Mia Paletta Velasco

Computational Neuroscience PhD student in the Margoliash Lab at UChicago studying motor replay in songbirds 🐦 NSF Fellow👩‍🔬Emory neuro & GT BME alum 🧠

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

@Steven_N_Emmott @MadelaineLucyH I’m finishing my PhD and my husband is a Navy veteran who had no formal education when we married. Super proud of him pursuing his nursing degree now and he is a fantastic husband. A wonderful partner must only love and support you. Please keep an open mind about woman academics.

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

I exclusively flew Southwest before, but with these changes, there is absolutely 0 reason to. No benefits at all anymore, way to alienate all of your customers. People are only loyal to companies that have something to offer, when will they figure this out?

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Southwest Airlines plans to start charging for checked bags, a seismic shift that will boost revenue but potentially give its fiercely loyal passengers a reason to shop around https://t.co/XNU4NdLgfB

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@Fanatics @MLB Hi! I’ve gotten one notification but no others… does that mean I won’t get any of the others or is there still a shot??

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@TallyTaIIs My dog: 105lbs of lean muscle that runs 30mph, Field Champion lure courser
Also my dog:

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@chethan @RuneWBerg The symposium was awesome! Super thought provoking and exciting talks

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@birdbrainmd3 I can’t understand why skincare is something that should have an age limit. Teach your kids to take care of themselves! Help them build the habit of DAILY sunscreen from as early as possible. I had skin cancer at age 24! It can happen, and if I knew better maybe wouldn’t have…

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

Read about them. Take a moment to mourn these women. Realize that THIS is the cost of not educating your sons, of not acknowledging misogyny, of acting like women have it easy. As a woman engineer in a country plagued by gun violence, this could have been me.

[amykaufman @amykaufman84]

33 years ago tonight, 14 women went to bed thinking about their finals, future in STEM and the upcoming holiday season. They didn’t know that these dreams threatened a man’s sense of self worth and that they wouldn’t survive to see their goals and aspirations become a reality.

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@rachdele I hate to be this guy, but a golden doodle cannot be purebred 😱

[I M A N I @prettygirll4L]

This generation doesn’t know how to build healthy relationships.. We end up saying stuff like “I don’t owe anyone anything.” You do owe people something. You owe those you offended an apology. You owe those who gave you support, gratitude (1/2)

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@chethan In both his science and in his personality, sliman was larger than life. I feel very fortunate to have known him and have had him as part of my journey through grad school. To say this was a hard day for UChicago is an understatement, this is devastating. Thinking of you

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

Coercive control is insidious, it sneaks up on you very quickly if you don’t recognize it. Unfortunately, so many women do see it because we have had to learn from experience. This. Is. Abuse.

[Dr Una McIlvenna 💀🎶 @UnaMcIlvenna]

My take on the Jonah Hill stuff. I used to be an air hostess. Those girls I worked with were hot, glamorous, fun-loving. Guys LOVED dating air hostesses, would boast to their friends about their exciting girlfriends. But there was a pattern I saw a lot. 🧵

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

I have better things to do than create a son for someone 💅🏻

[AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 @ask_aubry]

Oh yes, women are just incubators. 😒

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@chethan @fzhu23 @arsedle This is sooooooo exciting!!!! Congrats Feng and Andrew, I’m cheering for you both from Chicago 🥳🥳🥳

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@its_a_pandemic It’s funny bc I also use that exact verbiage “academic arms race”… and then there’s the issue of if we expand programs, we still have a lack of academic jobs, so tenure track positions will be even more brutal to get. How does one win in this situation 😵

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@quixoticosis @nursekelsey Wow fancy seeing you here, I randomly came across this thread 😂

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Figured it was probably time to update the ~5 year old picture 😂

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I fucked my taxes up so badly my first year of grad school that the IRS sent me a letter that someone who trying to impersonate me. It was me ✨✨✨

[Holly Robinson @hollyrob05]

I imagine the best part of alt-ac jobs is not feeling like you're gonna accidentally commit tax fraud every time you file

[Mia Paletta Velasco @MiaPaletta]

@td_dion @ffsArsenaI Wow, you can so easily spot Hyde park too