Roland Schmidt

Wait, he doesn't mention Soros? 🙃

... and breakpoints

/terminal-setup ?

... and breakpoints (recently introduced to positron)
positron.posit.co/guide-r-debu...

YouTube video by Direkt36 A CSAPDA (THE TRAP) - Az Orbán-korszak elvesztett lehetőségeinek története

Here's the documentary that 1.1 million Hungarians have watched over the past week, documenting the damage that Viktor Orban's regime has done to health, education and public transportation in Hungary
with English subtitles:
youtu.be/9NQEcLIiOpM?...

A rectangular promotional graphic for the useR! 2026 Conference. On the left, large bold text reads “useR! 2026 Conference Warsaw,” followed by the dates “6–9 July 2026” and the location “Warsaw School of Economics & Online.” The typography is clean and modern, set against a white background. On the right, a 2×2 grid of four square panels displays a fractal‑style geometric pattern: each square shows a progressively more detailed zoom‑in of a swirling, branching, blue‑and‑purple fractal shape on a light background. Beneath the main graphic, a banner states: “The useR! 2026 Call For Proposals is open until March 8th!” The overall design is bright, mathematical, and visually structured, emphasizing both the conference branding and the CFP announcement.

UseR! 2026 – Warsaw 🇵🇱✨
CFP is now open! Submit abstracts for talks, lightning talks, posters, tutorials, and panels.
🗓 Deadline: Sun 8 Mar 2026
📅 Conference: 7–9 July
🎓 Tutorial Day: 6 July
🔗 user2026.r-project.org/call/
#rstats #warsaw #datascience

While many things are already in place, the package is still work in progress. If you spot any bugs, have suggestions for improvements, you're welcome to send a bsky direct message or submit an issue at the git repo github.com/werkstattcod...

The best place to start is the "Get started" section here werkstattcodes.github.io/ParlAT/artic... featuring some examples, e.g.

Here an overview of ParlAT's functions. Details are available at werkstattcodes.github.io/ParlAT/refer...

a hex sticker showing the autrian parliament with palace athene

Happy to release the initial version of ParlAT, an #rstats package wrapping the API of the Austrian Parliament @parlament.gv.at . If you are a researcher, student, journalist, simply someone interested in the AT Parliament, ParlAT hopefully comes as a helpful tool. werkstattcodes.github.io/ParlAT/

The "Pudels Kern" is the API key.

👏👏👏

blimey, this is great.

Difference in time use between working parents of small children vs working non parents. Areas above zero are activities parents do more of; areas below are what they give up. Compiled by analyzing the Census Bureau’s American Time Use Survey. Analysis and chart by Aziz Sunderji, https://homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-parents-find-the-time

Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens.

Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading.

homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...

Or
github.com/openpharma/D...

GitHub - lhz1029/fakeR: An R package to generate fake data given an existing dataset An R package to generate fake data given an existing dataset - lhz1029/fakeR

Maybe github.com/lhz1029/fakeR ?

Next release of #rstats package usethis will include an (experimental) function to setup projects using Claude code: use_claude_code. Interesting to see how ai tools will form part/play together with the tidyverse & co.

usethis.r-lib.org/dev/referenc...

Now: Bruce Springsteen sings “Streets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis

Knowing too much to see fascism ? By Daniel Ziblatt

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...

YouTube video by Posit PBC querychat in R: Query Your Data with Natural Language | Shiny + LLMs | Veerle van Leemput

youtu.be/EQjr0p25KS8?...

...and...

"AI Proofing Your It/cyber Career: The Human Only Capabilities That Matter" by the mighty
@hrbrmstr.dev
(Unsurprisingly) very insightful- and helpful.

#rstats

Just read these 2 blog posts on AI and software development & data science.
Both resonated with me quite strongly.
Many thanks to the authors.

"My First Look at Claude Code" by @stephenturner.us
blog.stephenturner.us/p/claude-cod...
The post is on much more than #Claude.

and...

#rstats

This all sounds quite exciting. Do I get this right - session would enable CCode to read e.g. the content of my data frames in my current session and I can ask questions about it? Thx.

Many thanks. This was excellent!

Happy holidays! 🎄 I snuck in a {btw} release just before CRAN went on vacation for the year. {btw} is an #RStats package full of tools for LLMs, including a new tool for running R code. Here's a quick demo using `btw_app()` to create a quick festive ggplot2 from holiday movie titles. Cheers! 🧑‍🎄

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Maybe janitor::get_duplicates?

Interesting. Think I saw a posit pkgdown page also featuring something like this ai chatbot. Out of curiosity, it's a paid feature I assume?

New #positron release, new shortcut. #rstats 🎉