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R ConsortiumHow do you grow a technical and inclusive R community?Julia Silge (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@juliasilge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@juliasilge</a>) shares how the SLC R User Group built a welcoming space for data scientists of all backgrounds. Great ideas here for anyone growing a local <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> meetup! 🔗 <a href="https://r-consortium.org/posts/julia-silge-on-fostering-a-technical-inclusive-r-community-in-salt-lake-city/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://r-consortium.org/posts/julia-silge-on-fostering-a-technical-inclusive-r-community-in-salt-lake-city/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#datascience</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inclusion</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/meetups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meetups</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RConsortium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RConsortium</a>

Nicola RennieI've written a short blog post about the process of switching from Hugo to Quarto, some of the tricky things, and advice for those thinking about doing the same! Blog post: <a href="https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/hugo-quarto-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/hugo-quarto-website/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QuartoPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuartoPub</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Quarto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quarto</a>

Karl BromanThe <a href="https://rstats.me/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> package {aRxiv}, which I maintain, has stopped working. Spent the morning floundering. Was about ready to give up, yelling “F*ck APIs!” But then figured out that if I replace all POSTs with GETs, it works again. Another successful application of my “randomly mutate shit until it works” approach to programming.

PositIn the latest episode of The Test Set, Wes McKinney talks funding <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>, building trust in dev communities, and the "community over code" mindset. Plus, get an overview of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Positron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Positron</a>, the new polyglot data science IDE 💻🎧 Listen at <a href="https://thetestset.co" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thetestset.co</a>, on Spotify, or Apple Podcasts<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataScience</a>

LukasEver since I started using <a href="https://norden.social/tags/pak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pak</a> for basically all my <a href="https://norden.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> package installation needs, I noticed dropped my habit of occasionally running `remotes::update_packages()` in my general R installation --- I've looked to see if pak has a similar mechanism but didn't find anything, so I'm wondering... this is an intentional omission, I assume? 🧐

Egor Kotov 🌐🏃‍♂️🚊🚋🚙The cool things you sometimes find in the CRAN submission queue. <a href="https://harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://harriet-mason.github.io/ggdibbler/</a> a new package to visualize uncertainty. <a href="https://datasci.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a>

DSLC VideosRecent <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@DSLC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DSLC</a> club meetings::rstats: pharmaverse Examples: Demographic Table <a href="https://youtu.be/Gvw7TVzlimg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Gvw7TVzlimg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pharma</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pharmaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pharmaverse</a>From the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@DSLC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@DSLC</a> :rstats:chives::rstats: ISLR: Linear Model Selection and Regularization <a href="https://youtu.be/pVonkLjKegg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pVonkLjKegg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a>:rstats: R for Data Science: Web scraping <a href="https://youtu.be/Kx5D4sbjQ-k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Kx5D4sbjQ-k</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a>Visit <a href="https://dslc.video" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dslc.video</a> for hours of new <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataScience</a> videos every week!

Data ScienceKeep track of the TODO notes in your code: <a href="https://github.com/dokato/todor" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/dokato/todor</a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/todo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#todo</a>

StatistikkRHow have I just now found out about the raw strings feature in R? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> ```R > r"---(this is one long string + that contains quotes " and parentheses + as long as there is not the closing parenthesis with at most + 2 (less than the 3 dashes)-- + i'm still in + now comes the end)---" [1] "this is one long string\nthat contains quotes \" and parentheses\nas long as there is not the closing parenthesis with at most\n2 (less than the 3 dashes)--\ni'm still in\nnow comes the end" ```

blaze.email📊 This week in R--> Positron IDE tour --> vcr v2 enhancing usability --> Quarto R package 1.5.0 with new workflow features<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#datascience</a> <a href="https://blaze.email/Data-Scientist-(with-R)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blaze.email/Data-Scientist-(with-R)</a>

aRtsy_packageToday's artwork generated with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ggplot2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ggplot2</a>:

rOpenSciCoworking and Office Hours next week!Theme: Drawing publication-ready plots using RTuesday August 5th 09:00 Australian Western (01:00 UTC)Join <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@emitanaka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@emitanaka</a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@steffilazerte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@steffilazerte</a>- General coworking - Work on some figures and plots for your own work - Explore ways of making publication-ready plots in R - Chat with Emi and other attendees and discuss our theme!<a href="https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2025-08" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ropensci.org/events/coworking-2025-08</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/rstats" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rstats</a>

Lluís RevillaRandom linter question 🤔 Is there a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> linter reverse function? One that given a code detects the patterns it uses?function(){ return(NULL) }Would result in the following rules: - no space before { - two spaces indentation - return at the end of functionspkgcheck can do something close to the second rule, but I the rest and other linter aren't available. Ideally the pattern could be machine readable but not important. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@michaelchirico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@michaelchirico</a> Perhaps you have some ideas/directions

Bioconductor🔔 Reminder: BioCAsia 2025 – Call for WorkshopsWe're putting together the Bioconductor event at ABACBS 2025 in Adelaide and would love to include your workshop!🧪 If you’re working on something cool and hands-on with Bioconductor, consider submitting an EOI. 🕒 Sessions are 90 minutes, flexible format. 📅 Deadline: August 1 🌐 Info + submission: <a href="https://biocasia2025.bioconductor.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://biocasia2025.bioconductor.org</a>Let us know if you have questions or want to chat ideas.<a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Bioconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bioconductor</a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/BioCAsia2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BioCAsia2025</a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a>

Scott Chamberlainnew vcr release v2! vcr helps record & replay HTTP interactions in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> tests. This is a major update w/ better defaults, enhanced security, new local scoping tools & improved debugging. Read the blog post for lots more: <a href="https://recology.info/2025/07/vcr-v2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://recology.info/2025/07/vcr-v2/</a>Huge thanks to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@hadleywickham" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hadleywickham</a> for the majority of work on this release📋 <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/vcr/releases/tag/v2.0.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ropensci/vcr/releases/tag/v2.0.0</a> 📚 <a href="https://docs.ropensci.org/vcr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.ropensci.org/vcr</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#testing</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tests</a>

Scott Chamberlainnew webmockr release v2.2.0, an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> package for stubbing and setting expectations on HTTP requests. This update aligns w/ recent crul and vcr releases. webmockr is no longer integrated with vcr, & should make dev of both vcr & webmockr easier📋 Release notes: <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/webmockr/releases/tag/v2.2.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ropensci/webmockr/releases/tag/v2.2.0</a> 📚 Docs: <a href="https://docs.ropensci.org/webmockr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.ropensci.org/webmockr</a>

Scott Chamberlainnew crul release v1.6.0. crul is an HTTP client for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> This update aligns with recent webmockr and vcr releases - mocking is now handled through R6 client classes instead of the mock() function.📋 Release notes: <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/crul/releases/tag/v1.6.0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ropensci/crul/releases/tag/v1.6.0</a> 📚 Docs: <a href="https://docs.ropensci.org/crul" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.ropensci.org/crul</a>

Nicola RennieFor this week's <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TidyTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TidyTuesday</a>, I decided to recreate the most watched movies chart from Netflix's "What We Watched the First Half of 2025" report 📺 (which took longer than I thought it would!)📊 {ggpattern} for image-filled bars 📷 {imager} for adding lilac fade to images ⚪ {elementalist} for rounded cornersCode: <a href="https://github.com/nrennie/tidytuesday/tree/main/2025/2025-07-29" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/nrennie/tidytuesday/tree/main/2025/2025-07-29</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ggplot2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ggplot2</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RStats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataViz</a>

Lluís RevillaCurrently on the Bioconductor & Rust meeting: <a href="https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-09-developers-forum-july28/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-09-developers-forum-july28/</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a>

Dr. Tim Schatto-EckrodtI recently saw a kind of stacked donut/pie chart that visualized nested count data (e.g. a sample description with two relevant categories, like favorite ice cream and gender) and wondered how I'd do that in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rstats</a>.So, if you ever want to make a plot like this, here's the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ggplot2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ggplot2</a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dplyr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dplyr</a> code: <a href="https://gist.github.com/Kudusch/577b6f07c686a64a3aace685fd9f3bee" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/Kudusch/577b6f07c686a64a3aace685fd9f3bee</a>This wouldn't work well with too many categories and pie charts in general aren't optimal, but for this specific kind/shape of data, I think it works well enough.

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