#Academic

Dr Lindsay 'Difficult Woman' Tedds🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺

LindsayTedds

At the last GFC @UCalgary the topic of political staffers/related intimidating academics from speaking was raised. The provost asked for examples and said academics are members of the public and

Kushagra Aniket

KushagraAniket

During my undergrad at Cornell, I learnt the basics of Nyāya from a proponent of "The Death of Sanskrit" theory.According to him, the Bhagavad Gita was a manual of casteist

Jessi Lehman

jessi_lehman

1/ Books are my constant companions. This week I finished my 40th non-academic book of 2020. Recognize this reflects huge privilege but I want to highlight three outstanding books I

Leora Horwitz

leorahorwitzmd

Oy. Schools. This is really tough. As we debate risk/benefit, understanding whether schools are a major source of transmission to the community (and high risk people) is the billion dollar

Tom Sugrue

TomSugrue

Another tiresome and utterly predictable jeremiad about the history profession that misses the innovation that has remade the field in recent decades.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-31/max-hastings-u-s-universities-declar

Billy Huband-Thompson

billyhubt

A few thoughts on politics and research:There's little point doing research if you've decided your conclusions before the work commences. That's partly why we have protocols for systematic reviews, quant

Prof. Larisa

samclab

1. When big things are happening in the world, it can be hard to know how to respond, hard to make meaning out of one's everyday work. Here are some

Julien Potet

julienpotet

1/ Good news. There's now an international stockpile of #Ebola vaccines. It is managed by the ICG group, under auspices of @WHO. @MSF is a member of this group.Good news,

Maitreya Bhakal

MaitreyaBhakal

Schrodinger's China:China is both a threat to world's peace, and on the verge of collapse. Schrodinger's response to COVID-19:China's response is both delayed and riddled with missteps - and is

Structured Success

StructuredSucc

Is ADHD a disability? It's complicated. Let's talk about it.A thread. 1/15 I recently asked #ADHDTwitter whether y'all thought that your #ADHD was a disability, and the majority of you

Give Them Time

GiveTimeScot

1) We will know when Scotland has got it right for our 4yr olds when people stop asking us for help. As it stands our membership and support continues to

Daniel E Acuna

daniel_akuna

Here is the quote I am referring to in this reply. Since this paper has become so controversial, and I reviewed it, I thought I would share some additional info

Dr. Juliette McClendon

DrJulietteM

Should Racial Trauma be in the DSM? A thread.#RacialTrauma #RacialTraumaisReal #psychology #Academic #BlackMentalHealth 1/16 Preface: This is my educated opinion. There are valid arguments on both sides of this issue.

Lakshman Swamy

laxswamy

Why is *patient* education taken for granted? I feel like we consider it either unimportant or simplistic. It is neither. We're passionate about #meded & work tirelessly on scholarship &

Fran Bove FSET

franbove

A short thread on why teachers could have managed the pandemic better than @BorisJohnson @GavinWilliamson 1) Teachers never over promise. They are great at managing expectations and knows if they

Belle Owen

bellavenom

I’ve seen so many of my disabled peers doing so many amazing things today. I want to acknowledge their tireless work, & the fact that I stand on ground forged

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