#Insights

Science twitter thread/rant: Is discovery science dying? Is novelty being replaced by high quality/high volume megascience that values quantity and quality over novelty? I’ll make some enemies with this thread.
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Patronage flunky speaks. Pompeo's resume is one of repeated failed 'affirmative action' hires: he gets into West Point because he KNEW SOMEBODY, washes out of Army in a tour
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What are the best examples out there of campaigning that has successfully achieved major shifts in values or behaviour?Equal marriage campaigns are clearly the shining standout here, I guess. What
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Jan 1st is the deadline for the Future of Conflict postdoc @CrisisGroup & @ESoConflict. Here’s why PhD conflict researchers who care about policy should apply... #EconTwitter #PoliSciTwitter https://jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/postdoctoral
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We're launching Astral (@astral_so): Sell pre-orders, validate your idea, and get customers without building anything. Sell before you build.Startups need to validate ideas quickly. Talk is cheap, buying
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Adult content creators are in the middle of a major change in Twitter policies regarding their accounts, and as a consequence, many accounts have been suspended/deleted since January 1. I
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Economics has all the explanations and the solutions in education right now. From "learning loss" as long term GDP reduction to edtech as its cure, there is a certain style
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Casa Fiore is Cristiano’s favorite restaurant in Turin. The owner (Mr. Fiore indeed) released an interview to @tuttosport. Here a short but nice thread giving you some insights about Cristiano’s
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1/ I support a full time return to school but we need to do this safely and responsibly. Ontario’s plan (and that of many other provinces) is not responsible and
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Thread: I've been looking through various data sources to see how other major nations have handled Covid-19 and education/school policy and outcomes: https://www.tes.com/news/school-reopening-pandemic-plans-nations-compare-uk-france-ger
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One segment I have been absolutely upbeat is IT/Tech. Tech has always been the hidden moat for many companies - AP/BFL to name a few. Tech is no longer a
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Gather around Trees! I shall weave you a web of roots.Some have seen this all before. Many have not. My DMs are open; reach out and counter these points publicly
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Serious question for people living in the US. Do you really think it's a better quality of life than other countries? I'm from the US, but I now live in
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This is a welcomed step, but if you read the comments (I should have known better) you'll be dragged into a cesspool of narrow minds and shitty takes.So let's set
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Thread for PhD students whose work was interrupted by COVID-19. #phdchat 1/ I’ve examined 101 PhDs, but the one that sticks in my mind was from someone whose partner had
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I love this cartoon. But what's the lesson? Some folk say the lesson is skepticism. That is, once we recognize that we are merely the latest twig on a perpetually
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