Issue 2026-W45 Highlights

What happens when that online data set isn't so easy to download anymore? We learn of two packages to ease the pain of obtaining these files and then some. Plus a visit to the visualization corner with a handy way to send interactive charts without requiring a server-side process, plus the key questions and principles to create amazing plots. Episode Links This week's curator: Jonathan Kitt - @jonathankitt.bsky.social (Bluesky) Introducing safeconduct and r2parquet How to make interactive charts you can email On message and on brand: conversation-starting dataviz with R and ggplot2 Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W45 Supplement Resources Brad Lindblad family fundraiser https://give.lendahandup.org/fundraisers/brad-h-lindblad Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedback R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index. A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter) Mike Thomas: @[email protected] (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemix The Art of Zoning Out - Pokemon Scarlet - timaeus222 - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04570 The Unnamed Frontier - Metroid II: Return of Samus - Pyro Paper Planes, Viking Guitar - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02892