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Dr Di Cook

@visnut.bsky.social
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Professor. Statistical graphics, EDA, data science, open source and R. Gender equity. she/her

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ViCBiostat @vicbiostat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seminar announcement Dianne (Di) Cook: Practical Tools for Data Exploration in Biostatistics 15 October, 4-5pm AEST via Zoom Further details: www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/practi... @visnut.bsky.social
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
❗️Our next workshop will be on October 1st, 10 am CET on Visualising High-dimensional Data with R by @visnut.bsky.social Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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LatinR Conf @latinrconf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🎞️ LatinR 2026 – Making great slides with Quarto and revealjs 🎙️ Emil Hvitfeldt (English) Fundamentos y trucos para crear presentaciones con Quarto + revealjs. Inscripción: www.eventbrite.com.ar/e/1998690018... #LatinR2026 #RStats
Tutorial 2026. Making great slides with Quarto and Revealjs. Emil Hvitfeldt. latinr.org
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join me on Oct 1 to learn about "Visualising High-dimensional data in R". I'll be teaching how this can be used with methods such as supervised classification, cluster analysis and non-linear dimension reduction. More details and registration at sites.google.com/view/dariia-... #rstats #datascience
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine
Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)
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Tomasz Woźniak @tomaszwozniak.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🦘 Uuu! WOMBAT is back on! 🐨 I'm giving an intro workshop on C++ coding for fast forecasting 🦈 Join us! 🕷️ wombat.numbat.space 🦜 There's no wombat emoji! #WOMBAT2026 #forecasting #rstats #C++
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Jan Vanhove @janhove.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The draw_boxplots() function in this post is similar in spirit to the plot_r() function from the 10-year-old post "What data patterns can lie behind a correlation coefficient?". Both allow you to create random Anscombe-like lineups that highlight the need for plotting your data. #rstats
Sixteen scatterplots with wildly different patterns that all show 50 observations of two variables correlated at r = 0.5.
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R-Ladies Amsterdam @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Next week! ⬇️ #rstats #rladies @quarto.org
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R-Ladies Remote @rladiesremote.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New R-Ladies+ Remote recordings are out 🎥 1️⃣ A gRadual Intro to Shiny with Ted Laderas youtu.be/gMbTPSBdhAI?... 2️⃣ Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons youtu.be/Q2kOlrvSqwQ?... Thanks to all who joined live. #RStats #RLadies #Shiny #DataScience #OpenSource
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R-Ladies+ Remote (English) - Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons
YouTube video by RLadies+ Global
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
❗️Our next workshop will be on September 3rd 6 pm CET by @dsanchezp.bsky.social titled A Mostly Harmless Intro to Claude Code, Codex, & Friends for Empirical Researchers Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Recently graduated with your doctorate in statistics, econometrics, or a related discipline? Interested in being in an environment supportive of open source software? Then this position (careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...) might be for you, and we want you! #rstats 🐨🦘
careers.pageuppeople.com
Job Search
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Rob Hyndman @robjhyndman.com · 29/07/2026
We're hiring in statistics, econometrics, ML, statistical computing, data vis, etc. It's a great place to work, which is why I've been here for more than 30 years! Details at bit.ly/3Tld8UV. Level is roughly equivalent to Assistant/Associate Prof in North America. #stats #datascience #rstats
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Job Search
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
❗️Our next workshop will be on July 23rd, 6 pm CET on Introduction to Bayesian Multiple Imputation with the rblimp package Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This report — every word, table, and chart — was made in #rstats www.dewr.gov.au/workplace-re...
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026
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The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Today is the last day for early bird rates for the si.biostat.washington.edu/institutes/s.... Five practical workshops, flexibly taught online. Join @srvanderplas.bsky.social Heike Hofmann, and me for data visualisation Jul 20-22: inc grammars, inference, interactivity & high-d #rstats #datascience
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12th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics for Big Data (SISBID) | Summer Institutes
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
John Fox (1947-2025) An obituary of R Foundation member John Fox by Peter Dalgaard. www.r-project.org/doc/obit/joh... #rstats
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R: John David Fox (1947-2025)
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Nick Tierney @njtierney.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I'd like to make positron look as much like RStudio as possible, do people have settings/configs that they feel approaches something like this? #rstats #positron
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Yay! 👩🏻‍💻
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
New version of the tourr package is available on CRAN cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #rstats main changes in little tour operations to be used with a project on preferential voting vis, and connecting with biplots. Plus lots more documentation thanks to Claude
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tourr: Tour Methods for Multivariate Data Visualisation
Implements geodesic interpolation and basis generation functions that allow you to create new tour methods from R.
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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just over 1 week until our panel discussion! 💬👏 The event is ✨free✨ and ✨open✨ to all! Register today! 📆 Wed 20 May 2026 ⏰ 5:00 PM AEST | 7:00 AM UTC 🔗 statsoc.org.au/event-6653060 Looking forward to nerdy chats with @visnut.bsky.social @smped.bsky.social @jeroenooms.bsky.social
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Super excited to get this at my door today! Ursula Laa and my book on exploring high-d data and models is in print! Book website is www.routledge.com/Interactivel... if interested I think my 30% discount code might work for you - msg me. Time to update dicook.github.io/mulgar_book/ too! #rstats
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Joyce Robbins @jtrnyc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I made a template and video tutorial for creating a Quarto book rendered with GitHub Actions and published on GitHub pages -- check it out www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1vn... #quarto #rstats
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Using GitHub Actions to render and deploy a Quarto Book on GitHub Pages (with code template)
YouTube video by Joyce Robbins
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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Simon Urbanek of #rstats is one of the many deserving new ASA Fellows. Congratulations! 🎉
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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Register today! 📆 Wed 20 May 2026 ⏰ 5:00 PM AEST | 7:00 AM UTC 🔗 statsoc.org.au/event-6653060 Looking forward to nerdy chats with @visnut.bsky.social @smped.bsky.social @jeroenooms.bsky.social #softwaredev #opensource
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Statistical Society of Australia - Where Do R Packages Live - a Webinar by the Statistical Computing and Visualisation section
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Look who I ran into at a pub in Melbourne @yabellini.bsky.social
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#rstats SSA SCV section is excited to bring a panel discussion on “where do R packages live?” May 20, 5pm AEST Sign up to join at statsoc.org.au/event-6653060 @fontikar.bsky.social
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Would you like to read all the articles from the 25 years of R special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics? They are all freely accessible for the next month or so at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #rstats
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25 YeaRs: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
<em>Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics</em> is an international statistics journal covering statistical theory, methodology, applications and computing.
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R-Ladies Remote @rladiesremote.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Join us for “Working Smarter in R” 💜 📅 Apr 22 ⏰ 6–7 BST / 11–12 PDT A global panel sharing tips on workflows, data cleaning, debugging & more in R. Featuring: @nrennie.bsky.social, Pao C., @meghansharris.bsky.social, Soraya C., @ivelasq3.bsky.social & @cghlewis.bsky.social #RStats #RLadies
Poster for an R-Ladies Remote panel event titled “Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons.” The event takes place on April 22, 2026, at 6:00 PM UTC. It features a panel discussion with Meghan Harris, Nicola Rennie, Soraya Campbell, Isabella Velásquez, Crystal Lewis, and Pao Corrales. The session will cover practical tips for working in R, including workflows, data cleaning, data visualisation, debugging, and advanced programming practices. The poster has a purple R-Ladies themed design and includes a QR code for registration.
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In one week I'll be talking about tips for reproducible R code and why science would love you to try these tips on your own code too 🧪😍🌏 It's an online talk, so feel free to watch comfortably from your couch. Hope to see you there! @sortee.bsky.social #rstats events.humanitix.com/sortee-webin...
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SORTEE Webinar: On what makes good sharable and reproducible R code, how to do it, and why it’s good for science
For this month's SORTEE webinar, Dr. Dax Kellie from the Atlas of Living Australia will present on good, sharable, and reproducible R code in science
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Steph Stammel @stephstammel.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Bumping this up because I’m sure you’re out there somewhere…
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Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 17/02/2026
"Oops, Git! How to recover from common mistakes" 🙈 Come learn some Git with me and {saperlipopette} at Workshops for Ukraine! Thursday, March 19th, 14:00 - 16:00 CET (Rome, Berlin, Paris timezone) sites.google.com/view/dariia-... Organized by @dariia.bsky.social 🙏 #RStats
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine
Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)
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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
❗️Our next workshop will be on Feb 12th , 6 pm CET titled The Art of Research by @markgsheppard.com Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Just change the date. We would all like to celebrate together.
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are responding to this call for evidence: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors? Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value. Thanks!
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Looking forward to useR! 2026 in Warsaw, Poland 6-8 July @user-conf.bsky.social @rladies.org @r-forwards.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy #rstats
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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
A promotional image for the UseR! Conference.

Top text: "UseR! Conference, 7-9 July, 2026, Warsaw".

Image: A scenic photograph of the Warsaw, Poland skyline at sunset, featuring prominent skyscrapers like the Palace of Culture and Science bathed in golden light.

Bottom section: A text box with the useR! logo in the corner. The text reads: "Why Sponsor useR! 2026? useR!2026 brings together R users, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world. Your sponsorship helps us maintain affordable registration rates while delivering a high-quality conference experience."
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Kelly Bodwin @kellybodwin.com · 11/12/2025
Back in the top 10, baby! Eat your heart out, "#rstats is dying" thinkpieces. 😜 www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
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TIOBE Index - TIOBE
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Are you interested in adding alt text to your publications? It helps share your data visualisations with vision impaired readers. Try out github.com/numbats/auto... to get a reasonable first draft or maybe complete text. @r-forwards.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy @rladies.org @rconsortium.bsky.social
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GitHub - numbats/autoAlt
Contribute to numbats/autoAlt development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Harriet Mason @harriet-mason.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
HEY! YOU! ggdibbler 0.6.1 is finally up on CRAN! harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/in... You can now pass random variables to any aesthetic in any ggplot geom/stat. If you can express it as a distribution, ggdibbler can plot it. It also works with ggplot extensions, like gganimate. #rstats
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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I got to hear a sneak peek of Stephanie’s keynote, and it was so good! Definitely recommend watching if you work on teams adopting or transitioning to #RStats.
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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We are thrilled to welcome fellow R nerds to the OceaniaR hackathon this Sunday on ANU campus. A few more tickets left if you would like to join us! @deanmarchiori.bsky.social @njtierney.aus.social.ap.brid.gy @visnut.bsky.social statsocaus.github.io/oceaniar-hac...
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Susan Vanderplas @srvanderplas.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
If you're following the #UNL #statistics saga (proposed for elimination based on bad stats), you might find the seminar we gave yesterday interesting... youtu.be/fUk2R0UYWpA It was weird to rail against someone for an hour, but strangely cathartic, and the #datavis seems to have been effective?
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics seminar "The Metrics" on November 6, 2025
YouTube video by Chris Bilder
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Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science @cwstat.org · 11/10/2025
IDWSDS Keynote Speaker Feature: Bonnie Ghosh Dastidar of RAND Corporation, United States. SESSION- Tuesday, October 14 00:30UTC. Topic: K1 - The Three Rs: Reliable, Rigorous and Robust --- Register now for this FREE conference! tinyurl.com/DastidarTalk
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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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James Curran @profjamescurran.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Thanks to @visnut.bsky.social, I can now offer recreations (in non-original colours) of the useR! Conference Attendee shirt from Brisbane (2018). They are cheaper than the Aalborg ones because they only have a logo on the front. All profits will go to the R Foundation #Rstats tinyurl.com/3zf3dwmz
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useR! 2018 Conference Attendee Shirt - Blue Logo useR! Store
The artwork is displayed using the R Logo blue (#2369be)
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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This package has data that can be used instead of nycflights13 to teach joins, and also to look at temporal trends and draw maps. It has to coolest hexsticker vahdatjavad.github.io/ecotourism/ and cute creatures: mantarays, gouldian finches, glow worms and orchids
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Ecotourism Package
This is a collection of data files for exploring sightings of wild things, relative to weather and tourism patterns in Australia.
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Nick Tierney @njtierney.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Hey #rstats friends! 👋 Only one week to go until my "Introduction to R Packages" tutorial at #WOMBAT2025! This is a gentle introduction to making R packages, going from initial code to `devtools::check()` Still plenty of spots available :) Sign up at: wombat2025.numbat.space
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WOMBAT 2025
The Annual Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team will be held on the 29th and 30th September 2025 at Monash University (downtown), Melbourne, Australia.
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