#EXPERTISE

Niall Ferguson

nfergus

Must-read instant history of the pandemic by @lawrence_wright:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-plague-year The quote that sticks with me is from Matt Pottinger on "the fading art of leadership.” It’s not a failure

Alice Hunt Friend

ahfdc

No one serious is arguing that senior military officers who have not been retired for a minimum of 7 years "are single-minded killing machines that have to be controlled by

tamara k. nopper

tamaranopper

Critiques about academics not being "revolutionary" tend to neglect working in higher ed is a job or the possibility of higher ed becoming a public good. And also tends to

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

Normalization was the greatest danger: underestimating what was happening, denying the threat, and building fertile ground for pathology to spread. The greatest antidote to this (and the first step to

Jonathan Kimmelman

KimmelmanJ

I have several concerns about the generalizability of our paper. The 17% response rate is not a major one. Here is why: 1/https://twitter.com/Maherjane/status/1334754237004345345 1- Our sample was a very elite

Bill Browder

Billbrowder

BREAKING: Putin Opponent Alexei Navalny Poisoned by ‘Toxin’ in His Tea. Currently he is unconscious and in intensive care. This is extremely bad newshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-opponent-alexei-navalny-reportedly-poisoned-by-toxi

Timothy Gowers

wtgowers

There are two questions I would like to ask lockdown sceptics such as Toby Young, beautifully taken down by @NeilDotObrien (who does nothing more than quote Toby Young's tweets back

nithya angadi ⁷

nithyaangadi

Why non-POC writing POC stories is problematic (explained by a South Asian writer/reader), a thread: It takes away opportunities for POC writers themselves. We can write similar stories, but we

Kateri Salk

KateriSalk

I started a new position this year as a consultant with @TetraTech, my first job outside academia. It’s been great! For those who might be thinking about this career path

Hetan Shah

HetanShah

‘Epidemics are social as well as biological phenomena.’ My @nature piece on the importance of social science and humanities in tackling our big global challengeshttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00064-x Very helpful crowd sourc

Dr. Joel C. Miller

joel_c_miller

A regarding facemasks (now required in Melbourne).We've been seeing 200-400 cases a day for about a week now. I've been wearing a mask in public for a while now. I

Joanne Harris

Joannechocolat

I'm hearing a lot about writing as a hobby today. So here's another little thread. Lots of people enjoy writing. It's enriching, rewarding and promotes articulacy and self-expression. There are

Dr. Elizabeth Haven Hawley

ehh_ptr

Could someone point me to a good thread/source about allyship, trolls, and Twitter? Looking for insights to ensure that defense causes least harm. Good tips from @LDBurnett to switch notifications

Dr Nihilist Jones

mnitabach

This is (at best) worthless advice grossly contaminated by inverted causality & confirmation/survivorship bias.http://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/find-your-niche First, you dont search for & "find" yr niche. Yr nich

Kari Dru

KariDru

I've got thoughts about "if more people studied non-stem fields we wouldn't have a nazi problem" and if you've been near me a while you know I often have such

matthew remski

matthewremski

Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking to millions through a “censored” mask is obviously absurd. But this is a common trope in the conspirituality influencer class. JP Sears and Mikki Willis have

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