#Academic

ShriramKrishnamurthi

ShriramKMurthi

In his latest blog post, @guzdial makes a strong and appealing argument that one can't possibly disagree with. As so often happens with his blog, I have a counter-example. Usually

Daniel Bittman

danielbittman

Systems research is hard and time consuming. Let's talk about that using this bug in Twizzler that I just squashed as an example.It can be hard to make “research progress"

Sunday Okafor

Okafor_SC

Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) and Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA): the difference and how to increase your chances of securing any of both in US universities.A thread1/n A Graduate Assistantship either

Musashi Nair

Musashi_Nair

European historians use a comparative notion of “balance of probabilities” when claiming knowledge transmission from Europe (Greece) to #India, but insist on the absolute notion of “beyond all reasonable doubt”

Katherine Crocker PhD supports #BLM

cricketcrocker

So that paper on BMI and “obesity” is finally in proofs stage and I’m already bracing for the reaction in case anyone reads it.I’m waiting for a zoom meeting to

Amba Azaad

AmbaAzaad

Typical that elite savarna debate on the new educational policy is focusing on the language thing and not the blatantly casteist official support of child labour disguised as vocational courses.

A New Radical Centrism

a_centrism

1/ A Daily Thread of Rough Draft Excerpts From an Article I'm Writing on Race and IQ.DAY #17 Here's the link to a page containing supporting sources for tweets in

Dr. Tess Tanen 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🧙‍♀️#BLM

TessTanenbaum

A day in the life of a transgender academic (THREAD)I spent 10 minutes explaining to colleagues in a meeting why some language isn't just "objectionable" but can be actively traumatizing

sierra

bokutorou

i went on a huge rant abt this on priv but honestly I’m kinda sick of bokutos mischaracterzation so i am here to summerazie it and yall Better Listenhttps://twitter.com/chiabutter/status/1276963885208293378 bokuto

Craig Whiteside

CraigAWhiteside

Thread: I have the pleasure of working in an amazing community of folks who helped make our "newly online" counterterrorism course a great experience, stretching me in many ways but

Chris Peterson

peteyreplies

five likes and i will subject you to my belated takes on the movie "booksmart" (2019) and how its worldbuilding, specifically w/ respect to college admissions, makes it into a

Jess Miers

jess_miers

I've been thinking a lot lately about the parallels between law school and content moderation. Specifically, the way I think about the law--the rules that govern both our offline and

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

I have never seen a movement of supposedly oppressed people so at war with the truth. For people without power, the truth and liberal science as a process to seek

Ashlin Mathew

ashlinpmathew

This from @varungrover is an important read. He says Equal and fair representation of Dalits is the only way out of this fractured existence. I concur. A threadhttps://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reservation-vinod-kambli-dalit

Dr Christine Eriksen

DrCEriksen

Recent #wildfire seasons have been tough. One often overlooked but crucial aspect of more frequent, intense wildfires is firefighters’ well-being. I spoke with @NathanRott @NPR on ‘Why Firefighters Are Facing

ghost of daniel parker

SeekerOTL

1\THE TWO LIVES OF CLIFFORD G GADDYThe Second Life (1987-2020)a thread Part I can be found here:https://twitter.com/SeekerOTL/status/1320531338789818369 2\Like a real life Don Draper, Clifford Gaddy was reborn. In 1987, he

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