#Academic

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/"No one ever becomes an Antiracist."-Ibram Kendi, Author of: "How To Be An Antiracist," "Be Antiracist," and "Antiracist baby."If you ever wanted proof that wokeness is a sham and it's

Women in Statistics and Data Science

WomenInStat

SURVIVING THE ACADEMIC JOB INTERVIEW FOR NERDS!Here are my thoughts on how the nerdy and introverted can deal with a situation that demands a lot of social interaction – the

Michael Mina

michaelmina_lab

So important in this pandemic to NOT let RARE events make the headlines & grab our attention@NPR - this should NOT be a headline unless you’re going to have daily

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

MukomaWaNgugi

I am reviewing manuscripts for academic publishers – a few thoughts. 1) For scholarly books the most important chapter is the intro. This cannot be stressed enough. It lays down

Ben Walker @BritainElects

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This is a pretty common thought process among those on the centre/left when confronted with the need to cater to identity, but regrettably I feel it's a thoroughly wrong one.https://twitter.com/carolinejmolloy/status/1390216821291245572

Ayesha Appa

AyeshaAppaMD

Like ID fellows everywhere, love a S. aureus bacteremia consult. It’s delicious + . Spent hrs discussing complicated or uncomp? 2, 4, or 6 weeks? Dispense recs and sign

jatella

jatella

me: *walking out of my dissertation defense with my ph.d.* me: *walking into my dream post-doc and/or fellowship* me: *walking onto the job market with credentials, letters of rec, talent,

Soumaya Keynes

SoumayaKeynes

Hello! I wrote a piece in @TheEconomist about pre-docs and there was MUCH more than I could fit in the piece (if only the ratio of interview notes to words

Brian Dowd-Uribe

bdowduribe

I appreciate and cite your work. But I’m afraid that this tweet overstates the empirical record of #GMO crops in Africa - which is much more mixed, and did not

Jonathan Fuller

JonathanJFuller

This response by @mlipsitch to my @BostonReview #COVID19 piece (https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/jonathan-fuller-models-v-evidence) provides a fascinating (and philosophical) look inside epidemiological thinking at a time when understanding th

#DMUpolitics

DMUpolitics

Today we welcome our first year students to Induction Week! #YourDMUFuture @dmuleicester Here's a thread to introduce @dmupolitics team to new students First up, our Head of

Nadia Davids

NadiaDavids9

This is something that happens in SA universities-even well-resourced ones. There is little understanding or recognition that like all artists, writers are part of a precarious gig economy and are

Rob Donoghue

rdonoghue

Was drifting off and this just struck me: the game I need to hybridize with Blades in the Dark is Ars Magica. Take that whole mini game around getting Tass

Kareem Farah

Kareemfarah23

THREAD: One of the most destructive aspects of traditional fixed-pacing instruction is it continuously reinforces students’ academic insecurities. Students who struggle in class are constantly being rushed and never feel

Samara Klar

SamaraKlar

This headline--As Biden Plans Transition, Republicans Decline to Recognize His Election"--would specify *Republican leaders* (which is what the article is about)Conflating elites w/ ordinary voters--esp. in this kind of context--is

Dana Goldstein

DanaGoldstein

1. Breaking: We are amassing a body of research on the likely impact of the pandemic on children's learning. The news is not good. Some students will lose up