Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

It arrived! Coming out free to the internet on February 27.

I'm launching an email series called What's New in R. #rstats

Why am I doing this?

Previously, Twitter served as my primary resource for R updates. However, after Elon Musk's takeover, leading R users have migrated away, spreading across platforms like Mastodon, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more, making it challenging to track R news.

The inaugural issue releases tomorrow, you can sign up here: https://rfortherestofus.com/whatsnew

Just out of frame is something really scary ok

#doodlezone #illustration #mastoArt #LineaSketch

Frozen lake fun #LarryVsHarry #cargobike #bakfiets #biketooter

New inventory and reduced prices on refurbished laptops pre-installed with Linux at senderolinux.com!

Free shipping within the USA 😀

i’m so old, i remember when google returned search results

Microsoft just announced that they were breached by the SVR, the same Russian intelligence agency that broke into Solarwinds.

This is a big deal, and Microsoft owes all of us a much more detailed description of what happened.

https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/microsoft-actions-following-attack-by-nation-state-actor-midnight-blizzard/

Not too bad but I will try to score even more rail miles next year. @wmata @TheWarOnCars

🚨 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. 🧵 https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/

Now that the polar cold wave is descending upon the U.S., it is time to pull up this xkcd webcomic by Randall Munroe from Jan 2014 and show it to the climate change deniers who will soon be pointing to snowballs and braying "what global warming?"

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1321:_Cold
#xkcd

Alamo Drafthouse will screen 150 films from 6 “landmark years of cinema” — 1974, '79, '84, '89, '94, '99.

The "largest and most comprehensive retrospective in the company’s history”

https://www.boxofficepro.com/alamo-drafthouse-is-going-back-in-time-this-year-with-alamo-time-capsules/ #FilmMastodon

@J12t@social.coop
@Damon@mozilla.social I think one way of answering that question is: we're trying to build a smarter, better, more inclusive Web where distinct pieces can interoperate together while respecting user consent when it comes to access and privacy.

We want to avoid annoying pitfalls, like MySpace and Facebook never being able to exchange messages, or Twitter blocking Instagram embeds in tweets. We want to make it easier for users to customize their experiences, maybe even manipulate how their tools look and feel directly in the browser. We want to give meaning and purpose to data ownership and portability, and tear down walled gardens in favor of empowering people to say and do whatever they want, in their own spaces.

Some of this is federation, in the sense that users can follow and interact with their favorite sites through their favorite apps. But the deeper, meatier stuff involves inducing change to the fabric of the web itself, as well as the scaffolds.

Herb Kohl, the former US senator, Milwaukee Bucks owner and retail shopping magnate, has died at the age of 88. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/27/herb-kohl-former-u-s-senator-and-milwaukee-bucks-owner-dies-at-88/72043020007/

I was replaying GTA V and I was like, why am I doing stressful things on a video game like driving and answering phone calls telling me to do crimes

New in PN: How Neil Gorsuch made the case for banning Trump from the ballot https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-colorado-ballot-case-14-amendment-gorsuch

Over the course of 2023, I became totally radicalized by the fediverse's potential to improve just about everything about our online lives. I wrote about why — and what it'll take to get there: https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub

Make no mistake, this is huge for Mastodon. Currently people have to choose between X, Mastodon, and Threads, and network effects play a dominant role in that choice. If we can say, you can access all the folks that went to Threads from a Mastodon account, that makes it a far more attractive option given all of its other perks 😉

"The US, like most of the world, is straining under the weight of cars and their baggage."

https://www.theverge.com/23992114/bike-lane-us-infrastructure-milwaukee-dallas-woodlands

My debut EP is FINALLY ready for your ears! It's an emotional, melodic journey through love, loss, and personal demons, but wrapped in a catchy, cathartic rock & roll package.

I think you're gonna love it!

It's available at #Bandcamp 10 days ahead of streaming platforms, and each $4 purchase also bundles in the original demos of each song. Turn it up, sing along, and rock out!

https://hurricaneblonde.bandcamp.com/album/hurricane-blonde

#Music #NewRelease #NowPlaying #HurricaneBlondeMusic