#Response

1. Let's talk some more about this @NewYorker piece today and its clear, um, inspiration. (My problem is decidedly not with its "elitist" readers in good-ole-boy speak.) First, part about
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Not feeling great about the incentive structures being set up by how responses to antisemitism are covered in English-language media Those alologising, taking ownership, committing to improvement, etc. are constantly
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Re-listening debate while I work. Still think Tufton had stronger opening. Dayton was actlly decent on that corruption question but I am feeling like his failure to mention the IC
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Okay so I’m done this midterm. Grab your popcorn y’all. So for context for those who don’t know, a law professor at @OttawaU used the n-word in class, then tried
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This is a thread about honestyIt’s a thread about how an honest enquiry by a curious Christian about a mythical event - misrepresented as historical by a fundamentalist Christian cult
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Thread on Team-Based Learning #TBL @TBLearning - warning - this is very long, but explains the what, how and why of TBL. If you are an instructor at any age,
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Why do #COVID19 patients often become critically ill around 1.5 weeks? Our latest work (now on @biorxivpreprint) may provide an explanation (and therapy) for this: aberrant IgG antibodies. A thread
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Lots of ordinary jobs have suddenly become dangerous - even life-threatening. Care workers are the new coal miners. Yet our ability to enforce safety in the workplace has been crushed
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1300+ scholars and luminaries declare support for an unprecedented boycott of @UofT - Canada’s largest and most prestigious university. They're joined by dozens of campus organizations, unions, student groups, alum
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At Student Minds we were shocked by the new student measures recently implemented #studentlockdown. Any measures need to be fair, non-discriminatory, and proportionate, with the mental health of our uni
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Just a thought I shared with a dear friend the other day. That everything that is going on this year was karmic. We had four years of the worse government
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When I made about the pavement widths mapping I tweeted that I had some ideas for a little project related to cycling infrastructure. After a bit of effort, it is
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A few personal thoughts on the video of the woman in Central Park with her dog that called the cops. First, can we stop filming people we have bad interactions
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DECRIMINALIZATION OF S*X WORK IS A PRIORITY & HERE’S WHY:- The criminalization of 2 consenting adults benefits NO ONE-Sex Work is any type of labor where the explicit goal is
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Alright, well I know some folks have been following this, but it appears @jonathanchait has written a follow-up article about my friends, so allow me to provide my view. I
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Overnight on 30–31 Aug (94th day of protests & riots), #antifa attacked the Kelly police building in Portland again. In response to the killing of the Trump supporter, they came
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