Ali Ruth

@ali-ruth.bsky.social

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DC-based humor writer and public health data scientist; writing @ the New Yorker and other outlets. Health data nerd. Broadway nerd. PhD in public health. Writing (and music!) at https://www.aliruth.com/

Options for a ChatGPT voice, including: professional, friendly, quirky, and cynical
A graph showing sizes of small airborne particles; viruses are the smallest, followed by things like soot, dust, mold, and pollen (in that order)
Three youngest senators in the dataset are Jon Ossify, Tim Sheehy, and Andy Kim at 39, 40, and 43
Chuck Grassley, Bernie Sanders, and Mitch McConnell top the list as the oldest senators at 92, 84, and 84
RStudio console with R code and a histogram of senator ages; min is 39, mean is 65, max is 92
Conference abstract noting that the international standard for a second will be changing in 2030
New York Times review of Dr. Zhivago including the phrase "Is it over yet?"
Infographic warning about the risks of picking up a free used piano
Video of side-by-side archived suffrage sheet music being imperfect converted into a playable file from a scanned pdf
lyrics from a song expressing mixed sentiments about women gaining the right to vote
picture from the cover sheet of a song "When Women Go To Vote" with a tired father caring for children and a suffragette leaving the house
screenshot of post showing that the oldest-ever female competitor was Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, a sculptor from France
Screenshot of piece where Tara and Johnny provide live sports commentary on the author getting out of bed in the morning