Michael Škvrňák
@skvrnami.bsky.social
east european data plumber // Czech Academy of Sciences & PAQ Research
ngl, my Gallic (Asterix & Obelix) name would be Appendix
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ngl, my Gallic (Asterix & Obelix) name would be Appendix
After visiting National Gallery in London, I realised that my thoughts about the post-election situation in the Czech Republic can be summarised like this:
October 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
After visiting National Gallery in London, I realised that my thoughts about the post-election situation in the Czech Republic can be summarised like this:
fwiw in 2021, in every stage of Pirates' party primaries the share of women increased (a bit) and the Pirates achieved parity with 2 men and 2 women among their MPs (by accident by being outvoted by STAN on their joint list). Maybe it's time to reconsider quotas/zipper 🙃
(chart from my dissertation)
(chart from my dissertation)
October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
fwiw in 2021, in every stage of Pirates' party primaries the share of women increased (a bit) and the Pirates achieved parity with 2 men and 2 women among their MPs (by accident by being outvoted by STAN on their joint list). Maybe it's time to reconsider quotas/zipper 🙃
(chart from my dissertation)
(chart from my dissertation)
Motoristé sobě, welcome to the war on cars
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Motoristé sobě, welcome to the war on cars
Stanové město je okolo 500 metrů od festivalu, cca v severní třetině letiště. Se špunty do uší jsem se vyspal (ale to může být dost individuální).
July 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Stanové město je okolo 500 metrů od festivalu, cca v severní třetině letiště. Se špunty do uší jsem se vyspal (ale to může být dost individuální).
Also the spike around 0.04-0.05 is driven by 3 municipalities, excluding them makes the effect not statistically significant.
July 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Also the spike around 0.04-0.05 is driven by 3 municipalities, excluding them makes the effect not statistically significant.
I looked at the replication materials and as far as I can tell they use number of homicides in absolute numbers (the number of homicides are all integers). That seems like a strange choice to me as population of municipalities vary. Quick and dirty standardization per voter attenuates the effect.
July 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I looked at the replication materials and as far as I can tell they use number of homicides in absolute numbers (the number of homicides are all integers). That seems like a strange choice to me as population of municipalities vary. Quick and dirty standardization per voter attenuates the effect.
Dear Springer Nature,
UTF-8 is a better way of character encoding than ASCII because letters such as š, ň and á exist in the real world.
Also, 6 months ago is not recent.
UTF-8 is a better way of character encoding than ASCII because letters such as š, ň and á exist in the real world.
Also, 6 months ago is not recent.
July 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Dear Springer Nature,
UTF-8 is a better way of character encoding than ASCII because letters such as š, ň and á exist in the real world.
Also, 6 months ago is not recent.
UTF-8 is a better way of character encoding than ASCII because letters such as š, ň and á exist in the real world.
Also, 6 months ago is not recent.
Czech ex-prime minister made an explicit comment about research I worked on.
June 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Czech ex-prime minister made an explicit comment about research I worked on.
Did the party support for new parties decreased/increased in post-communist countries over the last 30 years?
It depends. Partially new parties lost electoral support, genuinely new parties gained support with varying effects of economic crisis across countries.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5UHPJ...
It depends. Partially new parties lost electoral support, genuinely new parties gained support with varying effects of economic crisis across countries.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5UHPJ...
June 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Did the party support for new parties decreased/increased in post-communist countries over the last 30 years?
It depends. Partially new parties lost electoral support, genuinely new parties gained support with varying effects of economic crisis across countries.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5UHPJ...
It depends. Partially new parties lost electoral support, genuinely new parties gained support with varying effects of economic crisis across countries.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5UHPJ...
Já když vidím reklamy politických stran zmiňující jakýkoliv ekonomický indikátor:
May 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Já když vidím reklamy politických stran zmiňující jakýkoliv ekonomický indikátor:
fuck cars, ride bikes
May 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
fuck cars, ride bikes
Obvykle se mě o rekreačním potenciálu zemědělské půdy snaží přesvědčit můj otec, když potřebuje, abych zryl záhon. Teď to dělají pražští radní, když prohlašují pole mezi Chodovcem a Hostivaří za nezastavitelné.
Jako vždy pochybuju o tom.
Jako vždy pochybuju o tom.
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Obvykle se mě o rekreačním potenciálu zemědělské půdy snaží přesvědčit můj otec, když potřebuje, abych zryl záhon. Teď to dělají pražští radní, když prohlašují pole mezi Chodovcem a Hostivaří za nezastavitelné.
Jako vždy pochybuju o tom.
Jako vždy pochybuju o tom.
At-risk-of-poverty rate is not the only dubious statistics from Hungary based on the EU-SILC data. Overcrowding rate dropped from 41 to 24% in 2018.
Data here: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
Data here: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
May 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
At-risk-of-poverty rate is not the only dubious statistics from Hungary based on the EU-SILC data. Overcrowding rate dropped from 41 to 24% in 2018.
Data here: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
Data here: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
Peak Polish literature
May 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Peak Polish literature
Tvrzení jako "Bernie Sanders a AOC [...] svým far-left přístupem demokratům ztratili opravdu hodně hlasů" vyžadují empirickou evidenci.
Tenhle paper ukazuje, že taková evidence neexistuje. Radikálnější kandidáti v US neztrácejí hlasy oproti centristům.
danmthompson.com/papers/hall_...
Tenhle paper ukazuje, že taková evidence neexistuje. Radikálnější kandidáti v US neztrácejí hlasy oproti centristům.
danmthompson.com/papers/hall_...
March 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Tvrzení jako "Bernie Sanders a AOC [...] svým far-left přístupem demokratům ztratili opravdu hodně hlasů" vyžadují empirickou evidenci.
Tenhle paper ukazuje, že taková evidence neexistuje. Radikálnější kandidáti v US neztrácejí hlasy oproti centristům.
danmthompson.com/papers/hall_...
Tenhle paper ukazuje, že taková evidence neexistuje. Radikálnější kandidáti v US neztrácejí hlasy oproti centristům.
danmthompson.com/papers/hall_...
maybe it's just me, but inventing a fancy name and an acronym for a basic arithmetic operation seems ridiculous
(sometimes I wonder if rewriting a paper into plain English would improve or decrease the probability of it being published and I am really not sure)
(sometimes I wonder if rewriting a paper into plain English would improve or decrease the probability of it being published and I am really not sure)
March 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
maybe it's just me, but inventing a fancy name and an acronym for a basic arithmetic operation seems ridiculous
(sometimes I wonder if rewriting a paper into plain English would improve or decrease the probability of it being published and I am really not sure)
(sometimes I wonder if rewriting a paper into plain English would improve or decrease the probability of it being published and I am really not sure)
roses are red
violets are blue
relationships are messy
EU-SILC data are messy too
violets are blue
relationships are messy
EU-SILC data are messy too
February 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
relationships are messy
EU-SILC data are messy too
violets are blue
relationships are messy
EU-SILC data are messy too
Peter Thiel meeting a former Slovak minister of interior Vladimír Palko to discuss Palko's book on Antichrist was not on my bingo card for 2025.
February 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Peter Thiel meeting a former Slovak minister of interior Vladimír Palko to discuss Palko's book on Antichrist was not on my bingo card for 2025.
S identifikací všech mých pocitů během této emoční horské dráhy samozřejmě pomohla tato pomůcka z kanceláře @paqresearch.cz
January 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
S identifikací všech mých pocitů během této emoční horské dráhy samozřejmě pomohla tato pomůcka z kanceláře @paqresearch.cz
The legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire lives on.
January 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire lives on.
Sapkowski is more relevant now. Also because of mocking of the people trying to limit the access to abortions in his last book Rozdroże kruków.
December 31, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Sapkowski is more relevant now. Also because of mocking of the people trying to limit the access to abortions in his last book Rozdroże kruków.
I didn’t expect to see a plaque saying “This house and grounds are protected by a dog, a gun and god. Uninvited visitors with evil intentions and admirers of Andrej Babiš will meet all of them in turn” in my hometown, but here we are. Affective polarisation has arrived to semi-periphery then.
December 29, 2024 at 5:06 PM
I didn’t expect to see a plaque saying “This house and grounds are protected by a dog, a gun and god. Uninvited visitors with evil intentions and admirers of Andrej Babiš will meet all of them in turn” in my hometown, but here we are. Affective polarisation has arrived to semi-periphery then.