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Michaela Hinks
@MichaelaThinks
automating myself at @EdisonSci | PhD with @BintuLab and @WJGreenleaf at Stanford | views/opinions my own
San Francisco, CA
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Mar 5, 2024
    you can expect to see this on the fridge in my house for the rest of time
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    Adam MacLean
    @adamlmaclean
    Mar 5, 2024
    Apparently, while studying for the midterm, my students memed my class. 💀 credit: @wrboohar
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Jun 18, 2014
    Man oh man do I love when people share their grades
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Jan 25, 2013
    Accepted to UNC for Biochemistry!
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Apr 5, 2013
    Just officially accepted my offer at Stanford!
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Mar 29, 2013
    Accepted to UC Berkeley!
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Nov 6, 2023
    providing criticism absent presentation of possible alternative strategies is a key indicator of intellectual laziness, but is widely accepted in science
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    Prachee Avasthi
    @PracheeAC
    Nov 6, 2023
    Elitism is rife with intellectual laziness disguised as superiority and by refusing to abandon prestige proxies, we are complicit in allowing it to cap the immense potential of science
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Aug 14, 2025
    If you have a PhD and that PhD was largely federally funded, I do think you should feel some obligation to work on something that might benefit society
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    owl
    @owl_posting
    Aug 13, 2025
    i dont think you have a moral obligation to do societally useful work in the same way i dont think you have a moral obligation to return the shopping cart. in both cases, ‘obligation’ is a bit too intense of a term, but at the same time, cmon
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Dec 17, 2013
    Things everyone needs to promptly stop doing: posting their grades on social media
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Mar 31, 2013
    Just set foot on Stanford's campus for the first time, my mom just burst into tears
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Jun 11, 2013
    Everyone post their msl grades because the ridiculous curves make the score completely representative of your actual %, and we all care lots
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Mar 26, 2014
    "Approve of me!" they cried as they posted their grades to social media
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Jul 17, 2013
    Booking my one way ticket from Raleigh to San Francisco
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Jul 23, 2014
    I hope everyone knows that #WomenAgainstFeminism is absurd and founded on stereotypical, untrue perceptions of feminists
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    Michaela Hinks
    @MichaelaThinks
    Feb 5, 2013
    New saxophone!!
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