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If you want to curb corruption and mismanagement, audit people unexpectedly, right? "Be unpredictable!" a certain ex-President once said.Maybe not.A thread on @wendynassrwong's job market paper. Wendy looked at largest

Some academic job market advice.When prepping materials (cover letter, research, teaching, diversity statements...) here is my personal view:1. We will look at these for 20 seconds before deciding if we

OK who wants a thread on why gangs rule? Not why gangs are great. I mean, when and how do they govern civilians.Here we are meeting one gang leader who,

As the school year kicks off & grad students start signing up to see profs, here are some thoughts about planning your research. To me, the 2 questions PhD students

I think @tage_rai has made good points here about money and bias in the open science movement, and got a lot of hostile pile on this weekend. But in fairness

Not to be that guy: but a reminder to Americans that in many countries of the world, this would be a “good day”. The sad truth is that dozens of

Is your primary school giving your kids too little to do, or too much drivel? Trying to keep your kids to