https://nealcaren.r-universe.devRecent package updates in nealcarenR-universehttps://github.com/nealcaren.pnghttps://nealcaren.r-universe.devSat, 27 Jun 2026 16:12:57 GMTneal.caren@unc.edu (Neal Caren)A modern implementation of the Structural Topic Model. faSTM fits the logistic-normal STM (with prevalence and content covariates) via a multithreaded Rust core, with an opt-in stochastic-variational path for large corpora. It is self-contained: text preparation is read from 'quanteda' or 'tidytext' objects, model inspection (labelTopics with FREX/lift/score, findThoughts, semantic coherence, exclusivity, topic correlations) and an estimateEffect() (method-of-composition posterior propagation) are built in. The fitted object is structurally compatible with 'stm' so existing analyses migrate with minimal changes.https://github.com/r-universe/nealcaren/actions/runs/28294759794Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:12:57 GMTfaSTM0.0.0.9000successhttps://nealcaren.r-universe.devhttps://github.com/nealcaren/faSTMbeyond-stm.Rmdbeyond-stm.htmlBeyond stm: faSTM's extensions2026-06-19 14:25:042026-06-19 17:48:33faSTM.RmdfaSTM.htmlfaSTM: the stm vignette, run on faSTM2026-06-18 15:57:322026-06-19 17:42:16validation.Rmdvalidation.htmlValidation: parity with stm, and fit quality2026-06-19 18:00:522026-06-19 18:01:33