New post on the R-hub blog! "Refactoring with Jarl: a coffee chat" ✨

By @hfrick + myself, reviewed by @etiennebacher

https://blog.r-hub.io/2026/06/02/jarl/

#RStats

We listened. We reflected. We evolved.

Meet RLadies+. A more inclusive identity for our global community.
Because belonging matters.

🔗 Read more about the rebrand: https://rladies.org/news/2026/rebrand-launch/

New blog post: two years of tracking my Long Covid with the Visible app, now with calendar heatmaps, ridgeline plots, change-point detection, and a menstrual cycle analysis that surprised me.

The short version: I'm getting better, and the data agrees.

Also built a browser app so other Visible users can explore their own data — runs entirely on your device. 💚

#LongCovid #MECFS #RStats #DataViz

https://l.drmowinckels.io/O37ek6

We've had a flurry of new tidymodels #rstats releases. Here's a summary of what's been going on with a focus on ordered outcomes and quantile regression.

https://opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-04-27_tidymodels-april-2026/

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on 1 April of Tomáš Kalibera, a valuable member of the R Core Team for close to 10 years, after a short but aggressive illness.

Tomáš brought in fresh perspective and knowledge, enabling him to improve many aspects of R, including performance and reliability. He created many tools to support package authors, and modernized the Windows build of R.

He is survived by his wife and 1 year old son. A full obituary will be posted in due time.

I 💚 this especially the first one: "The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code" by Ally Piechowski

https://piechowski.io/post/git-commands-before-reading-code/

🚀 The R Consortium Technical Grant Cycle is now open!

Have an idea to improve R’s technical infrastructure? Apply for funding!

We support projects with broad impact across the global R community—tools, infrastructure, and community initiatives.

📅 Apply by May 1
📅 Decisions by June 1

Get details + apply:
https://r-consortium.org/all-projects/callforproposals.html

#rstats #opensource #datascience #rconsortium #rcommunity

[blog] A Better R Programming Experience Thanks to Tree-sitter

Did you know that thnaks to Tree-sitter's support for R help you get

✨ reformatting through Air and linting through Jarl;

✨ auto-completion or help on hover in the Positron IDE;

✨ better search for R on GitHub;
✨ and more!

By @maelle, edited by @etiennebacher, @davis, @steffilazerte

https://ropensci.org/blog/2026/04/02/tree-sitter-overview/

#RStats

Our list of 2026 #rstats and #python summer internships has been posted.

We can't wait to work with you and make great things!

https://tidyverse.org/blog/2026/03/2026-internships/

We’re excited to host a panel on:
Working Smarter in R: Tips, Tricks & Real-World Lessons

📅 April 22, 2026
⏰ 6 PM - 7 PM BST / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Join an amazing group of speakers as they share:
- Productivity tips & workflows
- Data cleaning strategies
- Data visualisation & communication
- Debugging approaches
- Advanced R practices
•- Lessons learned along the way

Featuring:
@nrenniefosstodon.org, @paocorralesfosstodon.org, @meghansharrisfosstodon.org, Soraya Campbell, @ivelasq3fosstodon.org & Crystal Lewis 💜

🔗 https://www.meetup.com/rladies-remote/events/313908392/

#RStats #RLadies