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Dan Valen

@danvalen.com

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@digital-science.com by day, beer league hockey by night. Evangelist of #OpenData, WFPB-ing, and Z-O Swing%/NPxGI/Corsi/all the advanced metrics… I like the Flyers, Phillies, and Arsenal Football Club very much PHL ➡️ NYC ➡️ NHV 🚴

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 2d

iOS 26 has the worst design of any iOS update I’ve experienced. I regret everything.

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 6d

I like how apple redesigned the safari navigation ui in ios26 to simulate astigmatism

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 3d

Water. (Or… Bryn Mawr.)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 3d

We are in peak DAN sports mode: NHL starting (Flyers tomorrow), Premier League in full swing (if you ignore the interlull), and MLB playoffs (RIP, Phillies). The finest time of the year

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 4d

Loved this article about the history of “foodies” by @jayasaxena.com

Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie

How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.

www.eater.com

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 6d

I was angling more towards he’s playing bigger than his frame, which is good… but can land you on the physio table (to borrow some UK parlance there)

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 6d

If anything, if he’s going to keep charging into challenges, Ødegaard needs to get on the Havertz bulk-up plan with this down time

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 8d

Lancet editor: "I can’t forgive Bhattacharya and Makary...both know reliable evidence does not exist to restrict paracetamol use during pregnancy...both know evidence linking vaccines to autism simply doesn't exist. What are they doing?"

[politics - that's what]

www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

www.thelancet.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 17d

We're not holding back with the graphics anymore at least www.science.org/content/arti...

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 17d

Martinelli at 9? Eze at false 9? Saka at 9? All 3 or neither? Never thought I'd be so excited to tune into a match against ::squints:: Port Vale

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20d

This is so dangerous (and wrong, see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....)

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20d

We got it in the second half. We’ll see if we get more of it moving forward. I can understand not rolling out with Eze in this role for the first time against City to start unless game state required it

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20d

I feel this season is more of a slow-and-steady-wins-the-race-type year. I’m not rooting for injuries, but Liverpool lack serious depth in key spots. This could hurt them through injury or fatigue and despite how similar this feels to last year, I am not convinced they’ll go unbeaten through Dec

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Giantgooner @giantgooner.bsky.social · 20d

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 22d

We did it, guys!

John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 24d

The quotes confirm what we all feared, every 38-year-old dude in America listens to Arsenal podcasts

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25d

dating apps should just make men list their top 5 podcasts

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 24d

I am so curious to see what John Oliver does on Sunday… and what the Daily Show does tomorrow/on Monday.

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 25d

We're not talking about the defense nearly enough this season.

Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 25d

The Gunners ended a run of six Champions League away games without a clean sheet with tonight's win.

#ATHARS

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 25d

You mean three times a week? ...

Sorry, I'll show myself out

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Digital Science @digital-science.com · 25d

📣 NEWS: Digital Science supports research integrity start-up VeriMe Cooperative.

The new VeriMe Cooperative, which is aimed at securing #ResearchIntegrity by providing digital verification for researchers, has received start-up funding.

🔗 Read more: verime.coop/blog/step-3-...

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 28d

Careful, you’ll get @poorlydrawnarsenal.com too excited

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 28d

Soccer football should have hockey assists, just so Calafiori can get credit for that incredible pass

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 29d

Much-needed sportsballpuck distractions are here with NHL rookie camps kicking off and the Premier League returning this weekend

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 29d

Yes, yes they have. $25/lb for single origin beans at my local

Semafor @semafor.com · 29d

Coffee prices in the US have surged more than 20% in the last year, as duties on some of the world’s biggest producers take effect.
www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

US coffee prices surge as tariffs take effect

Steep duties on imports from Brazil and Vietnam force sellers to pass on some of the cost.

www.semafor.com

Dan Valen @danvalen.com · Sep 11

It is time to stop eating meat in this country, friends

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 11

The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.

The CDC’s Cuts to FoodNet Could Threaten Americans’ Health

Public health experts worry that downsizing the sprawling FoodNet surveillance system could make it harder to prevent food-borne illnesses.

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