#Contemporary

Spooky Dude

nerdythor

So I hesitate to do this, and I’ve had a few really bad mental health months, but I’ve been thinking about it awhile and I’m tired of hiding this shit

Greg Sargent

ThePlumLineGS

Let's be clear: For the far-right groups that carried out Trump's insurrection, the siege of the Capitol was a huge success, a major propaganda coup. I talked to experts in

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Wish folks cared as much about countering the political culture of far right hyper-nationalistic populism that traffics in anti-Semitic tropes and naturalized conceptions of racial and gender hierarchies, as they

Emma Llanso

ellanso

Lots to unpack in the Facebook @OversightBoard decisions today: the OB is throwing some elbows to define its own role & scope, context is crucial in all of these decisions,

Charles C. Mann

CharlesCMann

Fascinating debate in Nature Sustainability about a seemingly arcane question: how much burning of the landscape did indigenous Americans do before Europeans arrived? Relevance: if they did a lot, today’s

Daniel Bellingradt

dbellingradt

Robert Hooke's "Micrographia" of 1665 invented and fueled the myth of the existance of a paper eating "book-worm". According to the inventor, the worm was "silver-shining" and "eats holes through

Dr. Sarah Bond

SarahEBond

Let's chat about the ancient history of the "great conjunction" of Jupiter & Saturn which will occur on the night of December 21 (e.g. Kepler's depiction In 1596) & the

Jim Pfaendtner

JimPfaendtner

Faculty hiring 2020 is coming. Yes there will be TT jobs available. Yes there will be many fewer than last year. Should you apply this year? Wait it out? Give

David Roberts

drvolts

I've got other things I ought to be doing ... so how about a thread? When I talk about what contemporary US conservatives are doing (to wit: being f'ing horrible),

nick

demonetizedblog

I went down the rabbit hole with some contemporary reactionary writing recently. Wild trip. One thing I like about the reactionary writing style is the overwrought, mystical tone (not snarking

elizabeth bruenig

ebruenig

I realize there's a lot going on right now, and that in the context of our political turmoil, one life can seem insignificant. But please read this. Corey Johnson is

Jenn Sims

RavenclawSoc23

Okay #AcademicTwitter I know its the holidays but we need to talk about semantic complaints in peer reviews 1/13 So, theres a pedantic, fragile, and ineffective way to critique

Ben Tappin

Ben_Tappin

New preprint!Why are people’s policy opinions influenced by cues from political parties? We studied the theory that people use party cues as heuristics, stand-ins for their lack of policy information

Sonia

yet_so_far

Shall I read the computational phrenology paper for your entertainment? Okay, here’s a link if you want to read along. The good news is that it’s only 7 pages including

Pine Baron

SpiritofPines

I have always said most business books are trash - But people have been asking “Ok Pine Baron, but what’s the real stuff? The true esoteric money knowledge?”Well I am

Stephen Hall

DocSteveHall

I wanna do a book thread. Why is this book for you if you work in @beisgovuk @CommonsBEIS @LGANews #localgov @SmartEnergyGB @EnergySysCat @ftenergy #urbanplanning #SmartCities #consulting #energytwitter https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.

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