Dan Valen

@danvalen

Evangelist of #OpenData, gravel roads, and Z-O Swing%/NPxGI/Corsi/all the advanced metrics… I like the Flyers, Phillies, and Arsenal Football Club very much 🚴 PHL ➡️ NYC ➡️ NHV 🥏⛳️

445 Following249 Followers822 Posts

Bluesky

Is this your profile?Claim it and danvalen.dirty.social is yours.Claim profile

Dan Valen@danvalen· 22d

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

A shirt that says, “the meat of happiness”

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jul 25

⤵️

Amazing play on words regarding Magritte and Dobie Gray

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jun 24

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jun 24

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jun 24

Amazing

The win probability for the Phillies/Nationals game going from 99% in the Nats' favor to, well...

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jun 22

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 🐐

Dan Valen@danvalen· May 31

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· May 29

::audible gasp::

Hurried Timber training in Budapest ahead of tomorrow’s Champions League Final

Dan Valen@danvalen· May 24

Ian Wright, Arsenal legend, posing with the 2025/26 Premier League Trophy that Arsenal won

Dan Valen@danvalen· May 20

Arsenal’s photographer expressing his love for the team

Dan Valen@danvalen· May 8

::sends bat signal::

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Apr 22

w00t

Screengrab of a confirmation email showing tickets

Dan Valen@danvalen· Mar 30

This does not feel strategic

List of Arsenal players who have withdrawn from INTL duty

Dan Valen@danvalen· Mar 7

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Mar 6

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

screenshot of the 2022 NHL draft pick 1-6

Dan Valen@danvalen· Feb 27

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Feb 22

Dude lost a handful

Jack Hughes with missing teeth after Sam Bennett high sticking him in the face

Dan Valen@danvalen· Feb 22

Calm before the storm(s)

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Feb 9

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Dec 10

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?

Dan Valen@danvalen· Oct 21

lol

Gyokeres and Gabriel (Arsenal football players) celebrating a goal

Dan Valen@danvalen· Oct 20

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Sep 24

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Sep 13

Careful, you’ll get @poorlydrawnarsenal.com too excited

Dan Valen@danvalen· Sep 11

Escapism at its finest 🎙️⚽️🏒

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Aug 28

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

A cigar box stuffed full with concert tickets

Dan Valen@danvalen· Aug 27

:sigh:

Begrudgingly transferring playlists from Spotify to Apple Music

Dan Valen@danvalen· Aug 24

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Aug 20

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

Dan Valen@danvalen· Jul 22

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.