#Academic

Arvind Narayanan

random_walker

It's the time of year when people are deciding to apply to PhD programs. I made that decision 17 years ago. Here are some things I think you should know.

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dougiebeck

Our wee-one (5) has been a superstar over the last few weeks. She has shown great motivation to participate in anything we've put in front of her. We have seen

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Let's talk about academic freedom and the police.There are all sorts of third rails in academic discourse. The kinds of topics where if a prof says the wrong thing, his

Akala

akalamusic

Nope... they’re more interested in pretending that the children of University educated West African civil servants doing better than the children of yorkshire coal miners (and English-Jamaican plumbers for that

Zach 🐷🇮🇹

zrau

Donning my actual "academic training" hat, despite the ever-growing knowledge base on COVID-19, it's probably difficult to limit the amount of uncertainty inherent to playing football in an ongoing pandemic.

Jim Hanson 🇺🇸

JimHansonDC

The truly comical thing abt this essayIs the number of people clapping like sealsWhen doughy academic @RadioFreeTom Who has never done anything elseOpines on manlinessYeahNohttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/donald-trump-the-

Planetary Polymath Emily Lakdawalla

elakdawalla

For love of all that is holy STOP USING "THE MONEY SHOT" TO DESCRIBE IMAGES YOU LIKE please men dear god I'm getting a lot of replies to this that

Ayobami Ayobami

dondekojo

Maybe I’ve been reading too much Freud, but I believe that the Parents economic power relative to the school they send their children may affect child’s self esteem down the

AJ Kay

AJKayWriter

This is important. Linked is an academic critique of the COVID public health response:https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7ACD87D8FD2237285EB667BB28DCC6E9/S1935789320002980a.pdf/public_health_lessons_lear

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

1/ This article is important. Skeptics say that this research only shows that infectious #covid19 aerosols exist/that we breathe them in, but that we can’t be sure that they are

Bradley Onishi

BradleyOnishi

So much Falwell news to dissect and analyze. The jokes abound. But I want to take a minute to discuss how this scandal fits into evangelical discourse and American sex

Brandon No-Giveaways Goodell

BGGoodell

This is wrong-headed, and here is a smattering of reasons in no particular order.https://twitter.com/SteveBellovin/status/1199009744092061696 "You only need crypto good enough to stop crooks." Narrator: Except in cases of civil forfeiture

Tal Linzen

tallinzen

In typical Twitter fashion, the discussion around this not-completely-serious "change my mind" tweet has gotten totally out of control.https://twitter.com/tallinzen/status/1264941450099331072 This was meant to be a comment on the

Anthony Sinnott

librarianth

Thread about E-Book licensesI am glad to see this subject recieve attention and I appreciate much of the underlying sentiment involved. That is positive.I do not see the pandemic, though

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sonyeonsan

the problem with fan academics is their insistence on conflating their research samples to prove their position about an entire fandom when it’s honestly the most basic knowledge that fandoms

Rick Wilson

TheRickWilson

1/ A short thread on the constancy of #ETTD. Yes, it started as a witty phrase. Time and again it's been proven as an iron law of American politics.Almost all