Julie Wilson

3rd year PhD Candidate
Center for Vaccine Research
University of Pittsburgh

[Jeff Storobinsky @JeffStorobinsky]

.@PeterHotez with @chrislhayes
An important segment on Measles, Autism and Vaccines

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Scientists have uncovered how a protein named IRF1 supports the reprogramming of #macrophages to tune the innate immune response, which could inform efforts to predict or alter the functions of these immune cells. @scisignal https://t.co/Aj6fH18GU4

[Julie Wilson @itsthatphdforme]

@BrokenPiggyy @HugoVale_ @elonmusk It says banned on national governmental devices, not civilian phones. The US had the same policy prior to the full ban.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

So, you want me to believe that you voted for a racist, rapist, convicted felon, business fraud who incited a deadly attack on our Capitol after losing the last election because of the price of eggs?
That you voted for the orange-dipped dude who ran with a different VP because the last one was nearly hanged for not breaking democracy, because you’ve been getting fewer hours at your job these days?
You want me to believe that you voted for someone who nearly every economist in the world has said will grow our debt (which he did by the third largest amount ever the last time), increase our costs, raise inflation and destroy our GDP because a burger and fries at Five Guys is more expensive than it used to be?
You want me to believe that you voted for the drink bleach guy who golfed while thousands of Americans were dying a day because you had it so much better then, when you were stockpiling toilet paper, than you do now?
You want me to believe that you voted for the guy who had 4 years to pass an infrastructure bill and didn’t, the guy who promised Mexico would pay for the wall when they didn’t, the guy who promised to bring manufacturing back, lower the cost of prescription drugs and end the opioid crisis but didn’t, because you preferred his “policies”?
You want me to believe you voted for the “grab em by the pussy” guy who wants to destroy the Department of Education and to repeal the ACA despite the fact that he has nothing more than “concepts of a plan” to replace it, the guy who will roll back environmental protections, strip women and minorities of more rights, the guy who will hand Ukraine to Putin and Gaza to Netanyahu, the guy who has said he will be a “dictator on day one”, because you’re worried about losing your gas stove?
I’m sorry, but I don’t believe any of that, and frankly, I’m not sure you believe it either.
Because the truth is that your vote wasn’t about any of that.
You voted for the traitorous embodiment of the 7 deadly sins because when it came to casting your ballot for a Black woman, you just couldn’t do it.
And because you like getting away with being your worst self.
And because life is a whole lot easier to stomach when all that has gone wrong for you, is someone else’s fault.

Let’s be honest here, that is what it was.

So when the price of eggs is $18, and your Latino neighbors have been deported or moved to some f’d up “camp” to pick the strawberries none of you will pick, and your miscarrying wife has to contend with sepsis before she’s allowed to have an abortion, and your autistic child is unable to get the early intervention they desperately need, please remember what it really was that you voted for.

Because I promise you the rest of us will never, ever forget.

[Oli @olijcarpenter]

Stephen A Smith has cut his teeth in the most belligerent, loud, difficult debating scene possible in professional sports analysis.

Putting him on Fox News is like dropping a navy seal into a daycare.

[We can have a society that honors life🌲🍄🌻 @TimOnTheTractor]

Basic life skills:

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

me: you answered that important email, right?

🧠: nope

me: oh. well did you at least clean or something

🧠: nope

me: wtf did you do today

🧠: thought about how much stuff i need to do

[PhDoing⟿ PhDone: The Journey @ThePhDoing]

Q: What is that one little change that you implemented in your daily life as a PhD, that changed or redirected your journey for the better? It may have been a small change but was quite significant. Throw some positivity in my direction please🙏
@PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #PhDChat

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl ��🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

stop trying to please people who already don’t like you and embrace the joy of being the most annoying person they’ve ever met

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

Y’all know how I feel about figures

@OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter #academictwitter

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

Hi Ben,
I LOVE mind-reading acts! Now guess which finger I'm holding up...
❤️- Mar🐫 https://t.co/et79YujyB2

[Dr. Imran Farooq @drimran_farooq]

#AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #phdlife

[Dr Asma Jabeen @DrasmaJabeen1]

Research planning checklist @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie @OpenAcademics @PhDfriendSana @yourPhDpal

[ehime ora @ehimeora]

And when your blessings arrive, I pray that you feel worthy enough to keep them.

[PhD Voice - Independently Run @PhDVoice]

In order to write well, you must first write poorly.

You can edit a draft, you can’t edit a blank page.

#PhDVoice @PostdocVoice

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

Quick shout-out to those who do the smart and caring thing even when it's no longer legally mandated

[Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddi_pow]

Huge fan of my new laptop sticker 💕✨👩‍💻🌸💪 #PhDChat

[Julie Wilson @itsthatphdforme]

@Madison_strong This was literally me earlier today. Like I know it's just lab materials and bacterial strains. But it's a *present* of lab materials and bacterial strains. 🤣

[The People's MSW @JohnWF3]

You’re not lazy. You’re tired. You’ve been living in survivor mode for so long. Your mind is exhausted! You’re still processing trauma. Be kind to yourself, please.

[Betty S. Lai, PhD @BettySLai]

Here's the secret to standing out in your graduate school interviews.

What questions would you add to this list, colleagues?

(Inspiration: Job Doctor Tessa.) @OpenAcademics @phd_genie