#rstats #statistics I’ve released my new open source book, “Powered by Linear Algebra: the role of matrices and vector space in data science,” at matloff.github.io/WackyLinearA…. Turns the classic LA course on its head! Still proves the theorems, but with a deep emphasis on applications.

2025/08/24

bookdown

CRAN Updates (@cranupdates.bsky.social; 0/0/0; 2025-08-21): Updates on CRAN: asremlPlus (4.4.51), astsa (2.3), bigsnpr (1.12.21), bookdown (0.44), c3dr (0.2.0), cbcTools (0.6.3), CBTF (0.5.0), ClusterBootstrap (2.0.0), compositions (2.0-9), csmaps (2025.8.21), cubeview (0.4.1), denim (1.2.2) ↪

CRAN Package Updates Bot (@cranberriesfeed.bsky.social; 0/0/0; 2025-08-21): CRAN updates: bookdown resourcecode sandbox tidytransit #rstats ↪

knitr

Yihui Xie (@yihui.org; 3/0/0; 2025-08-18): With knitr/rmarkdown, you can also include other chunks in one chunk: bookdown.org/yihui/rmarkd… Unless I misread Knuth’s paper when I was a graduate student, I think knitr had implemented what he mentioned. ↪

litedown

Thomas Lumley (@tslumley.bsky.social; 2/0/0; 2025-08-16): IIRC Yihui mentioned in his Ihaka Lecture that litedown did but knitr didn’t because he hadn’t realized it was easy ↪

Avilinha (@avilinha.bsky.social; 2/2/0; 2025-08-16): litedown (from yihui) allows for modifying the order of execution of chunks [ yihui.org/litedown/#se… ]… i thought knitr also allowed, but I am probably mistaken… ↪

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Norm Matloff (你有冇諗清楚呀?) (@matloff.bsky.social; 83/10/23; 2025-08-15): #rstats #statistics

I’ve released my new open source book, “Powered by Linear Algebra: the role of matrices and vector space in data science,” at matloff.github.io/WackyLinearA….

Turns the classic LA course on its head! Still proves the theorems, but with a deep emphasis on applications. ↪

Crystal Lewis (@cghlewis.bsky.social; 79/1/10; 2025-08-16): I often need to filter data in #rstats based on many variables. The dplyr::if_any() and dplyr::if_all() functions are really handy for this.

More examples here: cghlewis.github.io/data-wrangli… ↪

Jon Harmon (he/him/his) (@jonthegeek.com; 46/7/34; 2025-08-15): Hello #dataBS (& especially #TidyTuesday) fam! I’m trying to organize a thing to help me keep TidyTuesday running smoothly, but first I need to get a bit of a runway. Every week I curate a TT dataset, and it’s wearing me down. Please see github.com/rfordatascie… for some ways you can help! #RStats ↪

Kelly Bodwin (@kellybodwin.com; 44/4/10; 2025-08-15): If you want to enjoy my #useR2025 post-spamming of last week’s #rstats stuff, but a bit more organized and consolidated, then boy do I have a blog post for you:

kbodwin.github.io/paRticles/po… ↪

Frank Harrell (@f2harrell.bsky.social; 42/0/7; 2025-08-14): New blog article in Statistical Thinking: www.fharrell.com/post/aci/ #Statistics #StatsSky #RStats ↪

Tom Mock (@themockup.blog; 39/1/6; 2025-08-14): Really, really excited to get to the next stage with Positron, including upcoming general availability of Positron in Posit Workbench!

posit.co/blog/positro…

#RStats #PyData #dataBS #datascience #positron ↪

Emily Riederer (@emilyriederer.bsky.social; 28/2/9; 2025-08-16): Dev and deploy require of diff skills. @getdbt.com bridges the gap for #data pipelines, but what about MLOps?

I explored how @posit.co {orbital} + dbt delivers “good enough” zero-infra MLOps for batch model scoring in database from python or #rstats models

www.emilyriederer.com/post/orbital…

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We Are R-Ladies (@weare.rladies.org; 26/0/5; 2025-08-14): Running R code on your phone… that is definitely magic!!

webR also makes it super easy to create #rstats learning resources that students can work with using just a browser, no install drama needed.

jen-richmond.quarto.pub/barbarplots/ ↪

Robert (Bob) Kubinec (@rmkubinec.bsky.social; 22/2/4; 2025-08-15): My Quarto #rstats tip for big/complex papers is to set up R scripts that do data processing/modeling & save plots/outputs as RDS files. The Quarto can then load the RDS file & make any modifications to the ggplot2 object before plotting. This avoids unwieldy long Quarto docs /w complex caching. ↪

sana w • who writes sometimes (@herlog.com; 21/1/1; 2025-08-15): i taught myself R in 2012 and i always enjoy seeing how far this programming language has come as it was like investing in a complex, not well documented, sort of unknown underdog back then … shooting in the dark and now it’s improved so much … it’s nice to see that, especially in genomics. #rstats ↪

econmaett (@econmaett.github.io; 18/2/3; 2025-08-15): Cool R shiny app by @felixpretis.bsky.social illustrating how the {gets} 📦 can dectect structural breaks & outliers!

🔗 felixpretis.climateeconometrics.org/software/

#econsky | #rstats | #stats | #climate | #shiny ↪

We Are R-Ladies (@weare.rladies.org; 17/1/7; 2025-08-16): Signing off by saying that I am looking for a NEW job!!

📊 I get genuinely excited about data and creating #rstats visualizations that tell stories
🤯 I’m really good at taking complex technical stuff and making it click for people
💪 I love spotting gaps and creating things to fill them ↪

We Are R-Ladies (@weare.rladies.org; 13/0/6; 2025-08-15): ATTENTION #rladies #rstats - @jonthegeek.com NEEDS HELP!!

Awesome community initiatives like #TidyTuesday don’t just happen and many hands make light work.

There are functions in the tidytuesdayR package make it easy to curate a dataset

jenrichmond.github.io/tidytuesday/… ↪

Collin Berke (@collinberke.bsky.social; 10/0/3; 2025-08-15): Just got done reading @lisacmuth.bsky.social post about improving the use of color within your #DataViz: lisacharlottemuth.com/2016/04/22/C…. Lots of great resources.

The {wesanderson} #RStats package also seems fun: github.com/karthik/wesa… ↪

jp flores (he/him) (@jpflores.rbind.io; 10/3/2; 2025-08-15): Finally got around to migrating to Positron! Has anyone in the genomics / 3D chromatin field hopped on that bandwagon yet? If so, what are your favorite presets / tips / tricks?

Big fan of the VSCode + RStudio feel

#RStats ↪

Tyler Morgan-Wall (@tylermw.com; 10/0/4; 2025-08-15): Woo hoo! The nloptr package is now supported in webR, which means we now have access to the lme4 package for mixed effects modeling! This brings a great deal of statistical modeling power to serverless R workflows. Great work @gws.phd!

#RStats #webR ↪

Mine Doğucu (@minedogucu.com; 10/1/1; 2025-08-15): In some Slack group I asked a #QuartoPub question that I could not figure out for half an hour. Damie solved it very nicely. I don’t know them but their skill in solving the question and willingness to help a random person makes me think that they would be an asset to any #rstats team. ↪

econmaett (@econmaett.github.io; 6/2/3; 2025-08-16): There’s also a {getspanel} #rstats package that implements the same methods for panel data. Made by @moritzpschwarz.bsky.social

www.moritzschwarz.org/getspanel/ ↪

Rami Krispin (@ramikrispin.bsky.social; 5/1/2; 2025-08-16): My weekly newsletter is out!

This week:
🔹Open Source of the Week - The NNS project
🔹New learning resources
🔹Book of the week - The Machine Learning Q and AI by Sebastian Raschka

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#rstats #python #llm ↪

John S. Erickson (@bitwacker.com; 4/0/0; 2025-08-17): WordleR, the #Rstats-powered #Wordle Helper, was “impressive” today!
Wordle 1,520 3/6
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bit.ly/WordleR ↪

xaringan

CRAN Updates (@cranupdates.bsky.social; 0/0/0; 2025-08-18): Updates on CRAN: prefmod (0.8-37), PROsetta (0.4.2), SensIAT (0.2.0), smoothemplik (0.0.15), SOMbrero (1.4.4), spatialwarnings (3.1.1), usl (3.0.4), voigt (2.0), xaringan (0.31) ↪

CRAN Package Updates Bot (@cranberriesfeed.bsky.social; 0/0/0; 2025-08-18): CRAN updates: doconv equatags glmmTMB greenfeedr misty prefmod smoothemplik xaringan #rstats ↪