@laurarpetto
Applied mathematician working in the ocean domain. Law nerd, runner, rower. Math PhD @dartmouth β21, math & gov/legal studies @bowdoincollege β15. she/her/hers π³οΈβπ former ohioan π©· π Vermont and Boston
How can the most abstract mathematics help us make sense of the messiest corners of our reality?
The next six weeks of my lifeβ¦
I am not a big chocolate person π«£ and itβs too much chocolate!
Dirt cake is probably my top five!! But I donβt like the hard chocolate top
This is the greatest Ben and Jerryβs flavor in years, highly recommend
I do backwards weights when they need to know for medication dosages and otherwise refuse. Itβs so great!
It also still is not easy to get accommodations at these schools!! It took 6 months for me to get accommodations at one of these βeliteβ schools in grad school. And Iβd had the diagnosis since 9th grade.
The title of this article alone reveals its bias. Why on earth would elite schools be an exception?
These βeliteβ schools are often the first places low income students have to get a diagnosis/accommodations.
Haha my intro to proofs professor said we could make up our own qed symbols too!
Thanks π«Άπ«Άπ«Ά my pt says its unlikely a fracture given the activites i can do pain free but ive walked/run on fractures without pain before so who knowsβ¦. Wishing ortho had listened when I asked for one four weeks ago
Patella is an answer on jeopardy the night before my MRI to see if I have fractured my patella π« π« π« π« π«
This is a very, very good feature by E. Alex Jung on fanfiction, fujoshis and the Heated Rivalry phenomenon: www.vulture.com/article/heat...
@flavorflav.bsky.social βs unremitting support of womenβs supports genuinely makes me cry
Rapid onset gender dysphoria is not a thing!!! Still mad about that inclusion in the book
Why is MIT hosting Jonathan Haidt and boosting the Anxious Generation booo I hope someone spams the listservs with the multiple @ifbookspod.bsky.social episodes on him. Tempted to submit a question β¦
Stay safe π©·
This is the first time my lab just outside Boston is fully closed in the almost five years Iβve worked there. Itβs bad
This skeet is inspired by listening to two podcasts in the past week where non-mathematicians use us as example of rote, non-artistic, careers with daily successes and a βcorrectβ way to do it. π
The widespread public misperception that working mathematicians spend their days solving objective equations and manipulating numbers is so frustrating. Thereβs an immense amount of creativity needed and subjectivity in the questions you ask and tools you choose to try to solve those questions.
I don't think I have words enough to express how much I'm down for whatever Paula Pell brings to the screen.
Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully β and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
My mom called me to ask me for advice about whether my parents should get a kitten.
obviously she has my full approval YES MORE CATS
It was never just about βconcerns about kids transitioning too youngβ
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Mohsen Mahdawi will stay in the United States!!!!!!!!!!!
I donβt know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Last night was a photo of Cheyenne Jackson and βthis manβs first and last names are state capitalsβ and we had this clue a month ago (both $2000)
Another jeopardy episode where no one got a 30 rock adjacent clue, we are losing culture!
Jessie Diggins, racing with bruised ribs, fought through the injury to win the bronze medal in the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race Thursday in Tesero, Italy.
Latest Olympics updates: bit.ly/3O2xuzw
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
Idk I just feel like releasing this on Women and Girls in Science day with the top people being in the Epstein files and only THREE (3) women being in the top FIFTY...is on the nose.
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