Paulius Alaburda
@alaburda.bsky.social
Love all things R, data, medicine and energy! Head of Data Analytics @ Ignitis Lithuania 🇱🇹
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👀 New blog post! 👀
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
How to create a more accessible line chart – Nicola Rennie
The default settings for chart software are not guaranteed to be accessible, and often need to be adapted for your own chart. In this blog post, we’ll transform a line chart to make it more accessible...
nrennie.rbind.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
👀 New blog post! 👀
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
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Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
Reposted by Paulius Alaburda
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
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Excited to share that orbital 0.4.0 is now on CRAN with post processing support for tailor and a new show_query() method
#rstats #tidymodels
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01...
#rstats #tidymodels
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01...
orbital 0.4.0
orbital 0.4.0 is on CRAN! orbital now has post processing support.
tidyverse.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Excited to share that orbital 0.4.0 is now on CRAN with post processing support for tailor and a new show_query() method
#rstats #tidymodels
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01...
#rstats #tidymodels
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/01...
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I sent 200 pull requests using Claude Code and wrote about the experience. It's pretty wild!
For dplyr releases, we send a PR any time we break an #rstats package. This release advances a lot of deprecated functions, triggering issues in many old packages!
blog.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-0...
For dplyr releases, we send a PR any time we break an #rstats package. This release advances a lot of deprecated functions, triggering issues in many old packages!
blog.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-0...
Semi-automating 200 Pull Requests with Claude Code – Davis Vaughan
blog.davisvaughan.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I sent 200 pull requests using Claude Code and wrote about the experience. It's pretty wild!
For dplyr releases, we send a PR any time we break an #rstats package. This release advances a lot of deprecated functions, triggering issues in many old packages!
blog.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-0...
For dplyr releases, we send a PR any time we break an #rstats package. This release advances a lot of deprecated functions, triggering issues in many old packages!
blog.davisvaughan.com/posts/2026-0...
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After 9 years, I thought it was time for another major release of the forecast package for #rstats! New modelling functions, missing values now handled in ETS models, and a more consistent interface. robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/fo...
forecast package v9 – Rob J Hyndman
robjhyndman.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 AM
After 9 years, I thought it was time for another major release of the forecast package for #rstats! New modelling functions, missing values now handled in ETS models, and a more consistent interface. robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/fo...
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If you don't want Claude to load all this great #RStats content for each session, try asking Claude Code to deconstruct this content into distinct skills. On first pass it did not add required YAML headers, so needed second pass with those instructions. Here are the skills I ended up with.
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
If you don't want Claude to load all this great #RStats content for each session, try asking Claude Code to deconstruct this content into distinct skills. On first pass it did not add required YAML headers, so needed second pass with those instructions. Here are the skills I ended up with.
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#dataviz educators, what are some things you could use from the R/Python ecosystem of packages but in the browser for no-code teaching? Last year I made Pivotteer to provide a GUI for dplyr's pivot functions (unparalleled API), what else would be nice to have?
pivotteer.netlify.app
pivotteer.netlify.app
Pivotteer
Transform data between wide and long formats
pivotteer.netlify.app
January 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
#dataviz educators, what are some things you could use from the R/Python ecosystem of packages but in the browser for no-code teaching? Last year I made Pivotteer to provide a GUI for dplyr's pivot functions (unparalleled API), what else would be nice to have?
pivotteer.netlify.app
pivotteer.netlify.app
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I also use cards, but start with random mating (to show how starting from an unshuffled deck ->HWE), then start with non-random mating, then drift/migration, and finally selection (last, because otherwise everyone forgets the other forces)
thelonglab.blogspot.com/2018/01/teac...
thelonglab.blogspot.com/2018/01/teac...
Teaching Hardy-Weinberg & Population Genetics using playing cards
In-Class Population Genetics Exercise (note that this exercise will take more than one class to complete: at the end of 1 st class...
thelonglab.blogspot.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I also use cards, but start with random mating (to show how starting from an unshuffled deck ->HWE), then start with non-random mating, then drift/migration, and finally selection (last, because otherwise everyone forgets the other forces)
thelonglab.blogspot.com/2018/01/teac...
thelonglab.blogspot.com/2018/01/teac...
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I released {secretbase} 1.1.0 today. github.com/shikokuchuo/...
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
GitHub - shikokuchuo/secretbase: secretbase - Cryptographic Hash, Extendable-Output and Binary Encoding Functions
secretbase - Cryptographic Hash, Extendable-Output and Binary Encoding Functions - shikokuchuo/secretbase
github.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I released {secretbase} 1.1.0 today. github.com/shikokuchuo/...
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
Adds optimized base58check and CBOR encoding.
This is a zero-dep #rstats package that wraps C code for hashing and binary/text encoding often needed in web development contexts. It also handles the file/object hashing for {targets}.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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The resolution of microscopes has increased over 10,000 fold over the last 200 years.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The resolution of microscopes has increased over 10,000 fold over the last 200 years.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
It's allowed scientists to examine not only cells, but bacteria, then viruses, their protein structure, and, eventually, the individual atoms that comprise them.
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I ignored the strip.clip argument in #ggplot2 for way too long 😲
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I ignored the strip.clip argument in #ggplot2 for way too long 😲
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
Combined with a small negative margin tweak, you can place facet labels inside each panel. A tiny trick that makes small multiples feel so much cleaner.
🔵 no manual coordinates
🔵 inherits theme styling
🔵 scales nicely when resizing
Reposted by Paulius Alaburda
I saw this chart in the wild a few days ago and it's been on my mind because the longer I look at it, the more confused I become by it. 📊
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I saw this chart in the wild a few days ago and it's been on my mind because the longer I look at it, the more confused I become by it. 📊
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
I'm fairly sure it's AI generated for a few reasons...
A #DataViz thread 🧵
So our friends have a group chat for Wordle and today we all X/6'd 🤣
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
So our friends have a group chat for Wordle and today we all X/6'd 🤣
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Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto
Spatial and temporal statistics
darrenjw.github.io
January 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Some lecture notes on spatial and temporal modelling, illustrated using R - darrenjw.github.io/spatio-tempo... - #rstats #rspatial #quarto
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On the blog: You Will Never Know Enough
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
You Will Never Know Enough
Make peace (and progress) with incomplete knowledge
kevlinhenney.medium.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
On the blog: You Will Never Know Enough
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
"Legacy codebases are mired in the regret of unapplied knowledge. Deferment to the future is a form of commitment rather than one of abandonment, as is so commonly practised."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/you-will-nev...
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Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025
Many data things were made this year. These are my favorites.
flowingdata.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...
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looking for a good overview/tutorial (text or video) on MCPs and code agents for #rstats / Positron (and maybe Claude Code) so I can see how that world is shaping up—any good ones out there?
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
looking for a good overview/tutorial (text or video) on MCPs and code agents for #rstats / Positron (and maybe Claude Code) so I can see how that world is shaping up—any good ones out there?
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#RStats - I realized I had more to say about working with #DuckDB and R so I put it into a new repo. Enjoy!
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#RStats - I realized I had more to say about working with #DuckDB and R so I put it into a new repo. Enjoy!
github.com/eriksquires/...
github.com/eriksquires/...
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I have put together an index page compiling my various #rstats blog posts using #Pacific island countries and territories; data: freerangestats.info/blog/pacific.... Topics such as choropleth maps of the Pacific, demographic techniques and trends, and multidimensional vulnerability.
Posts about the Pacific
I write about applications of data and analytical techniques like statistical modelling and simulation to real-world situations. I show how to access and use data, and provide examples of analytical p...
freerangestats.info
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I have put together an index page compiling my various #rstats blog posts using #Pacific island countries and territories; data: freerangestats.info/blog/pacific.... Topics such as choropleth maps of the Pacific, demographic techniques and trends, and multidimensional vulnerability.
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Turn Claude into an expert on writing {testthat} #Rstats 📦 version 3 R tests with the Claude Testing R Packages skill by @posit.co
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
skills/r-lib/testing-r-packages at main · posit-dev/skills
A collection of Claude Skills from Posit. Contribute to posit-dev/skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Turn Claude into an expert on writing {testthat} #Rstats 📦 version 3 R tests with the Claude Testing R Packages skill by @posit.co
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
That repo has other skills including how to use brand.yml with Quarto and Shiny
github.com/posit-dev/sk...
#GenAI
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Christmas edition of Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities: 12 unique dataviz and maps from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
Christmas edition: unique pieces from the box
Things that didn't fit into the year, but you may never have seen them.
attilabatorfy.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Christmas edition of Cabinet of Infographic Curiosities: 12 unique dataviz and maps from Australia, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
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~~ making sense of academic statistics ~~
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
~~ making sense of academic statistics ~~
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...
i wrote about the confusing relationship between statistics and data analysis, and also about how statistics relates to science
#statistics #rstats #datascience
www.alexpghayes.com/post/making-...