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Willard Foxton Todd
WillardFoxton
Mild rant: The thing I find incredible about the "oh Rhodes was a man of his time" chat is how historically illiterate it is.Rhodes was INCREDIBLY controversial in his own
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A Marm Kilpatrick
DiseaseEcology
How long are you infectious for SARS-COV-2/#COVID19? This is a huge question with enormous implications. Data have been limited so far but putting pieces together from several sources starts to
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Helen De Cruz
Helenreflects
Should one delete one's Facebook profile? This is a difficult ethical question, not one with an easy solution and it highlights the problems of private ownership of public goods -
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Orin Kerr
OrinKerr
Reading Ramos, I am struck by the citation style: It's the first Supreme Court majority opinion I recall in which all citations are in footnotes. I find that style annoying,
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Nils Gilman
nils_gilman
If you want to understand why Northern Italy ended up the first western epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the place to starthttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/16/the-chinese-workers-who-assemble-designer-bags-in-tuscany A geographic
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Open Education
okfnedu
Hello community!! this week we will be sharing readings to support & foster #OpenEd agendas and policies in HE. We aim at promoting scholarly research to advance openness, social justice,
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Ari Paul ⛓️
AriDavidPaul
I spend much of my time navigating contrasting expert opinion and trying to adjust for biases, and to identify when expert consensus may be simply wrong. Here's the heuristics I
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Jana Bacevic
jana_bacevic
On a slightly more serious and elaborate note now: the 'back-to-classroom' conundrum in UK universities shows full well all the limits&weaknesses of 'markets' as vehicles of coordination 1/ one of
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Frank_vL
Frank_vanlerven
Thread AlertThe @ecb preseident madame @Lagarde drops yet another BOMBSHELLon the market neutrality principle. Twitter-review, especially in context of green transition and role of the ECB as a market-maker and
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Dr. David Shiffman
WhySharksMatter
Yesterday I received a question about sustainable bottom trawling that I'd like to attempt to answer today. I'll tag the colleague who asked it at the end so as not
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Luca Fornaro
LucaFornaro3
Hysteresis strikes back! The view that deep recessions may damage future productive capacity, e.g. by leading firms to reduce investment in innovation, is gaining more and more traction in the
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duane habecker
dhabecker
I ain't gonna lie: As California districts roll out their plans for starting the year with remote instruction, my general response is pure SORROW for the students.So many of the
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Dr. Mia Brett
QueenMab87
Ok I want to actually have a nuanced discussion about both BDS and anti-BDS laws. Please try to read until the end of the thread before yelling at me /1
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Laurie Idahosa
IdahosaLaurie
This thread of tweets is to offer some advice to young ladies, considering marriage.I hope to address some important factors that she should consider before committing her life's future to
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Carolina Forward
ForwardCarolina
You might've seen a good deal of outraged right-wing bloviating about "critical race theory" lately. So what *is* critical race theory, actually?Here's a very brief breakdown of how to understand
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YammyFiggy
YammyFiggy
"An Apology from an Educator"RE: #AcademicFreezeNOWHi, I'm a teacher facilitating online classes right now. I have to admit, I'm having a hard time. I loaned my new laptop since I
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