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THREAD: Now that there are smart, respectable people coming out against continuing use of the AstraZeneca vaccine it's worth noting all of their analysis is a purely individualistic cost/benefits analysis,

Been seeing lots of tweets from academics lately about reference letters. Not a new debate, but I have (nuanced) thoughts. A thread. 1/n First, for faculty job applications, yes, we

Look at this fucking fool assuming who has "skin in the game". It's the psychotics who don't care about dozens dying every week and who apparently have no loved ones

There are people who think indoor dining at restaurants is safe. They cite the '2 metre' distancing rule as proof. This is a mistake. Let's talk about why. 1/n The

Far be it from me to disagree with Constance Backhouse but no, a judge ruling and then meeting with a party to a case to receive "a gesture of gratitude"

THREAD: My university has "engaged a service" from Alibaba Cloud (Aliyun) operating in China to facilitate UWaterloo course content to students in China this term. So what is this and

The benefits of the CPSA and the size of the Canadian Poli Sci community seems to be that 'tight-knit circles' aren't so tight: 'Oh, someone else is also working on

10 years ago I was smack dab in the middle of a two-year postdoc down at Harvard. Right now grad students are working on their applications for a variety of

In my submission to and appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure yesterday, I argued in favour of amendments to the Constitution Act, 1867 to provide for

Just got told to 'check my privilege' for implying Canadian democracy is currently much healthier than US democracy. Let me state it explicitly: for all Canada's problems - and boy

What's it like to have a cancer scare in the middle of a pandemic? A (too?) personal thread: 1/n Since last summer, I've had off-and-on pain in my left foot.

This is a good thread. I think there are good points on both sides. But it's worth noting that by June it could very well 'look' like the virus is