hyperfixations go brrrrrrrrrrrr

typora hell yeah

(or an MCO that buys all clubs named united for the explicit purpose of … uniting … them)

_ducks thrown tomatoes_

Ooh, an appearances page is a great idea!

Open your heart to joy and to the Ottawa Senators

garmin thinks I have really high sleep hrv and comparatively really low waking hrv, so it shows my default awake stress level as like 95.

literally a straight wall of orange the moment I wake up even if I anecdotally don't feel particularly stressed out more or less than usual

FTN is partnering with the Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Center to provide advanced charted data to students to help prepare them for a career in sports data and analysis.

Special thanks to @stat-ron.bsky.social for being a leader in this partnership.

np, I couldn’t tell if this was a real issue you guys could fix or just ~ enshittification. Maybe could add no-index tags to legacy pages?

_shakes fist into the void_

Me googling “arrow schema R” and then clicking on the first result

turns out the first result links to arrow v12.0.1 which is an impressive 11 versions out of date

Me: @niccrane.bsky.social how do I get a dput of an arrow schema pls halp
Nic: try schema$code() R6 method?
Me: uh what where I’ve never seen that
_works exactly as expected_
Me: how tf, that wasn’t in the docs?!
_consults google_
wtf, google returns to v12.0 as the first result (not v23)
#rstats

cover of the book "Bayesian Workflow" by Gelman, Vehtari, et al. Coming out later this year, in the summer probably.

I would have preferred to have the "draw the rest of the owl" meme on the cover, but this will do. Seems like it is on schedule, and we'll leave some typos so you know we didn't write it with AI.

bro didn't quarto 1 just get released yesterday and now we're on to quarto 2 already,,,, sheesh time flies lmao

Congrats, Arielle! Looking forward to catching up with you sometime ❤️

Ottawa deploying two ‘Python’ machines to tackle thousands of spring potholes As spring arrives, after a snowy winter marked by dozens of freeze-thaw cycles, potholes are once again popping-up, by the thousands, across Ottawa roads.

wow when they said python was the second best language at everything they weren’t kidding eh?

Ottawa deploying two ‘Python’ machines to tackle thousands of spring potholes As spring arrives, after a snowy winter marked by dozens of freeze-thaw cycles, potholes are once again popping-up, by the thousands, across Ottawa roads.

wow when they said python was the second best language at everything they weren’t kidding eh?

So, I need you to watch Oakland Roots goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel (blue) here.

He's up for a late free kick, but when it goes awry he heads behind the goal and get a second ball to punt onto the field.

Eventually, after Tommy McCabe's goal line clearance, he gets sent off. #USL-C

What was your first and second choice model? Been casually looking at EVs too

Nah I’m avoiding the computer rn lmao. I’ve since decided to go out and do groceries and such

we're now live with the first public iteration!
usls-modeling.ryanscharf.com

(Yes, I’m procrastinating other things as hard as possible)

so far:
- watered all houseplants
- done week’s worth of dishes
- washed, dried, folded laundry
- called my sister for weekly catch up
- meal prepped some roasted veg for the week
- called to arrange a car repair appt
- cooked/eaten breakfast
- taken out trash and recycling
all before noon.

three stupid ways I convince myself to do basic adulting:
1. Shove something to cook in the oven for ~30 minutes as a timed challenge
2. Call someone (my sister or mom usually help) and do stuff while catching up
3. procrastinating something daunting

all three: I’ve been on a bender this morning 😅

it’s so so so background dependent tbh, reading replies you can tell who came from a place where the limitation was big data / slow pipelines (caching intermediate steps good) vs those who came from places where the research/thinking/analysis was the main challenge

I think @richmeister.bsky.social just released something for this posit-dev.github.io/great-docs/

#rstats I'm glad to announce Jarl 0.5.0!

Jarl is a very fast R linter, written in Rust. This release brings many improvements and fixes.

See the blog post: www.etiennebacher.com/posts/2026-0...

And the full changelog: jarl.etiennebacher.com/changelog

🧵 to highlight some features below

(1/4)

I think you're thinking of @nickwan.bsky.social's Sliced contest where @drob.bsky.social won! It was a heck of a lot of work to put on, which is the main reason why it didn't happen again.

SLICED: SEASON 1 - YouTube

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... I think there's still some recaps here!

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.

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

Ugh yeah I can’t even imagine how that would go for an airport that I already thought was genuinely so slow, thanks for the context (that I’ve been lucky enough to ignore lately)

worst airport I’ve ever been to. deliberately booked a 6am departure out of there at last posit conf because of trauma from past trips and I’m so glad I did