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Jai Mackenzie
JaiMackenzie
Today is our last chance to celebrate #PostDocAppreciationWeek! It’s put such a smile on my face seeing posts about the fantastic work postdocs are doing, often in difficult circumstances.Inspired by
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Dr Sara Barker
DrSKBarker
Sharing this again bc *this* is why I am striking:“An intellectual precariat has come of age, made up of millennials who stumble from year to year on temporary contracts, often
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NWMIndia
NWM_India
As a massacre unfolds at one of the largest newsrooms, here is an important reminder - there is help available. Our members @Raksha_Kumar and @nandinidurga have put together a thread
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Phiona Lloyd - Henry
PLloydHenry
Streaming as the practice of exclusion, of extraction, confinement & racial segregation in schools: Black children go to school in much the same way other babies do -with a mixture
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Andy Summers
Summers_AD
As academics critique the world’s response to Coronavirus, we need to start a conversation about what’s been happening in our own back yard. How is our own Covid response impacting
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Ryan McGreal
RyanMcGreal
"We will admit it was rushed."Rushed? We have been in pandemic since March 2020. The expert guidance has been remarkably consistent. This preventable chaos is because following the guidance is
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Sarah May
Sarah_May1
Since it's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek let's talk about the specific ableism regarding mental health in academia. There has been a lot of concern about student mental health (see @SarahRoseCrook research for context)
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Jenna Mittelmeier
JLMittelmeier
#WhyIAmStriking (When I’m back to UK) - a thread #UCUstrikesback #UCUstrike: Casualisation means I’ve been unable to future plan or establish any form of savings. I’m grateful to be
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Lou Janssen Dangzalan
ljansdan
Finally got to read the report "Behind Closed Doors"Fair warning - this is a long tweet/thread. I try not to do too many of these, but this one cause is
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Zacha-repent Holbrook💀
zzzholbrook
It’s the 75th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s execution. I’ve been slowly reading ‘Life Together’ the past few weeks (cc @life_isolation), and I don’t think any book has struck me as
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Modes of Criticism
modescriticism
During the past months, inevitably, graphic designers' behaviour in relation to the pandemic is a recurrent discussion with students and colleagues. There's a general sense of déjà-vu (more precarity), confusion
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The Walrus
thewalrus
Hi, this is @zachariahwells. I’m based in Halifax, where I wear a number of different hats: husband, father, writer, editor, passenger train attendant, labour rights activist, landlord. 1/11 Balancing my
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Alice Evans
_alice_evans
Many are appalled by this trollingI agree, it glosses over poverty wages, harassment, corporate impunity & obscures differences btwn E & S AsiaBut there is a kernel of truthPaid work
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Jack
jackeselbst
I've no trouble believing they sincerely worry that "This stifling atmosphere [of professional consequences for their friends and colleagues] will ultimately harm the most vital causes of our time". That
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Mike Sakasegawa
sakeriver
Hello, it's Friday. Here are some things that #MatteredToMe recently. 1. have often found over the years that I am most comforted by poems that acknowledge darkness, but choose to
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SG Climate Rally
sgclimaterally
1/ Statement on SIA's proposed "Flights to Nowhere" plan: https://www.sgclimaterally.com/post/statement-on-sia-s-proposed-flights-to-nowhere-planSG Climate Rally stands in full solidarity with the employees of the airline indu
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