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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · 7h

Doesn't look like ggplot2 to me :-) Well done!

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Topi Tjukanov @tjukanov.bsky.social · 7d

It’s happening again in November. 30 days and 30 themes for maps. Take part, learn something new and have fun. That’s what #30DayMapChallenge is about 🌎

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Solarus @solarus.ultrawaves.fr · 13d

Le monde de l'infiniment petit.

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · 12d

I'm in the middle of preparing slides for an "Introduction to R" course. Thought I'd use a figure to explain element recycling in vectorized operations.
#RStats #course #learn

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Emil Hvitfeldt @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social · 14d

I'm exited to announce a new resource about making slides with quarto and revealjs. This book is the combination of all the work I have done in this area, reordered and polished up

There isn't a lot of new information yet, but this format allows me to add more easily

slidecrafting-book.com
#quarto

Screenshot of first page of slidecrafting-book.com website

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Jonathan Carroll @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17d

The latest issue of @rweekly is now live!

https://rweekly.org/2025-W39.html

This week's highlights:
✏️ All the Ways to Programmatically Edit or Parse R Markdown / Quarto Documents by @rOpenSci
🈂️ I Vibe Coded an R Package by @jonocarroll
☑️ Quality Control for Scanned Multiple-Choice Exams by […]

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · 19d

You're probably already aware of this, but there's the "Rencontres R 2026" conference in Belgium from May 19th to 21st

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · 23d

Rweekly issue #38 is out.
This week's highlights include: R6 interfaces (@jakub-sobolewski.bsky.social) and ggplot2 (@nrennie.bsky.social)
#Rstats #code #reading
rweekly.org

Home

Learn R, R tutorials, R resources, blog posts and the latest updates about the statistical programming R language.

rweekly.org

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · 23d

Oops sorry

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not really about transitioning from RMd to Quarto, but this video by @minecr.bsky.social helped me start using Quarto
youtu.be/_f3latmOhew?...

Get started with Quarto | Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

YouTube video by Posit PBC

youtu.be

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Aug 28

Great video with @tanyashapiro.bsky.social and @cedricscherer.com walking us though using {ggiraph}. Plus, there's a plot with some #DrWho data :-)
#data #Rstats #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDj...

Plot Twist: Adding Interactivity to the Elegance of ggplot2 with ggiraph

YouTube video by useR! Conference

www.youtube.com

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Posit @posit.co · Aug 21

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Table Contest and Plotnine Contests! These events celebrate great visual displays of information by way of tables and plots, all made possible by open-source software.

We can't wait to see what you create! #RStats #Python

Learn more: posit.co/blog/announc...

2025 Table and Plotnine Contests on a background of multicolored cubes.

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great work!

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great video by @minecr.bsky.social.
I finally gave Positron a try!
#RStats @posit.co #IDE #code
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndq2...

Exploratory Data Analysis with R in Positron

YouTube video by Posit PBC

www.youtube.com

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sounds great, thanks !

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 31

Nice! How do your R-Cafes take place? I'm currently thinking about new ways to get people together for coding workshops in my lab

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R-Podcast (Eric) @rpodcast.bsky.social · Jul 31

Episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights is out! serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/...

✨ Positron Assistant for creating R packages @stephenturner.us
📰 LLM-powered guide to Posit Conf 2025 agenda @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Sam Parmar

h/t @mike-thomas.bsky.social & @jonmcalder.bsky.social 🙏

#RStats #DataScience

Issue 2025-W30 Highlights

In episode 208 of R Weekly Highlights, the LLM train keeps moving along in the data science community: First impressions of the new Positron Assistant for…

serve.podhome.fm

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 25

New video by @3blue1brown.com!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-5...
#AI #DeepLearning #Video

But how do AI videos actually work? | Guest video by @WelchLabsVideo

YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown

www.youtube.com

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 24

Insighful article by @nrennie.bsky.social, still thinking about switching from RStudio to Positron. I'd be happy to have your thoughts about Positron! I'm currently coding mostly in #RStats, but I've been using more #Python lately.
#RStudio #Positron #IDE #coding

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨New blog post 🚨

A short post about some of the questions you might want to ask yourself before you decide which IDE to use!

Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/how-cho...

#RStats #Python #VSCode

How to choose an IDE | Nicola Rennie

Thinking about switching to a different IDE? Instead of telling you which IDE to pick, this blog helps you ask the right questions to decide for yourself.

nrennie.rbind.io

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very nice !

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thanks for your posts @andrew.heiss.phd! Downloaded and installed Positron, but still using RStudio. Planning on giving it a go some day :-)

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 22

Wow ... I'd never come across this use of with(), which allows combining the pipe and computing a correlation coefficient. Thanks to @mansthulin.bsky.social for explaining this in his fantastic book www.modernstatisticswithr.com!
#Rstats #code #neverknew

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 21

This post by @tanyashapiro.bsky.social reminds me I have to update the datardis package. Maybe a #tidytuesday around this year's #DoctorWho day (late November).

Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · Jul 21

ggplot + ggiraph in action ⚡

I teamed up with @cedricscherer.com to put together a fun ggiraph talk for useR conf this year. Of course I had to show an example inspired by him!

Stay tuned for behind the scenes how-tos, tricks, and code. Excited to share more info when the talk is live!

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Jonathan Kitt @jonathankitt.bsky.social · Jul 21

And if that's okay with you, I could add the datavis to the package's github page

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