#Academic

Hope folks realize that a part of the reason the Right pounced on “woke” and now use it as a meaningless catch-all pejorative is because folks on the Left stripped
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current read: the poppy war "take your clothes off" is one of the best opening lines in literature ever omg also tpw opens with a TWELVE-HOUR TEST???!! "and dont ever
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Why atheists have sex with dogs - (explained from the point of view of atheism as to accurately represent atheist voices)A thread exposing atheism, & why normal people will
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A thread on the historic roots of why it's difficult for the UK and the EU to agree a deal. European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of
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alright, so the recent #archaeology news of an Egyptian sarcophagus being opened has shown me how few folks understand the difference between an archaeologist and a looter, so lemme talk
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It's not too late but we must act now. Independent SAGE sets out plan to fix failing Test & Trace and answers your Qs on transmission in schools. With @theAliceRoberts.
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1: A THREAD on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and my new @NationalAffairs article which attempts to outline many of the major empirical flaws of MMT.https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-weakness-of-modern-monetary-theory 2: Aft
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Yesterday the world lost one of the greatest living architects, the legendary Rifat Chadirji who was born in Baghdad in 1926. There is so much to say about him that
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Students switching back and forth between in-school and online learning due to COVID-19 are struggling and will need significant supports in place to help close learning gaps, say the Canada's
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Let's dig into "Formal Methods branding". Hypothesis: "Formal Methods" is largely avoided in branding for the most-used projects that have come out of the Formal Methods field."Most used" in this
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On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, I have this to say. Many #ActuallyAutistic people have sent me encouraging thoughts and words about these ideas. I will elaborate a little today. Autistic people deserve to
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Once again we are having a discussion about #StopAndSearch I mentioned some of this earlier in the year but if we’re ever going to get to the causes of the
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Happy #InternationalChessDay!To me,chess is so much more than just a game,it is the very foundation upon which my life's purpose was built on.It was love at first sight some 15
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I’ve finished Lucy Ellmann’s Ducks, Newburyport and haven’t quite got the words to say what an amazing work it is, and how important for American lit+American Studies + for understanding
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WHY I'M MAD: A THREAD So first, lemme start by saying this thread is LONG OVERDUE, but I'm making it now because of this dumbass email they sent me today
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Because I’m feeling generous and it’s been a relevant topic this year, a bonus #autismawarenessday thread:Making, and keeping friends with autism, including some examples from my own life. First, let’s
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