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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

We'll have none of that artificial plagiarism here. Just good old-fashioned hand-grown certified-organic artisanal plagiarism. ✍️ #writing

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I guess I'd enjoy a Romanian vacation even as a living person, but otherwise, this seems accurate.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"... and that's how we finally cleaned up Sunnydale."

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We've understood the physics of bumblebee flight for decades, and the idea that "science doesn't know how they fly" comes from a single flawed paper in the 1930s. So I am completely unsurprised that someone with a Tesla profile pic thinks "but bumblebees!" is a flex. 🧪

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I use #AI in my #bioinformatics work, and I have a somewhat better opinion of it than most people I know, because it's quite good at certain tasks. #Maps ... aren't among them. (via @mhboroson.bsky.social) 🧪 🖥️ 🧬 🧵

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Amateurs. In the Air Force, we resorted to cannibalism when the coffeemaker broke.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Opening for Nasty Women and Bad Hombres, please welcome ... COCKY DEMONS!

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The scientific corollary to Murc's Law is the idea that it's always scientists' job to communicate better, not everyone else's to pay attention. 🧪 (via @arctomet.bsky.social)

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This is true. It is also true that a lot of #writers seem to enjoy playing with #dystopian tropes waaay too much, and their stories come across as #cautionary tales about as convincingly as 1930s #gangster movies. ✍️

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Little Bobby Tables is now old enough to be Little Billy Ignore Instructions' father.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Squirrels love the smell of (long) pork in the morning.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Those algaefa protistas have gone too far!

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So do all who live to see such times.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Stop me before I snark again! Actually ... don't. 🧪

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Ever since the beginning of the internet, I've been waiting for an e-mail from Money. Today it finally arrived. If you need me, I'll be on my yacht.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Common #AI #writing tricks. All of these can be useful techniques, but they’re best as seasoning rather than main ingredients. #LLMs don’t do subtlety.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"Okay sweetie, before we go back to the apartment, you either have to put your paw booties on, or put the cigarette out. Your choice."

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Definitely need some old rubber bands that are so dried out they'll snap the first time you try to use them. Bonus points if they hit you in the eye. Or is that just me?

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

From a post on #AI #writing "tells." Both of these can be useful devices, but they're best as seasoning, not main ingredients. AI doesn't get that, of course. Sadly, neither do a number of human writers who have started using a more robotic style.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Oh, they'll comply with the #virus, all right. See, viruses don't ask nicely for compliance. 🧪 ⚕️ #medsky

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Yes, but also no because the #Reddit "science and logic guys" believe a whole lot of different but equally pernicious #bullshit, but also yes because #antivax may well be the most murderous ideology in history, which is a fucking high bar when you think about it. 🧪 ⚕️

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Uphill both ways. That part is very important.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Note the name of the group where this was posted. They really think they're scoring some kind of point. Liberals punish our sex offenders. Conservatives idolize theirs.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

For the WISP (work in some progress) I'm fiddling with population growth models, and considering rolling my own to justify the numbers I want. I guess that makes me a rather finicky Watsonian. But maybe it's like Tolkien coming up with several complete languages before writing any actual plot!

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

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. 🧵

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

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.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Consult your local biostatistician for details. 🧪 ⚕️ ∑

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Hey, it was better than spilling a bunch of jewel boxes all over the passenger seat floor and leaning down to fumble through them while going 80 mph down the interstate! Which I, uh, may have done a time or two.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Sword in one hand, latte in the other, combat boots on both feet. It's a thing.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

"Why are atheists so *angry* all the time?" This. The smugness, the arrogance, the idea that no one could find any worth in a child's life and well-being other than through religion. When true believers show every day, all over the world, how little they value anyone. This is why.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Anyone who played D&D back before there were edition numbers should understand this immediately.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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. 🧪 🧵

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

NËÜRØ STRÏKË TÅRGËTTËD [sic] is my new band name.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Bold of you to assume there's any kind of #dinosaur I wouldn't at least give a nibble.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"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™."

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Naaah, not really. You were horny and did something stupid. We've all been there.

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

"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?" 🧪 ⚕️ 🚀 💉

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Daniel Dvorkin @danielmedic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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. 🧪 ⚕️

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