#Academics

Philip Rocco

PhilipRocco

Pundits / academics often talk about democratic erosion as if it isn't already present in the US. All that does is defer the responsibility to act, abstract the discussion of

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

Friends, there is a mob of "COVID is not serious" (even hoax) politicized attack dogs w/no notion of science nor interest in it who tag to the very few play-the-system

Nick Martin

nickmartin

This is a few weeks old now, but I just want to highlight this discussion about "hate groups" between @GlennLoury and @JohnHMcWhorter in which they seem to either forget or

Abhishek

chubbyshek

This was the tweet that shuddered me to my core almost 8 years ago.This was Aaron Swartz - a computer programming extraordinaire, if there ever was one.Today is his birthday.

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yargsandy

Hmmm. It seems to be that even academics who do research in the triple intersection of CS, Math, Economics have caught up to what is happening in DeFi yet. Even

Tony Diver

Tony_Diver

David Starkey has now lost:- Two university jobs- His book deal- Board position at @MaryRoseMuseumHe stands to also lose:- His honours (per @thetimes)- Two honorary degreesIf this was meant to

Jes Battis

jesbattis

Butler's NS interview reminds us that writers/scholars evolve. Their earlier work in Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter--despite being revolutionary--also did harm to trans & nonbinary communities. This new interview

Christopher Snowdon

cjsnowdon

Dan is basically right here. It’s not that SAGE are going against the evidence, it’s that there isn’t any evidence to follow most of the time. 1/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8850815/DAN-HODGES-follow-science-scientists-h

Susan Hatch

SusaMorgan

“Many of us are frequent flyers, we drive long distances in big cars, buy a lot equipment, have fridge-freezers the size of a small terrace house – every facet of

Gwendolyn Aviles

gwenfaviles

For every academic success story, there are hundreds more that involve equally qualified academics who are “trapped in academia’s permanent underclass.” #AcademicTwitter (1/8)https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1

Littlefoot

LTF_01

A bunch of PhDs are trying to clarify that this study is somehow biologically impossible or anthropologically illiterate.The amount of trouble academics go through to shield people from what they

rea

rearidinghood

after September 2021, Bar 2021!!!let’s go online review skskskskskskskskksskkskskskskhttps://twitter.com/leaveofcourt/status/1249417946486595584 tbh tho this is giving my broke capricorn ass anxiety ha ha ha gusto ko nang magkatrabaho ulit!!!!!!!!!!!

LongCOVID in Academia

longcovacademia

From an anonymous PhD student living with #LongCovid: "Long Covid is absolutely terrifying and completely traumatising. Not knowing what was going on with my body for months on end was

Chris Harmer

CHarmer_MGE

In the last two weeks I have been through the most harrowing peer-review process in my life. A story and a lesson for all....I reviewed a paper for a large

Chris Ponting @🏡

CGATist

Today we announce DecodeME, the world’s largest genetic study into #ME funded by @The_MRC & @NIHRresearch. This project has evolved into a fantastic partnership between people with ME, their carers,

David Carroll

profcarroll

Facebook sends its attack dogs against the NYU Ad Observatory for its essential work studying effects of ad targeting on the political process. This is disgusting, especially knowing there are