#Academic

Koshiek Karan

iamkoshiek

Anyone who has ever worked a corporate job will tell you where you studied means very little.Education doesn't guarantee ability. If anything, the person who hustled a part time job

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Orwell said language is often used to dress up shabby thoughts, a tool of evasion rather than communication.“[Language] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness

Kevin M. Kruse

KevinMKruse

I'd really rather stop talking about this, but the video at this link has nearly 10 million views now, so ... buckle up.https://twitter.com/prageru/status/996165540161830912 Here's the link to the full video

Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych

Nick_Carmody

After recently observing that Trump has had a “Cluster B” , Typhoid Mary-like effect on society, I had an interesting observation regarding Trump’s cult following….1/https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1188071727412269057 ….an

Legal Feminist

legalfeminist

Listening with great interest to hear @EdinburghUni Principal's answer to this question in live public Teams meeting: And this: Watch here: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmE3OTFmNjYtOWJhNy00OTBjLWI0N2EtMDMzZWJhM

Mark Hoffarth

MarkHoffarth

1/ I am already on my way out of academia. I haven't found a job yet, but I figured I would make a quick thread for people thinking about other

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

We have a huge crisis in science/ medicine with reproducibility, expressing uncertainty & limitations, and how we prescribe unproven RxI support serious reforms, but not hanging random or visible offendershere

Krishnan

cvkrishnan

As far as I'm concerned the coming decade is the most crucial one with regards to Indian defence acquisitions. WE HAVE TO SPEND HARD AND LARGE. Either in DEVELOPING or

Jin Russell

DrJinRussell

“Māori and Pacific academics have been saying this for so, so long. We are not being promoted, and we are not being paid as much, and it is not to

Eric Meyerowitz, MD

EricMeyerowitz

1/ Thoughts on the exciting world of tocilizumab for treatment of COVID-19.RECOVERY tocilizumab preprint posted earlier today is another landmark paper and an enormous contribution to our expanding COVID-19 treatment

Naomi Truan

BerLinguistin

[THREAD] Is Twitter only about self-promotion? Academics, if you want to give it a try and don't know where to begin / don't feel comfortable with the idea of promoting your

Mike Nayna

MikeNayna

Liberal institutions across WEIRD society are going through an ideological coup set in motion by philosopher activists. Observing these organisations succumb to teleological capture I’m reminded of the Cuckoo. Thread.

Kenneth A. Grady

LeanLawStrategy

Great thread, Cat. One of my top examples of a horrendously "designed" academic process. The bias you mention is, of course, very real. Other biases: age, status (adjunct, full-time), reputation,

punkacademic

punk_academic

Lots of stuff on academic freedom today - more precisely lack thereof - but this part of the govt letter was always implied in the powers granted to OfS.Remember being

Zero to Here Oh #KBF

zero_to_here_oh

This @SusanMichie (Sage member)[source Daily Mail]“Susan Fiona Dorinthea Michie is the granddaughter of Henry McLaren, the 2nd Baron Aberconway, an Eton-educated Edwardian industrialist and Liberal MP. He inherited major interests in

Chris Fletcher - 🇨🇦

thisisfletcher

OCIF, @atbfinancial and @SpartanControls and @AltaML are putting in over $3 million to fuel AI Internships in Alberta, particularly in a new Calgary location. Here's why that's a big deal

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