#Academic

the current @nytimes ethicist is constantly promoting ableism. this week is unfortunately hardly the first time. a thread of receipts (don't click through if you will be sad or enraged)
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It's Day 2 of the #ShowMeTellMe Weekend Today we're sharing our experiences of being #BlackinArtsnHums .My journey to Literature (PhD) has stories of systemic racism, imposter syndrome, feeling like
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It is a horrible fairytale that Islamophobia, as in hostility and bias against Muslims, does not kill. And I'm sure in French there is also a specific word for mentioning
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What is wrong with @chartgerink and his company @libscie? What is wrong with #OpenScience community? What is wrong with these people? Why one of his past employees Lisa Hehnke @DataPlanes
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I have gotten death threats from people who don't like what I have to say in the media and on twitter. People were able to target me because they knew
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It's the weekend y'all! Let's try to see what's culturally available in times of confinement or lock down... a thread on a few things except academic work... Apparently, the closed
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The further away I get from education, the more I realise how much my experience was informed by #AcademicAbleism. Here's a thread on #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut My encounters with #AcademicAbleism began early.
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Okay, I'm back on board for the next session of #CRADLEConf2020. Had some pleasant lunch chats and now just waiting on the room to open... Woo. @chieadachi welcoming us to
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I'd like to address the “armchair epidemiologist” accusation that I've seen (not necessarily targeted at me) a number of times, e.g., in the fairly snarky thread https://twitter.com/joel_c_miller/status/1257553963756355584 (abou
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“Law is an advanced degree in thinking” […]“there are lawyers who are just good counselors to other people. They understand law, but they have that human heart that lets them
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Bear with me,I need to speak on a very concerning trend I’m seeing: the overwhelming number of ppl complaining about classes online. We are weeks into an unprecedented scenario in
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THREAD on Teddy Kollek's file in @UkNatArchives Kollek is a controversial figure due to his pre-State of Israel role as the Jewish Agency's liaison with the British Security Services &
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THREAD(Updated through 07/09)What does “Back to Work” look like for a neurodivergent academic? Context: I have “strong dyspraxia” also dyslexia, a moon in dyscalculia, and “mild” ADD. Also, very high
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This is true! Something that I, as an academic linguist, wish everyone knew: linguists use ‘grammar’ in a different meaning than what they told you ‘grammar’ meant in school. Here
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I'm gonna thread cos I'm furious.Dear @mwendling @mariannaspring Look at my profile.I and my family were damaged deeply by the lockdowns.Kids with SEND and disabilities cut off from school and
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One of the most interesting little details of the Paul Tudor Jones letter no one is talking about is the co-author of the paper: Lorenzo Giorgianni. Details matter & this
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