As we said in 2017: if academic freedom is under attack in Hungary and we don’t fight back, it will be under attack sooner than later in other countries, too. #CEU #Harvard

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

At a time when science is being pummeled it seems critical to heed Chuck Manski's urging if we hope to rebuild trust in and support for scientific work—

"if scientists want people to trust what we say we know, we should be up front about what we don’t know."

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Connections
Puzzle #626
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Connections
Puzzle #619
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🟪🟪🟪🟪 Connections is my new favorite little NYT game for the tram ride to work. Harder than Wordle but a lot of fun!

Orwell's rules for good writing:

i. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

ii. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

iii. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

Latte art in a traditional Italian café—their way of saying ‘game on’ and reclaiming the barista title from third-wave coffee shops.

Early bird catches the summer methods worm! 🌞 Registration will open in Feb. for my causal inference course, part of an exciting Summer School lineup, @weareceu.bsky.social this July. Interested? More info: methodsnet.org/summer-school/summer-school-2025/

Sky blue enough? Gargano, around the turn of the year in southern Italy.

We're hiring! 📢 @DPPCEU @ceu seeks an Assistant Professor specializing in NLP & machine learning for policy research. Join our international team in beautiful Vienna. Apply now: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...

Would like to get a good word out in the good place. “Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.” - George Orwell.