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Kate
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National parks lover.
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Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”

“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Cone flowers.
July 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I have stumbled into the National parks crochet patterns rabbit hole. There are a bunch of incredibly cute patterns honoring a bunch of the parks. 🧶
Saguaro Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
June 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
April 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I’ve been using the new gradients and patterns in #rstats and #ggplot2 quite a bit for recent package, so here’s a deep dive! Everything from the basics of using gradients in your plots through to sophisticated visual effects.

jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stac...
The guide to gradients in R and ggplot2 – James Goldie
Visualising data and building things for fun and for change. #climatehealth → #datajournalism
jamesgoldie.dev
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Just a little thread on (some) of my favourite charts I've made. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The Census is an invaluable data source, but it can be challenging to work with. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to effortlessly slice through 30 GB of Census data using the Simple Data Analysis library in #TypeScript.

As a bonus, we’ll also create maps! 🌎

Link below 👇

#DataScience #DataViz
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sunset on a frozen lake.
February 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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{tinyplot} 0.3.0 is out! 🚨

It's a lightweight #Rstats 📦 to draw beautiful and complex plots, using an ultra-simple and concise syntax.

This is a massive release! @gmcd.bsky.social @zeileis.org and I worked hard to add tons of new themes and plot types.

Check it out!

grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/
February 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The first R package I ever wrote, anyflights, just had an update make it to CRAN!🛩️ anyflights allows users to fetch data on air travel—flights, planes, airports, airlines, and weather—for any U.S. airport and any year in #rstats.

Read more: simonpcouch.github.io/anyflights/
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Daily bunny no.2746 inspects the merchandise
October 18, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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Stoked to announce a new release of `plot2`, the powerful and lightweight (0-dep) extension for #rstats base plotting! github.com/grantmcdermo...

What's new? A bunch of things, including area plots and facets. Draw plots like the below with simple function calls.
January 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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I'm excited to release the 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 for #RStats ! Convert R dataframes to beautiful tables in HTML, LaTeX, PDF, Quarto, Markdown, etc. Easy to learn; minimalist interface; concise syntax; ultra-customizable tables; and zero dependency. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
January 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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There's a reason why the GOP is working OT to gut higher education.

www.politico.com/news/magazin....
‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP
Growing population in America’s highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And Republicans are scrambling for answers.
www.politico.com
January 9, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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{marginaleffects} 0.16.0: A unified interface to interpret results from 100+ statistical and machine learning models in #RStats! Predictions, slopes, differences, ratios & much more! See our new vignettes on Matching, Inverse Probability Weighting & ML: marginaleffects.com
October 20, 2023 at 12:52 AM
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It's time to bring the #rayverse here so here's a map of the United Kingdom illuminated by lighthouses.

#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
September 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
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Does anyone else mourn the loss of Google Play Music? It was so straightforward and it did what it was meant to do so well. YouTube Music is like trying to use an elephant as a dishwasher, and it's easier not to use than to use.
September 19, 2023 at 6:26 PM