#Dissertation

Some things I’m amazed by:Our President-Elect has a disability. He has known tragic grief. He publicly praises his son in recovery. He values science. He mentioned transgender people in his
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So I'm catching up on Doctor Who, and since s11 I have had thoughts. I keep meaning to write them but these thoughts are bigger on the inside.Anyway, here we
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You know what feels weirder and more viscerally unsettling to me than the widespread lockdown? The feeling that a huge part of the country is sort of... forgetting that almost
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Ok, so for people asking, for news articles if you'd like to save a copy to add to your citation manager you can do the following to export it to
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I have been arguing that in order to recover a robust vision of philosophy as a way of life, we must re-join those aspects of philosophical living captured by the
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giving disapora kids rights was a mistake ..... wtf is “conceptualized depictions of the imagined motherland”, bitch I’ll kill u I have actually thought about not bullying western born and
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Lots of conversations about pubs coming out of grad school. Let me bump up a few years to conversations at 3rd-year review and tenure. Only 1st author pubs are really
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As more of us in #HigherEd are #MeetingOnline or #TeachingOnline, we are also getting unwanted guests. Here are some tips on controlling a #Zoom room that may help prevent #ZoomBombing.
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I've seen this article passed around a lot over the last day or so. Though the author is basically correct in his assessment of Spurgeon's views, I find the article
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The “unmanly” Tom Nichols article has inspired a thread about MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN. Bear with me. Al Bundy was MAGA more than 30 years ago. He was also
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Might fuck around and write a dissertation on Blade Runner 2049.Lmao jk. I don’t have time for that. But I do have thoughts... Ok, so anyone who’s seen the movie
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Midday editing & article reviewing. It's so hard to concentrate during crisis, but I'm listening to jazz radio on Pandora. It's helping. The algorithm is a little repetitive (human DJs
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So evolutionary biologists sometimes use terms without clear definitions. For instance, "convergent evolution". While organisms may be *similar*, at what point are they considered convergent? Let's talk about the charismatic
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RHYTHM/METER POLL: To my astonishment, this Ludacris tune has caused a ton of disagreement among experienced musicians in my classes. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Please help. Where
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Recommendations by interest
If you want Kierkegaard at the height of his literary powers, start with Repetition. If that whets your appetite for more, then proceed to Either/Or and Stages on
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IS A (BIO)STAT PHD RIGHT FOR ME?Prospective students ask me this several times a year. It’s a tough one. I am super enthusiastic about stat and data science careers. It’s
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