Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
@drrosedasgupta.bsky.social
they/them; he/him; ze/zir
AuDHD Biomedical Informatician, Data Scientist & Artist
Passionate about disability advocacy, queerness, healing, spirituality, healthcare, ethical AI, data viz, poetry
Full-time at MWRI @pitt.bsky.social
PFP: @goopbug.gay
AuDHD Biomedical Informatician, Data Scientist & Artist
Passionate about disability advocacy, queerness, healing, spirituality, healthcare, ethical AI, data viz, poetry
Full-time at MWRI @pitt.bsky.social
PFP: @goopbug.gay
Pinned
Hello!! Reintroducing and pinning this here: I’m Rose—a person wanting to be *here*, #biostatistician, #datascientist, #artist, and #writer.
On Bluesky and #Substack (@drrosedasgupta), I discuss professional, personal, and (perhaps) random topics. Expressing my opinions is my #humanright.
On Bluesky and #Substack (@drrosedasgupta), I discuss professional, personal, and (perhaps) random topics. Expressing my opinions is my #humanright.
In my latest Substack piece, I explore what it means to pursue parenthood as a trans, disabled person while facing potential denaturalization.
Rooted in Defiance: Why I’m Staying, Creating Life, and Refusing to Be Erased
A reflection piece about staying rooted ((at least for now) in the face of denaturalization threats.
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July 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In my latest Substack piece, I explore what it means to pursue parenthood as a trans, disabled person while facing potential denaturalization.
I haven't been on here much lately, but I have new Substack posts! Here is one from today: a self-reflection post about my growth despite the joke title. If you've ever felt both incredibly capable and desperately in need of support, then maybe this will resonate! #Disability #SelfReflection
Optimizing Life Disruptions for Maximum ROI: A Case Study in Getting Dumped, Laid Off, Finding Self-Worth, and What It Taught Me about B2B Sales. Just Kidding, This Isn't a LinkedIn Hustle Post.
A self-reflection and love letter to myself
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May 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I haven't been on here much lately, but I have new Substack posts! Here is one from today: a self-reflection post about my growth despite the joke title. If you've ever felt both incredibly capable and desperately in need of support, then maybe this will resonate! #Disability #SelfReflection
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
US currently well on the way to full-blown authoritarianism....it looks like.
🧵DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
April 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
US currently well on the way to full-blown authoritarianism....it looks like.
"Trans people are a perfect population to road test authoritarianism in the United States - because it's such a small group of people that you have convinced other people not to care about…” - Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Trans people are a perfect population to road test authoritarianism in the United States - because it's such a small group of people that you have convinced other people not to care about…” - Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social
I have begun the GARGANTUAN task of updating my GitHub profile with my portfolio, "better" updates of my previous (very hastily written) code, all my notes/code/stuff I think might be useful for public consumption, etc.
Trying to make myself "known" in the programmer space. It's weird. *shrugs*
Trying to make myself "known" in the programmer space. It's weird. *shrugs*
April 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have begun the GARGANTUAN task of updating my GitHub profile with my portfolio, "better" updates of my previous (very hastily written) code, all my notes/code/stuff I think might be useful for public consumption, etc.
Trying to make myself "known" in the programmer space. It's weird. *shrugs*
Trying to make myself "known" in the programmer space. It's weird. *shrugs*
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
Just wrote this post: "I’m Scared of Unfair Detention Just Because I’m Brown and I Exercise My First Amendment Rights"
I talk about how my right to "#Life, #Liberty, and #ThePursuitofHappiness" has been broken for me and how I derive hope from #community.
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda...
I talk about how my right to "#Life, #Liberty, and #ThePursuitofHappiness" has been broken for me and how I derive hope from #community.
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda...
I’m Scared of Unfair Detention Just Because I’m Brown and I Exercise My First Amendment Rights
Originally written on March 29, 2025
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March 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Just wrote this post: "I’m Scared of Unfair Detention Just Because I’m Brown and I Exercise My First Amendment Rights"
I talk about how my right to "#Life, #Liberty, and #ThePursuitofHappiness" has been broken for me and how I derive hope from #community.
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda...
I talk about how my right to "#Life, #Liberty, and #ThePursuitofHappiness" has been broken for me and how I derive hope from #community.
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda...
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
the transmasc community is very white American centered so I often feel extremely alienated. a lot of the art I made and my dysphoria came from the idea that I couldn't look like a white Twink. my gf helped me realize that I could be black and cute and desirable and it did so much for my self image.
March 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
the transmasc community is very white American centered so I often feel extremely alienated. a lot of the art I made and my dysphoria came from the idea that I couldn't look like a white Twink. my gf helped me realize that I could be black and cute and desirable and it did so much for my self image.
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
*gets package errors because R version is too old*
*installs latest version of R*
*gets shinyapps errors because R version is too new*
🙃🙃🙃
*installs latest version of R*
*gets shinyapps errors because R version is too new*
🙃🙃🙃
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
*gets package errors because R version is too old*
*installs latest version of R*
*gets shinyapps errors because R version is too new*
🙃🙃🙃
*installs latest version of R*
*gets shinyapps errors because R version is too new*
🙃🙃🙃
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
I wish more prominent scientists would speak out about what is happening under Trump.
Yes, there is a real threat to one's livelihood of doing so. Being a scientist has been my lifelong dream, but there's honest work I can do outside of science, and I'd rather do that than serve the current regime.
Yes, there is a real threat to one's livelihood of doing so. Being a scientist has been my lifelong dream, but there's honest work I can do outside of science, and I'd rather do that than serve the current regime.
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I wish more prominent scientists would speak out about what is happening under Trump.
Yes, there is a real threat to one's livelihood of doing so. Being a scientist has been my lifelong dream, but there's honest work I can do outside of science, and I'd rather do that than serve the current regime.
Yes, there is a real threat to one's livelihood of doing so. Being a scientist has been my lifelong dream, but there's honest work I can do outside of science, and I'd rather do that than serve the current regime.
“We don’t have to take rejection as a reflection of our self-worth. If somebody who is important (or even someone unimportant) to you rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.”
- Melody Beattie
- Melody Beattie
March 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“We don’t have to take rejection as a reflection of our self-worth. If somebody who is important (or even someone unimportant) to you rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.”
- Melody Beattie
- Melody Beattie
“Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.”
- Audre Lorde
- Audre Lorde
March 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.”
- Audre Lorde
- Audre Lorde
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”
- Jacob M. Braude
- Jacob M. Braude
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”
- Jacob M. Braude
- Jacob M. Braude
I'm a non-Newtonian genderfluid creature.
February 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm a non-Newtonian genderfluid creature.
Tell your friends you love them. Okay, thanks ❤
(I love you.)
#love #friendship #community #solidarity #reminders
(I love you.)
#love #friendship #community #solidarity #reminders
February 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tell your friends you love them. Okay, thanks ❤
(I love you.)
#love #friendship #community #solidarity #reminders
(I love you.)
#love #friendship #community #solidarity #reminders
The #erasure of #trans histories isn't just about words—it's about existence. If you've been chronically perturbed like I have, you might be interested in reading my most recent #Substack article.
#humanrights #immigration #immigrants #disability #intersectionality #solidarity #thoughtpiece
#humanrights #immigration #immigrants #disability #intersectionality #solidarity #thoughtpiece
The Urgent Need for Intersectional Solidarity: We Need to Talk About Privilege in LGBTQ+ Communities While Other Communities Are Being Targeted
Originally written on February 16, 2025
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February 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The #erasure of #trans histories isn't just about words—it's about existence. If you've been chronically perturbed like I have, you might be interested in reading my most recent #Substack article.
#humanrights #immigration #immigrants #disability #intersectionality #solidarity #thoughtpiece
#humanrights #immigration #immigrants #disability #intersectionality #solidarity #thoughtpiece
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
I embrace that I am emotionally connected to my partners and as a result, the choices I make can have an emotional impact on them. While I will not let my partners feelings govern my choices, I will let them inform my choices and I will consider them in my decision making.
February 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I embrace that I am emotionally connected to my partners and as a result, the choices I make can have an emotional impact on them. While I will not let my partners feelings govern my choices, I will let them inform my choices and I will consider them in my decision making.
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There is such a thing as being careless and irresponsible with someone’s feelings. If I claim to care about someone, that means I care about the totality of the individual, and that includes their feelings. I desire to demonstrate to my partners that I am responsible WITH their feelings.
February 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
There is such a thing as being careless and irresponsible with someone’s feelings. If I claim to care about someone, that means I care about the totality of the individual, and that includes their feelings. I desire to demonstrate to my partners that I am responsible WITH their feelings.
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
No, I’m not “responsible” for their feelings, but I understand that being with someone means that I’ll likely have an impact on their feelings & I desire to acknowledge & attempt to understand that impact. And I want that impact to be positive, as much as I’m capable of & willing to achieve.
February 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No, I’m not “responsible” for their feelings, but I understand that being with someone means that I’ll likely have an impact on their feelings & I desire to acknowledge & attempt to understand that impact. And I want that impact to be positive, as much as I’m capable of & willing to achieve.
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When learners see cool viz, they often cannot imagine just how many iterations it took to get there. Look at how this makes the work visible!
{camcorder} is amazing. But not as amazing as Nicola herself 😍 🍩 📊
{camcorder} is amazing. But not as amazing as Nicola herself 😍 🍩 📊
The making of last week's #TidyTuesday visualisation, recorded using {camcorder} in #RStats 📹
There was something weird going on with the interaction between {ggtext}/{marquee} and {ggpattern} for displaying images, so the hardest part ended up being arranging them with {patchwork}
There was something weird going on with the interaction between {ggtext}/{marquee} and {ggpattern} for displaying images, so the hardest part ended up being arranging them with {patchwork}
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
When learners see cool viz, they often cannot imagine just how many iterations it took to get there. Look at how this makes the work visible!
{camcorder} is amazing. But not as amazing as Nicola herself 😍 🍩 📊
{camcorder} is amazing. But not as amazing as Nicola herself 😍 🍩 📊
(1/2) “And the speaking will get easier and easier.
And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them.“
- Audre Lorde
And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them.“
- Audre Lorde
February 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
(1/2) “And the speaking will get easier and easier.
And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them.“
- Audre Lorde
And you will find you have fallen in love with your own vision, which you may never have realized you had. And you will lose some friends and lovers, and realize you don't miss them.“
- Audre Lorde
I genuinely believe that while human rights are in danger (all across the world), catastrophization is their goal - and that *our collective rest is part of our resistance*… so we can all continue doing the work to improve human connection and peace (the work was never supposed to end).
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I genuinely believe that while human rights are in danger (all across the world), catastrophization is their goal - and that *our collective rest is part of our resistance*… so we can all continue doing the work to improve human connection and peace (the work was never supposed to end).
(1/9) Hey y'all, I wrote a Substack article where one of the sections is called: "Why DEI Programs Sucked Anyway (and I mean it)"
#DEI #isthisprovocativeenough #committedtoDEI #diversity #equity #inclusion
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda... #DEI
#DEI #isthisprovocativeenough #committedtoDEI #diversity #equity #inclusion
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda... #DEI
DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Programs: Opinions on Leading Us Beyond Performative Action
Originally written January 2023
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February 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
(1/9) Hey y'all, I wrote a Substack article where one of the sections is called: "Why DEI Programs Sucked Anyway (and I mean it)"
#DEI #isthisprovocativeenough #committedtoDEI #diversity #equity #inclusion
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda... #DEI
#DEI #isthisprovocativeenough #committedtoDEI #diversity #equity #inclusion
open.substack.com/pub/drroseda... #DEI
(1/3) "You can’t create diversity, and you don’t need to— diversity already exists."
- A personal paraphrase of a person who used to be in my life (Jan 2023)
#DEI #diversity #wearehere #equity #inclusion
- A personal paraphrase of a person who used to be in my life (Jan 2023)
#DEI #diversity #wearehere #equity #inclusion
February 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
(1/3) "You can’t create diversity, and you don’t need to— diversity already exists."
- A personal paraphrase of a person who used to be in my life (Jan 2023)
#DEI #diversity #wearehere #equity #inclusion
- A personal paraphrase of a person who used to be in my life (Jan 2023)
#DEI #diversity #wearehere #equity #inclusion
Reposted by Rose (Pritika) Dasgupta, PhD MPH MHI MS
Glad to announce our workshop series on R Package development is starting this friday! If you are interested in learning about R package development, we will meet regularly to develop package ideas, from writing the first funtion until submission to CRAN.
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#Rladies
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#Rladies
R package creation made easy: Introducing {fusen}, Fri, Jan 31, 2025, 4:30 PM | Meetup
Do you want to learn how to develop R packages from scratch? This new R-Ladies Cologne series is just for you! Together, we’ll walk through **every step of package developm
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January 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Glad to announce our workshop series on R Package development is starting this friday! If you are interested in learning about R package development, we will meet regularly to develop package ideas, from writing the first funtion until submission to CRAN.
www.meetup.com/rladies-colo...
#Rladies
www.meetup.com/rladies-colo...
#Rladies