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Isabella Velásquez
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💭 pipe dreams #RStats #Python 💜 @Posit.co (formerly RStudio) || ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ||
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📘 It’s official: my first book, Work Automation with R, is published!

I started with a simple belief: you don’t need to be an R expert to build useful automation with R.

I certainly wasn’t one when I started.

📖 www.routledge.com/Work-Automat...

1/5 #RStats #RProgramming
Work Automation with R
Work Automation with R provides a solid framework on how to automate tasks and workflows in the workplace with R. This book introduces the most common components used in R automation, one by one, and ...
www.routledge.com
September 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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If you are a local SLC area #rstats person, join us next Tues, Sept 22 for ice cream🍦and IRL networking and discussion!

www.meetup.com/slc-rug/even...
Networking and social gathering, Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:00 PM | Meetup
Our September meetup will be an in-person gathering for local SLC area folks! We will meet at Blacksmith Ice Cream Co in Millcreek to spend time networking, having some ice
www.meetup.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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We're hard at work putting the final touches on posit::conf, AND we got oodles of open-source updates for you!

From GPU-accelerated ML in #RStats to PyTorch neural network support in Orbital to new cheatsheets, we have something for you.

Read the roundup: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-09...
posit::glimpse() Newsletter – September 2026
Monthly roundup of open source updates from Posit, featuring package releases, new resources, and highlights from upcoming conf talks.
opensource.posit.co
September 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Want to watch the crashiest crash course on custom themes for VS Code/Positron?!

At a Data Science Lab with @libbyheeren.bsky.social, I attempted to go through the steps in 15 min.

I also mixed up nvim and nvm, pobody's nerfect 😬

Watch it here! Make something cool~ youtu.be/yXYGhRCSEL4?...
September 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I'll be at PyData Amsterdam next week, ready to talk open-source #Python tools in between the stroopwafels 😋 🧇

📅 10-11 September 2026
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands

I'd love to know if you'll be there, too!! Let's go and get stroopwafels together!
September 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Come join us!
Únete a nosotras! (Is that right? Sounds weird to me)
Mach mit!
Junte-se a nós!
Unisciti a noi!
Rejoignez-nous!
Can't get to Houston? The posit::conf(2026) virtual pass streams every keynote and session Sept 15 - 16, plus talk tracks on the 14th. New this year: live captioning in FR, DE, IT, PT, ES. From $99, free needs-based tickets available.

conf.posit.co
September 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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What's New in R:
✅ Australian government report on AI & employment made entirely in R
✅ @drxeo.eu on Spain's rising heat
✅ @ivelasq3.bsky.social intro to agent skills

Read the issue: https://rfortherestofus.com/2026/08/whats-new-in-r-august-31-2026

@mattcowgill.bsky.social

#rstats
August 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Tired of "it worked on my computer" breaking your #RStats projects?

Tomorrow on the Data Science Lab, @rpodcast.bsky.social is going live to demo {rix}, an @ropensci.org package that uses Nix to build reproducible R environments.

I caught a sneak peek and it's WOW! Join us! https://
pos.it/dslab
August 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Another reminder that I'll be doing a 2 hour free online workshop about all things slidecrafting on August 12, 9:00 AM PDT!

pos.it/slide-wrkshp
#quarto #slidecrafting
Slidecrafting Workshop with Emil Hvitfeldt
pos.it
August 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I saw someone had made an R package to create ASCII hex stickers... anybody remember what it was called 👉👈
August 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Got a sneak preview of tomorrow's Wordle
August 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Join us tomorrow on the Data Science Lab where the awesome @richmeister.bsky.social will demonstrate live how to build automated validation pipelines and automated data reports with pointblank (mostly #RStats but some #python too!)!

See you there: pos.it/dslab
August 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Do you dabble in Quarto, and really want to make slides that make people go, wow 😯

Learn from the amazing @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social tomorrow, where he will demonstrate the ✨ art of slidecrafting✨ for creating reusable, custom slide themes.

Hope to see you there! pos.it/dslab
July 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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📝 "Exploring other ggplot2 geoms"

Level up your R data viz with these amazing ggplot2 plugins.

👤 Isabella Velásquez (@ivelasq3.bsky.social)

🔗 https://ivelasq.rbind.io/blog/other-geoms/

#rladies#rstats#oldiebutgoodie#reference
July 26, 2026 at 9:06 AM
There are SO many Posit open-source updates, you may wonder how to keep up! 3 totally unbiased* options:

1️⃣ Posit Open Source LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/showcase/pos...
2️⃣ posit::glimpse newsletter: posit.co/about/subscr...
3️⃣ RSS feeds on the Open Source site

*Plugs aside, I hope these help!
July 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In **1 week**! The fabulous @libbyheeren.bsky.social and I are giving a guided tour to Positron for RStudio users 💻

Join us for a live walkthrough of this cool tool.

📅 30th July, 2026
⏰ 11 AM AEST / 8 PM CDT
🔗 www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...

💜 Thanks for having us, @rladiesmelb.bsky.social!
Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users, Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 11:00 AM | Meetup
**Meet Positron: A Guided Tour for RStudio Users** **Date:** 30th July, 2026 **Time:** 11 AM **Where: [Online](https://deakin.zoom.us/j/87455019351?pwd=mvadykmUlN0OsEFj8Ir
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July 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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📢 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀

📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 30th July, 2026
⏰ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 11 AM
📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Online - www.meetup.com/rladies-melb...


Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and Isabella Velásquez to explore the next generation of data science development in a relaxed, beginner-friendly environment!
July 13, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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And so after a very brief hiatus, version 0.7.0 of "learning statistics with R" exists. Full rebuild in quarto, stylistic fixes, "epilogues from 2026" to comment on how the world changed since original publication, and as an added bonus, no longer misgenders the author

learningstatisticswithr.com
Learning Statistics with R
learningstatisticswithr.com
July 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A few weeks ago, I attempted (hopefully successfully!) to introduce Agent Skills in a friendly way at R/Pharma's GenAI Day.

🕸️ ivelasq.rbind.io/talk/skills-...
✍️ pos.it/skills-101
🎥 youtu.be/MphOm5LDhi8?...

Thanks to the Open Source in Pharma for the opportunity and putting on a great conference!
Skills 101 – %>% dreams
This session provides a clear, high-level introduction to agent skills: specialized capabilities that allow AI agents to navigate complex data, execute tasks, and connect workflows.
ivelasq.rbind.io
July 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ever used a ggplot2 extension package (like ggbump, geomtextpath, ggdensity) and wondered how they were made?

@ginareynolds.bsky.social, @libbyheeren.bsky.social, and I will create an extension from scratch, live, tomorrow on the DS Lab! In #RStats and #Python!

Register here: pos.it/dslab
July 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Sooo, I recently learned not all #Python libraries support different DataFrames.

But do not despair! Cameron Riddell will give a friendly intro to Python DFs and why Narwhals exists at the Data Science Lab.

(see how friendly by the adorable images I found on Canva)

6/30 at 12pm ET: pos.it/dslab
June 29, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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left_join is usually the right join:

milesmcbain.micro.blog/2026/06/27/l...

Brought to you by an afternoon bug hunt, and @ivelasq3.bsky.social who reminded me I have a micro.blog this week.

#rstats
Micro.blog
Post short thoughts or long essays, share photos, all on your own blog. Micro.blog makes it easy, and provides a friendly community where you can share and engage with others.
micro.blog
June 27, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Thank you for sharing the Libraries for your Python Polars workflows post on The Real Python podcast, @trudeau.dev and team 💕

As mentioned, they've featured Pointblank and Great Tables on previous episodes, too! Check them out:

PB: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
GT: realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...
June 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Did a little Love Island analysis inspired by Isabel Zimmerman recent post!

I looked at all the times in the UK version we had 2 sets of men/women that had all coupled up with each other at one point or another

emilhvitfeldt.com/post/love-is...
Love Island - exploring double dates
Love Island is back, and with that comes the drama. I will explore some of the connections between the contestants from a very small graph perspective.
emilhvitfeldt.com
June 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Thanks to code-first, open-source tools, LLMs are REALLY good at making Shiny apps.

But, how good are they at making **good** Shiny apps? 🤔

This is the sort of question that Shiny QA Engineer Karan Gathani is thinking about. And he'd like to discuss it with you tomorrow at the Data Science Lab!
June 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM