#Academic

The contemporary demonization of "Brahmins" emerges from colonial evangelical literature where they were seen as "rivals" to the Christian priests and the obstacle in conversion. In reality, Brahmins were respected
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8/As you can see they have decided that for entirely political reasons that have ZERO to do with the science of how Covid spreads, they're going to tell the public
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A thread on designing visually appealing slides. There are lots of great books/websites/videos about making slide presentations—this thread will focus on quick visual design tips that are easy to employ.
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The pricing for esketamine is unconscionable. It’s just one stereoisomer of ketamine, which btw works fine.https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/05/700509903/fda-clears-esketamine-nasal-spray-for-hard-to-treat-depression This is Martin Sh
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Launching #100voices. 100 researchers, 100 #mentalhealth journeys over 100 days. Let's get the conversation started around mental health, exploring what peers, friends and ourselves so often experience. You are
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A few thoughts on the recent cynicism I see on out side : Ever since the breakout of coordinated riots & skirmishes across India to destabilize the normalcy in day-to-day
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Here’s a #THREAD topic that’s a little different for the #schoolreopening conversation: pooping.We all know #everybodypoops. Many of us avoid it in public. But not everyone. Students poop. Teachers poop.
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Over the last 5 weeks, I've been studying the exquisite art of Jerm Warfare in The Battle Of Ideas™, where a hilariously misinformed & hypocritical fake-centrist reactionary lies, trolls &
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Ok, I'm inspired by @MicrobiomDigest to do a bit of actual critical appraisal on this new paper by Raoult et alThere are significant issues that in my opinion make it
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After reading the article below, as well as the stories about Loudoun County Public Schools where Black students' correct answers are marked wrong, called the n-word, AND are re-enacting American
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Back in April Dr. Catungal & RJ Aquino our moderator in today's teach-in, called on the BC government to collect data on race, ethnicity to better understand COVID-19 impacts: https://globalnews.ca/news/6889720/prof-urges-b-c-to-col
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New: A deepfake disinformation operation is targeting UK lawyer Mazen Masri and Palestinian rights campaigner Ryvka Barnard - a sign of how this technology is being popularized as a propaganda-spreading
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The following very long thread is my experiences as an Asian American woman at Otis. There is anti-Asian sentiment, general racism, harassment and mention of alcohol.#FuckOtisCollege #ArtSchoolStories (1/?)FOUNDATION YEAR:My Intro
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Good morning. It is a Sylvia Tamale day. Decolonization and Afro-Feminism will be launched today. 9am EST, 2pm WAT, 4pm EAT. https://facebook.com/events/s/decolonization-and-afro-femini/752516101987766/?ti=cl RIGHT ON TIME @firozem welcomes
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With the fog of impeachment and the chaos presidency, it's easy to lose sight of things. Kids in cages continues to be awful, but many terrible developments in immigration. The
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This is deeply pseudoscientific and dangerous rubbish. I wouldn't normally amplify, but in this case given the public health emergency I've made an exception. The full version is here: https://youtu.be/DUDg5ossirU Otherwise
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