Daniel Dvorkin
@danielmedic.bsky.social
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Meta meme is meta.
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Meta meme is meta.
After Pam #Bondi's appalling performance in #Congressional #hearings, I have seen a number of people wishing her various kinds of harm. Some I understand, others I don't.
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
After Pam #Bondi's appalling performance in #Congressional #hearings, I have seen a number of people wishing her various kinds of harm. Some I understand, others I don't.
I just saw yet another claim that Canadian Conservatives would be considered left-wing by US standards. 🧵
February 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I just saw yet another claim that Canadian Conservatives would be considered left-wing by US standards. 🧵
"Well, it is the ‘20s. So I guess we should all meet up in vaxeasies, where we’ll get illegal jabs and dance the night away. Until ICE bursts in and mows us down with Tommy guns, anyhow."
I slay me.
I slay me.
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"Well, it is the ‘20s. So I guess we should all meet up in vaxeasies, where we’ll get illegal jabs and dance the night away. Until ICE bursts in and mows us down with Tommy guns, anyhow."
I slay me.
I slay me.
I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
Khanna: There were two rounds of redactions. There was the original FBI redactions… and they did a second round of redactions at the DOJ. What they’re showing members now is the unredacted version of the DOJ’s redactions—not the original FBI redactions. They’re in blatant violation of the law.
February 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
This is where my prediction comes true: the insane opposition to mRNA vaccines, without any scientific basis, is going to start killing people. Tip of the iceberg, and we’re all on the boat. 🧪 ⚕️ #medsky
FDA refuses to review Moderna’s application for mRNA flu vaccine, company says | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said Tuesday, in another setback for the technology tha...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This is where my prediction comes true: the insane opposition to mRNA vaccines, without any scientific basis, is going to start killing people. Tip of the iceberg, and we’re all on the boat. 🧪 ⚕️ #medsky
The last time I put my luggage in an old-fashioned suitcase, I lifted it too rapidly after check-in because I was in a hurry to catch my flight, and my massive manly musculature propelled it upward so fast it punched a hole in the airport roof.
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The last time I put my luggage in an old-fashioned suitcase, I lifted it too rapidly after check-in because I was in a hurry to catch my flight, and my massive manly musculature propelled it upward so fast it punched a hole in the airport roof.
The Bird-dog of Alcatraz.
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The Bird-dog of Alcatraz.
As @peekamimi.bsky.social points out, this is bullshit: there were absolutely protests against deportations under Clinton, GW Bush, and Obama. MAGA's selective memory is at it again. "Protests/Riots" is also telling. Cult rules prohibit them acknowledging any distinction. 🧵
February 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
As @peekamimi.bsky.social points out, this is bullshit: there were absolutely protests against deportations under Clinton, GW Bush, and Obama. MAGA's selective memory is at it again. "Protests/Riots" is also telling. Cult rules prohibit them acknowledging any distinction. 🧵
Link posted not for the story, which is paywalled, but the comments. Which are exactly what you'd expect, and crystallize something I've been thinking about for some time. 🧵
Redirecting...
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January 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Link posted not for the story, which is paywalled, but the comments. Which are exactly what you'd expect, and crystallize something I've been thinking about for some time. 🧵
Freedomsaur is not amused.
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Freedomsaur is not amused.
"How long you been in-country, man?"
"Twenty-three days here in the 'polis. I'm gettin' short. Can't wait to catch that big bird back to the World."
In the background, Fortunate Son plays.
"Twenty-three days here in the 'polis. I'm gettin' short. Can't wait to catch that big bird back to the World."
In the background, Fortunate Son plays.
Using military war terms is very telling. Not only how they perceive themselves, but also how they view average Americans.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"How long you been in-country, man?"
"Twenty-three days here in the 'polis. I'm gettin' short. Can't wait to catch that big bird back to the World."
In the background, Fortunate Son plays.
"Twenty-three days here in the 'polis. I'm gettin' short. Can't wait to catch that big bird back to the World."
In the background, Fortunate Son plays.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." I bet he's been practicing that all month.
Credit where it's due: if someone asked me to come up with a single sentence to describe the Republican Party in a nutshell, I'm not sure I could do a better job. This is what they are, and all they'll ever be.
Credit where it's due: if someone asked me to come up with a single sentence to describe the Republican Party in a nutshell, I'm not sure I could do a better job. This is what they are, and all they'll ever be.
ICE agent: “You raise your voice, I erase your voice.”
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January 29, 2026 at 2:25 AM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." I bet he's been practicing that all month.
Credit where it's due: if someone asked me to come up with a single sentence to describe the Republican Party in a nutshell, I'm not sure I could do a better job. This is what they are, and all they'll ever be.
Credit where it's due: if someone asked me to come up with a single sentence to describe the Republican Party in a nutshell, I'm not sure I could do a better job. This is what they are, and all they'll ever be.
"A #bot wrote this" has become the new "it's #satire" or "he's just #trolling." Sure, a lot of accounts are bots, programmed to produce maximum #ragebait. Your safest bet is still that on the other side of the screen is a real #human who actually believes whatever #bullshit they're spewing.
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
These “liberals” that leftists keep talking about sound almost as bad as the Stalinist “Democrat Party” that keeps conservatives awake at night. I sure am glad I’ve never met one.
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 AM
These “liberals” that leftists keep talking about sound almost as bad as the Stalinist “Democrat Party” that keeps conservatives awake at night. I sure am glad I’ve never met one.
If you have ever met me, you may have noticed that I am quite tall. 🧵
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
If you have ever met me, you may have noticed that I am quite tall. 🧵
My worst fear, of course, is that none of us will live to see the end of the regime. Elections, protests, attempted revolution—anything we do will be futile. The future is a boot stamping on a human face, forever. Or at least close enough to forever for everyone around now. 🧵
January 24, 2026 at 4:19 PM
My worst fear, of course, is that none of us will live to see the end of the regime. Elections, protests, attempted revolution—anything we do will be futile. The future is a boot stamping on a human face, forever. Or at least close enough to forever for everyone around now. 🧵
"Sometimes I wonder if you people know how to tie your own shoes." — Me, to half the internet
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"Sometimes I wonder if you people know how to tie your own shoes." — Me, to half the internet
I swear climatologists think less about climate change, epidemiologists think less about vaccination, and paleontologists think less about evolution, than the crowd of screeching denialists who descend like locusts on any news story even vaguely related to any of these subjects. 🧪
January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I swear climatologists think less about climate change, epidemiologists think less about vaccination, and paleontologists think less about evolution, than the crowd of screeching denialists who descend like locusts on any news story even vaguely related to any of these subjects. 🧪
Well, crap. My Twinings addiction is about to get even more expensive.
In a backhanded way I think this is a good thing. Someone explained to him in small words that invading Greenland is a very bad idea. He's not capable of true understanding, but he's easily bullied. Like bullies usually are.
In a backhanded way I think this is a good thing. Someone explained to him in small words that invading Greenland is a very bad idea. He's not capable of true understanding, but he's easily bullied. Like bullies usually are.
January 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Well, crap. My Twinings addiction is about to get even more expensive.
In a backhanded way I think this is a good thing. Someone explained to him in small words that invading Greenland is a very bad idea. He's not capable of true understanding, but he's easily bullied. Like bullies usually are.
In a backhanded way I think this is a good thing. Someone explained to him in small words that invading Greenland is a very bad idea. He's not capable of true understanding, but he's easily bullied. Like bullies usually are.
Everyone who's ever served in the US military got the "don't do war crimes" briefing in basic training. If Mark Kelly is guilty, so is every drill sergeant. The number of veterans who are willing to pretend they don't know this is fucking pathetic.
January 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Everyone who's ever served in the US military got the "don't do war crimes" briefing in basic training. If Mark Kelly is guilty, so is every drill sergeant. The number of veterans who are willing to pretend they don't know this is fucking pathetic.
Creationists love the idea that the genetic code and computer code are fundamentally the same thing. Since of course programs are designed (not always intelligently, but that's another post) they think this is proof that life was too. 🧪 🧬 🖥️ 🧵
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Creationists love the idea that the genetic code and computer code are fundamentally the same thing. Since of course programs are designed (not always intelligently, but that's another post) they think this is proof that life was too. 🧪 🧬 🖥️ 🧵
Reposted by Daniel Dvorkin
Since Trump pardoned every member of the J6 mob, 33 out of the approximately 1,500 released have been convicted of other violent crimes, a rate of 2.2%. 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Since Trump pardoned every member of the J6 mob, 33 out of the approximately 1,500 released have been convicted of other violent crimes, a rate of 2.2%. 🧵