#Academic

I have some thoughts about this piece by Michael Gerson. Background (disclosure): I'm not American, I live in the US, I'm a Christian, and as an academic, I have lots
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THREAD: Learning Greek to read the New Testament.For anyone interested in the NT I recommend learning Greek to help you follow details more closely.This thread reviews some of the ways
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This year was pretty wild. I got my PhD and got tear gassed for the first time, did a lot of media, and published a dozen or so articles in
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So the new @BloombergNEF battery _price_ report has come in, and the goal of @ARPAE GRIDS has been hit, assuming that a pack _price_ $137/kWh is close to a pack
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Beautifully-written articulation of the progressive take on #openschools:Keep schools closed: It’s a social justice imperative.Do it for labor rights, and in solidarity with Black families.It’s so well-written, you almost miss
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I love how (academic) Twitter enables us to watch colleagues “think out lout”, as we grapple with current events. The recent shocking images from Washington have spawned a number of
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[Thread]: 122 Palestinian & Arab academics want to lecture Jews (& everyone else) about antisemitism.Their letter mischaracterizes the IHRA definition of antisemitism, continues a tradition of erasing/distorting Jewish history &
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I didn't think I would really have to have my own take on the #tiktokseashanty (best spelling is really #seachantey, but anyway) phenomenon. Turns out, though, I do. After watching
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Ok.. Soo.. Marco Rubio was just named the new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee since Senator Richard Burr is under investigation for insider trading connected to the coronavirus. Here
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Progressives and their media friends are flat out lying to you about mail in voting.What they are doing is an EXCEEDINGLY dangerous attempt to delegitimize the 2020 election if/when they
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THE ACCIDENTAL KINGS.Wenge Musica's Sworn Musical Rivalry..In the long school holidays of 1984 in Kinshasa, the heartland of Zaire, or as it was mildly called, 'Ile Congo Ya Mobutu', a
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About three years I posted a bit of a thread about stop and search. I think it’s time for a reminder... Since 1829 the primary role of the police has
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From 9-10am, I'll be talking about how I use social media to become more informed and aware of systemic racism, discrimination, and violence. I'm a 3rd gen US-born, white, cishet,
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(1) OK @TheWFA, I'll bite. There are so many reasons for this it couldn't all be contained in a single chain of tweets. Whole books have been (and continue to
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One thing to understand about Philly is that Fels, the U. Penn governing school that @phillymayor taught at and much of city council has degrees from, fetishizes "innovative" public/private "partnership"
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One of the funny things about the conspiracy beat is that it’s really young - both the beat and the reporters on it - so you get these observations of
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