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As a quantitative researcher in education, I have a lot of thoughts about “objectivity” and “conflicts of interest”. To be clear, I LOVE education research. I think it provides value.
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De Blasio is out with a video response to a damning @NYC_DOI report about how the NYPD policed Black Lives Matter protests this spring. It's remarkably mealy-mouthed & rambling, even
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1/ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has unveiled legislation that offers billions in federal dollars for cities willing to demolish urban highways that razed or divided neighborhoods decades ago.https://bloom.bg/3pMf9pl  2/
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After 18 months of litigation, the High Court has found that the government's operation of the asylum support system is unlawful and discriminatory.Full 70-page judgment available here: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/34
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Digital technologies are political machines of higher education post-pandemic reform. New report by me and @ahogie out this week on edtech, privatization and Covid. It's a bit long, so thought
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Nine months into the pandemic, data on who is being impacted by the coronavirus is wildly incomplete. It's possible groups that are at greater risk around the country—Black, Latino, and
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THREAD RE: AncestryDotCom-Genealogy|DNA|Health motto: “Every family has a story. Find Yours.” (Innocent enough, right?)“Build a family tree and see your story emerge.”“Get insights from your DNA, whether it’s your
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Despite COVID, emissions are still way too high. To limit global warming to 1.5 C, we need to *rapidly*(i) decarbonise energy use AND(ii) reduce energy use AND(iii) decarbonise land use
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Seattle is quickly moving forward with its plan to "abolish prisons." I've received a trove of leaked documents from within the King County Executive's Office claiming that the justice system
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The other day, I had a random conversation with my enemy @ItsNotPjay on who the top 5 most complete strikers in the world are (based on current form).It piqued my
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It’s #ValentinesDay, which means there’s a lot of talk about oxytocin—the so-called “love hormone” But despite the appeal of this label it’s a little misleading. So let me walk
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1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the
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*THREAD*Let's talk about Panama.Two Former Panama Presidents Indicted for Corruption and Money Launderinghttps://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/panama-presidents-indictments-odebrecht-corruption/ 2/"Martinelli won the 2009 elec
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A hashtag is a great way to do an online social movement. A hashtag is a terrible way to do politics. For successful politics you need a good sound bite
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After much investigation and conversations with people on here, I’ve formed a relatively robust theory of what may be happening with Tether.This thread will attempt to lay it out with
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Juneteenth represents Black liberation. It’s a commemoration of the day the shackles of slavery in Texas were finally broken. But today’s Juneteenth celebration takes place during a difficult time under
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