🌐 Community & News

posit::conf(2025) talks on YouTube (blog​.stephenturner​.us). Over 100 talks from posit::conf(2025) on YouTube, featuring R, Python, Quarto, Posit tools, and experts like Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney, and Rich Iannone

promises v1.5.0 (shiny​.posit​.co). promises v1.5.0 adds hybrid sync/async execution, OpenTelemetry tracing, mirai support, and performance improvements for R/Shiny

pkgdown 2.2.0 (tidyverse​.org). Pkgdown 2.2.0 introduces build_llm_docs for LLM-friendly docs, adds llms.txt, and exports MD versions of HTML content

Research Software Directory adopts Software Heritage IDs (softwareheritage​.org). RSD adopts SWHIDs to archive software, enabling reproducible research and interoperable citations across 1,020 packages

Computo - A Journal for Transparent and Reproducible Research in Statistics and Machine Learning (ropensci​.org). Computo promotes transparent, reproducible research in statistics and machine learning using notebooks, Quarto, GitHub, and open peer review

Reverse dependency check speedrun: a data.table case study (nanx​.me). Benchmarking reverse dependency checks for data.table using Rust revdeprun, xfun, and pak on a 48-core cloud instance

Anaconda Ends R Support — Here’s What It Means and How to Move Forward (posit​.co). Anaconda ends R support as Posit offers Package Manager for secure, reproducible R and Python workflows across enterprises

🎨 Interactive Visuals

Convierte gráficos {ggplot2} en visualizaciones interactivas con {ggiraph} (bastianoleah​.netlify​.app). Guía práctica para convertir gráficos ggplot2 en visualizaciones interactivas con ggiraph en R

Mushroom plots to visualise gain and loss on a phylogenetic tree (rowena-h​.github​.io). Visualising gene gain and loss on phylogenetic trees with ggplot2 and ggtree in R using mushroom plots

How to Analyze bluesky Posts and Trends with R (storybench​.org). Exploring Bluesky data with R: TF-IDF, word frequency, and network ideas using bskyr and other tools

🗺️ Geospatial Analysis

Day 6: Dimensions (dewey​.dunnington​.ca). Dimensions day explores M values in XYM/XYZM, with R and Python workflows using argodata, sedonaDB, and Parquet, plus Argo ocean data

Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo (kieranhealy​.org). Mamdani vs Sliwa and Cuomo: R-based spatial mapping, precinct results, and dot-density visuals in NYC using sf, GTFS, and diverging choropleths

Crime and school access (urbandemographics​.blogspot​.com). Explores crime, school access, transit, spatial analysis, and policy using R, agent-based modeling, and urban data

The Changing Face of TB Mortality (stevenponce​.netlify​.app). HIV-associated TB deaths by region; Africa leads decline using weighted mortality and R tools

Inaccessibility (r​.iresmi​.net). Using R (sf, dplyr, ggplot2, glue, purrr, polylabelr) to compute France's pole of inaccessibility with adminexpress data

Reversed (r​.iresmi​.net). Reversing Mediterranean bathymetry with R (terra, sf) to reveal inverted coastlines and basins

📊 Statistical Methods

Examining the longley Dataset (jmsallan​.netlify​.app). Explores the Longley dataset, multicollinearity effects, and macroeconomic variable modeling using R with tidyverse, corrplot, car, and broom

Distribution of p-values under the null hypothesis for discrete data (freerangestats​.info). Explores how discrete data affects p-value distributions under null hypotheses using Fisher's test in R

How to get data analysis very wrong: sample size effects (blog​.engora​.com). Explores sample size effects, variance, and misinterpretation in data analysis using coin tosses, dice, school results, A/B tests, with references to Wainer and van Belle

Imbens et al new undergrad course on causal inference compared to my own, next week's diff-in-diff workshop and turning 50 (aka the second third) (causalinf​.substack​.com). Scott’s Mixtape Caudal: Imbens undergrad causal inference course, diff-in-diff workshop, and reflections on teaching with R, potential outcomes, ATE/ATT, and covariate balance

Snow and memory (leancrew​.com). Analysis of Chicago snowfall since 1932 using Python (pandas, matplotlib, statsmodels) and R, with NOWData data cleaning

🤖 ML & Modeling

simglm v0.9.26: Multi-level Propensity Score Modeling (brandonlebeau​.org). Simglm v0.9.26 adds multi-level propensity score modeling for nested data in R, showcasing classroom and district level treatment effects with lme4-style syntax

tune version 2.0.0 (tidyverse​.org). Tune 2.0.0 introduces parallel processing with future/mirai and postprocessing via tailor for tidymodels, enabling optimized model tuning in R

unifiedml in R: A Unified Machine Learning Interface (thierrymoudiki​.github​.io). A unified ML interface for R with sklearn-like API, automatic task detection, cross-validation, and model interpretability across glmnet, randomForest, and e1071

📚 Academic Research

fgwqsr: An R package for Frequentist Grouped Weighted Quantile Sum Regression (joss​.theoj​.org). Introduces fgwqsr, an R package implementing grouped weighted quantile-sum regression for chemical mixture analysis. Adds reproducible estimation, inference, and visualization tools that R users can integrate into workflows

Function on Scalar Regression with Complex Survey Designs (arxiv:stat). Presents svyfosr: R methods for function-on-scalar regression that properly account for complex survey designs (e.g., NHANES). Enables valid pointwise and joint inference for wearable-device functional outcomes

Inference for the Extended Functional Cox Model: A UK Biobank Case Study (arxiv:stat). Develops scalable extended functional Cox models and inferential tools applied to UK Biobank accelerometer and mortality data. Equips R statisticians for survival analysis with high-dimensional functional predictors at biobank scale