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Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba
@simisani.bsky.social
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University of Botswana
R-Ladies Gaborone https://r-ladiesgaborone2021.quarto.pub/

#rstats | #rladies | #datascience | #dataviz
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darakhshann.bsky.social
Agree about cowplot for precise customization. From the Q&A: 💯 I don’t think an LLM could recreate those in the first few sane attempts.
This actually makes me want to try recreating them, thank you, adding to the list.
And yes, as we can all see in 2025, history does repeat itself.
simisani.bsky.social Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 1d
My Posit::conf talk is now live on YouTube! 🎥
👉 youtu.be/RxwU1cZ5FiA?...

Exploring reproducible design in R & bringing history to life through data.
Grateful to the @posit.co team! 💜

#positconf25 #RStats #DataScience
History repeats itself: What the Du Bois Challenge taught me about reproducing design (Simi Ndaba)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
simisani.bsky.social
My Posit::conf talk is now live on YouTube! 🎥
👉 youtu.be/RxwU1cZ5FiA?...

Exploring reproducible design in R & bringing history to life through data.
Grateful to the @posit.co team! 💜

#positconf25 #RStats #DataScience
History repeats itself: What the Du Bois Challenge taught me about reproducing design (Simi Ndaba)
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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ivelasq3.bsky.social
I loved discussing "Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction" with @simisani.bsky.social & R-Ladies Gaborone!

Check out the recording and materials:

📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fOQ...
📝 ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/positro...

I hope this intro is better than the one between my three cats 😹
Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction with an image of a cute orange kitten sniffing a hand
October 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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weare.rladies.org
This week, I'll be posting about #quarto, sharing interesting #rstats content from others, and answering your questions.
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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weare.rladies.org
Hi, I'm Charlotte Wickham and I'm your @weare.rladies.org curator for this week!
I'm a developer educator at @posit.co where I work on the @quarto.org team. Before Posit, I worked at @oregonstate.edu where I taught stats, data science and, of course, #rstats.
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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weare.rladies.org
This week’s #RLadies curator is @cwick.co.nz!
Curator Charlotte Wickham, Developer Educator at at Posit PBC. They spend most of their time using and writing about Quarto, but R remains their go-to language for creating examples, managing repositories and files, and exploring and visualizing data whenever the opportunity arises.
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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cwstat.bsky.social
The International Day of Women in Statistics & Data Science (IDWSDS) Conference is approaching soon!

⭐️ When? October 14th!
⭐️ Where? Online!
⭐️ How much? Completely Free!

Sign up now to stay updated about the program and learn about networking opportunities.

www.idwsds.org
IDWSDS
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July 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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rladiessydney.bsky.social
Just over 24 hours to go! 🎉 Join us for an exciting R-Ladies+ panel on The People, Purpose & Power of R-Ladies+. See thread below to be part of it!
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
simisani.bsky.social
🤔 Curious about Positron, the next-gen IDE from posit?

R-Ladies Gaborone with @ivelasq3.bsky.social 💜 from @posit.co for “Positron for RStudio Users.” takes us through Positron tour, tips & tools 🚀

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/2fOQzgkxi6g

💬 Join: meetup.com/rladies-gabo...

#RLadies #rstats #DataScience
R-Ladies Gaborone (EN) - Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction with Isabella Velásquez
YouTube video by R-Ladies Global
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October 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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weare.rladies.org
R-Ladies and its chapters share so many amazing recordings!

Interested in seeing what they are and how to watch them?

🔍 Check out the R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
🔗 ivelasq.github.io/rladies-vide...

Made with flexdashboard + GitHub Actions!

🧑‍🏫 Tutorial here: ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/automat...
R-Ladies YouTube Video Feed
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
simisani.bsky.social
Wrapped up my very first presentation at #positconf2025 🎤✨
Nerves, excitement, and so much joy.
What made it unforgettable was finally meeting people I’ve only known online until now.
Grateful for the community, connections, and the chance to share my work. 🚀

#RStats #DataScience #rladies
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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trdunsworth.bsky.social
If you're interested in the website, it's drddatascience.com My blog is linked in there as well. I never thought to do a tutorial as to how I created it.
Dr. D’s Data Science
drddatascience.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
simisani.bsky.social
🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE?

This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC)

#RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies

Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT

www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...
Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Curious about Positron, the new open-source data science IDE from Posit? This session will walk RStudio users through the basics of Positron, highlight familiar features, a
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September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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weare.rladies.org
This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!
Alt text: Curator Isabella Velásquez, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Posit. Recently gave a workshop on survey analysis at the useR conference; is updating a book called Data Science in Education Using R.
September 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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gigiomics.bsky.social
Please tell @simisani.bsky.social how cool her talk was since I can't do it in person! #positconf2025
gigiomics.bsky.social Nur Shahir, PhD @gigiomics.bsky.social · Sep 18
Attending the Data Vis session and the speaker Simisani Ndaba is showing the reproducibility of WEB Du Bois figures in ggplot which like that level of reproducibility is amazing #Positconf2025
gigiomics.bsky.social Nur Shahir, PhD @gigiomics.bsky.social · Sep 18
I am deeply cautious of "AI" (which isn't even Actual AI but I digress) but the tools that @posit.co seem to at least be taking a
1) nuanced approach
2) actively forcing you to take an active role in the process and emphasizing the need for vetting #positconf2025
September 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
simisani.bsky.social
Join me #positconf2025 in the #ATL where I will be talking about,
"History repeats itself: What the Du Bois Challenge taught me about reproducing visualisations",

reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/p...

If you see me come say "Hi" 😃

Find out more :
posit.co/conference/
www.linkedin.com/company/posi...
September 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
simisani.bsky.social
At #RSECon25 at the University of Warwick!
I got to connect with three communities that mean so much to me:
💜 #RLadies
💻 Society of Research Software Engineering
📚 #TheCarpentries

And the countdown is on: #RSECon26 in Sheffield 🎉
Who else is planning to be there?

#Community
September 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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rladies.org
R Developer Day at University of Warwick brought together R-Ladies from around the world 🌎.

Spaces like this remind us how powerful our global community is when we learn, collaborate and build together.

Thanks to Heather Turner for making this possible 💜

#RDevDay
#rladies
“Smiling group of 14 R-Ladies at R Dev Day, posing together in a meeting room with a whiteboard and chairs in the background.
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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weare.rladies.org
Hello, all! My name is Morgana, and I am so honored to be this week's curator for the #rladies account here on Bluesky!

I have been an R user since 2017, and while I now dabble in Python, in my heart of hearts I'll always be an R girl :)

I'll my best to make it an interesting week, and thank you!
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August 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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weare.rladies.org
This week’s #RLadies curator is @morgana-kinlan.bsky.social 🎉
Curator Morgana Kinlan, Sr. Strategic Analyst at DeepSeas, LLC. They say, “I'm currently working on improving my visualization skills in R, and also working with language models”.
August 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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weare.rladies.org
This week's #RLadies curator is @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social 🥳
Jenny Richmond, was an academic and research psychologist, and now figuring out the next career move. They say, "I have been doing lots of data visualisation and making websites in Quarto. I am a bit of a fan of TidyTuesday and have had a go at curating datasets which is really fun."
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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weare.rladies.org
This week's #RLadies curator is @jformoso.bsky.social 🥳
Jesica Formoso, Researcher at National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) | MetaDocencia. They say, "I’m currently using R in my research on reading comprehension at CONICET and for survey analysis as Impact Measurement Lead at MetaDocencia, while also participating in the Forwards R Package Development Workshop summer school because I am starting to develop a package for Spanish readability assessment and this is new for me."
July 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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jformoso.bsky.social
🌟 This week I'm curating the @weare.rladies.org account! 💜
I’ll be sharing bits and pieces from the R world — things I find interesting, helpful, or just fun to think about.

Come say hi, share what you're up to, or just drop by for some good vibes! 🦄

#WeAreRLadies #RLadies #RStats
July 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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liomys.mx
The slides and recording for my talk "LLMs in the R space" at the last R-Ladies Gaborone monthly meetup are now linked in the LLMs+guide luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/c...

Thanks again to @simisani.bsky.social, @rladies.org and all the attendees :)
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July 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
simisani.bsky.social
🌟 Just posted:
A fantastic talk from @liomys.mx 💜 on how R users can harness the power of #LLMs!

Hosted by R-Ladies Gaborone 🌍
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/0WsF4XcIhYI
📚Inspired by his website guide: luisdva.github.io/llmsr-book/

#RStats #LLMs #RLadies #DataScience
R-Ladies Gaborone (English) - LLM Tools in the R Space with Luis D Verde Aggregoitia
YouTube video by R-Ladies Global
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June 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM