Dan Tyrrell
@danis1337.bsky.social
Asst. Professor at UAB Pathology | T cells, aging, mitos, 🧠,🫀, ☕️, 🐭, 🔬, data vis | He/him | Views mine
Really looking forward to the Thanksgiving NYT crossword
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Really looking forward to the Thanksgiving NYT crossword
Columbus was interesting. There was so much superstition and unknown in the 1400’s. The main motivation for finding new lands was basically to bring gold back to the Spanish King and Queen. By that metric, Columbus was a failure
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Columbus was interesting. There was so much superstition and unknown in the 1400’s. The main motivation for finding new lands was basically to bring gold back to the Spanish King and Queen. By that metric, Columbus was a failure
This seems about right..
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This seems about right..
Hannibal was very cool in an ancient type of way. The whole elephant over the alps thing is pretty overblown though. They all died almost right away
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hannibal was very cool in an ancient type of way. The whole elephant over the alps thing is pretty overblown though. They all died almost right away
This was super interesting. That trip would have sucked but they survived mostly intact
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This was super interesting. That trip would have sucked but they survived mostly intact
This was a cool book. The underground resistance in the Netherlands during WWII. So cool how women were so overlooked in some cases that they could do really covert espionage for the allies
October 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This was a cool book. The underground resistance in the Netherlands during WWII. So cool how women were so overlooked in some cases that they could do really covert espionage for the allies
This was pretty good. Short and fairly Euro-centric but still good
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This was pretty good. Short and fairly Euro-centric but still good
Original investigative journalism. Get yourself committed to an asylum and report on the horrible conditions. Pretty interesting but weird to call the ‘inmates’ lunatics or insane over and over
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Original investigative journalism. Get yourself committed to an asylum and report on the horrible conditions. Pretty interesting but weird to call the ‘inmates’ lunatics or insane over and over
This was interesting. Had the expect racist words and remarks that I think were fairly common in the early 1900’s. Otherwise was an interesting struggle between Native peoples and European immigrants in the American west
October 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This was interesting. Had the expect racist words and remarks that I think were fairly common in the early 1900’s. Otherwise was an interesting struggle between Native peoples and European immigrants in the American west
This was super compelling. Definitely romanticized war in parts, and odd to hear German perspective in WWI. Didn’t know much about Ernst Jünger before. Interesting/controversial character
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This was super compelling. Definitely romanticized war in parts, and odd to hear German perspective in WWI. Didn’t know much about Ernst Jünger before. Interesting/controversial character
1177 was tough to get through. Lots of facts but narrative was not my style. Guns, Germs, and Steel was good. I had to read Collapse in college and this was similar and also good.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
1177 was tough to get through. Lots of facts but narrative was not my style. Guns, Germs, and Steel was good. I had to read Collapse in college and this was similar and also good.
This one was alright. Way too western and male focused. Don’t think South America was mentioned at all. Still interesting
October 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This one was alright. Way too western and male focused. Don’t think South America was mentioned at all. Still interesting
Haven’t shared my latest books. All on a theme of WWII and the rise of fascism (wonder why). All good. Code breaking sisters WWII autobiography was my fav. Chinas good war was super interesting too
October 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Haven’t shared my latest books. All on a theme of WWII and the rise of fascism (wonder why). All good. Code breaking sisters WWII autobiography was my fav. Chinas good war was super interesting too
For postdocs interested in spatial transcriptomics, UAB just launched a Spatial PRIME postdoc program which training and increased funds for postdocs in this area. Check it out if interested
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For postdocs interested in spatial transcriptomics, UAB just launched a Spatial PRIME postdoc program which training and increased funds for postdocs in this area. Check it out if interested
Call me old fashioned but I don’t see how an AI chatbot trained on Aubrey de Grey’s old lab notebooks is going to “solve aging”. Weird move to name it after himself and give it a beard and stuff. If you don’t know about Aubrey, give him a google. Interesting character
September 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Call me old fashioned but I don’t see how an AI chatbot trained on Aubrey de Grey’s old lab notebooks is going to “solve aging”. Weird move to name it after himself and give it a beard and stuff. If you don’t know about Aubrey, give him a google. Interesting character
Both of these were great. The evolution from cod to salt was really cool. Cod and fish were salted allowing Vikings and Basques to sail all over. Salary and “worth your salt” came about because people were paid in salt or brine. Yaw. Cool. Nice.
September 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Both of these were great. The evolution from cod to salt was really cool. Cod and fish were salted allowing Vikings and Basques to sail all over. Salary and “worth your salt” came about because people were paid in salt or brine. Yaw. Cool. Nice.
Is this the new math?
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Is this the new math?
Didn’t post when I finished this one. Hesitated to read it but concluded that it’s better to be educated than ignorant. He was a slave owning confederate general and ‘grand wizard’ in the KKK. I think this biography was too kind to him but was interesting nonetheless
September 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Didn’t post when I finished this one. Hesitated to read it but concluded that it’s better to be educated than ignorant. He was a slave owning confederate general and ‘grand wizard’ in the KKK. I think this biography was too kind to him but was interesting nonetheless
This was obviously very well written (Pulitzer Prize) and super interesting about the whole time period of 1900s-1970s. Hoover was an odd guy. I like reading these different biographies of overlapping periods with very distinctive points-of-view
September 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This was obviously very well written (Pulitzer Prize) and super interesting about the whole time period of 1900s-1970s. Hoover was an odd guy. I like reading these different biographies of overlapping periods with very distinctive points-of-view
This was so good. Expands on the few paragraphs taught about Douglass during Black history month. Also super interesting juxtaposition to compare with Mark Twain’s fame in a similar period in American history
September 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This was so good. Expands on the few paragraphs taught about Douglass during Black history month. Also super interesting juxtaposition to compare with Mark Twain’s fame in a similar period in American history
This is a really cool graphic despite all the annoying on field ads placed by NBC
August 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is a really cool graphic despite all the annoying on field ads placed by NBC
This was not only about JFK but about the whole period before he became president. Really interesting snapshot in an interesting time. I prefer this Kennedy to our current Kennedy
August 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This was not only about JFK but about the whole period before he became president. Really interesting snapshot in an interesting time. I prefer this Kennedy to our current Kennedy