Carlos Ibaviosa

Cassius Turvey never made it home from school. Just 15 years old, he was allegedly targeted by someone who shouted racial slurs, told him to run, and then brutally beat him with a metal pole. He died days later. This is the ongoing reality of racist violence in Australia.

White Australia - you say police violence doesn’t happen here. Well here’s the cops again perpetrating violence against an Aboriginal child #AboriginalLivesMatter

For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

Archie spent 36 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. I challenge you to listen to this without weeping.

@AnanthanAmbi Nice one Ananthan - definitely adding Zotero to my list!

This might be old news already, but I just stumbled upon a list of online courses from Harvard - if anyone's interested in improving their data science skills, there are a LOT of free courses on there! online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog #AcademicChatter

More than half of kids in prison - hotbeds of infection for #covid19australia - are on remand awaiting trial. We need to get kids on remand out prison and into communities where they are safe and can get the support to live happy, healthy lives. action.amnesty.org.au/act-now/demand…

This article is written in the context of climate change, but the concept of "science communication" is equally interesting in the context of forensic reform in the courtroom: ow.ly/FaF650y4VhD

I’ve been telling false confession stories for more than two decades. @lauranirider’s been telling them for a decade. We’re so excited to tell some of them to you in our new podcast. First episode drops on 2-19 at wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/podcast/wrongf…

@BrianNosek @SearstonR @meow_edenie you might’ve already seen this but oh well

If you use faces in your research, here's a database for you. Now we just need someone to start a database of metadata ratings (attractiveness, expression, etc) of the faces to maximize usability of a shared resource. generated.photos