#Ideas

‘The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away.’I agree, though it’s very short-sighted of them to omit
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I’ll note, again, the effort to conflate the entire magazine issue with its lead essay — and really, a single sentence in that essay — a transparent attempt to discredit
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tw/// slursi think this is a good example of how people completely fail and disregard the importance of good science communication, and while I understand and encourage people to talk
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#AcademicChatter Universities are promoting faculty "inclusive excellence" by investing in better mentoring program for underrepresented scholars. I assure you, achievement gaps have much more to do with disparities in ADVOCACY
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Want to have more ideas?Do these 3 things:[THREAD] 1) Accept that “originality” is impossible.“New” things — “original” things — don’t exist. So chasing newness, and striving for originality, is a
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Argghh... @CircleCI, why do you keep doing good things the wrong way?1st, no actually useful API to manage tens of micro-projects' settings from an automation repository2nd, you added context, but
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We are totally unprepared for the effects recommendation-engine fueled radicalizing memes are having on society. Back in the early days of reddit the community noticed that certain types of content
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Working on a little something to go alongside one of the schemes I'm planning, inspired by @SaysMiss. Would appreciate any feedback My gut is telling me it's too cluttered,
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I generally talk a lot about making licensed games. That's what people typically know me for, and usually what I make the bulk of my income off of. But, during
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too anxious about work related problems to draw or play poke so i just did dress up with my gijinkas :') aaand some more. last 2 are me throwing out
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How to win an argument without having the argumentA dark thread that should be illegal Disclaimer:As in the previous thread (see below), this will not show you how to convince
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The appointment of @AnnelieseDodds as Shadow Chancellor is critical: it suggests Keir Starmer's policy promises in the leadership election will be upheld.@NickTorfaen - a biographer of Attlee and Bevan -
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These are tips I wrote for my students on how to read theory in a humanities/interdisciplinary context. Sharing them because twitter constraints help me be concise, and because I want
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The *best* thing we can do to respons to the Fair Deal panel?Ignore it.Yup, 100%.Why? 1/ #ableg The Fair Deal proposals are what Kenney WANTS Albertans to be discussing. Its
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This trend going around of "ew gay people are gross ha ha I can say that 'cause I'm LGBT so it's not insensitive or hateful at all" is starting to
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30 ideas you can write about over the next 30 days: Before we dive in, a quick breakdown.Everything you write falls into 4 buckets:• Actionable (here's how)• Analytical (here's what)•
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