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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEXT WEEK! Register now! "Sustaining R: Investing in the People, Infrastructure, and Community Behind R" R Core / R Foundation panel discussion Oct 6 Simon Urbanek, Kurt Hornik, Heather Turner. Hosted by R Consortium. r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats #opensource

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Charlie Gao @shikokuchuo.net · 03/10/2026

本日の #TokyoR で、mizu のワールドプレミアをお届けしました！主役はミズちゃん💧 mizu は、ロックフリーな共有メモリで、同じマシン上のRプロセス同士をつなぐパッケージです。同じCコアのPython版 pymizu もあるので、RとPythonでチャネルを共有できます。プレリリースなのでAPIは変わるかもしれません。ぜひ試して、感想はGitHubへ！ github.com/shikokuchuo/...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

maplibre-warp, my experiment to implement the same approach as deck .gl-raster with MapLibre GL JS, now supports multiband rasters. This is still just a vibe-coded thing, but I think I'm gradually understanding the underlying technologies... demo: yutannihilation.github.io/maplibre-warp/

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today, I talked about 🐘🪿⛰️, or more precisely, about PostGIS, DuckDB and Apache SedonaDB at FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026. Here's my slides. Guess which one I chose to recommend after this roulette?? 🎰 SedonaDB: Why Yet Another Geospatial Database Engine? github.com/yutannihilat...

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Tomasz Kalinowski @t-kalinowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

{cuda.ml} v0.4 is out! It brings GPU-accelerated machine learning with NVIDIA RAPIDS cuML to R. It now handles CUDA/RAPIDS setup automatically—no manual CUDA or RAPIDS installation needed. It also adds first-class tidymodels support. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-08...

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cuda.ml 0.4.0: GPU-accelerated machine learning from R

cuda.ml 0.4.0 simplifies installation, expands tidymodels integration and tree-ensemble inference, and adds portable persistence for supported fitted models.

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 is only a few days away! I'll talk about SedonaDB. 📅 Sep 1st, 14:00–14:30 🚪 Room4 talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2026/...

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Jeroen Ooms @jeroenooms.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

R-universe now provides binaries and check results for Windows-ARM64 of all CRAN and BIOC packages: contributor.r-project.org/windows-arm64/

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R on ARM64 Windows

R on Windows ARM64

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ggplot2qgis, an R package to convert a ggplot2 map into a QGIS map, now supports contour (tidyterra::geom_spat_contour_*)! #rstats #qgis repo: github.com/yutannihilat...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ggplot2qgis, an R package to convert a ggplot2 map into a QGIS map, now supports raster🎉 So, you can put the R logo on QGIS for no reason! #rstats #qgis repo: github.com/yutannihilat...

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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 23/07/2026

It’s the end of an era: we are sunsetting rpubs.com, quartopub.com, and shinyapps.io in favour of connect.posit.cloud. These services are important, but we need to focus our efforts on a single platform (and it’s overall less confusing to have one place to publish everything you do in R or Python).

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Tomasz Kalinowski @t-kalinowski.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm happy to share `ir`, a new command-line tool for running portable R scripts and Quarto documents. It's inspired by my two favorite parts of `uv`: self-describing scripts and tools you can run without installing first. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...

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ir 0.1.0: self-describing R scripts and Quarto documents

`ir` is a new command-line tool for running portable R scripts and rendering Quarto documents whose package requirements, and optional R selection, live inside the file itself.

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

{ggplot2qgis} is an R package to convert ggplot2 into QGIS. But, why QGIS? You might not know this yet, but being QGIS-ready means we can publish the map to the web!🌎 That's where Kumoy comes in — our flagship service designed to maximize the potential of QGIS. #rstats app.kumoy.io/public/map/a...

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Simon P. Couch @simonpcouch.com · 17/07/2026

We're excited to share bluffbench2, a next-generation data science LLM evaluation. The eval measures how well models notice subtle data quality issues in plots. Even the most capable models today score in the mid-teens. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-07...

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AI Newsletter: LLMs often miss subtle visual artifacts in data visualizations

Introducing bluffbench2, a new data science LLM evaluation.

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If you are too familiar with ggplot2, you might wonder how we can reproduce the same geospatial visualization on QGIS. {ggplot2qgis} is an R package for this! #rstats #qgis github.com/yutannihilat...

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ANDO, Keisuke (NONONOexe) @nononoexe.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🎉 rrstools has been accepted to CRAN! rrstools is an R package for analyzing and visualizing RoboCupRescue Simulation data. It also allows you to download disaster scenarios directly from RCRS Scenario Hub, making it easier to start simulation analysis in R. #rstats #CRAN #RoboCupRescue #GIS

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Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel @minecr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

TidyDevDay 2026: bring your laptop, leave with a merged PR, new friends, and sharper R skills! First-time contributor? Perfect. Seasoned developer? Also perfect. opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06... 📅 Sep 17, Houston, TX, after posit::conf(2026) 🕘 9 am - 4 pm 🎟️ luma.com/pnjuw08h #rstats #tidyverse

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Tidy Dev Day 2026

Join us for a full day of collaborative open source work — whether you're a seasoned contributor or making your very first pull request.

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Beyond excited to share that catboost now has full native support in tidymodels!! This support should extend to all applicable areas of tidymodels, which means that orbital works as well 🚀 opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06... #rstats #tidymodels

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CatBoost support in tidymodels

CatBoost is now available as a supported engine in tidymodels. This post shows how to train, tune, and use CatBoost models through the familiar parsnip interface.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 23/06/2026

Do you love maps? Of course you do! With the latest release of #ggsql we now support spatial plotting directly from your database. As a cherry on top, the release also provides powerful in-layer aggregation. Read all about it on the blog

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ggsql 0.4.1: Spatial plotting and in-layer aggregation

ggsql 0.4.1 adds support for spatial plotting and data aggregation within layers. Read all about the new features in this release post.

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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 17/06/2026

dbplyr 2.6.0 is here! This release leaned on Claude Code to clear a TON of smaller issues, freeing up time for the big stuff: brand-new ADBC and JDBC backends, new translations, and a new sql_dialect() to cleanly decouple connection from SQL dialect. Read more: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

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dbplyr 2.6.0

dbplyr 2.6.0 is now on CRAN, with new ADBC and JDBC backends, IBM DB2 support, more translations, and a bunch of minor fixes and improvements.

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Dewey Dunnington @paleolimbot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We're excited to announce a new release of SedonaDB, and this one is a big one! Between native DataFrame APIs in Python and R, a brand new Geography implementation, GPU accelerated joins, and a raster/ND-array foundation, it's hard to know where to start.

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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Air 0.10.0 is out now! - Enforce `<-` or `=` throughout your #rstats code (only one of these is correct though 😉) - Tighter Positron and RStudio integration - pre-commit / prek support - stdin support - Install with uv, mise, or pixi Read all about it! opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-06...

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Air 0.10.0

Air 0.10.0 is here! This release rounds up everything new since 0.8.2: a new `assignment-style` option, tighter Positron and RStudio integrations, installation via uv and friends, pre-commit support, ...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The first figure is exactly what I've been wanting in ggrepel for a decade... Awesome!!! #rstats

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

While this is not the end of the world, I think I'll never submit a Rust-powered R package to CRAN again. I wish good luck to you, the survivors...🖖 #rstats

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Got this death sentence from CRAN. While it's totally my fault not to notice this Rust requirement for years, maybe it's time to leave CRAN? 1.77.2 is too old... #rstats > The CRAN policy requires you to have tested prior to submission with a version at least 2 years old, so no later than 1.77.2.

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm back with another quarto extension, now presenting quarto-timelines! Customizable timelines in html and revealjs slides, different layout and fragment support included emilhvitfeldt.com/post/quarto-... #quarto

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Announcing quarto-timeline

quarto-timeline is a new Quarto extension that helps you make timeline visualizations.

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

string2path, an R package to convert text to the outlines, now supports variable fonts (not on CRAN yet) #rstats

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Kyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 02/04/2026

Native Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF support in Lonboard! - Stream massive COGs on demand - Full control over image rendering: apply colormaps, change band combinations, use ML models - Read COGs from anywhere, including local files and private data (via Obstore) developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat...

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Posit @posit.co · 02/04/2026

We are pleased to announce Quarto 1.9 ✈️ New features for #RStats, #Python, and #JuliaLang users include Posit Connect Cloud publishing, PDF accessibility (PDF/A & PDF/UA), brand asset sync, enhanced #Typst support, list table syntax, and LLM-friendly output. Learn more: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...

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Quarto 1.9 – Quarto

Quarto 1.9 adds publishing to Posit Connect Cloud, LLM-friendly website output, major Typst improvements, experimental PDF accessibility standards, and list tables for complex table content.

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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@masalmon.eu has written up a great post on the downstream effects of tree-sitter-r! - Air, for formatting - Jarl, for linting - Positron's R support, for completions and more - GitHub Search for R It's been very cool to see all the ways this one project has been used to enhance #rstats!

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Writing a GeoPackage(GPKG) library from scratch taught me a lot about some friction between the spec and the modern geospatial ecosystem🦀🌍 GPKG is SQLite. We take that for granted, but have you ever stopped to think about the advantages and disadvantages? Here’s my take. dev.to/yutannihilat...

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How it feels to write a GPKG library in 2026 (in Rust!)

There are a lot of existing libraries to deal with GeoPackage (GPKG). GDAL is the undisputed champion...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I implemented a simple Rust crate to read/write a Gpkg file. This crate is built on top of rusqlite, so you can also use this on web browsers! crates.io/crates/rusql... One caveat about Wasm is that, while rusqlite should support OPFS (sahpool-opfs), I'm yet to find how to use it...

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crates.io: Rust Package Registry

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Working with big spatial data sets in #rstats? You should try {duckspatial}. The dev version of #duckspatial (soon on CRAN) uses #duckdb to perform super fast and memory efficient spatial operations cidree.github.io/duckspatial/... In a benchmark against, {sf}....

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Wow, DuckDB v1.5 is going to be huge for geospatial people. It seems it got the ability to handle CRS like SedonaDB does. I didn't expect this would happen this early! github.com/duckdb/duckd... (Also, did you notice this pull request is on the DuckDB's main repo instead of duckdb/duckdb-spatial?)

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`GEOMETRY` Rework: Part 5 - Coordinate Reference System Support by Maxxen · Pull Request #20143 · duckdb/duckdb

This is a followup PR that builds on top of #19848. Please have a look at #19136 for the context behind this PR. This PR adds initial support for parameterizing the GEOMETRY type by a coordinate re...

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Posit @posit.co · 05/12/2025

📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service. If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!) Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset

Bookdown.org Sunset, January 31, 2026, over a stylized landscape with mountains and a lake.

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Kurt Schwehr @kurtschwehr.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

2025 GDAL User Survey is now active for the entire month of December! Visit gdal.org/survey/ & tell the project how you use it, where you get help, what it should do in the future, & how/if it should use LLMs going forward. (optionally) give us your email, we'll even enter you to win a GDAL t-shirt!

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2025 GDAL User Survey

In 2024, the GDAL User Survey solicited feedback to help focus GDAL Sponsorship Program activities. Your contribution mattered. Last years' results triggered the project to embark on the GDAL CLI Mode...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

At FOSS4G Auckland 2025, we, MIERUNE Inc., had four talks about various topics from GTFS to GeoArrow. This is a quick summary of the presentation titles and the links to the slides🔗 dev.to/mierune/foss...

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FOSS4G Auckland 2025

Kia ora! Last week, we were in Auckland, New Zealand, for FOSS4G 2025. We had a great time and gave...

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The world's time zones visualized on a spinnable, interactive globe. Try out the code - it'll default to your current time zone and show you times around the world! #30DayMapChallenge Day 27: Boundaries Code: gist.github.com/walkerke/c4a...

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Max kuhn @topepo.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We’ve released two new tidymodels #rstats packages for feature selection: filter and important. tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...

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Two New tidymodels Packages

Two new tidymodels packages focus on supervised feature selection.

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Etienne Bacher @etiennebacher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#rstats Please welcome Jarl, a new R linter. Jarl is a CLI tool with extensions in VS Code, Positron, and Zed. It can check thousands of lines of R code in milliseconds. Jarl provides several output formats, a Github Actions workflow, and more. Blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2025-1...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I talked about GeoArrow at FOSS4G Auckland 2025! Here's my slides. GeoArrow on Web; Can We Live Without GeoJSON? yutannihilation.github.io/foss4g-2025-...

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GeoArrow on Web; Can We Live Without GeoJSON? - Slidev

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 16/11/2025

Congratulations to my student, Maggie Ma, for publishing her first #rstats package {ggincerta} on CRAN 🥳 Spatial uncertainty visualisation (bivariate, pixel, exceedance, glyph), like {Vizumap}, but fully integrated with ggplot2 -- a much simpler API with all the advantages of the ggplot2 system.

exceedance plot

ggplot(nc) + geom_sf(aes(fill = duo_exceed(value, sd)))

bivariate plot

ggplot(nc) + geom_sf(aes(fill = duo(value, sd)))

glyph plot

ggplot(nc) + geom_sf_glyph(mapping = aes(v1 = value, v2 = sd))

pixel plot

ggplot(nc) + geom_sf_pixel(mapping = aes(v1 = value, v2 = sd))

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Hadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 13/11/2025

testthat 3.3.0 out now! This is a massive release with tons of improvements including better failure messages, new expectations, improved snapshotting, new vignettes, and much much more: tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11... Post includes some thoughts on developing an #rstats package with Claude Code.

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testthat 3.3.0

testthat 3.3.0 brings improved expectations with better error messages, new expectations for common testing patterns, and lifecycle changes including the removal of `local_mock()` and `with_mock()`. I...

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Yutani @yutannihilation-en.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Are you interested in Japan's historical map, or creating historical maps with modern web technologies general? 🗺️ If so, you should find this writeup by my colleague interesting!

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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family: - `filter()` to keep rows - `filter_out()` to drop rows - `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers Read more and leave feedback here: github.com/tidyverse/ti...

Example of using `filter_out()` on the `penguins` dataset, showing how it is much easier than `filter()`, especially with `NA`s

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