Jen Richmond

I am open to the idea that there are people who don't have and don't want to gain the skills to engage directly with their data but every single day that I do I learn the answer to a question you'd never even think to ask unless you were personally staring into the abyss of an uncleaned dataset.

⬇️ truth!!

workshop materials and blog posts really just make googling faster for future me

A lot of people with these qualities left academia because you didn't reward us or understand when we were blocked by others but y'all aren't ready to have that conversation I guess

hey gabby- do you have data you would like to curate for #TidyTuesday? The functions in the TidyTuesdayR package make it SUPER easy to make a pull request. Check out Jon's instructions here...

dslc-io.github.io/tidytuesdayR...

And let me know if you need a hand, happy to help!

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The curse of knowledge is a real thing and this post is hilarious.

WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Jenny Richmond - Rethinking data science education in the age of genAI 29-30 september 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space

Students use #ChatGPT to do their homework, so how can teachers design effective courses so they actually learn anything at all?

Register before August 31st to get early bird tickets! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...

#RStats #AI #LLM #DataScience

Super excited to head to
Melbourne next week for WOMBAT. Two days of data science tutorials and talks and new #rstats data friends!

Join us!! It’s not too late to register!!

This is SO awesome, “shut up and code” were some of my favourite @rladiessydney.bsky.social events. Set a timer, code for a bit, when the timer goes off chat about problems, try to help each other, usually just commiserate… super fun

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.

This week’s #RLadies curator is @ivelasq3.bsky.social!

The Pac-Man Rule should be adopted at all conferences and meetups - it's so much more welcoming!

Also an excellent use of a pie chart! 📊

RTing myself to make sure we're keeping our 👀 open. What @jcheng5.bsky.social found via databot was cool but a) *Joe* (not databot) found it by noticing that the bot mentioned a weird thing, and b) we don't know how many people found it and didn't point it out to me.

#PositConf2025 #RStats #dataBS

There is even a Shiny app to keep track, thanks to @smachlis.bsky.social

apps.machlis.com/shiny/positc...

This is fun!

This line chart tracks passport power rankings from 2006-2025 for the US (blue) and Singapore (red), where lower numbers indicate stronger passports. The US passport declined dramatically from rank 1 in 2006 to rank 10 in 2025, with brief recoveries but an overall downward trend. Singapore showed the opposite trajectory, improving from around rank 8-11 in the early years to consistently holding the #1 position since 2020. The chart illustrates Singapore's rise to the world's most powerful passport while the US faces potential exclusion from the top 10.

This line chart shows the number of visa-free countries accessible to US (blue) and Singapore (red) passport holders from 2006-2025. Both countries started with significant differences in 2006 (US at ~129, Singapore at ~122) but followed similar upward trajectories until 2017, when both reached around 185-187 visa-free destinations. Since 2017, Singapore has consistently exceeded the US, reaching ~194 countries by 2025 while the US declined to ~182.

The Henley Passport Index data is interesting. I was curious about the relative rankings of the United States and Singapore and found that you get a bit of a different story if you plot ranking vs. visa free countries. #TidyTuesday #rstats

code available here: jenrichmond.github.io/tidytuesday/...

The issues on github are full of dataset suggestions that just need a little work to get them ready for a pull request.

github.com/rfordatascie...

Check out the issues- write an intro or pull together the metadata and submit a PR to help keep #TidyTuesday going.

Many hands make light work!

One more thing.. remember how @jonthegeek.com was asking for help in creating a bit of a runway of #TidyTuesday datasets... you don't even need to find a new dataset to help.

This line chart tracks passport power rankings from 2006-2025 for the US (blue) and Singapore (red), where lower numbers indicate stronger passports. The US passport declined dramatically from rank 1 in 2006 to rank 10 in 2025, with brief recoveries but an overall downward trend. Singapore showed the opposite trajectory, improving from around rank 8-11 in the early years to consistently holding the #1 position since 2020. The chart illustrates Singapore's rise to the world's most powerful passport while the US faces potential exclusion from the top 10.

This line chart shows the number of visa-free countries accessible to US (blue) and Singapore (red) passport holders from 2006-2025. Both countries started with significant differences in 2006 (US at ~129, Singapore at ~122) but followed similar upward trajectories until 2017, when both reached around 185-187 visa-free destinations. Since 2017, Singapore has consistently exceeded the US, reaching ~194 countries by 2025 while the US declined to ~182.

The Henley Passport Index data is interesting. I was curious about the relative rankings of the United States and Singapore and found that you get a bit of a different story if you plot ranking vs. visa free countries. #TidyTuesday #rstats

code available here: jenrichmond.github.io/tidytuesday/...

Big thanks to @beesm.bsky.social for helping me curate the #TidyTuesday data this week.

If you have an idea for a dataset but lack the skills to get it, just ask for #rstats help!

Brenden showed me how to use `httr` to access data via an API and how to wrangle JSON data and it was SUPER fun!

Are you an RStudio user thinking about trying Positron? We put together some resources to help with the transition.

Learn how to import your keybindings and handle projects while gaining a more flexible environment for both #RStats and Python.

Check out the guide: positron.posit.co/migrate-rstu...

welcome Saras!!

Screenshot from https://posit.co/conf-pricing-2025/ showing the posit conf virtual ticket pricing. $99 for standard virtual ticket, $49 for Government and Non-profit employees, and Free for students, academics, and needs-based attendees. There are hand-drawn doodles by Libby that highlight each option and one note says "Plus, Virtual Day!"

People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python

Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall

"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced."

By @maddipow.bsky.social

everything is terrible but at least the #rstats community is still one of the best

My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Do not make your PhD your identity. Yes, you pursue your studies because of your passion. But give yourself the freedom of objectivity and have a backup plan so that you can walk away confidently if it comes to that. It's a big world out there, and there are so many ways you fit into it.

A shout out for @nrennie.bsky.social fab book on data viz! nrennie.rbind.io/art-of-viz/

How do you procrastinate?

#rstats #rladies

New web app to make apaquarto documents (APA style via Quarto)

wjschne.github.io/posts/2025-0...

Direct link:

wjschne.github.io/apa7maker/

#quarto #QuartoPub #rstats

I’ve done this for 2 weeks now and it *absolutely rules*. Best class discussions I’ve ever had. Best engagement with readings. They write in this worksheet for 15 minutes, then talk about their responses in groups of 3-4, then groups share with the whole class, and *then* we talk about the readings