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Ali Ruth
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DC-based humor writer and public health data scientist; writing @ the New Yorker and other outlets. Health data nerd. PhD in public health. Writing at https://www.aliruth.com/
Middle school gym teachers will literally berate 12-year-old children for not having fast enough mile times instead of going to therapy

(Fwiw the most popular unit in my gym class among the students was when we did a kickboxing video with a smiling instructor)
December 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Really interesting idea - I’m going to try it! Was also considering trying the Brick but this seems easier
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
^It has to be something about this and also it closing to an “nt” - I remember in church as a kid the word “anoint” in the readings would make my skin crawl (still does!)
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This could be set to “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”

🎶Lizards falling out of maple trees…
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thanks for this! Sharing with my fellow furloughed people
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It is truly wild what people put out there
October 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Excited to listen. Years ago I had an abstract idea of making an account called “What do U mean by ‘we?’“ that just screenshotted every sloppy / ambiguous use of ‘we’ by major columnists like Brooks etc

Actually think a lot of “debates” should force the speaker to always define this
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Did I get very bored during the pandemic and make a fake horror movie poster based on this premise? Yes I did
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mezcal lime juice simple syrup hibiscus

Spiced salt around the glass as a finish
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Have worked a lot with parsing urls for webscraping etc but somehow had not explicitly used this trick before when sending someone a link!
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This would be great to include as it’s such a real issue rn - I was studying shingles epi as part of my dissertation while simultaneously *several* of my 30-something grad school peers got it! (it can be stress-induced…sigh)
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM