#Authors

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

Today I would like to talk about this recent research paper.https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-020-02577-1It's about Positive Behaviour Support, and whether it works to stop 'behaviour'.You'll se

Jon Stone

joncstone

You may have seen this claim from a report by right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange doing the rounds - it's total demonstrable bullshit. Here's why (THREAD) It's very loosely based on

NoWackyScience

NoWackyScience

Important paper saying SAR-COV-2 doesn't look natural. Lab made. Lots of authors from almost a dozen countries. This is exciting stuff! Creating a thread of the major bullet points.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jmv.26

Hamed Zamani

HamedZamani

I wrote a blog post that reports and summarizes some statistics on the #SIGIR2021 accepted papers. Check it out if you're interested: http://hamedz.ir/blog/2021/sigir21-stats/@SIGIRConf @SIGIRForum @sigir_students @ACMSIGIR A thread He

The Royal Society

royalsociety

This afternoon, we’ll announce the winner of the 2019 Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. It aims to inspire young people to read about science and promotes the writing of

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

NO FERRETS: New study finds that ferrets are highly susceptible to #SARSCoV2 infection and effectively transmit by direct or indirect contact, furthering human #infection and transmission. #COVID19 So avoid ferrets.

Justin Pyke

CBI_PTO_History

There are "historians" on either side of the debate, which is always what I find so insulting about this framing. It implies that it's brilliant, REAL historians against the stupid,

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

The gang is back to explain why the Bartlet Foundation's acceptance of Taiwanese donations is not linked to Secretary Mrs. Bartlet's policy deal with the Taiwanese President. Also Haiti is

Amir Sufi

profsufi

I finished the excellent "Trade Wars are Class Wars" by @M_C_Klein and @michaelxpettis a couple of weeks ago. It is a fantastic book, a must-read especially for my academic economist

Dr Emma Černis

ECernis

If for some unfathomable reason, you don't want to read my ~80,000 word thesis (what do you mean, the pubs are open?), then please enjoy this Twitter thread version instead...

karenbbooth

karenbbooth

Alright, folks. It's Friday, and @PiperTrace and I were thinking we could all use some levity. A giggle. Absurdity. Authors behaving sillily. With that in mind, we will reveal the

selfhelpriri

selfhelpriri

would you be interested in a book thread about self-help, introspection, psychology, and the likes? an EXTREMELY quick n easy read that'll leave you feeling inspired and motivated 8/10 one

Jenna Mittelmeier

JLMittelmeier

#WhyIAmStriking (When I’m back to UK) - a thread #UCUstrikesback #UCUstrike: Casualisation means I’ve been unable to future plan or establish any form of savings. I’m grateful to be

Bree (half of @kitrocha)

mostlybree

So here's a story in 3 parts. The first two seem disconnected until they're not. Part 1) When I was in HS my friend group was 5 guys. One had

Reading Group

prolpo

studying stalking now & thinking abt a friend i lost b/c she wouldn't stop stalking her shitty ex-bf (like hiding in his house while he was in it) & i

Soumya

skarlamangla

Having antibodies doesn't necessarily mean you're immune to the virus. We don't know enough yet to say what kind of immunity antibodies provide or long that immunity lasts. These tests