It's all the fault of the Nobel Peace prize committee for the choices they made. But I also think that other deeply considered peace prize (you know, ⚽) got it wrong...

This is a case of the pot calling the kettle black...

Today arXiv remembers our colleague Joe Halpern, who was instrumental in founding arXiv's CS section. Joe's passions ranged far & wide and we're lucky that arXiv was one of them. Joe, thank you for giving so much to arXiv - you are missed. blog.arxiv.org/2026/02/27/remembering-joe-halpern

So that's why T47 had to create the pseudo Security council "peace board". His wife told him to go play outside with his friends...

I start off in 🇫🇷🇨🇦 for the "summer" school at @ciqss-qicss.bsky.social (May is NOT summer in Montréal), soyez les bienvenus! aeadataeditor.github.io/talks/2026-0... conjointement avec Marie Connolly (Data Editor for #CJE)

That's the response to getting his hand slapped for taxing Americans without any legal right? (Tariffs) Aliens?

Tariffs? What?

The Epstein collection 👇 www.gocomics.com/theargyleswe...

I do note that Charles I was arrested in Newark, tried, and was ultimately beheaded. Stuff that can happen to kings and those that style themselves as such... Oh, and as @pkrugman.bsky.social tends to say: Musical coda... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMi0...

Next thing we know, they'll say that computing any inflation rate higher than 2% is treason...

Hm. In @nytimes.com version, "Gov't does not have the power to erase... truths". They sure try! And sometimes it can even work. Independent media are crucially important. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

My personal Olympics... Or: the razor-blade paradigm for cross-country skis. The skis are cheaper than the shoes, but both are tied together. After my 30-year old boots disintegrated, I just needed new shoes... but nobody makes the binding anymore, so... also need new skis...

This cannot end well. See www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya... for future fiction.

The logical consequence is that the IRS, or it's supervisor (Bessent) go to prison for 5 years. That's what the law says.

So Canada 🇨🇦 has half of the three medals?

Eleanor Wilkin and I are jointly searching for a #predoc (start: July 2026). This is the successor to my current fantastic pre-doc assisting the @aeadata.bsky.social but also working on Eleanor's work between econ and law! More information at www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/post/ld...

I knew it! I'll try to keep that up until the kefeveve...

Even Calvin+Hobbes is political these days... www.gocomics.com/calvinandhob...

Just as I was saying...

He's going to demolish it. Then rebuild it with a golden neoclassical façade...

@rsf.org says "In 2025, nearly 750 journalists from 76 countries received RSF aid as conflict and authoritarianism fuelled growing emergency needs." Journalists were just arrested in the United States by the federal government. This can't help the US move up the RSF scoreboard right now...

My stem cells are stuck, who would have known...

I now have at least 7(?) MFA apps on my phone, and every entity is asking me to install THEIRs. I am sure this decreases security b/c confusion/inability to verify all of them/etc. Lots of trust in the supply chain of these apps... Okta Duo BeyondIdentity RSA Microsoft Google Authy bank-specific...

The Boss has spoken youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

When the comparison group are German Nazis in WWII and the temperature is in single digits Fahrenheit...

I got one of these old-style Captchas... Plunked it into whatever AI Chat window I had open, and asked the AI to read of the numbers. Answer was: "here are the numbers. What is your problem?"...

Somehow, almost every comic strip is political these days... www.gocomics.com/darksideofth...

With all the 💩 going on in the world, I see more young people (no, not that 👶young) listening and watching stuff they didn't use to - such as Carney's Davos speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e.... The effect? They will vote! www.vote.org

As researchers, we jump through a lot of hoops to access useful but confidential data (secure rooms, disclosure avoidance protocols, 🔒etc.). These DOGE guys just bulldozed through it. I'm not jealous. I'm pissed, that they are not yet in prison www.politico.com/news/2026/01... LOCK'M UP! LOCK'M UP!

Jan 20. As they say: We remember.

www.gocomics.com/freerange/20... seems like an apt description of the world right now.

Sometimes, it is non-trivial to get access to uncensored data! Thanks and kudos @datarescueproject.org !

Not sure what your employer will think of @washingtonpost.com 's recommendation... Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...

So let me get this straight: We're going back to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. Back then (a) women did not have the right to vote (b) most Blacks were slaves (c) Native Americans were still being massacred (d) CO2 levels were about half of today's. So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!

Innovation and improvement in the many statistics that most economists take for granted comes from careful and thoughtful by a few who go the extra mile (literally!). A reminder how @jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social and Mark Roberts were just a few of those contributing: www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...

France should carefully check the absurd White House ballroom when (if) it opens....

NSF got back to me...

The FBI can't explain why Antifa is an organization at all, says Intercept. This one's easy: go to the organization's website, check their HQ, and then look at the flags to see who the members are...

Chalk is sold in the US, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

What? Yet another working group? I am so honored by this request, I will immediately click on the button...

NYT reports "Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to return its default font to Times New Roman. It rejected the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri, done for accessibility reasons, as a D.E.I play." Logical next step: Image below created with Google Font "Redacted Script"

La vue, et la vie, du chat!

Brazil 🇧🇷 has an official gov't website to validate electronic signatures (like on PDFs). Electronic trust, for free. validar.iti.gov.br If you tried this in the US 🇺🇸, you would immediately have lobbyists from M$, Ad0be claiming that this infringes on something (but most likely their profits). 🤷

It's worth mentioning that global warming is NOT a myth, but ostriches burying their head in the sand IS. And yet, there's a connection, when humans emulate the latter to avoid seeing the former.

I am fairly certain that having rolls of $100 bills in a box is NOT one of the "5 best easy ways to earn a passive income"... but then, maybe I'm wrong, and that's why I don't have a box full of $100 bill rolls...

Congrats to @simine.com for winning the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual award "Promoting Quality in Research" this year! Well earned!

It is worth noting that yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Nürnberg trials, in which the United States and its allies tried and ultimately convicted war criminals. Those were the times. I hear the building is still available. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...

I hope this means we'll continue to be able to buy foot long sandwiches without a background check. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Usually, "back to the office" mandates should have CEO's lead by example. And if you don't show up, you are fired. Not rewarded with even higher incentives. Can I get that "back to the office" BONUS as well??? Please?