Just getting in to MAXQDA (MAXQDA); any social scientists or data scientists that have any tips on how to get started? I've heard a ton of good things, but I can't figure out up from down.

This is Io. She can see into the future. Thinks you should avoid ducks for a while. Also Florida. 12/10

Me: Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find cotton duck? Saleswoman, not looking up: Last aisle, far right. Me: Do you have busks? Her: *looks up* Me: Or just- Her, suddenly smiling: Get wooden stakes. I know what you're doing, and trust me, they work even better.

If there is any proof that humans neither change nor evolve, it is historical records like this, which prove that pettiness and shade was still a staple of life (or death, as the case may be), as evidenced in this 16th century gentlewoman's will.

Basically how I felt when the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine escalated into genocide

my family was just forced to vote at gunpoint in russian cosplay of a “referendum” in southern ukraine: - they come to your house - you have to openly tick the box for being annexed by russia (or for staying with ukraine if you feel suicidal) - all while armed gunmen watch you

forcing ukrainians at gunpoint to tick a box for their own genocide is a next level sadistic #russiancolonialism, though

EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowships for displaced Ukrainian scholars now launched: sareurope.eu/msca4ukraine/ Open to PhD students and holders; covers fellow's salary, costs of relocation for them + family & host institution's expenses. Circulate and apply! #AcademicTwitter

I just successfully defended my dissertation prospectus and am officially ABD! My diss is (tentatively) called "Explaining Violence in Genocide: Variations in Severity Among 20th-21st Cases." Excited to delve into the data for this project! Johns Hopkins SAIS Academic Chatter™ PhD Voice - Independently Run

Calls to violence are calls to violence. If someone on “my” side calls for the downing of a plane so that anti-trans haters die, they’re not actually on my side. They’re harming our cause and potentially putting not only the hatemongers but those randomly around them in danger.

I wonder how dumb Milley feels about suggesting peace talks earlier this week? Not sure if he's aware, this is a nation gunning for war, not peace. apnews.com/article/russia…

I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity.

With 95% of the vote in, the Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Election has been called by both MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News: Reverend Raphael Warnock is the (projected) winner!

Breaking news: Former president Donald Trump can be held liable in court for the actions of the mob that overtook the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Justice Department said Thursday. wapo.st/3KMlXAN