#Academics

Louis Bubrig

BubrigLouis

#AcademicChatter #scicomm @AcademicChatter Hi scientists and academics: I don't usually make threads like this but goddamn. Can we all stop pretending that the wave of anti-intellectualism in the US is

Alessio Patalano

alessionaval

It’s a very good question. It’s been informally floated around for a few months now. It appeals to unis making good ‘savings’ and less loss of focus on teaching and

Ryan Cordell

ryancordell

Most academics believe at some level that we can read our way out—that if we just put the right information in front of folks they'd change their minds & do

Macrodesiac

macrodesiac_

We've said it before and we'll say it again.Central bankers are RUINING your life. They've broken EVERYTHING and now they’re coming after you...AGAIN. Don't worry, we have the solution1/n Central

roy

creepingmraxist

So i think it’s worth talking about Small Press Distributions (spd) history in light of this recent article:https://damagedbookworker.medium.com/terrorized-by-spd-612014765e7c I’m going to be using Matvei Yankelevich’s recent articles

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

💀⚔️ Dr Ashley the Ninth ⚔️💀

DrAshleyNova

So, I voted yes on this, but I want to expand on my thinking. I think the flexibility of post doc contracts, to a limit, is good. 3-5 year contracts

Alex Holcombe

ceptional

Founder of Moderna explains that it's fortunate they weren't in academia - they would have had a tough time publishing their discoveries, due to skepticism by journal editors and reviewers.

Greenpeace EU

GreenpeaceEU

New report shows that, across the EU, activists, journalists, academics and others are being sued into silence. It's a massive threat to #FreeSpeech #FundamentalRights #Democracy#StopSLAPPs https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/demo

X-Wings & History

XWnHIST

Let's all dig into today's dogshit history take: Won't anyone think of the poor impoverished guns-and-drums military historians?https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-31/max-hastings-u-s-universities-declare-war-on-m

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

My students have had more contact from me, not less. Contact hours have gone up, not down. The fact that those hours take place (mostly, but actually not entirely, online,

John Budd

JohnWBudd

Maybe not a surprising quote in response to workers unionizing: “I am proud of the self-determination our team has shown by taking on the responsibility of organizing to make Fair

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

Rex Murphy's article sums up in detail the most visible failings of Canada's C-19 response. The economic costs especially to the youth are alarming and clear; prosperity, opportunity and growth

el gato malo

boriquagato

a lot of people still seem to not understand what this means, so let's lay that out for a minute.PCR tests look for RNA. there is too little in your

Zuriel Domingo

domingozuriel

You'll notice that most Filipino academics posit Philippine National Police (PNP) is embedded in colonialism/imperialism; precursor of the PNP, Philippine Constabulary (PC) was estab. 1901 under supervision of the governor-general

Brian Kemple

realbriankemple

Hi.I have a PhD in philosophy.I tried for two years to get an academic appointment. 127 applications to a variety of institutions.But looking today at most of these schools, those

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