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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 2d

should be better now

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 2d

Thanks - yeah, I agree

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 2d

Visual do-ever of the plumber2 site plumber2.posit.co

I really should adopt the logo colours for all my pkgdown sites

Easy and Powerful Web Servers

Automatically create a web server from annotated R files or by building it up programmatically. Provides automatic OpenAPI documentation, input handling, asynchronous evaluation, and plugin support.

plumber2.posit.co

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 7d

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!

#rstats

ggplot2 styling

This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

www.tidyverse.org

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Posit @posit.co · 8d

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 8d

Stay tuned for more improvements to this feature in the next release

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 9d

Quote with your yellow art 💛

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 11d

New art/acustic installation at home. Made with #rstats

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · 12d

ggplot v4.0.0 is now out! 🎉

Join the release party on October 3rd with developer & maintainer @teunbrand.bsky.social and the ggplot2 extenders meetup to learn all about what's new and the change-making process!

📅 Friday, Oct 3rd
🕐 3pm Eastern
📋 Sign up: bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

Release party for ggplot2 v4.0.0
Friday October 3rd, 3pm Eastern
Taylor Swift holding up an album

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14d

Let me know how it goes 😊

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14d

I am super hyped to finally share the first release of plumber2 with all of you. This has been the center of my attention for a big part of 2025 and I hope you'll find it a worthy update to the venerable plumber package.

The blog post will tell you more

#rstats

plumber2 0.1.0

plumber2, a complete rewrite of plumber, has landed on CRAN, providing a modern, future proof solution for creating web servers in R. Read all about the new features here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar 🎗️🇮🇱🇺🇦 @mattansb.msbstats.info · 23d

New blog post!

Ever wonder what geom_histogram is actually doing? How about geom_boxplot?

In celebration of the release of #ggplot2 4.0.0 (ggplot8?), I explore the relationships between the “geoms” and “stats” offered by the core {ggplot2} functions.

#rstats

Exploring {ggplot2}’s Geoms and Stats – Stat’s What It’s All About

blog.msbstats.info

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Posit @posit.co · 23d

posit::conf(2025) kicks off TOMORROW, and we are fully in launch mode.

🎒 Pack the essentials.
📲 Download the app.
📍 Check the schedule.

Whether you’re flying to ATL or logging in from home, the countdown is officially ON.

Let’s make it unforgettable. 💥

#PositConf2025

WE'RE LIVE TOMORROW! September 16th. A laptop displays a bar chart and code. A phone, notebook, and pens are nearby.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 23d

Bummer — next year hopefully

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 23d

Will we be able to talk it over in Atlanta the coming week?

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 23d

The world moves so fast

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

And if you want to learn hands on about some of the new things, come to our ggplot2 workshop at posit::conf(2025) next week

Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 29d

In the recent npm supply chain attack, DuckDB's Node.js and Wasm packages were compromised with malware. We have investigated the issue, deprecated the affected packages and released new versions.

We have released a security advisory that contains our full postmortem: github.com/duckdb/duckd...

DuckDB NPM packages 1.3.3 and 1.29.2 compromised with malware

The DuckDB distribution for [Node.js](http://node.js/) on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) was compromised with malware (along with [several other packages](https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-c...

github.com

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Aug 26

github.com/hrbrmstr/hrb...

Upkeep for ggplot2 by thomasp85 · Pull Request #74 · hrbrmstr/hrbrthemes

This fixes the imminent issues with ggplot2 v4.0.0 as well as various doc issues that CRAN has begun flagging. What it does not (yet) fix is the extrafont issue (except removing it as a dependency)...

github.com

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Aug 26

Based on the CRAN revdeps I got, the issue seems extremely easy to fix

As for extrafont, that is somewhat harder, but systemfonts now does most of that work (except work with pdf() and the windows png device).

I'll be happy to supply a PR to keep it around

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Aug 20

I'll be running a brand new workshop with @teunbrand.bsky.social for anyone who wants to make sure they are getting the most out of the constant development in ggplot2 and its ecosystem.

Hope to see you there

Posit @posit.co · Aug 19

Level up your data science skills this September at posit::conf(2025)! Learn to tell a better story with data in our "Data Talks" or "Mastering Data Visualization with ggplot2" workshops.

Join us! Register now: posit.co/conference/

📅 Sept 16–18 | Atlanta

#RStats #ggplot2 #PositConf2025 #DataViz

Data Talks: How to make your data science accessible. A conference poster for posit conf (2025) featuring speakers Acacia Duncan and Blythe Coons.

Mastering Data Visualization with ggplot2: Latest Techniques and Best Practices. A conference poster for posit conf (2025) featuring speakers Thomas Lin Pedersen and Teun Van den Broek.

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Posit @posit.co · Aug 19

Level up your data science skills this September at posit::conf(2025)! Learn to tell a better story with data in our "Data Talks" or "Mastering Data Visualization with ggplot2" workshops.

Join us! Register now: posit.co/conference/

📅 Sept 16–18 | Atlanta

#RStats #ggplot2 #PositConf2025 #DataViz

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Selina Baldauf @selina-b.bsky.social · Aug 17

Want to learn to write fast R code—and support Ukraine while doing it?
Join my workshop Thursday, August 28th 6-8 pm CEST!

We’ll cover profiling & benchmarking, and take a tour of fast packages like data.table, collapse, Rcpp and more...

With plenty of code examples & hands-on practice!

#rstats

Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · Aug 17

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 28th, 6 pm CEST, on Efficient R by @selina-b.bsky.social
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Aug 12

I’ve always thought this character was a caricature, but history is catching up

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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