#System

Can I be super honest with you all? One of my friends was offered a job after a year of unemployment and borderline homelessness. The problem is that it’s with
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A thread on market volatility... two main points:A) a lot of the volatility existed before you just couldn't see it andB) it will calm down a bit over time On
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National Maths GCSE grades 2020 (compared to 2019):7+ 19.0% (15.9%)4+ 66.6% (59.6%)1+ 99.3% (97.7%)https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/910517/6673_GCSE-A-Level-results-tables-2020.
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It’s not about us vs them @HSELive @DonnellyStephen @SusanMitchell_ @roinnslainte 1/ Infighting, anger, frustration, fear, bun fighting. Isn’t life too short for all this. Are we not potentially going down
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Low accountability in closed system. Reviewers can get by w/lazy review, ask 4 unreasonable things, review same paper multiple times for different journals, have undeclared COI, etc...More importantly power differentials/favors
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Employers need to figure out how to do performance appraisals without demoralizing staff. Worse, tying layoffs to an ineffective performance management system raises the stakes and creates an opportunity for
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Latest data from the MHRA suggests that both vaccines are safe, given data received from the first 7m vaccines. "Yellow cards" (where symptoms might be linked to the vaccine) are
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Quite often see people on the TL talking about leaving the Labour Party & trying to build something new. A lot of the time they glumly conclude that (under the
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SUH-WEET BABY JEEEEEEEESUS!!!!!No **wonder** the Michigan Secretary of State tried to HIDE this forensic audit of the Dominion voting machines until AFTER the electoral college voted today!PUT THIS ON BLAST
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This is going to be an unpopular thread for academic twitter. I'll start by saying that no system is perfect, and the same is true of academia. Furthermore, I am
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There is clearly a lot of circulating misinformation leading to mistrust and vaccine hesitancy regarding vaccines for South Africa. Vaccines DO NOT spread infections. Instead, they are designed to protect
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Hi @BradSmi! I appreciate that Microsoft is being transparent about its involvement in the political system. You are facing a set of hard choices given the large set of stake
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Whenever any significant public program is proposed, someone inevitably asks “how are you going to pay for it?” There’s nothing wrong with asking how tax dollars are spent. But this
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@gavinstpier @sashakmiller @Lindsay_Gsy @Govgg 1/ Is Guernsey’s approach to HE funding the right one? (thread) Next year I’ll be sending my second son to university in the UK. I will
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THREAD: 9,001 souls are caged in Harris county jail today. The status quo of indigent defense has allowed thousands of people to be shuffled through the “meet 'em and plead
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OK, it seems there are still people who haven’t read yellowhammer. This 5 page document represents the govts’ assessment of what no deal Brexit means in terms of disruption, shortages
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