#Academic

Alice Nuttall

Ally_Nuttall

Re the "free speech/woke wardens" thing, I have a story that feels very relevant to this.I used to work for a local news and events website. We would promote local

Mike Gow 高英智

mikeygow

Discussion on #academicfreedom in thread is importantI looked at some claims raised in Wellington complaintChecking even a single footnote takes time, but might be necessaryLooks less and less like credible

Max Cohen

MaxCohen93

Pure falklands Toryism: Militarism to mask internal party divides, mobilise nationalism, while diverting money from social welfare.Military spending and upgrading nuclear weapons does nothing to deal with greatest security threat

Dr. Johnathan Flowers says "Fuck your Academy."

shengokai

For those of you concerned about the "damage" done to the field and academic freedom by the push to cancel transphobes in philosophy, I have this to say (1/n):https://twitter.com/shengokai/status/1349419659855077376 The

Rachel Bryan 🇪🇺

RachelBBryan

I'm a final-year PhD, and I want to frame myself as an 'open academic':- publish in open access journals- share my underlying data- use open source software.Anyone done this? Any

Alan Levinovitz

AlanLevinovitz

photos from 2009 and 2011, respectivelyI'm 100% for pushing back on political interference with the Postal Service, but the ultra-processed information served up on Twitter is worth being careful about,

Ira, still wearing a mask, Hyman

ira_hyman

Flashbulb memories for the January 6th coup attempt. I am sure some of you may start these studies. To distract myself from the news, an academic thread for a moment.

Russ Burgos

Russ_Burgos

1/ Thanks to @militaryhistori, I went down a smallish rabbit hole on the state of military history education in America today, precipitated by this Max Hastings lamentation which might be

Shadi Hamid

shadihamid

This is sad. @EvansRyan202's obsession with me, although slightly bizarre, has been a highlight of Twitter. Every time I write an article, there's a response. I don't usually see his

Marianne Hem Eriksen

mariheri

On rejections in academia—a thread: Today is Norway’s Grant Christmas. Right before the holidays each year, the Norwegian Research Council @forskningsradet publishes a list of funded projects. I know many,

James Barry

JamesBarry1789

The main problem I have this evening, folks, is about the use of the word "queer". Buckle your seatbelt, baby, you're about to be offended. I'm growing increasingly tired of

Gordon Shotwell 🇨🇦

gshotwell

I get sent this study every couple of weeks and wanted to write a thread about why I think it's problematic.https://twitter.com/AntiRacist_Sci/status/1288597295286620166 The study claims that low vitamin D levels among

Simone Webb

SimoneWebbUCL

I've been thinking about this comment from @philosophybites in response to a trans academic (and similar comments he's made elsewhere) let's set aside the issue of whether Warburton's right in

Stefan Kertesz, MD

StefanKertesz

1/The NPR #opioid “flood of prescriptions“ piece distressed many. I can’t speak to that, without first saying where it’s right. We have no reason to doubt that docs and dentists

Adam Kramer

akramer16

I am calling on @ZenobiaAward to renounce @IonGameDesign as a sponsor. Ion are known publishers of anti-Semitic, pro-colonial, anti-eastern hate speech in their games. These views are in sharp contrast

Timothy Verstynen

tdverstynen

Okay, while I'm not saying that MRI methods are ready to be clinical-level biomarkers yet, I think this study (and everyone else) needs to slow their roll on the conclusions.PDF:

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