with digital identity, have to pay over £300 to listen to and discuss the government's plans for digital identity online?
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Digital Identities 25
Next steps for digital identities in the UK
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Hey Kids Rock'n'Roll @heykidsshop.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Delia Derbyshire, Suzanne Ciani, Daphne Oram and Wenday Carlos - diy card dioramas from heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com fun summer projects for people who want to stay cool!
Delia Derbyshire with reel to reel players diorama.Suzanne Ciani with Buchla synth dioramaDaphne Oram with oramics machine dioramaWendy Carlos with moog and cat (moog and mog?) diorama
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I've been out of bioinformatics for a while. Did they ever have Omic-Con? Who went as McClintock?
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Talking at Manchester #rstats meetup tonight. There will be maps, geology, plesiosaurs, software design and pizza / beer. meetu.ps/e/Nx6kN/rmsg... (First new talk in a year, still under edit) Also Mark Webster is talking about {autodb} cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
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Manchester R Meetup! June 2025., Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
***\-\-\-\-\-\- Welcome\, Manchester R Users\! \-\-\-\-\-\-*** Welcome! As before, the event will be brought to you by **Datacove**. We are a Data and Analytics Consultanc
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Does your local venue/pub have better wordplay than "The Puzzle Hall" and can you prove it
A pub advert for the event "Steve Reich in the afternoon"
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
In my head, it's still 'latecks'
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Send some love over to this cracking playlist #mathrock #piano
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Math Rock Piano Goddesses
Playlist · Jazz Pitkin · 12 items · 4 saves
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Charity Shop Classics @charityclassics.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Hola! Join us tomorrow as @fentonsteve.bsky.social takes the reigns for his 3rd Listener's Choice. 11am on @allfm.bsky.social DAB and allfm.org - there's some excellent selections! Here's a painting of Ed Sheeran we saw in a "vintage" emporium in Hebden Bridge. It might still even be there!
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
FYI Glasser is amazing
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
#randomWiki 'Skinny Puppy released the album Weapon in 2013 and later sent an invoice totaling $666,000 to the US Dept of Defense for the use of its music during torture sessions at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Key explained that he was troubled by the use of their music as a means of torture'
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Omg, all these great bands and their monochrome black t-shirts. Throw us a stab of paint, you!
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Anyone at #strangeforms in #Leeds this weekend?
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Ooft that violin in Fargo 😍 #OSTsky
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 15/04/2025
Announcing the Jumping Rivers Data Science Gallery! We are thrilled to release a new Data Science Gallery to showcase our expertise with data dashboards using Shiny, D3 and other web technologies. Read the full details in out latest blog post! #RShiny #datascience #datavis #D3
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Gallery
Examples of dashboard and data-based web applications made at Jumping Rivers using Shiny and other web technologies.
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Ella Kaye @ellakaye.co.uk · 11/04/2025
R 4.5.0 is released and includes the `penguins` data popularised by {palmerpenguins} 📦! Some variable name changes means that scripts need editing to use the built-in datasets. The new {basepenguins} 📦 automates that! ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins #RStats
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Convert Files that Use palmerpenguins to Work with datasets
From R 4.5.0, the datasets package includes the penguins and penguins_raw data sets popularised in the palmerpenguins package. basepenguins takes files that use the palmerpenguins package and converts...
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Let's make it viral, people #rstats
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
What places are frequently mispronounced? Asking for a concept album....
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#rstats biscuits are popular in Newcastle
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Good stuff. Come and disagree with my opinions about AI staying in its lane at Leeds Data Science on Tuesday.
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Market changes trader application rules after AI complaints
The Alternative Market in Leeds will ask potential vendors to declare and describe any use of AI.
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Gabor Csardi @gaborcsardi.org · 16/03/2025
R 4.5.0 is coming in less than a month! You can easily test the alpha with rig: rig add next R-next This works on macOS (arm64, x86_64), Windows (x86_64), Linux (aarch64, x86_64) with Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, RHEL & derivative distros. github.com/r-lib/rig#re... #RStats
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GitHub - r-lib/rig: The R Installation Manager
The R Installation Manager. Contribute to r-lib/rig development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Pawel Kapuscinski @alienpawi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We are looking for a Data Analyst to support performance functions of Tottenham Hotspur. Lots of interesting projects ahead, a lot to learn about football and lots of space to develop tech skills (I'll help here). More details on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club hiring Data Analyst in Enfield, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 2:47:46 PM. Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Michael Friendly @datavisfriendly.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
📊Looking to re-decorate your #dataviz office? You need Boxplot Shelves! |----[ ]--|
A set of three wall shelf sets, in the form of boxplots
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Enjoying the daftness of "Resident Alien" at the mo.
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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Is the positron IDE changelog called Emissions yet?
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