A “scholar who inspired a generation,” writes Nature of the late Jason Arday. Anyone searching the editorial for even an acknowledgment of Arday’s extensive academic misconduct and fraud will search in vain. If we are to believe the world’s most prestigious scientific journal, #AcademicIntegrity #ScienceEthics #JournalismTruth #Nocountrycodesarerelevanttothetweetyouprovided.
It seems like migration: "generous" protection actually leads to more exclusion. Because once you are in, it becomes much harder to get back out. "It's like the rental market is with any other protected market; because once you are 'in' (translated)
"That an unqualified fabulist like Jason Arday could rise to the very top of his profession was bad enough. That Cambridge then tried to cover it all up and threw around accusations of racism until the bitter end was worse still. But the collective canonization after his death, https://t.co/zUhtZycP3q #JasonArday #CambridgeUniversity #RacismAccusations #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
What is more demeaning to black scholars than the assumption that you need to lower the bar all the way to the floor for them, because they couldn't make it otherwise? Who are the real "racists" here? https://t.co/MdTH0DQd0r #Racism #BlackScholars #Equity #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
The stupidest political argument of the century (imho) is rearing its ugly head again in the wake of @AfD's stunning electoral victory in Germany. It goes something like this: "If you adopt the negative framing around immigration, you're playing into the hands of the far right." #ImmigrationDebate #AfD #PoliticalArgument #DE
Kudos to @nytimes for publishing this important piece by @afalkhatib. If you’re one of those Western activists deluded enough to think that chanting “From the river to the sea!” will actually help Palestinians, rather than lock them into a perpetual cycle of horrible wars, please #Palestine #Activism #ConflictResolution #PS #IL
Can we finally stop pretending nuclear is "unreliable" because of droughts and heatwaves? New study: across 500+ reactor-years in Europe, heat & drought reduced output by just 0.6% (max 1.3% in any country). That's peanuts. Solar and wind are FAR more weather-dependent and thus https://t.co/PaFoyj3rqb #NuclearEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables #EU
Until the fairy tale burst in Cambridge, one could think that corruption was limited to one institution or field. But the bizarre canonization of Jason Arday proves that the decay has spread much further. It also reinforces all the harmful dynamics that (translated)
My own rector, Petra De Sutter, turned the “Gaza genocide” into official university policy, threatening anyone who dared to question it. Multiple professors emailed the previous rector behind my back, urging disciplinary action against me. Philosopher and former friend #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #GazaGenocide #GA #BE
My own rector, Petra De Sutter, turned the “Gaza genocide” into official university policy, threatening anyone who dared to question it. Multiple professors emailed the previous rector behind my back, urging disciplinary action against me. Philosopher and former friend https://t.co/B6J5AZ8wWH #GazaGenocide #AcademicFreedom #UniversityPolicy #IL #PS
A fantastic story that once again shows how essential "trust in science" is, and what is at stake if you squander that trust. Science is anyway an eternal struggle against our intuitions and emotions. You really can't afford that if (translated)
I haven't tweeted anything about the Gaza war for a while because I can barely contain my anger at the sheer dishonesty and irresponsibility of it all—it’s just not good for my blood pressure. Every major element of the “Gaza genocide” blood libel has now collapsed, yet there #GazaWar #Genocide #FreeSpeech #IL #PS
I haven't tweeted anything about the Gaza war for a while because I can barely contain my anger at the sheer dishonesty and irresponsibility of it all—it’s just not good for my blood pressure. Every major element of the “Gaza genocide” blood libel has now collapsed, yet there #GazaWar #TruthMatters #MediaResponsibility #IL #PS
It seems that literary magazine @themothmagazine has awarded its 1st prize to a short story that is 100% AI-generated, according to @Pangram: https://t.co/5kJJrTMIAw I read the story. I ain't no literary critic, but it's kinda lame. It's superficially poetic and atmospheric, but https://t.co/vr4vTCT14N #AIGenerated #Literature #ShortStory #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
A disillusioning interview with my colleague Bouke De Vries at @DoorbraakBE about the suffocating ideological atmosphere in the Ghent department: "I have studied or worked at ten different universities in eight different countries, but nowhere have I experienced such an oppressive... (translated)
A disillusioning interview with my colleague Bouke De Vries at @DoorbraakBE about the suffocating ideological atmosphere at the Ghent department: "I have studied or worked at ten different universities in eight different countries, but nowhere have I felt such a stifling..." (translated)
Strong words in @insidehighered about @UGent's letter suspending @nathancofnas: "Ghent argues that Cofnas’s criticism of Arday as “mentally disabled” and a "worthless scholar" was “an intentional and serious disturbance of the peace” that may violate “the Belgian Criminal #HigherEd #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #BE
"Ghent (@Ugent) argues that Cofnas’s criticism of Arday as “mentally disabled” and a "worthless scholar" was “an intentional and serious disturbance of the peace” that may violate “the Belgian Criminal Code.” It is ludicrous (and dangerous) to suggest that accurately accusing a #Ghent #Cofnas #AcademicIntegrity #BE
Reliabe sources tell me that UGent rector Petra De Sutter emphatically denies this "amicable agreement". https://t.co/zgI1N1fjze #UGent #PetraDeSutter #FakeNews #BE
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