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Laura Petto

@laurarpetto.bsky.social

Applied mathematician working in the ocean domain. Law nerd, runner, rower. Math PhD @dartmouth β€˜21, math & gov/legal studies @bowdoincollege β€˜15. she/her/hers πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ former ohioan 🩷 πŸ“ Vermont and Boston

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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 β€œelite” schools in grad school. And I’d had the diagnosis since 9th grade.

04.03.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The title of this article alone reveals its bias. Why on earth would elite schools be an exception?

These β€œelite” schools are often the first places low income students have to get a diagnosis/accommodations.

04.03.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha my intro to proofs professor said we could make up our own qed symbols too!

01.03.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks 🫢🫢🫢 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 knows…. Wishing ortho had listened when I asked for one four weeks ago

25.02.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Patella is an answer on jeopardy the night before my MRI to see if I have fractured my patella 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

25.02.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Girls Who Love Boys Who Love Boys When did everyone start fujoing out?

This is a very, very good feature by E. Alex Jung on fanfiction, fujoshis and the Heated Rivalry phenomenon: www.vulture.com/article/heat...

23.02.2026 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 22

@flavorflav.bsky.social β€˜s unremitting support of women’s supports genuinely makes me cry

24.02.2026 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rapid onset gender dysphoria is not a thing!!! Still mad about that inclusion in the book

23.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 …

23.02.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stay safe 🩷

This is the first time my lab just outside Boston is fully closed in the almost five years I’ve worked there. It’s bad

23.02.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 β€œcorrect” way to do it. πŸ˜‚

22.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The widespread public misperception that working mathematicians spend their days solving objective equations and manipulating numbers is so frustrating. There’s an immense amount of creativity needed and subjectivity in the questions you ask and tools you choose to try to solve those questions.

22.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think I have words enough to express how much I'm down for whatever Paula Pell brings to the screen.

18.02.2026 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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.

18.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2746    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 23
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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

18.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was never just about β€œconcerns about kids transitioning too young”

😑😑😑😑😑

17.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mohsen Mahdawi will stay in the United States!!!!!!!!!!!

17.02.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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I don’t 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

17.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21767    πŸ” 7745    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 638
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Last night was a photo of Cheyenne Jackson and β€œthis man’s first and last names are state capitals” and we had this clue a month ago (both $2000)

17.02.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another jeopardy episode where no one got a 30 rock adjacent clue, we are losing culture!

17.02.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

12.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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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*

11.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5438    πŸ” 1508    πŸ’¬ 748    πŸ“Œ 472
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Forbes 250: America’s Greatest Innovators The Forbes Innovator 250: America's Greatest Innovators showcases the visionaries shaping our future. Find the full list of great minds and the mark they are leaving on our history.

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.

www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...

11.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8

I feel bad for ivermectin, which genuinely is amazing stuff that won a deserved Nobel Prize but is now forever associated with crank antiscience

11.02.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3007    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 14
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad β€” the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

11.02.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 25576    πŸ” 7255    πŸ’¬ 411    πŸ“Œ 541
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I mainly watched the Burbs for my under-appreciated queen of comedy Paula Pell πŸ’ƒ but I enjoyed the easy going, light horror comic mystery and keke Palmer’s character. And ofc Paula was phenomenal!

Please media gods give her more shows that aren’t cancelled (rip girls5eva πŸ’”πŸ’”)

11.02.2026 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what I end up doing but I stubbornly always try to connect to eduroam first. πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ I’m convinced you can only connect reliably at your β€œhome” university because I used to be able to connect to Dartmouth/Bowdoin when they were my logins and now I never can when I visit those places

10.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Approximately 10% success rate with eduroam. And that’s almost always at MIT, not when I’m actually β€œroaming”

10.02.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching Lindsey Vonn crash 13 seconds in and it looks so bad . πŸ’” I hope there’s no spinal injuries/that she’s able to walk pain free after recovery.

NBC should have muted the mics around her post crash. Her screams of pain didn’t need to be broadcast to the world.

08.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder for my fellow friends who don’t like football: today is a terrible day to do your weekly grocery shopping. Go tomorrow DURING the Super Bowl

07.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0