#Academic

Sam Hirst

Samuel_J_Hirst

Smokestacks and Pipelines. @Onur_Isci_ and I have written an article that argues for an economic approach to Turkish-Russian relations over the past years and engages with recent discussions of

Amy Orben

OrbenAmy

Reminder about the "social media is harming girls" headlines making the rounds today. Classic case of a study that would have merited academic peer review before a major press release

Tomos Evans

TomosEvans01

Currently reading James Hankins’ brilliant Virtue Politics, and his rallying cry for the need to urgently address the vast neglect of scholarly attention of Neo-Latin texts by *specifically* Anglophone academics,

Moya Lothian-Mclean

mlothianmclean

After last week's discussion on influencer activism, I'm thinking way more carefully about the labels I ascribe to people Really do think there should be more care taken before calling

Bert Hubert

PowerDNS_Bert

Recently I learned something about DNA that blew my mind, and in this thread, I'll attempt to blow your mind as well. Behold: Chargaff's 2nd Parity Rule for DNA N-Grams.If

KennAAAAAAAGH

kenrar

I saw a small criticism of The Queen's Gambit about how all of Beth's male competitors ended up being respectful and encouraging. I think the criticism was that this is

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

Granted standards have fallen as fast as VC salaries have risen. But we shouldn't allow them fall so low that a need to undergo bullying & harassment training is compatible

Dave Jamieson

jamieson

We recently performed a diversity review of sourcing in our stories. As a labor reporter I found a dichotomy I'm trying to address. Workers in my stories: Very diverse, disproportionately

Lane

HaygoodLaw

Who likes a good story about etymology? Hm? No one? Good. Sit down and attend, children, as I tell you about "doctors." "Doctor" is actually Latin; it comes from the

Eirini Malliaraki

irinimalliaraki

In 1986, Don R Swanson argued that there is a lot of undiscovered public knowledge, i.e. publicly available complementary but *not interactive* academic literatures /1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4307965?seq=1 the growth of science

Jan Brauner

JaniceBrauner

An irony-junkie-ME teetered between snorting a gleeful guffaw over @glenngeher's account of submitting a paper for publication on ideological bias that was rejected due to ideological bias AND maddening dismay

Anna Harvey

annalilharvey

Recently there's been lots of interest in alternatives to law enforcement. Many have also expressed concern about recent increases in violent crime.So: what non-law enforcement policies/programs have been shown specifically

Jeff Plaman

jplaman

Keep RIM in mind when you're designing for distance education. Design for regular interaction between the teacher and student. Teachers initiate the the interactions. Students may not have the self-advocacy

Prof Paul James Cardwell

Cardwell_PJ

Lots of discussion on #Erasmus, and rightly so. It is close to my heart, as a former participant (Lille, France), and the coordinator of a Uni department that expanded to

Christopher Wratil

chriswratil

I cannot assess whether the EU has to be blamed for ordering too much / little vaccine, but the public row about this issue follows common patterns & illustrates the

Mark Mancini

MarkPMancini

Does anyone else think the academic ballooning in Canada of qualifications is justified? I'm seriously asking. Is a PhD (or JSD) necessary as a "hoop" to jump through? Why do

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