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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm developing an e-learning course and wondering if it's possible to do it with #rstats #Quarto. Has anyone developed one with Quarto? I need advice.

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I'm looking to contribute to open-source projects. I'm particularly interested in projects in the green sector (energy, climate change, sustainability, etc), but also open to working on projects in other areas. If you have any GitHub issues pending that need attention, feel free to reach out.

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

More data consultants added, more service tags added, and several new countries represented. Looking for data help? Check out this list! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Data Consultants

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Being in the job market is very scary, but I am not one to give up. I now work in the clean energy, sustainability, climate change and ESG space. You can find a list of services I offer here: shelkariuki.netlify.app/services/ #rstats #quarto #sustainability #esg #energy

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Work with me – Shel

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Nic Crane @niccrane.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

From June, I’ll be taking on limited consulting work via my new practice, NC Data Labs → ncdatalabs.com If your team needs support with production R, internal R tooling, or Shiny/package dev, I’d like to hear from you! #rstats #rinprod

ncdatalabs.com

NC Data Labs

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Does anyone know of a case where a #quarto website is embedded in another website that wasn't built with quarto? Ideally, the #quarto content would appear as an additional tab or section on the main website, with the URL reflecting the main site itself rather than the separate quarto deployment.

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A combination of #quarto and a few lines of #css can do wonders ... 😍

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I'm curious. How are people scrapping data from PDFs nowadays?

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

If you are a #sustainability or #ESG analyst and use #rstats in your day to day work, please send me a DM. Thanks ☺️

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Hi! I've been working on a #quarto website, and previously, I didn't need to re-render the site after every edit to a .qmd file. Simply refreshing the browser would integrate the changes. I only needed to re-render once I was done editing. 1/2

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Karl Rohe @karlrohe.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Reviewer 2 for Bluesky:

Tweet saying “I dunno. The other place feels like a bunch of griping and moaning.
7:16 AM • 11/15/24 • 21K Views”

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you are a #shiny developer currently working in the #energy and/or #climatechange space, please send me a DM 🙏

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Garrick Aden-Buie @grrrck.xyz · 15/11/2024

Also footnote markers can be labels and not just numbered, e.g. [^rmd-formats] instead of [^4], which helps me keep track of those notes when I move the text around

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

In #rstats #quarto, when writing documents that contain footnotes, I tend to move things around a when editing, disordering the footnote sequence (see first image). I learnt that instead of re-numbering manually, I can just click on 'visual' then 'source' again and the sequence is normalised.

Image of quarto document where the ordering of footnotes is jumbled up.

Image of quarto document showing the correct order of footnotes.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Friendly note to all the new people here--WELCOME! Please set up a full profile so we can know who you are and follow back (some of us are still recovering from harassment on that other place). Also, the starter packs are great but overwhelming. Engage in (friendly) conversation so we can connect!

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a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words welcome join the club

ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words welcome join the club

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 11/11/2024

I put together a list of folk working and commenting on climate change in Ireland. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

#COP29 jargon buster: key terms for this year’s climate conference in Azerbaijan - Here are some of the phrases that are likely to crop up over the coming days in Baku 4/n www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Cop29 jargon buster: key terms for this year’s climate conference in Azerbaijan

Here are some of the phrases that are likely to crop up over the coming days in Baku

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

#Cop29: what are carbon credits and why are they so controversial? - Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku This one by @pgreenfielduk 5/5 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Cop29: what are carbon credits and why are they so controversial?

Once heavily scorned because of fraud and poor outcomes, carbon trading is likely to be high on the agenda in Baku

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Hi #rstats fam. Everytime I render my #quarto website, the process renders all the qmd files even for posts I made ages ago. Ideally, I want to render only the files I edit (for example file 22 in the image below). I have the option 'freeze:auto' on every qmd file but it doesn't seem to work.

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 04/11/2024

New blog post! I helped build Idaho's official election results website (with #rstats and #quartopub) and we did some neat stuff to auto-generate hundreds of R chunks. Here's a guide about how to create tabsets and slides programmatically with inline knitr chunks www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2024/11...

Screenshot of Idaho's 2024 general election results website

$Screenshot from the blog post showing how an inline R chunk can create a panel tabset programmatically. --- Finally, we need to concatenate that column into one big string and include it as an inline chunk inside Quarto’s syntax for tabsets: Health and wealth are related in each continent. ::: {.panel-tabset} `r knitr::knit(text = paste0(continents_plots_with_text$markdown, collapse = "\n\n"))` ::: Automatic tabset panels! Here’s what it looks like when rendered: (A plot for Asia, with tabs for other continents)$ $Screenshot from the blog post showing another example of an inline R chunk creating a panel tabset. This time it shows how a ggplot plot is gradually built up, with a panel for each new layer that's added. --- Let's slowly build up the plot: ::: {.panel-tabset} `r knitr::knit(text = paste0(panels, collapse = "\n\n"))` ::: (A plot showing the relationship between GDP per capita and life expectancy in 2007, with continent colored using the plasma viridis color palette)$ $Screenshot from the blog post showing an example of multiple continent-specific reports with plots and tables automatically generated with R --- # Continent reports Check out all these automatically generated continent reports! `r knitr::knit(text = paste0(continent_reports, collapse = "\n\n"))` That single inline chunk automatically generates dozens of inline and block chunks of R code before the full document goes through Quarto, which means all this output gets included in the final rendered version:$

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milos makes maps @milos-makes-maps.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

If you are into climate data visualization, my new tutorial is a game-changer! 🌍 Using @ERAKrigR package—you'll learn how to effortlessly download ERA5 climate data, perform interpolation, & map seasonal temperature averages and anomalies. 🌡️Click here and start mapping now: youtu.be/NdEv3rqLM0s

youtu.be

From Raw Data to Crisp Temperature Maps: In-Depth Guide to Interpolating & Mapping ERA5 with KrigR

YouTube video by Milos Makes Maps

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar @mattansb.msbstats.info · 03/11/2024

You may already know that `dplyr::bind_rows()` allows you to row-bind data frames with mismatched columns.. But did you know you can name the input dfs and use those names as a key in the resulting df? I use this (`.id = `) on a weekly basis - it makes for much cleaner code 🧼 #rstats

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Oh gosh ... we really do need a bookmark button.

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Shel 🇰🇪 🇮🇪 @shelkariuki.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

If you've followed me, please put a little bit of effort to add deets to your profile. This way I'm able to weed out bots and weirdos 🙏

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Kicking off #30DayMapChallenge with Day 1: Points! Featuring a QuikTrip store location map from Overture Maps data with Mapbox, {mapgl}, and #rstats. Learn how to use circle clustering and a custom store logo icon for your map! Code: github.com/walkerke/map... Map: walker-data.com/map-challeng...

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Posit @posit.co · 31/10/2024

No trick, all treats - posit::conf(2024) talks are now on YouTube! 🍬 Over a thousand people gathered in Seattle and online to dive into all things open-source data science. With 100+ talks, there's a lot to explore! Check out the playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #RStats #Python

posit conf 2024 talk recordings and workshop materials

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Rbanism @rbanism.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

1 day to go before we enter the #30DayMapChallenge as a community of R enthusiasts in Urbanism! #rstats #rbanism rbanism.github.io/30DayMapChal...

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IBD Doctor @ibddoctor.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Join the R/Medicine crew on Nov 19 at 5:00 pm EST for an @r_medicine Webinar: Containerization and R for Reproducibility & More, led by Noam Ross @noamross.net from rOpenSci. Containerization can transform your research workflows with R!🔗 Register now: r-consortium.org/webinars/con... #Rstats

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travis gerke @travisgerke.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

My #rstats #dataBS #datasky networks feel like they're in a good place in terms of replacing the old twitter days. Missing the epidemiologist folks though. I made a quick starter pack of those in #episky that I could find; if I missed you please let me know and I'll add you! go.bsky.app/3cn51fN

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Hi 👋! For those who don't know me from Mastodon, LinkedIn, old Twitter, or InfoWorld: I'm a long-time tech journalist & data pro. ❤️ R #rstats, writing & photography. Enjoy working with generative AI #GenAI. Also like running & crochet. Learning #Python & American Sign Language #ASL Newly retired!

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Patrick Stotz @patrickstotz.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Been preparing our US election analysis today. The tidycensus package really is invaluable. Big thanks to Kyle Walker and all contributors 👏 #rstats #tidyverse

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Jasmine Daly @jasminedaly.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

I want to give a shameless plug for the CRAN Cookbook Project that I've been working on for the last few months 🍽️ It's still in development but it has been really enlightening to develop this (*hopefully* very helpful) resource for the #rstats community! github.com/r-devel/cran...

github.com

GitHub - r-devel/cran-cookbook: Problem and solution documentation for common CRAN issues

Problem and solution documentation for common CRAN issues - r-devel/cran-cookbook

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David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · 29/10/2024

So excited to see the #rstats community reassembling here! And, simultaneously, how much energy I have for social media anymore (I'm old).

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Jacquie Tran @jacquietran.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

I suppose I better intro myself here, so... G'day! 👋🏻 I'll be posting about data things, generative art #rtistry, sports analytics, and miscellaneous other things, no doubt. Lots of familiar faces and names here from the #rstats community - will be so fun to feel connected to y'all again! 💜

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Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Just in time for the #30DayMapChallenge

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James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

LLMs in #rstats in a tidy and consistent interface? Very cool even if I did think the package name was a joke about Elmer Fudd or Elmer's Glue that I didn't understand hadley.github.io/elmer/index....

hadley.github.io

Call LLM APIs from R

A consistent interface for calling LLM APIs. Includes support for streaming.

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Jeremy Allen @jeremy-data.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

My fav starter packs so far, a thread: stats: go.bsky.app/Ki7PjpS stats: go.bsky.app/7TBN5rX causal inference: go.bsky.app/FdemGAZ package devs: go.bsky.app/N1569Qh data peeps: go.bsky.app/8TdEfdK medical stats: go.bsky.app/ArqEz36 bioinformatics: go.bsky.app/Ha64Gmv r-ladies: go.bsky.app/Vgxwa2F

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Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Just curious… if you’re new to Bluesky (new account, or tuning in after a long hibernation period) - what brought you here? Also hi, welcome, I am so friggin excited to see old and new friends on here. My feed is looking v promising, let’s keep the data convos going! 🤩

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

In recognition of us doing fuck all to reduce emissions, let me remind y'all that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is useless unless we decarbonize drastically. rdcu.be/dbFbB

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Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution — we need to change the narrative

Drastically reduce emissions first, or carbon dioxide removal will be next to useless.

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 29/10/2024

With #rstats re-gathering I’m reposting some of my past blog posts, including my most popular one: "Marginalia" Have you wondered what marginal and conditional effects are? Have you been confused how "marginal" can mean both an integral *and* a slope? Read on for the magic of {marginaleffects}!

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Marginalia: A guide to figuring out what the heck marginal effects, marginal slopes, average marginal effects, marginal effects at the mean, and all these other marginal things are | Andrew Heiss

Define what marginal effects even are, and then explore the subtle differences between average marginal effects, marginal effects at the mean, and marginal effects at representative values with the ma...

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Allison Horst @allisonhorst.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

I'm working on my 2024 Halloween R monsters illustration and #rstats folks, I need your help 👻🎃 What's something in data science, R, statistics, etc. that feels tempting but is very, very dangerous? In the meantime I'll be sharing some Halloween R art from previous years 🕷️🧟☠️ The first (2019?):

Two fuzzy monsters, one dressed as David Bowie and one as a witch, run screaming out of a haunted forest with spooky trees and red eyes watching them. On the tree branches are things like "setwd", fatal error, merge conflict, aborted R session, no metadata, etc.

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

If you're an #rstats user, one way to protect yourself from yourself is to do: usethis::git_vaccinate() which will setup or modify your user-level (aka global) gitignore file to handle the most obvious R-associated files that probably don't belong in git. usethis.r-lib.org/reference/gi...

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Vaccinate your global gitignore file — git_vaccinate

Adds .Rproj.user, .Rhistory, .Rdata, .httr-oauth, .DS_Store, and .quarto to your global (a.k.a. user-level) .gitignore. This is good practice as it decreases the chance that you will accidentally leak...

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