Re: Working with AI. The more I work with it, the more that I feel like Sigourney Weaver's character in "Galaxy Quest", whose main job is to talk to the ship's computer:

Yes, OpenClaw is why we can't have nice things

Has anyone here gotten any paper reviews from reviewer 2.5 (that is, clearly LLM generated)? How bad was it?

I feel we all have to be Blade Runners nowadays. We need to be good at detecting AI content.

What I wonder whether this means that we will now reject perfect looking people as AI generated and untrustworthy.

Maybe "real" looking people will be considered more trustworthy.

Demo of using rv/uv sync to restore a project YouTube video by Data Snacks

Here's the demo: There are sections for both uv/rv: youtu.be/7MfR4twZoOQ

If there is interest, I can make the demo portion available as a video.

I demo using uv/rv sync with Positron in both R and Python, and discuss how to start your projects

The second workshop, Package Management for R and Python focuses on using uv/rv to manage your packages in a reproducible way, with some discussion about other methods such as binder and Dockerfiles: hutchdatascience.org/package-mana...

The first workshop, Making Code Ready for Publication, focuses on setting up your project and repository. There is a social learning activity, so you can easily give this workshop in your group: hutchdatascience.org/making-code-...

A couple of workshops we've recently given:

- Making Code Ready for Publication
- Package Management for R and Python

Links in the thread. #datascience #rstats #python

Why Everything Is Starting to Irritate You YouTube video by Canaries in the Coal Mine

This video is resonating with me. I've become more irritable to smaller things as I get older, and it's good to know that my nervous system is recalibrating. youtu.be/195Fb-YnLXo?...

Do we need linters for English now?

Always down to the wire. Got my #positconf2026 submission in, hope everyone gets theirs in as well!

Drop #771 (2026-02-12): System Of a [Mark]Down Today’s Drop introduces md-browse, a markdown-first web browser that converts web pages to clean markdown for better readability. It utilizes electrobun (also covered today) for lightweight c…

@hrbrmstr.dev caught my eye with an issue of his newsletter dedicated to Markdown. Of special interest to is md-browser, which translates webpages to Markdown and is a nice way to get to the actual content. Also really interested in electrobun. dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev/2026/02/12/d...

Flyer for a gradual intro to shiny workshop on February 7 at 8:00 AM PST - url to register is in post

I'll be teaching a short intro to Shiny workshop for @rladiesremote.bsky.social on February 17! Registration details are below, or you can register by going here: meetu.ps/e/PQt4g/ypHs... #shiny #rstats #databs

And Gallery is here: laderast.github.io/astronomy-pod/

GitHub - laderast/astronomy-pod: Tidytuesday Gallery of Nebula photos from 2018 Tidytuesday Gallery of Nebula photos from 2018. Contribute to laderast/astronomy-pod development by creating an account on GitHub.

Repo is here: github.com/laderast/ast...

Databot on Astronomy Picture of the Day YouTube video by Data Snacks

Building a gallery of nebulas for #tidytuesday astronomy picture of the day with #databot: I parse the dataset, filter the data to nebulas, download the images, and publsih to a gallery. #databs #rstats #datascience youtu.be/m5hUFNuhejw

Databot on African Languages YouTube video by Data Snacks

Another #tidytuesday spent with #databot - this time understanding African languages. This time I work in #python! #databs #datascience

youtu.be/Ac3tXWQgaa4

Ready4R (2026-01-08): Being Curious and Being Wrong We are now in 2026. Happy new year, all. The Courage to be Curious When learners ask me what I look for when hiring a bioinformatician or data scientist,...

Back with the #ready4r newsletter for the new year. I continue working with #databot on #tidytuesday data, talk about being curious about data, and being wrong with analyses. #datascience #rstats #databs

buttondown.com/ready4r/arch...

New blog post by @mpadge.bsky.social & Steffi LaZerte:

Code Hosting Options Beyond GitHub

ropensci.org/blog/2025/12...

You can definitely do it pretty easily - here's some leaflet/mapview on one of our pages: datathon-winter-2025.netlify.app/mapview.html

Yup - it is hosting the html pages so people can see the maps

GitHub - laderast/languages-of-the-world: TidyTuesday Exploration of the dat TidyTuesday Exploration of the dat. Contribute to laderast/languages-of-the-world development by creating an account on GitHub.

Repo here: github.com/laderast/lan...

Trying out #databot for exploring endangered languages of the world for #TidyTuesday

I know some about spatial analysis using {sf}, so I work with #databot to visualize the data spatially. #rstats #databs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bahM...

I have a sudden desire to go play Stardew Valley after seeing this

My mom and her friends are pretty bloodthirsty when they play Scrabble. I don't even rate...

Happy new year to all the #databs #rstats #python #datascience folks. I wish I felt more optimistic but I can at least see some positive things on the horizon.

Yeah to Yes

Very interesting- mini roundabouts seem more like a suggestion than actual infrastructure