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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba

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University of Botswana R-Ladies Gaborone r-ladiesgaborone2021.quarto.pub #rstats | #rladies | #datascience | #dataviz

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I gave a talk with R-Ladies Gaborone on Positron for RStudio users, feel free to use anything that would help the presentation :) ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...
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Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction – %>% dreams
A session introducing Positron, the new IDE from Posit, highlighting familiar features and what’s new for RStudio users.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 08/12/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @ellakaye.co.uk 🎉
Ella Kaye, Senior Software Engineer. They say, “I make contributions to base R, develop R packages and take part in the DSLC Advanced R book club."
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 08/12/2025
Hello 👋 I'm Ella and I'm thrilled to be the R-Ladies RoCur this week. I look forward to engaging with you about my favourite R topics, both about code and community.
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Darakhshan Nehal @darakhshann.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Agree about cowplot for precise customization. From the Q&A: 💯 I don’t think an LLM could recreate those in the first few sane attempts. This actually makes me want to try recreating them, thank you, adding to the list. And yes, as we can all see in 2025, history does repeat itself.
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
My Posit::conf talk is now live on YouTube! 🎥 👉 youtu.be/RxwU1cZ5FiA?... Exploring reproducible design in R & bringing history to life through data. Grateful to the @posit.co team! 💜 #positconf25 #RStats #DataScience
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History repeats itself: What the Du Bois Challenge taught me about reproducing design (Simi Ndaba)
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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone! Check out the recording and materials: 📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ... 📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro... I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 20/10/2025
This week, I'll be posting about #quarto, sharing interesting #rstats content from others, and answering your questions.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 20/10/2025
Hi, I'm Charlotte Wickham and I'm your @weare.rladies.org curator for this week! I'm a developer educator at @posit.co where I work on the @quarto.org team. Before Posit, I worked at @oregonstate.edu where I taught stats, data science and, of course, #rstats.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 20/10/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @cwick.co.nz!
Curator Charlotte Wickham, Developer Educator at at Posit PBC. They spend most of their time using and writing about Quarto, but R remains their go-to language for creating examples, managing repositories and files, and exploring and visualizing data whenever the opportunity arises.
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Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science @cwstat.org · 15/07/2025
The International Day of Women in Statistics & Data Science (IDWSDS) Conference is approaching soon! ⭐️ When? October 14th! ⭐️ Where? Online! ⭐️ How much? Completely Free! Sign up now to stay updated about the program and learn about networking opportunities. www.idwsds.org
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rladiessydney.bsky.social @rladiessydney.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Just over 24 hours to go! 🎉 Join us for an exciting R-Ladies+ panel on The People, Purpose & Power of R-Ladies+. See thread below to be part of it!
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🤔 Curious about Positron, the next-gen IDE from posit? R-Ladies Gaborone with @ivelasq3.bsky.social 💜 from @posit.co for “Positron for RStudio Users.” takes us through Positron tour, tips & tools 🚀 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/2fOQzgkxi6g 💬 Join: meetup.com/rladies-gabo... #RLadies #rstats #DataScience
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R-Ladies Gaborone (EN) - Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction with Isabella Velásquez
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 24/09/2025
R-Ladies and its chapters share so many amazing recordings! Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them? 🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed 🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide... Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions! 🧑‍🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Wrapped up my very first presentation at #positconf2025 🎤✨ Nerves, excitement, and so much joy. What made it unforgettable was finally meeting people I’ve only known online until now. Grateful for the community, connections, and the chance to share my work. 🚀 #RStats #DataScience #rladies
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Tony Dunsworth, PhD @trdunsworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
If you're interested in the website, it's drddatascience.com My blog is linked in there as well. I never thought to do a tutorial as to how I created it.
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Dr. D’s Data Science
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE? This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC) #RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...
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Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Curious about Positron, the new open-source data science IDE from Posit? This session will walk RStudio users through the basics of Positron, highlight familiar features, a
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 20/09/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!
Alt text: Curator Isabella Velásquez, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Posit. Recently gave a workshop on survey analysis at the useR conference; is updating a book called Data Science in Education Using R.
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Nur Shahir, PhD (Hire me!) @gigiomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Please tell @simisani.bsky.social how cool her talk was since I can't do it in person! #positconf2025
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Join me #positconf2025 in the #ATL where I will be talking about, "History repeats itself: What the Du Bois Challenge taught me about reproducing visualisations", reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/p... If you see me come say "Hi" 😃 Find out more : posit.co/conference/ www.linkedin.com/company/posi...
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
At #RSECon25 at the University of Warwick! I got to connect with three communities that mean so much to me: 💜 #RLadies 💻 Society of Research Software Engineering 📚 #TheCarpentries And the countdown is on: #RSECon26 in Sheffield 🎉 Who else is planning to be there? #Community
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RLadies+ @rladies.org · 12/09/2025
R Developer Day at University of Warwick brought together R-Ladies from around the world 🌎. Spaces like this remind us how powerful our global community is when we learn, collaborate and build together. Thanks to Heather Turner for making this possible 💜 #RDevDay #rladies
“Smiling group of 14 R-Ladies at R Dev Day, posing together in a meeting room with a whiteboard and chairs in the background.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 25/08/2025
Hello, all! My name is Morgana, and I am so honored to be this week's curator for the #rladies account here on Bluesky! I have been an R user since 2017, and while I now dabble in Python, in my heart of hearts I'll always be an R girl :) I'll my best to make it an interesting week, and thank you!
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 24/08/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @morgana-kinlan.bsky.social 🎉
Curator Morgana Kinlan, Sr. Strategic Analyst at DeepSeas, LLC. They say, “I'm currently working on improving my visualization skills in R, and also working with language models”.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 09/08/2025
This week's #RLadies curator is @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social 🥳
Jenny Richmond, was an academic and research psychologist, and now figuring out the next career move. They say, "I have been doing lots of data visualisation and making websites in Quarto. I am a bit of a fan of TidyTuesday and have had a go at curating datasets which is really fun."
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 13/07/2025
This week's #RLadies curator is @jformoso.bsky.social 🥳
Jesica Formoso, Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) | MetaDocencia. They say, "I’m currently using R in my research on reading comprehension at CONICET and for survey analysis as Impact Measurement Lead at MetaDocencia, while also participating in the Forwards R Package Development Workshop summer school because I am starting to develop a package for Spanish readability assessment and this is new for me."
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Jesica Formoso @jformoso.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🌟 This week I'm curating the @weare.rladies.org account! 💜 I’ll be sharing bits and pieces from the R world — things I find interesting, helpful, or just fun to think about. Come say hi, share what you're up to, or just drop by for some good vibes! 🦄 #WeAreRLadies #RLadies #RStats
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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 02/07/2025
The slides and recording for my talk "LLMs in the R space" at the last R-Ladies Gaborone monthly meetup are now linked in the LLMs+guide luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/c... Thanks again to @simisani.bsky.social, @rladies.org and all the attendees :)
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🌟 Just posted: A fantastic talk from @liomys.mx 💜 on how R users can harness the power of #LLMs! Hosted by R-Ladies Gaborone 🌍 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/0WsF4XcIhYI 📚Inspired by his website guide: luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/ #RStats #LLMs #RLadies #DataScience
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R-Ladies Gaborone (English) - LLM Tools in the R Space with Luis D Verde Aggregoitia
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Angelique Trusler @angeliquetrusler.carpentries.org · 24/06/2025
Sign up here: codimd.carpentries.org/69NZJLzLSKCZ...
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The Carpentries in Africa - CodiMD
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R-Ladies Nairobi @r-ladies-nairobi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🌍 Excited to partner with R-Ladies Gaborone for a special #WeAreRLadies curation session! 🎙️ Simi shares BTS of the global program 💜 Njoki reflects on curating 🗓️ June 26 · 1PM EAT 🔗 [bit.ly/4k2J9bO](bit.ly/4k2J9bO) (pw: 202020) #RLadies #DataScience #RStats #AfricaInData
Poster for the Talk: R-Ladies Global Rotating Curation on Bluesky: Amplifying African Voices in Data Science
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
R-Ladies Gaborone will have their @cascadiarconf.bsky.social 2025 Watch Party for people who cannot attend in person. 📅 21st June, 17:30 CAT (15:30 UTC) till late 🥳. 📍Online, register at 🔗 meetup.com/rladies-gabo... #Conference #DataScience #OpenScience #rladies #Community #rstats #RLadies
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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 21/03/2025
Sharing my "Large Language Model tools for R" guide with updates after new developments and a mention in the posit blog. luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/ - ggpal2 - pangoling - more curated reading materials on coding with LLMs # rstats
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
R-Ladies Gaborone will have their meetup "LLMs in the R Space" inspired by LLM tools for R, luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/ compiled and maintained by @liomys.mx 💜 📅 Saturday 28 June at 5pm CAT (3pm UTC) #AI #OpenSource #Coding #LLM #rstats register @ 🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...
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LLMs in the R space , Sat, Jun 28, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup
This talk is inspired by Luis's book on LLMs in R, https://luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/. The rapidly growing number of packages for leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
R-Ladies Gaborone will be having a @cascadiarconf.bsky.social 2025 Virtual Watch Party for people who cannot attend in person. See you there 🚀. 📅 21st June, 18:00 CAT (16:00 UTC) 📍Online register at: www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo... #RStats #DataScience #CascadiaR #coding
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Cascadia R Conf 2025 Watch Party, Sat, Jun 21, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
R-Ladies Gaborone will host a live watch party on Saturday, 21 June 2025, to stream select sessions from the Cascadia R Conference for local R enthusiasts who are unable to
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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Registration for the posit::conf 2025 virtual experience is now open! #datascience #rstats #python #atlanta posit.co/blog/posit-c...
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Join us for a virtual experience that brings together R and Python industry leaders, experts, and enthusiasts from around the world.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 07/05/2025
Lately, I’ve been exploring the brilliant resource DM in R (bit.ly/4d2oDpU) by @cghlewis.bsky.social 📖 It’s full of practical wisdom, especially on organising projects in a clean, reproducible way 🗂️ Here’s an example style guide I’m loving from the book: #RStats #DataManagement
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Chapter 9 Style Guide | Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research
Figure 9.1: Style guide development in the research project life cycle. A style guide provides general rules for the formatting of information. As mentioned in Chapter 8, style guides can be...
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Njoki Njuki 🏳️‍🌈 @njokinjuki.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
📢 My Contribution to #TidyTuesday Week 13! 🚀 Fastest Pokémon Ever!⚡ 📊 Visualizing Pokémon Speed with #RStats #DataViz
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 21/04/2025
📢 We're looking for more curators for the second half of 2025! Want to share your voice or know someone who should? 📝 Sign up to curate: rladies.org/form/rocur-s... 📖 Learn what curating involves: guide.rladies.org/rocur/guide/ 💌 Nominate someone you admire: rladies.org/form/rocur-n...
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R-Ladies Rotating Curator Sign-Up - R-Ladies Global
R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
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Njoki Njuki 🏳️‍🌈 @njokinjuki.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I'm really excited to be this week's curator! Looking forward to sharing and connecting with everyone. ✨✊🏿 #RLadies #RStats
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 03/05/2025
A special thanks to the #rladies rocur team for providing me with this opportunity, especially @pipinghotdata.com, @reikookamoto.bsky.social, and @simisani.bsky.social. This was fun! I encourage anyone who is on the fence about being curator to give it a try. See the pinned post for details.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 04/05/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @njokinjuki.bsky.social 🎉
Njoki Njuki, Data Analyst at University of Oxford. They say, “Using R for comparing resource use between source data and a common data model to assess differences in healthcare utilisation and costs. Also, learning Quarto and REDCap to improve my reporting and data management skills."
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Chris Brownlie @bsky.chrisbrownlie.com · 02/05/2025
this week in #rstats ✨ - Positron tips & tricks 🖥️ @albertrapp.bsky.social - DuckDB+R=🔥 @amolborkar.bsky.social @duckdb.org - Comparing spatial ML in R 🗺️ @jakubnowosad.com - Why R & Python are friends 🤝 this and more below! 🏃 #news #data #python www.linkedin.com/pulse/week-r...
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This week in R (2025-05-01)
Deep dive into R-Python interoperability; getting the most out of Positron IDE; spatial ML in R comparisons; evidence supporting DuckDB & R usage, and more!
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 03/05/2025
Check out our new starter pack! go.bsky.app/2pCsUdA
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 03/05/2025
Also, thank you to everyone that interacted with my posts this week. Let’s stay in touch! You can follow me at @lydz-gibby.bsky.social. Cheers!
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 01/04/2025
Being part of #RLadies (as a chapter founder, co-organizer, and member of the global team!) has deeply enriched my career journey - I've found incredible mentors, friends, and a supportive community. Want to join us? Check out rladies.org/about-us/inv... for ways to grow with us! #community #rstats
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R-Ladies Global
R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 26/04/2025
This week’s #RLadies curator is @lydz-gibby.bsky.social.
Curator Lydia Gibson, board member and co-administrator of the Data Science Learning Community (DSLC). Lydia organizes and facilitates data science workshops, reviews code for DSLC book clubs, and curates Tidy Tuesday datasets.
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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 08/04/2025
📢 Apply to participate in the free satellite R Dev Day @ #RSECon25. Collaborate & contribute to #RStats. 🏢Warwick University, UK 📅 Fri 12 Sep 2025 ✨Travel funding is available for participants from the UK, Europe & Global South✨ Deadline Wed 23 Apr: rsecon25.society-rse.org/r-dev-day-rsecon25
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R Dev Day @ RSECon25 - RSECon25
Satellite event – R dev day Date: Friday 12 SeptemberTime: 09:00 – 17:00 BSTVenue: TBC, Warwick University Description This hackathon-style event is an opportunity to collaborate on contributions to…
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 12/04/2025
going forward, you can find me (in relative obscurity 😌) @papsti.bsky.social and in any of the following places 🛜 website: papsti.github.io 👩‍💻 github: github.com/papsti 💼 linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/irenapapst/
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 12/04/2025
🙏 huge thanks to Shannon Pileggi (@pipinghotdata.com) & Jenny Luong, co-organizers of R-Ladies Philly, for inviting me to give a talk there a few months ago, and to Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social, who saw the talk and invited me to curate!
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 07/04/2025
💫 but enough of about me---what about you? say hi, drop an R function you like below, and tell me why it springs to mind👇
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