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Daniel Dvorkin

@danielmedic.bsky.social

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Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

Got it on the nose!

My father’s 5’7”, so I’ve been dealing secondhand with “short man” jokes my whole life. He’s also responsible for the man I am today. Anyone who thinks his height makes him less of a man can go to hell.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

These days, yeah.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure if I'm more disappointed in #AOC for making fun of her perception of Stephen #Miller's height, or in the many otherwise decent human beings who have repeated it with approval.

Anyway, don't do that. Dude's a fucking #kapo, you can find other ways to mock him.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps I was luckier than I thought when my academic career ended prematurely.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

I try not to read too much into names, but the fact that *Adolph* Coors founded the company is just ...

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 1d

No matter where you go ... there you are.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 2d

You know, I'm good with this.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 2d

Texquire, anyway.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 2d

Bioinformaticists need a set of Greek theater masks. 🧪 🧬 🖥️

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 3d

Golly, that’s terrible for them.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 3d

Human trafficking mob attempts to kidnap victim off street in broad daylight, stopped by concerned bystanders. That’s the America we need.

Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 3d

These guys are not only incompetent. They're pretty easily scared by a hostile crowd.

And FWIW they might be right to be scared. ICE's popularity is tanking and even actual physical assault of ICE officers (DO NOT do this, but some ppl ofc will) is demonstrably at risk of jury nullification now.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 3d

True enough. But it will have horrible consequences for public health.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 3d

Noem is slaying her thousands, and Hegseth may slay his tens of thousands. Kennedy will slay his millions. Single-digit millions if we're *lucky*. Tens or hundreds aren't out of reach.

I know I keep repeating this. Because it's true.

🧪 ⚕️ #medsky

RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo

RFK Jr. fired infectious disease specialist Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who told CBS News she was put on leave after questioning actions taken by Trump appointees.

www.cbsnews.com

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 5d

This, this is important.

Read the thread, and then read the comments for multiple examples of EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 6d

1/4 Antisemitism is not taken seriously enough in progressive spaces or in pro-Palestinian activism spaces - that is simply a statement of fact

Week after week we saw antisemitic elements at pro-Palestine protests, shouting hatred with protesters walking by saying and doing nothing about it

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 6d

Oooh!

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 7d

Putz. Shmekel. Petseleh.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 7d

I like to be specific.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 7d

The word you're looking for is #kapo.

Anti-Defamation League takes down extremism research after Musk leads rightwing backlash

Prominent US Jewish advocacy and anti-hate organization removed over a thousand pages of research

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 10d

Not the Freemasons? Nobody respects the classics anymore.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 10d

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our snark.

"FEMA is overrated anyway half the time they get it wrong to right before hurricane or tornado hits they can’t control the weather" [sic]

"Weather control is HAARP's job. Do try to keep up."

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 10d

Sure, but it's me saying it, so that's different.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11d

I keep trying to remind myself of that. Some days I'm more successful than others.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11d

Nature is so beautiful.

Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11d

"Correlation is not causation" is right up there with "according to science" and "read a history book" on my list of thought-terminating cliches. Even when it's applicable—which is less likely than you think—there's nearly always a better and more specific way to make your point. Trust me on this. 🧪

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 12d

I've been so eager to learn the truth about Amelia Epstein.

@kforkallisti.bsky.social

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