#Week

Having been busy this week organising various in-person conference sessions, coordinating with well-known venues around Cape Town, I am absolutely astonished at how venues are yet to join us in
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My friend & colleague @sldecrausaz made an excellent 5-min vid about life on the sessional/adjunct circuit. I wish everyone in a faculty role had experienced at least 1 year of
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Moderna says preliminary trial data shows its coronavirus vaccine is more than 94% effective, shares soar.https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/11/16/moderna-says-its-coronavirus-vaccine-is-more-than-94percent-effective.html?__twitter_impression=tr
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School is an astonishing failure of modern society.We're taught about dinosaurs before learning how to function as people.Thread: Life lessons I wish school taught all of us. Schools don't teach
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#COVID19ireland hospitalisation increased by 16% in 24 hours with 92 more than yesterday. 75 were new admissions, highest figure in pandemic, highest in April was 57. 23 discharges suggests 40
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CW: child murder, ableismNot giving Pearson a boost by QTing, but christ. Murdering children isn't OK just because they're disabled.In almost every case like this, sympathy is for the murderer.
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So I just got word that one of my favorite authors read my Book 2 and loved it. This was a big win for me because I STRUGGLED with Book
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Ok - I'd like to start a discussion with an incendiary:While #socialmedia can serve as a useful dissemination tool, for the most part it's use in #science & #scicomm is
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Being prepared for disasters (natural or otherwise) is a luxury. It means that someone had both the time and the money to prepare. Especially when you are preparing for a
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Not making this about religion but just sharing my experience. My entire school life, all 14 years, has been in a Christian school. And before you ask why I chose
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BREAKING: Rhode Island Senator Harold Metts, a *30-year* Dem lawmaker who is a fervent opponent of abortion rights, has **lost** Tuesday's primary against a 26-year old progressive who's a reproductive
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The @MoCoCouncilMD will vote on @MontCoExec's restaurant shutdown order today. If they care about facts and science, they'll vote no. A few points: Hospital utilization is low according to the
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$ARPO Thread: Raz P2b glaucoma readout Dec 15 to Jan 15, assigning 90% POS, potential 3 to 5x, with (likely) partnership 1H21. Glaucoma dead for Big Pharma unless there’s a
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5 a side Football YOU know who you are - If you have played 5 a side, you will have encountered at least one of the following characters. Maybe you
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Just in the last week, politicians have had their staff verbally abused, their tires slashed, and bricks thrown through their office windows.The one common trait between these disgusting acts? They
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We're one week into the Water Street closure, and lots about it in the news today as I sip my coffee. I think it's worth reflecting on what's working and
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