#Behavioral

Jioni Lewis, Ph.D.

JioniLewis

Most of my research and scholarship has been informed by my experiences as a Black woman in academia. #BlackintheIvory #Microaggressions #CiteBlackWomen https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0011000016641193 Then, I developed a measure of gendered raci

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Economic Naturalist Question #19. Why are dramatic political shifts so difficult to predict? #EconTwitter In an earlier thread, I explored why introductory economics courses appear to leave little lasting imprint

Scott Shapiro

scottjshapiro

Centrism did not fail; it has never been really tried. We need an honest centrism, a centrism not beholden to special interests. We need a centrism that speaks to real

Matt Lerner

matthlerner

After 17 years, we finally “cracked” a $100M churn problem at PayPal. Zero fancy tech. Just a spreadsheet, some simple SQL, and a physicist named Ben. @benramsden studied physics

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 149Grand rounds today: https://youtu.be/Ew2MEF4XX8w . As we hit Covid’s 6 month mark in the U.S., we’re desperate for innovative approaches. Today, I decided to focus on

Kathy Flaherty

ConnConnection

For all those who say athletes should stick to sports: STFU. Their actions will force a dialogue and uncomfortable conversations that have needed to happen for a long time. The

Eat the Media

katearthsis

You know what you should be asking? Why haven’t the media been covering modeling? Why haven’t they asked actually people doing the work (not x professor in slightly related field)

Daniel Bier

FT__Dan

Since March, we've known that nearly all COVID deaths involve comorbidities, like diabetes, obesity, or heart disease (94% in the US, per CDC).Is this unusual? Not really. In 2018, 66%

Kansas City, MO

KCMO

Effective Monday, June 29, employees or visitors to any place of public accommodation must wear face coverings in an area or while performing an activity which will necessarily involve close

Susan C-P

booksnips

*Totally* not in defense of Roseanne’s racism (clearly her stance with or w/o drugs) but a little warning about Ambien side effects to follow.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/30/615421269/roseanne-barr-says-ambien-played-ro

Dr. Angela Tringali, 🐦🔎 at 🏡

DrAngelaT

Full-time Salaried Research Assistant @ArchboldStation wanted Primary responsibilitiesmonitoring prairies for Florida Grasshopper Sparrows, finding, protecting, and monitoring their nestsperforming cavity maintenance for Red-Cockaded Woodp

Abraar Karan

AbraarKaran

THREAD1/ Have seen comments floating around re whether the numbers used in this article are exactly correct or completely fit the epidemiology of spread etc; the footnotes clearly state these

Gary Suwannarat

goldngems

America, wake up and be sensible about “opening up the country.” Mistakes can be incredibly costly, in lives lost, in hospital care and in setbacks in facing down the coronavirus.

𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯; Electronic Vanguard

thumblesteen

Hey let's talk about the dangerous pseudoscience that a lot of safe spaces use.And how in practice from a psychological point of view you're basically making a boot camp for

Tacit Subtext

TSubtext

Thread: Alternatives to police response. 1st up: CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon. https://www.eugene-or.gov/4508/CAHOOTS “This town of 170,000 replaced some cops w/ medics & mental health workers. It's worked for over 30 yrs.”#Po

Ashley Fidler

aefidler

Yesterday I was really anxious. It reminded me that this was my daily state until 10 years ago, and it was hard. Wanted to share 8 things that have helped