#Academics

after my recent experience w/ nazis/the alt right online, i’m even more wary of any/all arguments being made about how free speech is under attack, etc. free speech ideals are
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Such a great thread! Would encourage PhDs and ECRs everywhere to read, not just in Africa... (Some more thoughts below)https://twitter.com/PhDinAfrica/status/1283388325747929095 I love what they say about quality over quantity. Even
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@ApostateProphet@abdullahadam@TheHarrisSultanI was a firm believer in Islam right from the time Azan was sounded into my ears, as I believed that every child who is born, is born as a
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Today has been interesting. First of the Zoom calls I’ve joined. One thing that stood out for me and also from numerous conversations I’ve had today is how a lot
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latinx is such a painful example of successful erasure. brazillian trans people coined this term, but many people believe the term was coined by academics in the united states. i
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So fascinated by these narratives of Sri Lanka's cricket 'icons'. Let me tell you another cricket story. My Tamil physics tutor has 2 sons. They went to school in Jaffna,
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- Neenga laam saappaadu dhaan saapudreengala?- First I was patient, now I'm a patient.- My husband is in the press and I'm preparing a cyber crime report against you.- Nee
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The UK was full of many academics like myself, screaming from the roof tops about how off couse we were and still are. Back in March I got dragged by
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Someone asked why all/most professors support @ewarren. Maybe it's because academics recognize Warren as our favorite colleague? If you're lucky your department has one person who will have good ideas
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Yá'át'ééh abíní! Good morning in Diné bizaad (Navajo language)! In case you do not already know me, here are details below. But in conjunction with #DecolonizeDNA Day and #DNADay, I
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This triggered memories from my student years in UK HE. Random selection (a thread):•While studying a MA in performance, I was told by a director peer that I shouldn’t stay
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Loving this talk by Sarah on unlearning practices, beliefs that reinforce power asymmetries between designers and users in design!Have your participants scope, lead, frame, conduct research interviews to give them
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#thread F.R.I.E.N.D.S is probably the biggest sitcom in the history of television! I personally love it. But there was one aspect of the show that had far reaching effects on
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Fight?!?! @GoodwinMJ & I discuss social media, academia, & Brexit. I argue that calling out dodgy data, bad stats & the misuse of evidence - "intellectual garbage disposal" - is
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We have appointed the winner of the @BBNaija Lockdown, @itsLaycon Youth Ambassador of Ogun State in addition to house and cash gifts.I relayed this development today, when I played host
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The Stringer campaign has tried all the old attack moves: adding details not included in Ms. Kim's brief account in an attempt to discredit her, trotting out his spouse who
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