#Academics

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braidedbones

just to be contrary i bet dice has the most formal education out of everyone in fp but sucks at recognising kanji ; he’s got a lot of knowledge but

Gus Hurwitz

GusHurwitz

9th Circuit opinion in Qualcomm is a pretty complete rebuke of D.Ct. Good to see. Biggest surprise remains the D.Ct opinion, not rejection of it. 1/ The opinion's holding that

Kevin 'cancel rent' Modestino

kevin_modestino

Academics really need to stop imagining that grad students would just be starting lucrative careers if they didn't go to grad school/that there are all these good jobs outside of

ari

maiudnachahtahu

really want someone to talk about every fucking thing but a, you have to study nn you are already starting late yeah i have to study but see the thing

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algebrandis

mathematicians will be very careful when stating arguments in areas of math they haven't spent time thinking about, but they'll act like the mfing authority on social theory without batting

Michelle Law

ms_michellelaw

No offence to universities (I went to uni, taught at uni) but I feel like academia can sometimes suck the heart out of storytelling by making it SO intellectual and

Torraine Walker

TorraineWalker

Can I be honest? I think politically, African-Americans are pretty much done. 2020 was our last chance and once the DNC saw they could use Black proxies to shout down

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

The reactions to this thread have been overwhelmingly positive, and a lot of junior scholars have indicated it is helpful to them to see it. But of course there are

Rev. Chris Huriwai

RevChrisHuriwai

These non-Maori academics throwing around pepeha is getting really old. I don't care how "connected" you feel to mountains and rivers, to claim these as your own not only cancels

Anthony Costello

globalhlthtwit

SAGE: 13 out of 23 are paid government advisers so not independent when in a room with D Cummings.7 clinical academics 3 microbiologists7 mathematicians/modellers2 behavioural psychologists in disasters/terrorism1 geneticist1 civil

Sacha Coward

sacha_coward

Something that we don’t talk about a lot in the community, is our own internalised homophobia.I know it can take many forms, but I wanted to share some of the

Nate

NateTeachBklyn

I am deeply worried about the recent “remote learning is here to stay” trend.I believe my school had been able to put together one of the most robust and effective

Michelle Ellis

totalstemteach

I had an intense conversation with a colleague about grading. I don’t give 0s or penalize late work, and I give 2nd chances. Their argument was it is not fair

Anne Helen Petersen

annehelen

If you had to explain Neoliberalism in a tweet, to an audience of non-academics, how would you do it? I ask because I just read a fantastic description but it

Lucinda Hawksley

lucindahawksley

In the past few weeks, I have had a sudden flurry of phone calls & emails from #TV researchers. Great, I thought, work is starting to come back again. Almost

LibertyJ

LibertyJen

It’s really insulting to say the lockdowns were “not that bad” when you didn’t live in an area filled with disgusting overreach and tyranny that destroyed your community for a