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.
Like, whatEVER.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Like, whatEVER.
I laughed. But more and more people believe this dangerous nonsense. Our ability to prevent and treat disease is under full-scale attack, and millions—tens or hundreds of millions—will die because of it. 🧪 ⚕️
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I laughed. But more and more people believe this dangerous nonsense. Our ability to prevent and treat disease is under full-scale attack, and millions—tens or hundreds of millions—will die because of it. 🧪 ⚕️
Checklist time!
Good food: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌
Good beer: France ❌ Olympus Mons ❌
The Louvre: France ✅ (kind of) Olympus Mons ❌
High peaks: France ✅ Olympus Mons ✅
Highest peak in Solar System: France ❌ Olympus Mons ✅
Cool fossils: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌ (probably)
Hard decision, really.
Good food: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌
Good beer: France ❌ Olympus Mons ❌
The Louvre: France ✅ (kind of) Olympus Mons ❌
High peaks: France ✅ Olympus Mons ✅
Highest peak in Solar System: France ❌ Olympus Mons ✅
Cool fossils: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌ (probably)
Hard decision, really.
October 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Checklist time!
Good food: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌
Good beer: France ❌ Olympus Mons ❌
The Louvre: France ✅ (kind of) Olympus Mons ❌
High peaks: France ✅ Olympus Mons ✅
Highest peak in Solar System: France ❌ Olympus Mons ✅
Cool fossils: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌ (probably)
Hard decision, really.
Good food: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌
Good beer: France ❌ Olympus Mons ❌
The Louvre: France ✅ (kind of) Olympus Mons ❌
High peaks: France ✅ Olympus Mons ✅
Highest peak in Solar System: France ❌ Olympus Mons ✅
Cool fossils: France ✅ Olympus Mons ❌ (probably)
Hard decision, really.
I think my direct deposit paperwork got screwed up.
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I think my direct deposit paperwork got screwed up.
[climbs out of acid bath] You mean I've been doing this wrong the whole time?
October 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
[climbs out of acid bath] You mean I've been doing this wrong the whole time?
Perhaps I was luckier than I thought when my academic career ended prematurely.
October 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Perhaps I was luckier than I thought when my academic career ended prematurely.
No matter where you go ... there you are.
October 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
No matter where you go ... there you are.
You know, I'm good with this.
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
You know, I'm good with this.
Bioinformaticists need a set of Greek theater masks. 🧪 🧬 🖥️
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bioinformaticists need a set of Greek theater masks. 🧪 🧬 🖥️
Nature is so beautiful.
September 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Nature is so beautiful.
"I was too smart to enlist and they didn't want me as an officer because I raise too much hell."
"Officially, there's no record of my service."
"I'd've punched out the DI the first time he got in my face."
Did I miss any?
"Officially, there's no record of my service."
"I'd've punched out the DI the first time he got in my face."
Did I miss any?
September 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"I was too smart to enlist and they didn't want me as an officer because I raise too much hell."
"Officially, there's no record of my service."
"I'd've punched out the DI the first time he got in my face."
Did I miss any?
"Officially, there's no record of my service."
"I'd've punched out the DI the first time he got in my face."
Did I miss any?
Okay, we're clearly at the beginning of a movie. Now, is this a wacky comedy with incompetent gangsters who take ever-more-ridiculous pratfalls in a futile attempt to recover their loot, or a gritty thriller where the viewpoint characters are in way over their heads? Help me figure it out ... fast.
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Okay, we're clearly at the beginning of a movie. Now, is this a wacky comedy with incompetent gangsters who take ever-more-ridiculous pratfalls in a futile attempt to recover their loot, or a gritty thriller where the viewpoint characters are in way over their heads? Help me figure it out ... fast.
September 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Not posted for agreement, if you share from my post please leave my commentary intact, terms and conditions apply, see your local grumpy scientist for details ...
This type of so-called #humor is shit. 🧵
This type of so-called #humor is shit. 🧵
September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Not posted for agreement, if you share from my post please leave my commentary intact, terms and conditions apply, see your local grumpy scientist for details ...
This type of so-called #humor is shit. 🧵
This type of so-called #humor is shit. 🧵
Traditionally, rabbits *are* the experts.
August 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Traditionally, rabbits *are* the experts.
I think a lot of people find it comforting, in a weird way, to believe that They™ are deliberately, calculatingly reducing the world's population. Chemtrails, poisonous vaccines, all that. 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I think a lot of people find it comforting, in a weird way, to believe that They™ are deliberately, calculatingly reducing the world's population. Chemtrails, poisonous vaccines, all that. 🧵
Every time I think the vastly misnamed Republicans can't get any lower, they have to go and prove me wrong. 🧵
August 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Every time I think the vastly misnamed Republicans can't get any lower, they have to go and prove me wrong. 🧵
For anyone invested in the "wyvern vs. dragon" argument, here is a medieval painting of St. George and the dragon. I will not be taking further questions at this time.
July 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For anyone invested in the "wyvern vs. dragon" argument, here is a medieval painting of St. George and the dragon. I will not be taking further questions at this time.
Not posted for agreement, if you share from my post please leave my commentary intact, etc. This came up in a fantasy and science fiction writing group on Facebook. I disagree with it, but it's a worthy topic for discussion. 🚀 ✍️ 🧵
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Not posted for agreement, if you share from my post please leave my commentary intact, etc. This came up in a fantasy and science fiction writing group on Facebook. I disagree with it, but it's a worthy topic for discussion. 🚀 ✍️ 🧵
I understand that when it's time to pay up, he can be a real bastard.
July 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I understand that when it's time to pay up, he can be a real bastard.
A story in three parts.
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A story in three parts.
Rick Astley and Trent Reznor must never be allowed to meet. If they do, they'll mutually annihilate in a shower of gamma rays that could wipe out all life on Earth.
July 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Rick Astley and Trent Reznor must never be allowed to meet. If they do, they'll mutually annihilate in a shower of gamma rays that could wipe out all life on Earth.
"Of course I don't want German and Japanese forces to draw an occupation dividing line through Denver, but FDR just doesn't seem like he really wants to *earn* my support, you know?" (via @spladayum.bsky.social )
July 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"Of course I don't want German and Japanese forces to draw an occupation dividing line through Denver, but FDR just doesn't seem like he really wants to *earn* my support, you know?" (via @spladayum.bsky.social )