Positron plus JupyterHub logo, with the Posit logo in the corner.
We are thrilled to announce that Positron Server is now available for academic use via JupyterHub!
This gives students a robust #RStats & #Python data science IDE without needing a local install or new infrastructure.
Learn more: positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2...
And another Quarto announcement; I've alluded to it before, but we're making it "official".
We've started work on Quarto 2. The blog post has an overview: quarto.org/docs/blog/po...
We'll share more in future blog posts, but here's what you can expect from the Quarto 2 dev effort:
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Whipped up a fun little quarto revealjs extension. Add fun little iOS styled messages with full fragment support
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto
Je ne sais pas, mais je l'espère ! Peut-être que le chapitre sur dplyr pourrait s'intituler « Ceci n'est pas un pipe » dans cette version.
Kermit the frog screaming with excitement
We have summer internships y'all! Come work at Posit on the PyData, tidymodels, shiny, or Connect teams: grnh.se/tigz810a3us. You will have an awesome time, learn a ton, and help advance our open source and pro tools 🧰 #rstats #pydata
We’re thrilled to welcome Sara Altman and Simon Couch of the Posit AI Core team to the #positconf 2026 keynote stage!
They’ll be sharing a practical, hype-free look at how AI is being thoughtfully integrated into the tools you use every day.
✨ See what’s next for AI in open source: pos.it/conf
Including R!
And there are many more of these out there; these are just the hard copies I have. So thankful to all the community members who make translations happen, it's such hard work! ♥️
Also I forgot how to social, so #rstats
Four copies of the R for Data Science book: one in English, one in German, one in Korean, and one in Chinese.
It’s difficult to come by joy these days, this puts a smile on my face.
We are pleased to announce that Heather Turner @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy has joined the R Core Team. She has been an active contributor notably via the R Dev Days, and has greatly improved cooperation between R Core and the R community in more ways #RStats.
You're doing awesome work and we want to hear your stories! Submit a talk for posit::conf(2026) - Today is the last call for talks!
📣 The useR! 2026 committee invites global R users and developers to submit abstracts for talks, panels, posters, and tutorials!
Submissions are peer-reviewed based on content and balance.
You're welcome to apply!
Find more at:
user2026.r-project.org/call/
#useR2026 #DataScience #Poland #Warsaw
"Ten simple rules for teaching data science": arxiv.org/abs/2602.02874
A new preprint by @minecr.bsky.social and myself. We'd love any feedback!
A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish https://github.com/kip-dili/kip (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46661897
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
I wrote out the whole exhausting narrative of what's happened at UNL over the past 2.5 months, including the videos, the memes, and a fair bit of snark. srvanderplas.github.io/posts/other/...
The Board of Regents decides our fate in 2 days.
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.
We're hiring an open-source #python developer focused on modeling APIs!
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
Well, it's official. #UNL Chancellor Bennett submitted his final proposal and it includes eliminating the #statistics department. budgetprocess.unl.edu/final-budget...
Guess it's time to go look for jobs. Anyone looking for a couple of very talented #datavis researchers?
My keynote about data science tools at posit::conf is now online! I originally meant it to be a talk about Positron, but as I was writing it, it took a left turn through the history of RStudio and into the philosophy of tool design & how to build stuff for people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGre...
Example of using `filter_out()` on the `penguins` dataset, showing how it is much easier than `filter()`, especially with `NA`s
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...
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?
🌈 The website for the inaugural rainbowR conference is now live! 🎉
🗓️ Save the date: Feb 25th-26th, 2026
📣 Call for submissions is open
👯 We're bringing together LGBTQ+ R users to promote our work and foster connections among community members
conference.rainbowr.org
Hopefully, today the #statistics department finds out what the acad prog cmte will recommend to the chancellor. The next step is the #nebraskaRegents. We have a letter-writing campaign to show this set of cuts is politically unpopular and will hurt the state.
actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
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Email from ChatGPT with the following text: Start with any question Chat now You don’t need a plan or the perfect question to use ChatGPT. Just start typing whatever’s on your mind — a half-baked idea, a random question, a weird "what if." ChatGPT is built for all of it. No pressure. No perfect prompts. Explore ideas, create images, write stories, and summarize files in just a simple conversation. Best, The ChatGPT Team
I just got this email from ChatGPT. Is anyone really worried that people are holding off until they have "a plan or the perfect question" to use these tools?! Or was this reaction-bait that I fell for?
Caran d'Ache is always a good idea!
Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto, 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series.
Next week! I am giving a webinar on "Automating Repetitive Reports with Quarto" as part of the 2025 MAPOR Fall Webinar Series!
Save serious time and eliminate errors by letting Quarto do the heavy lifting 🏋️
I would love to see you there 💚💛💙
www.mapor.org/2025-mapor-f...
These companies must be using the same crazy survey provider. What is this?!
