Kate

I love "Bun Day" hahaha

Selection of magenta cone flowers (magenta petals, orange cone shaped centers).

Cone flowers.

Saguaro Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)

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. 🧶

A white flower with a yellow center is in focus in front of a field of identical flowers.

Yellow daffodils photographed in evening twilight.

The guide to gradients in R and ggplot2 – James Goldie Visualising data and building things for fun and for change. #climatehealth → #datajournalism

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...

Just a little thread on (some) of my favourite charts I've made. 🧵

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

Sun setting behind distant mountains with a large partially frozen lake in the foreground. There is snow on the lake.

Sunset on a frozen lake.

{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/

The hex sticker for the package, showing an airplane wing with a sunset gradient in the background, and the text "anyflights" sitting on top of the wing.

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/

A bunny inspects a pumpkin at a small farmstand near a farm. In the background, a pumpkin patch with unpicked pumpkins is visible. Another bunny inspects corn, and at a neighboring stall a third bunny is selling several heirloom pumpkins and one squash.

Daily bunny no.2746 inspects the merchandise

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.

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/

‘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.

There's a reason why the GOP is working OT to gut higher education.

www.politico.com/news/magazin....

In all fairness, I didn't do the grading either so...

{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

A map showing the lighthouses of the United Kingdom as illuminated globes

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

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.

@poliscibasics.bsky.social this is you.