#Academics

A few thoughts on Mia Bloom, abuse, and how to build a better academy. First, I am incredibly appreciative to those who stepped up and shared their experiences with Mia.
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baby nctzens might not know this happened so here’s a thread of nct 127’s valentine videocalls last year: taeil the type of boyfriend who will sing your favorite songs to
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I want to reboot the conversation about this patent, and, crucially about patents in general. Let me start by saying that it was not my intent to single out @anshulkundaje,
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Yesterday at the #UCUStrikesBack rally @ProfMadhuK encouraged us to dare to dream how the university could be different. Here are ten ideas. 1/12 All FT staff to have a workload
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This is not a rhetorical question: what kinds of solidarity can be cultivated between private universities and public institutions? Because @CUNY just laid off three thousand members of faculty &
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Can we create a thread of people/projects/organisations that are dedicated to helping black people (without being ultra-capitalist about it). Whether it's in the community, academics doing theorising work, youth work,
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Thread: 1/ At @csjthinktank we believe work is the best route out of poverty... therefore concerns over AI and automation displacing jobs is of huge concern. Having said that we
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How often do we talking about our own disembodiment caused by academia? Not enough, but I’m going to share a thread of some stellar points @hillarylmcbride made today about being
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Some #UCUStrikesBack thoughts on workload and anxiety in HE. 1/x I have an anxiety disorder. Can't snap out of negative thought spirals about things I can't control. It manifests in
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Interested in College Greek Life?Greek Life holds such a bad connotation, so let me break down my thoughts as an alumni of @BetaThetaPi "What is Greek life?" Greek life is
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In advance of #ScholarStrikeCanada & in recognition of the fact that we don't talk about #racism in #science #STEM #research enough in #cdnpse - here are some resources that
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I'm a corporate, a creative and an entrepreneur. And I love how I've managed to make all these intertwine.How? Let me explain [ THREAD ] Corporate: I study Entrepreneurship &
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This is going to be controversial. Black folks in STEM who want to do a PhD, I think we have to be real. There's not a lot of us in
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Tonight's @ofqual blog is a kick in the teeth for school leaders and teachers. Please come out tomorrow & explain directly to schools the rationale for this new, onerous, bureaucratic
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Intuitively- authoritarian country, how can you do a survey on government support? This is not some novel objection that the academics conducting surveys totally didn't think of. Methodology always matters
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Anatomy of Disinformation (Academic, small-scale ecosystem style) A Long, long Thread. 1/ I have mostly been away from Twitter this week b/c personal/family/work stuff including looming work deadlines, end of
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