"Academics think that their ideas are complex when in fact they are oftentimes just complexly expressed." buff.ly/2aFeArv

Not surprising. And unlikely to change soon. The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America nyti.ms/2OIm3db via The Upshot

Just going to pin it here, so I can go back to it when I need a sobering point

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One important skill I learned after I became a parent is typing with my left hand

IU researchers found that nearly half the people pursuing careers as academic scientists 'drop out' in five years. go.iu.edu/28QE via News at IU

At midnight tonight, all works first published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain. smithmag.co/zcSgLx

Thank you @angelica_frey for The New York Times for suggesting that game music is the best #work companion. First productive day of the year to the tunes of Spyro the Dragon.

My fist fiction book in years The Boy at The Door by Alex Dahl has just moved my passion for #nordicnoir to a new level. #KindleBooks Audible #theboyatthedoor

Test your ability to classify 10 news statements as either factual or opinion. Then see how you did in comparison with a nationally representative group of 5,035 randomly selected U.S. adults surveyed online pewrsr.ch/2lkZ4Yl

I am so excited about this. Especially as a new parent who for a split second almost drowned in the sea of contradictory advice. But then quickly recovered by questioning the sanity of it all. Thank you Emily Oster for Crib sheet. Much Needed book. amazon.com/Cribsheet-Data…

Me after economic sociology class

My biggest challenge of being an #immigrant is keeping up with my host #culture while trying to have a solid grasp of important cultural developments in my native culture

Coming from socialism helps

I always feel that sentences that are overly complex, don't have subjects, or take you more than a minute to understand are plain disregard of the reader.

My first #ASA2019 was inspiring 95% ...until a female scholar shut me down during Q&A. #Sociologists turn to questions of #genderequity more than any other scholars, and yet female scholars can slam beginners when in disagreement.

Federal budgets tell you everything you want to know about fears of real and imaginary threats.