👍👏👏

nice! could potentially use ggpath to use an image background for a plot and then overlay the plot onto another image with the fns I'm working on

photo of three penguins standing on snow. with a table and a plot overlaid on top

overlay ggplot or gt objects on images using 🪄magick
- includes perspective warping and transparency

work in progress, will put the package on GH once it works better and/if there's any interest in this
#rstats

see y'all there
@jadeynryan.bsky.social bring more cat stickers!

hexsession: Create a Tile of Logos for Loaded Packages Creates a responsive HTML file with tiled hexagonal logos for packages in an R session. Tiles can be also be generated for a custom set of packages specified with a character vector. Output can be saved as a static screenshot in PNG format using a headless browser.

New on CRAN: hexsession (0.1.0). View at https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=hexsession

underrated logo and package! I always include streamy in my example tiles now

hexagonal tile of colorful R package logos

📦 {hexsession} is now:

- On CRAN
- 400x faster

Create interactive html tiles (or static snapshots) of images or package logos for presentations, websites, or just for fun

#rstats

hexsession.liomys.mx

Can I use Skills with Posit Assistant for the RStudio IDE? – R Works Posit Assistant does indeed support Skills.

I wrote a post on Claude Skills for #RStats users, and I got asked if they work with Posit Assistant for RStudio. Absolutely!

You can also add custom Skills by putting them in your skills directory, or asking the Assistant to create one.

I wrote a bit about it here: rworks.dev/posts/skills...

Should researchers feel guilty about data centres that power their AI usage? We have a window now to advocate for environmentally responsible AI development

Starting this collaborative blog was the best decision I’ve made this year. Carla Sbrocchi puts to words the uncomfortable feeling I have and explains how to move forward on the data centre environmental issue

open.substack.com/pub/vitaexma...

I mentioned my certification when applying for my current job and had to resubmit any relevant supporting documentation for my annual evaluation, so I went to screenshot the site to go with the PDF certificate. My location and photo are out of date now😅

Should researchers feel guilty about data centres that power their AI usage?
Perspective on environmental impacts of AI led by the thoughtful Carla Sbrocchi
@liomys.mx
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us

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

Hello 👋🏻

I'm a Principal Research Software Engineer in Advanced Research Computing at the University of Birmingham, UK.

I lead the international project “Enabling the next generation of contributors to R” and manage research software development projects at UoB.

* R Core member
* Chair of R […]

ggparty?

Heather was also instrumental in making LatinR a reality👏

I am so happy for this announcement!! Heather is such an incredible community partner and deeply knowledgeable of base R. This is great news for R core and the broader R community. 🎉❤️🙌🤩 #rstats

AI-enhanced scientists? AI tools as potential boosters of academic production

Critical look at “AI enhanced scientists” by @liomys.mx open.substack.com/pub/vitaexma...

villain from mad max fury road, with the caption "Do not, my friends, become addicted to LLM tokens, They will take hold of you and you will resent their absence"

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Really useful #QuartoPub extension, especially for things like online event schedules 👇

Inline Asynchronous Generator Results into Documents Given a coro asynchronous generator instance that produces text, write that text into a document selection in RStudio and Positron. This is particularly helpful for streaming large language model resp...

Useful LLM-related package by @simonpcouch.com that has been flying under the radar but deserves attention, especially with that logo

simonpcouch.github.io/streamy/

A Few Claude Skills for R Users – R Works The community has come together to create some great Claude Skills that you can try out today.

I rounded up a few Claude Skills for #RStats users.

Huge thanks to the creators who developed them. They share Skills for everything from tidyverse code to brand.yml files to learning while using AI.

Hope the list is useful, and please let me know what I missed! 🧡

rworks.dev/posts/claude...

save me some!

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2026) in Houston!
We’re offering 40 full-support scholarships for underrepresented groups in data science. Includes: 🎟️ Conference+Workshop pass 🏨 Hotel stay ✈️ Travel reimbursement
Apply by March 13: posit.co/blog/apply-t...
#positconf2026 #rstats

battling to use all the horizontal space in slides for plots or images😅

English version now available
luisdva.github.io/rstats/RRstu...

🚨 Último día 🚨
Hoy 20/2 cierra la convocatoria del Programa de Campeon(a|e)s
12 meses de mentoría, formación y comunidad en software científico y ciencia abierta, con foco en América Latina y en español.
⏰ Aplicá hoy 👉 champions-program.ropensci.org
Sumate a la próxima cohorte 💙
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a good part of the packages on the guide are Simonverse LLM tools for R and I'm sure I'm still missing a few😅

I'm very grateful that Luis maintains this guide. Very much recommend to those who haven't poked around there before! #rstats