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.
This incredibly low-effort and unoriginal meme is going around again. Whoever came up with it has never done science for a living, and I guess neither have the vast majority of people who repost it. 🧪 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This incredibly low-effort and unoriginal meme is going around again. Whoever came up with it has never done science for a living, and I guess neither have the vast majority of people who repost it. 🧪 🧵
NËÜRØ STRÏKË TÅRGËTTËD [sic] is my new band name.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
NËÜRØ STRÏKË TÅRGËTTËD [sic] is my new band name.
"Fucking mirrors, how do they work?"
"No one knows lol"
"Must be a miracle. [solemn nod]"
"Similar to magnets, I think."
"Well that doesn't help!"
"Sorry that’s all I got."
"Fair enough. I guess it's time to Do My Own Research™."
"No one knows lol"
"Must be a miracle. [solemn nod]"
"Similar to magnets, I think."
"Well that doesn't help!"
"Sorry that’s all I got."
"Fair enough. I guess it's time to Do My Own Research™."
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Fucking mirrors, how do they work?"
"No one knows lol"
"Must be a miracle. [solemn nod]"
"Similar to magnets, I think."
"Well that doesn't help!"
"Sorry that’s all I got."
"Fair enough. I guess it's time to Do My Own Research™."
"No one knows lol"
"Must be a miracle. [solemn nod]"
"Similar to magnets, I think."
"Well that doesn't help!"
"Sorry that’s all I got."
"Fair enough. I guess it's time to Do My Own Research™."
Naaah, not really. You were horny and did something stupid. We've all been there.
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Naaah, not really. You were horny and did something stupid. We've all been there.
"What do you *want*?"
"I want antivaxers to live just long enough to learn what actual research is. And when they realize what idiots they've been, I will wave at them ... like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
🧪 ⚕️ 🚀 💉
"I want antivaxers to live just long enough to learn what actual research is. And when they realize what idiots they've been, I will wave at them ... like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
🧪 ⚕️ 🚀 💉
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"What do you *want*?"
"I want antivaxers to live just long enough to learn what actual research is. And when they realize what idiots they've been, I will wave at them ... like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
🧪 ⚕️ 🚀 💉
"I want antivaxers to live just long enough to learn what actual research is. And when they realize what idiots they've been, I will wave at them ... like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
🧪 ⚕️ 🚀 💉
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. 🧵