#Academic

Drug Monkey

drugmonkeyblog

This morning I reflected on how adult life is beset by tradeoffs, aka “sacrifices”. Yes, your choices matter down the road. You close of certain future alternatives all of the

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

MalindaSmith

A better Canadian Way?We need a judicious approach to values that matter: equity & academic freedom.Binaries, either/or, unhelpfulDon’t @ me: I said *judicious*.I read/weigh everything, friends & critics alike, incl.

Asad أسد

DandiaAsad

People are asking how the NYT ISIS reporter didn’t fact-check that her subject wasn’t actually in ISIS, but she blocked people years ago when we’d ask why she uses Google

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Regular reminder that many assumptions treated as fact in elite debate on today's media are directly contradicted by evidence in some great peer reviewed academic researchEcho chambers? Not so muchFilter

Women in Statistics and Data Science

WomenInStat

As a professor at a big university, a lot of people come to me for career advice. Undergrads ask me — how did I decide to become a statistician and

Xi Fan🧚‍♀️范灵犀

Xi_Fan

Today I want to tell the history of the South China Sea Islands.China was the first country to discover and name the South China Sea Islands and has indisputable sovereignty

Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg

EvaJohannaH

Finnish academia has been discussing ‘the tyranny of the English language’ today, prompted by a provocative interview of a Prof of Fenno-Ugric languages. I’ve made the occasional snide remark on

wishcrys

wishcrys

i am feeling bitter about academic pressure and collegiality today. i like to think i am usually an organised and timely person. but sometimes life happens and work is not

Prathit Kulkarni, MD

PrathitKulkarni

(1/7) A framework for understanding post-acute #COVID19 / #LongCOVID https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ofid/ofaa509/5934556#IDtwitter #MedTwitter #publichealth #publichealthtwitter (2/7) Post-acute #COVID19 can be di

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

Except that the academic literature before COVID clearly showed travel bans work very well, and the manslaughtering articles arguing against them were motivated purely by partisan signaling.https://twitter.com/germanrlopez/status/1385601952

Patrick Iber

PatrickIber

If you'd like to understand the history of the USA, here's one for you: Buster Keaton's "The General" is now regarded as his best film, containing truly astonishing stunts and

Empressor-Witch Florence Ashley

ButNotTheCity

Yes, I shitpost in my academic papers. Do you? Many of those are already published. Some are forthcoming. Some are accepted but in editing and might go

Barton

Barton_options

1/ Science is often nuanced. Let's look at the hydroxychloroqine paper today. We can spin the data both ways.https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1009/5872589 2/ First, HCQ-is-a-hoax camp: no significant reduction in

NYC Public Schools

NYCSchools

This year, we will offer summer school via remote instruction, allowing us to provide more students than ever before with the academic supports they need and a bridge from this

Ross "FollowtheScience" Levine

rosslevinemd

We are starting to see hiring freezes at academic institutions, many extending through the next academic year. This means that there is the potential that 2 consecutive years of academic

DanjoKaZooie 🌾⚙️

DanjoKaz00ie

“Dead end left wing sects”, even really bad ones, are the only places that have carried on socialist cultural practices, theory, and tactics into the 21st century. Where, on the