@the8immortals.bsky.social
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
tidyverse.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
- `filter_out()` for dropping rows
- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools
These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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We are responding to this call for evidence:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors?
Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value.
Thanks!
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors?
Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value.
Thanks!
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We are responding to this call for evidence:
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors?
Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value.
Thanks!
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors?
Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value.
Thanks!
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I miss the days where you'd see blogposts with clever analyses on datasets, maths and data science tricks.
That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe.
Please join and share!
That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe.
Please join and share!
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I miss the days where you'd see blogposts with clever analyses on datasets, maths and data science tricks.
That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe.
Please join and share!
That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe.
Please join and share!
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
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📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service.
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service.
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!)
Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
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We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions!
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family:
- `filter()` to keep rows
- `filter_out()` to drop rows
- `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers
Read more and leave feedback here:
github.com/tidyverse/ti...
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A number of people have told me this piece has been useful for them, maybe it will be for you, too — a simple description of the consensus view on AI amongst actual tech practitioners, presented as a tool for those who need to push back on the distorted narratives that tycoons are feeding media.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A number of people have told me this piece has been useful for them, maybe it will be for you, too — a simple description of the consensus view on AI amongst actual tech practitioners, presented as a tool for those who need to push back on the distorted narratives that tycoons are feeding media.
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This is the article - about a possible connection between black holes and dark energy. There now seems to be evidence for this from both DESI and earlier observations I was involved with 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...
Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?
A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery
www.scientificamerican.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is the article - about a possible connection between black holes and dark energy. There now seems to be evidence for this from both DESI and earlier observations I was involved with 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...
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🧫 AI discovers new narrow-spectrum antibiotic
Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪
Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪
Discovery and artificial intelligence-guided mechanistic elucidation of a narrow-spectrum antibiotic - Nature Microbiology
Enterololin is a narrow-spectrum antibiotic that selectively kills Enterobacteriaceae in vitro and in a mouse model of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli gut infection. AI-guided mechanism-of-action studies identified LolCDE as its molecular target.
www.nature.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🧫 AI discovers new narrow-spectrum antibiotic
Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪
Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪
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🎨 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
#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
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🎨 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
#rstats
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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
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
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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
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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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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so glad we're spending trillions on this technology!
September 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
so glad we're spending trillions on this technology!
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I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
defector.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
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So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
Your open-source companion - Reachy Mini
YouTube video by Pollen Robotics
youtu.be
July 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
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We are thrilled to announce gt-extras, a collection of helper functions for creating beautiful tables with the great-tables package in #Python!
Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables.
Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar...
Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables.
Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar...
July 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We are thrilled to announce gt-extras, a collection of helper functions for creating beautiful tables with the great-tables package in #Python!
Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables.
Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar...
Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables.
Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar...
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1 WEEK until "The Test Set" launches! 🎉 Get ready, data science junkies, anomaly hunters, & confidence interval rebels.
Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney.
First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset
#TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast
Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney.
First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset
#TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast
June 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
1 WEEK until "The Test Set" launches! 🎉 Get ready, data science junkies, anomaly hunters, & confidence interval rebels.
Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney.
First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset
#TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast
Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney.
First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset
#TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast
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One of the biggest frustrations I have is the lack of transparency around AI's energy use and environmental impacts. I know the numbers are out there... but somehow we're not seeing them 🫠
Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail !
www.wired.com/story/ai-car...
Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail !
www.wired.com/story/ai-car...
How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying
A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret.
www.wired.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of the biggest frustrations I have is the lack of transparency around AI's energy use and environmental impacts. I know the numbers are out there... but somehow we're not seeing them 🫠
Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail !
www.wired.com/story/ai-car...
Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail !
www.wired.com/story/ai-car...
Lolz. Amusing listening to Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) crowing about his/ their masterful stroke of genius in renaming machine learning to AI...😂 Maybe in the very narrowest of contexts
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Lolz. Amusing listening to Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) crowing about his/ their masterful stroke of genius in renaming machine learning to AI...😂 Maybe in the very narrowest of contexts
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Say hello to kuzco, an LLM-powered computer vision assistant package in #RStats!
@frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow.
Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c...
@frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow.
Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c...
May 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Say hello to kuzco, an LLM-powered computer vision assistant package in #RStats!
@frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow.
Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c...
@frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow.
Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c...
Finally got my copy of The AI Con, and am looking forward to jumping in! :)
May 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Finally got my copy of The AI Con, and am looking forward to jumping in! :)
