Ronit Dalmat
@dalmatr.bsky.social
Clinical epidemiologist evaluating novel diagnostics in the settings that need them most. Urbanist nerd. Loves all things involved in a good study design and an adventure by public transit.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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More information about how to donate, including for people living in Alaska.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm
Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.
www.adn.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More information about how to donate, including for people living in Alaska.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
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AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska
Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.
www.adn.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?
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“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations
“We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.
www.statnews.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Immunizations work, they are very effective and safe, and they save lives. Vaccines are among the most rigorously studied and effective tools in public health.”
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
Kudos to AAFP, AAP, ACOG, ACP, IDSA for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v...
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thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"
April 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
thinking about the amount of context necessary to explain to someone from 2010 what people are protesting with signs reading "cheap eggs not measles" or "tax the rich, not the penguins"
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Nothing that’s happening to the economy right now hasn’t already happened to public health, medicine, and public education. But medicine and public education don’t have fancy realtime graphs to document the destruction and public health data is no longer accurate
April 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Nothing that’s happening to the economy right now hasn’t already happened to public health, medicine, and public education. But medicine and public education don’t have fancy realtime graphs to document the destruction and public health data is no longer accurate
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I'm going to start answering, "Yes, logistic regression" every time I'm asked in the course of a normal work day – which is too damn often – if I'm "using artificial intelligence technologies."
April 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm going to start answering, "Yes, logistic regression" every time I'm asked in the course of a normal work day – which is too damn often – if I'm "using artificial intelligence technologies."
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A completely serious question.
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
March 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A completely serious question.
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
When people, and businesses, and institutions with the resources and reputation to stand firm…don’t, where does that leave this country.
cc Paul, Weiss. And Columbia. And so many others
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I've had measles. I absolutely, totally got measles!
Let go I was barely sick; my older sister was seriously sick for a month. My neighbor's nephew got brain damage. The girl who should have grown up to be my aunt died before she turned 3.
My little sister who was vaccinated never got measles.
Let go I was barely sick; my older sister was seriously sick for a month. My neighbor's nephew got brain damage. The girl who should have grown up to be my aunt died before she turned 3.
My little sister who was vaccinated never got measles.
March 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I've had measles. I absolutely, totally got measles!
Let go I was barely sick; my older sister was seriously sick for a month. My neighbor's nephew got brain damage. The girl who should have grown up to be my aunt died before she turned 3.
My little sister who was vaccinated never got measles.
Let go I was barely sick; my older sister was seriously sick for a month. My neighbor's nephew got brain damage. The girl who should have grown up to be my aunt died before she turned 3.
My little sister who was vaccinated never got measles.
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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.
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I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
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I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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Are you interested in analyzing small samples from marginalized communities and aren't sure how?
My new commentary in AJE's collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology lays out rec's for researchers, public health practitioners, and data owners.
DM your email address if you need access.
My new commentary in AJE's collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology lays out rec's for researchers, public health practitioners, and data owners.
DM your email address if you need access.
Insufficient sample size or insufficient attention to marginalized populations? A practical guide to moving observational research forward
Naomi Harada Thyden; Insufficient sample size or insufficient attention to marginalized populations? A practical guide to moving observational research for
doi.org
February 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Are you interested in analyzing small samples from marginalized communities and aren't sure how?
My new commentary in AJE's collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology lays out rec's for researchers, public health practitioners, and data owners.
DM your email address if you need access.
My new commentary in AJE's collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology lays out rec's for researchers, public health practitioners, and data owners.
DM your email address if you need access.