#Academic

Vaughan Bell

vaughanbell

Remember when UK lockdown was being debated and government advisors were fighting over whether 'behavioural fatigue' existed? The @WHO have just released a report on it and it turns out

Gillian Frank

1gillianfrank1

Actually Lysol was advertised as a contraceptive. Let's dig in.https://twitter.com/AlwaysThinkHow/status/1138111937319825414 The best article on this history is by Andrea Tone. Anything I say will be a retread of her smart

🔴 jomari is: on sporadic hiatus

jomvri

on one hand, i think it's nice that a linguistics professor stepped in in good faith, broke down his position clearly, was sympathetic etc. on the other hand, i think

Malcolm S. Ramsay

malcolmsramsay

A #WorldLemurDay thread on new and exciting lemur research led by Malagasy scientists! Andao andeha #MalagasyinSTEM#WorldLemurFestival First up, Bertrand Andriatsitohaina's work on mouse lemur and rodent distribution across NW Madagasca

Massimo Pizzol

m_outreach

A set of honest questions about measuring performance of academics versus other jobs - to put the insanity in perspective (thread) First some examples of quantitative metrics: number of publications,

Alys Wilfred Earl

alysdragon

*cracks knuckles* my time has come. (Except, hilariously, I’m hella busy this morning and may not actually have the time to...) BUT. Fairytales tell us fundamental truths about the world

Alexander Cortes PhD, Fitness, Nutrition, Fat loss

AJA_Cortes

If you got to college, accrue 100k in debt, move to big city with high cost of living, is your degree "making you more" than someone that learned a skilled

Kolehiyo Manifesto

koleyomanifesto

Good day, Ka-ManifestoIt’s Monday again, this day is all about motivation Due to COVID-19, we can't go out and do our daily activities. But, WHAT IF, you can access

Hanna Seariac

HannaSeariac

Thread on learning Biblical Hebrew and New Testament for Latter-day Saints :) Learning an ancient language can be hard! Here's my advice: For Biblical Hebrew, I recommend that you buy

Dave Weigel

daveweigel

Non-trolling question for the people saying Biden needs "a Sister Souljah moment" - who would this be? Who's a cultural figure with enough cachet that Biden could disagree with them

Gimme the Lute

moontwerk

One thing people don’t talk about when it comes to Judaism/conversion enough is how life changing it is to meet and develop a deep, personal relationship with a rabbi who

Zack Cooper

zackcooperYale

Why is health spending in the US high?This terrific episode of Freakonomics is focused on End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The issue is a window into why we spend a

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

Based on an update we'll be releasing later today, we're now projecting total turnout in the presidential race to be 154 million, with an 80th percentile range between 144 million

Urchin Colley

hahyeahno

- Got my BA (Math & CS), published a paper- Developed a career, supported my household- Recovered my mental health (more than once)- Worked my way into a dance company-

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champagnepaaaji

I've been re-watching #BoyMeetsWorld. Growing up, I could not remember anything before season 3 and what a show. Not to over-analyze, but they work in academic lessons in the first

Celestin

CellyRanks

Today I passed my PhD viva (with minor corrections)I am a Black man from TottenhamI am a care leaverAnd now, I too, am a Doctor Wow! I didn't expected