shoehorns are called „shoe spoons“ in German, which just gave me a somewhat cursed idea while putting on sneakers

We made a timballo today and I can confidently say that this is the most convoluted way to prepare pasta with tomato sauce I’ve encountered so far.

friend: just skim & tell me if it's ready to submit me:

Just finished the audiobook of @davidedmonds100.bsky.social's biography of Derek Parfit. Very much enjoyed it, both for the personal angle and the accessible summaries of various philosophical debates. I guess now I have to add "Wittgenstein's Poker" to my list, because that one also sounds great.

In times of AI it’s important to diversify one’s skillset; for example the 3yo just proclaimed he wants to be a janitor but also considers elephant or policeman valid alternative vocations.

at a job interview "whats your biggest weakness?" "understanding the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics" "could you give an me an example?" "yes i could"

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

Happy Perfect Date Day, everyone

I did this to win a bet.

Here’s a slide from a talk I gave recently on the mode effect in HAPPY.

Sorry, but I don't think there really are con arguments. Most ppl should understand the basics of causal inference. *After* that we can discuss the merits of methods, their assumptions, the best way to express the assumptions (PO vs DAGs), etc. emphasis on *after*

"True love of knowledge waits"

This is biostatistician bait

Final spurt -- preparing slides for my last talk before I go on leave. It's titled "Do causal inference practices uniquely predict causal inference quality?" and I'm already looking forward to this slide

Even though calls to avoid cliches have gained prominence in recent years...

This is why we (@jamiecummins.bsky.social @bethclarke.bsky.social and I) have developed RegCheck, a tool that automatically checks for potential deviations. regcheck.app

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Researchers writing about their work frequently rely on clichés. Yet, little is known about how such clichés affect

Works in Progress is hosting an event in Berlin! "Housing and transport policy in Europe" on May 19th Looks like a very cool lineup 👀 luma.com/bdc8as5a

Enjoyed the linked post by Alex Imas: "If the model is right, the durable jobs of the future won’t be about monitoring AI systems or prompt engineering. ... . The durable jobs will be in the relational sector, where the human element is the product itself." aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-...

So it wasn’t the case all candidate genes based on biological evidence were bad. But once psychologists started to pretend that this was something you could arbitrate using our 90s-00s shitshow of an evidence generating pipeline + bad faith, or incurious scientists, things were destined to fail.

Just finished listening to this podcast episode on candidate genes. If you haven’t heard about the rise and fall of candidate gene studies, I can recommend this one! It is one wild story about science taking a wrong turn. sciencefictionspod.substack.com/p/episode-99...

Do you ever claim to be interested in the "association" between variables? This talk may be for you! @jeremylabrecque.bsky.social will explain when and why such associational language is not appropriate and why causal language should be used instead. Register here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I have agreed to give a talk on *three* distinct topics in a *60 minute* time slot, wish me luck lolsob

Anybody got relevant experience doing marginal effects in the context of within-between/“hybrid”/Mundlak models?

Good news everyone 🥳 Our (w @vincentab.bsky.social) primer on models as prediction machines (with the marginaleffects package) is finally officially published!> journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

omg have the economists discovered mediation analysis???

My boy is now drinking a mix that is 50% soy milk and 50% cow milk. Where’s your EU regulation now??????

Humans do pick it up if given time & incentives. We have a paper on the attraction effect -- a sort of generalized Monty Hall -- and this is the dynamics -- "up" means stronger effect (ie staying), zero means doing what's best given the stimuli (ie switching). pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...

My husband asked me to help him identify this material — is this floss?

Good news everyone, at least it's a draw!

Just gave a seminar on causal inference in which students had to draw graphs which involved the observation that nausea during pregnancy seems to be a positive sign of a healthy pregnancy. Afterwards a student thanked me for the seminar and wished me lots of nausea going forward 😭😭😭

1/ "Silicon samples" are becoming more and more common in research and polling. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. The updated version of this preprint is now online! THREAD🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2509.13397

Some funding agencies are getting really rigorous about AI, like I just had to declare that "I do not use AI-based tools during the evaluation" to decline an invitation to review a proposal 😂

We all know what comes next

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Please do note that blowing up outliers with a bazooka is considered a questionable research practice!

pal just mentioned having to buy tails for his wedding and I asked if the bride would be dressed as Knuckles, suspect I'll be riding that high for 12-24 hours

I’m hiring a PhD student! The candidate will work alongside @zefreeman.bsky.social, who is joining our research group as postdoc. jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

As promised I read this fantastic paper by @dingdingpeng.the100.ci next. An inspiring use of clear language to describe a complex problem. Also a great reminder in general to be clear about the assumptions plating a role in your research. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I just learned that my husbands lets the 3yo decide what to buy, and the 3yo has an interesting taste.

Learning a lot from this great article about Japanese railways. For example, TIL Japan has privatized parking: “Before someone buys a car, they must prove that they have a reserved night-time space on private land, either owned or leased.” worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...

“Michel we need you in shirt and tie for this”, “no problem I got you…”

Just finished this article on egg freezing which got a lot more specific than expected 😂 the topic is now becoming somewhat more salient among my age peers — not sure younger women are thinking much about it, but maybe they should. worksinprogress.co/issue/were-f...

While I cherish the tradition of just putting free stuff outside for others to take, this one evokes mixed feelings.

In related news, I learned that this bad boi was invented in Bern, Switzerland, and is called Hang, which is…Bernese (???) for hand. It’s based on the Trinidad & Tobago steel pan, so my Caribbean association wasn’t exactly wrong.

Learning to play Auld Lang Syne on the steel tongue drum as part of my academia exit strategy.

Oh nein, ich glaube ich werde kritisches Feedback zur Evaluation der Evaluation geben müssen.