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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 05/09/2026

The timing of this post could not have been better #heartwarmingEd

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 27/08/2026

I don't think email subjects should have emojis (and I love emojis)

Snapshot of my inbox with too many emojis

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 06/08/2026

My daughter asked me what the Japanese on my shirt said. It did not disappoint

A shirt that says, “the meat of happiness”

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 24/06/2026

Those Norwegian fans

Baseball player Chaz Roe, kind of like the 'Ro' that the Norwegian fans bellow in support of the Norwegian national football team

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 24/06/2026

We have come full circle and AI is now just cute Clippy

A blurb on how to build a 'Clippy-like desktop pet' using AI

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 22/06/2026

I’ve never seen Crosby or Ohtani or Alexi Lalas play live… but I did get to see Messi score a brace against Sevilla in 2017. Dude is the 🐐

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 31/05/2026

Quote with a great self-titled album that isn’t The Beatles or Metallica

I cheated because this is technically two King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard albums but whatever

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 08/05/2026

::sends bat signal::

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement, two tremendous national broadcasters from the 90s

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 30/03/2026

This does not feel strategic

List of Arsenal players who have withdrawn from INTL duty

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 07/03/2026

Today’s Arsenal lineup announcement has been my favorite so far this season 😅

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 06/03/2026

Ah yes, I remember this conversation -- Cutter or Jiricek

screenshot of the 2022 NHL draft pick 1-6

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 27/02/2026

I slipped on some ice when walking our dog a few weeks ago, and ever since, he’s been checking on me constantly throughout our walks

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 22/02/2026

Calm before the storm(s)

Arsenal v. Tottenham and Blizzard warning against a calming Pacific Ocean background image

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 09/02/2026

Canadian Football League Fans?!? Infectious Disease Modelling Experts?!? I have some work to do on here

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 10/12/2025

NO WAY! REALLY? WOW, OMG, NEW GRANT HERE I COME!

A bizarre email from Acadamia.edu claiming an old paper suddenly has a new grant opportunity?

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20/10/2025

Stealing this from Reddit, but when you see it like this, it really is depressing how little infrastructure we have for public transportation in the United States of Cars

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 24/09/2025

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

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 11/09/2025

Escapism at its finest 🎙️⚽️🏒

A photo of podcast statistics showing escapism by listening to most sports podcasts as my “most-listened to”

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 28/08/2025

This post tells me I really need to turn this into a spreadsheet

A cigar box stuffed full with concert tickets

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 24/08/2025

Anyone else scared off by this graph? Mainly because… who the heck are these other people?

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20/08/2025

Sorry Team USA, I guess I’m an England supporter now

Arsenal players (Eze, Madueke, and Saka) who all also play for the England national team

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 22/07/2025

As a 40 year-old man, am I allowed to ‘perform’ this celebration when this muscular Swedish striker scores a soccer goal for #Arsenal football club? No? Fair enough.

A photo of Viktor Gyökeres performing his patented mask goal celebration while wearing an Arsenal shirt

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 09/07/2025

I... did not ask for this?

Screenshot of an email from Academia.edu stating they turned my journal article into a podcast

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 07/07/2025

Clicked around a bit here and holy moly the #Flyers have quite a bit of cap space heading into next year's free agency...

Flyers projected cap space heading into the 2026-27 season

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 02/07/2025

Slowly building a collection of thrift store-discovered Phaidon cooking tomes and this week’s find has been on my list for years. I am very much excited to dive in 🇮🇹

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 02/07/2025

Please. Pretty please.

Eze and Saka, my two favorite Premier League players celebrating for the England national team. There is a chance Eze signs with Arsenal

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 28/06/2025

Flahr claims it’s a coincidence

A tweet about the Flyers draft that quotes assistant FM Brett Flahr

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 27/05/2025

The infamous two broken wrists/wrist surgery happened in 2012/2013, so that might be it? 2013/14 was also the last season you had Hartnell as a netfront presence on the PP1 unit

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 20/05/2025

Hey Musa, I've seen you posting these the past few days and wondered about legitimacy and ensuring the donations go to actually help people in need. Gofundmes without verifiable identity are usually high risk of fraud or mis-routing. When giving to Gaza, I've tried to find trustworthy NGOs:

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 07/05/2025

Difficult to avoid black jerseys in today's NHL. Mammoth is a good name. Logo stinks At least it makes it easier for me to find [black] pro-stock gloves on SidelineSwap

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 06/05/2025

Today: it doesn’t matter Tomorrow: 😲😰🫨👹

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 12/04/2025

Our friends from France were supposed to visit this summer. They are no longer visiting this summer… part of a larger trend

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 04/04/2025

My significant other made a fantastic estate sale grab this AM

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 03/04/2025

Yeah, I think it comes more down to the condensed schedule and unrelenting load on the players than the medical staff. It's not just Arsenal (though it really feels like it's only Arsenal right now) 😔

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 03/04/2025

YouTube is a scourge on the world. I'm not logged in and watching a webinar about research data sharing at the NIH and the videos that queued up next are completely insane and unhinged. The algorithm is disgusting

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Dan Valen @danvalen.com · 31/03/2025

Comtes de Provence has been popping up in markets near me for a while now and their apricot jam is A+. Highly recommend

A great jam (and I don’t usually like apricot jam)

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