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🎥 New recording available!

What’s new in {dplyr} 1.2.0?
In this R-Ladies Rome session, Isabella Velásquez shows when to use the new features and how they improve real data workflows.

Watch the talk 👇
https://rladiesrome.org/talks/2026/meetup/03182026_isabellavelasquez.html

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Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@simularia/116171913112849500

Ultimi giorni per iscriversi al corso base di R #rstats.
Scrivetemi per info (e scusate l'autopromozione).

Come sempre repost molto gradito.

Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

David Ho 1d ago

$200 billion could fund the National Science Foundation for 20 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/18/iran-cost-budget-pentagon/

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war

That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

The Washington Post

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Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

@marcoarment Amazing job, thank you.
The feature is not available on the “mac version" of the app.
Am I correct?

Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

Marco Arment 1d ago

Transcripts in Overcast!

This was so much work. I can't believe I've finally gotten it into beta.

https://www.reddit.com/r/overcast/comments/1rxf5br/testflight_build_1151_first_beta_with_transcripts/

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Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

@adamhsparks @ryanzomorrodi @jimbob Got it, I had to explicitly set `bracketed_paste = true` to make it work.
It was not necessary with the standard R console.

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Giuseppe Carlino 1d ago

@adamhsparks @ryanzomorrodi @jimbob If I may ask, is arf fully working with R.nvim?

In my experience, there are some issues, like sending a command spread across multiple lines does not work.

Giuseppe Carlino 2d ago

Ars Technica 2d ago

University group sues Trump administration over shutdown of climate center
Suit: The National Center for Atmospheric Research is to be terminated for no rational reason.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/university-group-sues-trump-administration-over-shutdown-of-climate-center/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Giuseppe Carlino 5d ago

Extinction Rebellion Global 6d ago

Spain’s renewables revolution will keep energy bills low even as gas prices soar https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/spains-renewables-revolution-likely-to-keep-energy-bills-low-even-as-gas-prices-soar

Spain could be the only EU country to beat energy price hikes

Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe.

euronews

Giuseppe Carlino 5d ago

The only nationalism I enjoy is that of the teams singing their anthems at the #rugby Six Nations.

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