#Papers

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

I hated Facebook from the start and couldn't wait for it to die. That was a pretty reasonable thing to expect. After all, I'd watched social networks from Sixdegrees on

The Critical Thinkers Club

CRITHINKCLUB

How long until Irelands elite get entangled in the #Epstein scandal? Let's remember Denis O'Briens dodgy deals and close ties to the Clinton's and all Bonos" humanitarian work" in Africahttps://www.thesun.ie/news/44709

Fuchsiaristic

KamotaMayondi

On smart kids. As a fellow "smart kid" myself. I remember an honest conversation with a fellow smart kid. On how because smart we didn't learn how to work hard

James Williams

edujdw

Children have missed weeks of education, but it's patchy. Many will have diligently done homeschooling and some may have done little to nothing. Part of the problem is that we

Jeffrey Mold

Jeff_Mold

I have been immersed in the concept of ‘non-genetic individuality’ for the past few months while writing/revising papers and wanted to do a thread summarizing the field as I think

Louis Pétiniaud

PingLoui_e

Le #hijack de grandes plateformes numériques (AWS, FB, Google...) par l’opérateur russe @Rostelecom_News est l’occasion d’expliquer un peu l’origine d’un tel événement et aussi pourquoi les grands méchants russes ne

ghada

aub_students

okay here we go AUB regions as hogwarts houses: this is in no way a reflection of quidbitxh’s biases i hate all of aub equally OSB/FEASlytherin: elitists, will make fun

Soumya Rangarajan

soumya_goblue

I’m coming on my annual faculty review soon, and I will say 2019-2020 has been an unproductive year. Admittedly summer 2019 I may have spent some time having fun (wedding,

ImmDef

ImmDef

As news of mass hysterectomies of women imprisoned by ICE broke yesterday, our team was saddened but not surprised. Horrific medical neglect & abuse at the hands of ICE &

Robin Osborne

kyblueblood

MONDAY CALL TO ACTION - TELL YOUR SENATORS TO PASS THE HEROES ACT! Congress is back from recess today and we NEED them to pass another round of COVID-19

Incunabula

incunabula

Churinga (or tjurunga) are the most important physical evidence of the intellectual heritage & artistic genius of the Aboriginal people. I strongly believe that the effective prohibition on displaying them

Brandon Bounds

brandonbounds_

This morning, a viewer called, asking why they haven’t seen coverage of the 5-year-old boy who was shot and killed. In her words, she said, “why is that no one

Yogi Jaeger

yoginho

I just read another one of those “how I overcame writing anxiety and became a more productive writer” threads on #AcademicTwitter. They are a frighteningly frequent thing. A few thoughts.

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Lots of people are getting interested in industrial policy. That's a good thing. Here is a reading list of good books about industrial policy. 2/The best book to start with

Kansara

kansaratva

In 2018, Amita Baviskar published an article in Gastronomica. Consumer Citizenship: Instant Noodles in India.The mind-bending abstract starts with "Maggi", and goes on to ask, "And what does it tell

Anjuan

anjuan

I have a full time career managing software development teams, but I spend a fair amount of time on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work. A common question I still