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- Raibert on writing - Advice for writing academic papers http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/randy/randy/raibert.htm 4 comments compsci
- Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/sep/04/academics-are-being-hoodwinked-into-writing-books-nobody-can-buy 15 comments books
- Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work? https://lithub.com/did-tolkien-write-the-lord-of-the-rings-because-he-was-avoiding-his-academic-work 3 comments books
- Writing Academic Papers in Org-mode https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/bvweh8/writing_academic_papers_in_orgmode/ 27 comments emacs
- Why Academics' Writing Stinks by Steven Pinker - The Chronicle Review http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989 8 comments books
- Academic “Ghost-Writing”: The Cheating Scandal No One Will Discuss https://logosnews.tech/-mjydkmeutakozj7iq4d 17 comments truereddit
- Spanish academic gets €1.5m EU grant to rescue 'women's writing' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/27/spanish-academic-gets-15m-eu-grant-to-rescue-womens-writing 5 comments worldnews
- Essay writing services must be banned to stop cheating, say academics https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/aug/31/essay-writing-services-must-be-banned-to-stop-cheating-say-academics 54 comments worldnews
- Google Is Shelling Out Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Academics Writing Papers About Google http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/google-pays-academics-for-writing-about-google.html 9 comments politics
- Google has been paying academic researchers who write favorable papers, report says http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/11/google-has-been-paying-academic-researchers-report-says.html 3 comments technology
- "why are you folks letting people with no discernible knowledge of the subject write about academic philosophy?" http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/an-open-letter.html 8 comments philosophy
- AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps | Users may have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates, without their phone to help them, say academics https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/08/ai-wingmen-bots-to-write-profiles-and-flirt-on-dating-apps 42 comments technews
- AI bot ChatGPT stuns academics with essay-writing skills and usability | Technology https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/04/ai-bot-chatgpt-stuns-academics-with-essay-writing-skills-and-usability 13 comments worldnews
- AI bot ChatGPT stuns academics with essay-writing skills and usability https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/04/ai-bot-chatgpt-stuns-academics-with-essay-writing-skills-and-usability 12 comments worldnews
- AI bot ChatGPT stuns academics with essay-writing skills and usability https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/04/ai-bot-chatgpt-stuns-academics-with-essay-writing-skills-and-usability 77 comments technology
- Noam Chomsky, other academics write open letter to PM Shahbaz over 'deteriorating' human rights in Pakistan including suppression of freedom of speech; harassment and intimidation of journalists, social media users and political activists; [and] making of fake blasphemy cases against political rival https://tribune.com.pk/story/2362158/chomsky-other-academics-pen-open-letter-to-pm-over-deteriorating-human-rights 24 comments pakistan
- Academics have developed a how-to guide for Early Researchers to increase the impact of their papers via media coverage & academic citations. The recommendations represent a shift from the often dense & emotionless writing style of research publications which leaves many papers lost in translation. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/academic-papers-should-use-emotive-and-personal-language-to-achieve-greater-public-impact 12 comments science
- My first deep-dive into linear algebra and numerical analysis. An article describing how to write a C library that performs most of the "academical" algorithms for matrices (Row Echelon, Reduced Row Echelon, LU(P) Factorization, Inverse, Determinants, etc.) https://www.andreinc.net/2021/01/20/writing-your-own-linear-algebra-matrix-library-in-c 8 comments math
- Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator | She was an academic who helped write the book on how to rein in Wall Street, only to be blocked from her dream job (running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) by Republicans. As senator, her populist economic message has animated the Democratic base https://politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/elizabeth-warren/ 523 comments politics
- ’Abandoned and forgotten’: Jailed British-Australian academic writes of despair in Iran https://www.mcall.com/news/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-iran-kylie-moore-gilbert-20200121-gs65fosgsvhsrddsgumugi2tne-story.html 31 comments worldnews
- Advice on how to improve your academic exposition by Cormac McCarthy. Interesting read for mathematicians (or anyone) looking to improve their writing style in an academic setting. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02918-5 35 comments math
- Polish academics write open letter to Germany urging it to abandon its nuclear power phase out until fossil fuels are fully replaced http://fota4climate.org/2019/05/13/an-open-letter-concerning-the-premature-decommissioning-of-nuclear-power-plants-in-germany/ 258 comments europe
- Spanish academic gets €1.5m EU grant to rescue 'women's writing': Project to bring recognition to women between 1500 and 1780 who wrote popular texts dismissed as minor https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/27/spanish-academic-gets-15m-eu-grant-to-rescue-womens-writing 26 comments books
- Trump doesn't intend to read Supreme Court pick's academic writing but wants to know it exists http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/395083-trump-doesnt-intend-to-read-supreme-court-nominees-academic 57 comments politics
- Frenchman helped English write King James Bible - The King James Bible is widely regarded as one of the most celebrated English achievements. But one academic has unearthed evidence that its English translators had a significant amount of help - from a Frenchman. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/29/frenchman-helped-english-write-king-james-bible/ 4 comments worldnews
- Noam Chomsky+Over 600 Academics From India & Abroad Write To PM Modi, Say Kathua and Unnao Have ‘Undeniable Association’ With Ruling Dispensation. (Read Letter) - News Central 24x7 https://newscentral24x7.com/noam-chomskyover-600-academics-from-india-abroad-write-to-pm-modi-say-kathua-and-unnao-have-undeniable-association-with-ruling-dispensation-read-letter/ 42 comments india
- Kyle Sandilands referred to academics as “wankers”, demeaning the entire education enterprise, writes Karen Brooks https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/how-australia-became-the-dumb-country/news-story/eef010012e8879b0bcdf50192e4bfcb2 5 comments worldnews
- A group of MPs and peers writes to denounce Spain’s attempts to block the referendum in Catalonia. And more than a hundred academics put their names to a letter condemning Madrid’s crackdown. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/21/spains-dangerous-bid-to-block-catalan-vote?cmp=share_btn_tw 14 comments europe
- I'm Alberto Pepe, the guy challenging Elsevier. I'm Co-Founder of Authorea - a budding collaboration and publishing platform for academics to write, share and discuss research and scholarly articles for free and in real time. Ask Me Anything! https://www.authorea.com 119 comments science
- A study published in the International Journal of Business Administration in May 2016, found that what students read in college directly affects the level of writing they achieve. The highest scores went to those who read academic journals; the lowest to those who relied solely on web-based content http://qz.com/714987/what-you-read-matters-more-than-you-might-think/ 8 comments science
- Recent study found students who consume primarily digital content (such as Reddit and Buzzfeed) had the lowest writing complexity scores, while those who often read literature and academic journals had the highest levels of writing complexity http://www.salon.com/2016/06/10/its_official_the_internet_is_making_us_dumb_the_more_you_read_online_the_worse_you_write/ 2077 comments books
- The MPAA Is Offering $20K to People Academics Willing to Write Pro-Copyright Studies http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/07/mpaa-film-copyright-research-academics 29 comments technology
- Science compiled a list of some of most followed scientists on Twitter and calculated their “Kardashian Index” - a comparison of a scientist’s number of followers with their academic citations: Scientists with a high score should “get off Twitter” and write more papers, suggests the original article http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2014/09/top-50-science-stars-twitter 11 comments science
- As Indiana governor, current Purdue University president Mitch Daniels looked to censor academic writings and courses, pushed for an out-right ban on Howard Zinn's "A People's History" in all of Indiana's K-12 schools and universities https://www.indystar.com/viewart/20130716/news/307160061/as-governor-mitch-daniels-looked-censor-academic-writings-courses 226 comments history
- As Indiana governor, Mitch Daniels (R) looked to censor academic writings and courses, cut the funding for a program run by a critic of his, and push for an out-right ban on Howard Zinn's "A People's History" in all Indiana's K-12 schools and universities https://www.indystar.com/viewart/20130716/news/307160061/as-governor-mitch-daniels-looked-censor-academic-writings-courses 19 comments politics
- Amartya Sen: India's dirty fighter - Half of Indians have no toilet. It's one of many gigantic failures that have prompted Nobel prize-winning academic Amartya Sen to write a devastating critique of India's economic boom http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/amartya-sen-india-dirty-fighter?cmp=twt_gu 35 comments india
- Game Changing Study Puts Piracy in Perspective. To counter the many one-sided piracy studies that have been released by the entertainment industry in recent history, a group of dozens of academics have bundled their powers to write the most objective and elaborate piracy study to date. http://torrentfreak.com/game-changing-study-puts-piracy-in-perspective-110311/ 15 comments technology
- How journal subscriptions are killing libraries: academics write the articles, peer review them, serve as editors -- all for free. Then libraries have to buy back the work at ruinous prices in the form of journal subscriptions. The journals add nothing but their profit margins. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/library-three-jeremiads/ 5 comments books
- In 1996, a physicist writes an article pretending to embrace postmodernist bullshit while secretly mocking it, successfully publishes it in a Social Science journal and embarrasses an entire academic community. http://www.skepdic.com/sokal.html 29 comments science