#Academia

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Let's talk about academic freedom and the police.There are all sorts of third rails in academic discourse. The kinds of topics where if a prof says the wrong thing, his

Saraswati Films

mmpandit

For beginners in astronomy, a short thread on the 31+ observations of the planetary positions of the Mahabharata AND what it means when anybody says that they have corroborated ALL

rev. river 𓆏

starrytopaz

riverdale ship aesthetics: a thread choni: lipstick stains, rose petals, cherry scones, dessert skies, breathless kisses, an ache in your chest, holding hands in the dark, fireworks, pink sunsets, stargazing,

Disabled Empowerment In Higher Ed Month #DEHEM

DisInHigherEd

The disability community has many common terms/words that may not mean anything to newly disabled folx or allies. We've put together a list of some of these terms/equipment that people

Annia Ciezadlo

annia

Last week, a big American newspaper asked if I wanted to weigh in on the Beirut Explosion.I lived in Beirut for the better part of 15 years. I wrote a

Burn Notice

BurnedSpy34

THREAD: Navigating the sea of disinformation.1. The main stream media [MSM] is accused of spreading fake news, while Social Media currently feels like swimming in an alphabet soup.Sourcing accurate information

Aditi Agrawal

Aditi_muses

I wrote an article about the key players in the development of Aarogya Setu. Here're my key takeaways:NITI Aayog's involvement in the dev of the app has finally been officially

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadIn response to this thread, I got a lot of really dumb comments from concern trolls.https://twitter.com/COsweda/status/1277329156863168513 Here's one. Anyone who actually READ the thread would know that I made a

Sjoerd Levelt

SLevelt

a thread on an example of vile racism in UK academia. CW: racism, anonymous harassment perhaps you remember how in November, Prof. Olivette Otele posted an anonymous letter she had

Ameya Ashok Naik

Kianayema

Two thoughts re: freedom of speech & @BloomsburyIndia.First, think of rights as a bundle: if I have a right to do something, it means - someone else has "no right"

Sarah Milliron

sgmilliron

Inspired by @andreawil05:It’s senior year.Here’s a thread I’ll update weekly on what I’ve learned (or am grateful for) during my time in undergrad. (1) I’ve learned that there’s an unbelievable

Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH

usnehal

Both/and. The issues of manipulation of our reality is true. That said, I have seen some of the most educated and supposedly intelligent so-called skeptics engage in high school types

Seth

SethS202

Alright, well I know some folks have been following this, but it appears @jonathanchait has written a follow-up article about my friends, so allow me to provide my view. I

Baldaccio d’Anghiari

Autiauto

THREAD: Laura K Field’s latest diatribe against the Claremonsters et al. contains extraordinarily stupid ramblings from a low IQ Straussian “intellectual.” It’s almost uniquely bad and deserves examination. I will

Darren Naish

TetZoo

Time for another #TetZoocryptomegathread, again a #LochNessMonster one, again on one of my favourite #Nessie photos: the Peter O’Connor photo of May 27th, 1960. Follow this thread as we take

JMDavis

JessMarinDavis

Thread on the utility of academic research for counter-terrorism practitioners: I want to reflect today on how academic research impacted my work as a counter-terrorism practitioner. Follow along for some