David Vorp

2x alum and Distinguished Professor + John A Swanson Professor of Bioengineering & Surgery, Univ of Pittsburgh. Researcher. Co-Founder/CSO of Aneurisk, Inc.

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@ByEricThomas @Kzovko I thought they should’ve hired Manny Diaz.

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RIP to a true Pittsburgh legend, Donnie (Dawhnee) Iris. 😢
I had a standing invitation to join him at Jergels the last Tuesday of the month and never went. My nephew sent this video text one night urging me to come out. A treasure. I regret not joining them.

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@IntoPitt What a Pittsburgh treasure.

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@billpeduto What a Pittsburgh legend. 😢

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@dvesean What a Pittsburgh legend. 😢

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@Pittsburgh_Dad What a Pittsburgh icon. 😢

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I love stuff like this.

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Today, the calendar makes a right triangle, for the last time this century.

This Saturday is October 24, 2026.

Write it as 10/24/26 or 24/10/26, and the same beautiful relationship appears:

10² + 24² = 26²
100 + 576 = 676

But here’s what makes today special.

There are infinitely many Pythagorean triples. Only a handful fit our calendar.

Using the rule

month² + day² = (last two digits of the year)²,

the month cannot exceed 12, and the day cannot exceed 31. Those small limits leave exactly 12 qualifying dates in this century.

Today is the last.

The next will be March 4, 2105:

3² + 4² = 5²

That is a wait of more than 78 years.

An infinite family of triangles. Just twelve appearances on a century’s calendar.

Happy Pythagorean Triple Day.

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@937theFan @Ice8859 @CALLAS_33 @_adamcrowley @scorindorin Love the Phil Wickham tune!

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What a morning to be a space nerd: A triple convergence of space events! At 6:33am, the International Space Station goes right across constellation Orion. Seconds later, to the northeast, the SpaceX rocket goes blasting through the sky, eventually leaving its “jellyfish” plume.

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My most core personal Mike Ditka memory has nothing to do with football or SNL.

Ten years ago when my now-wife and I first moved in together, we were in our 20s and lived in a tiny apartment. We had different work schedules and the only time we could go to the gym together was super early in the morning, before anything else had a chance to compete for our time. We'd try to get in there around 5:00am, which is insane, because neither of us are especially "morning people."

So we would set the alarm for 4:15am, spend a few minutes moaning and groaning about how early it was, and then we'd blast this absolutely ridiculous auto-tuned motivational Mike Ditka rap about personal accountability while we made a pot of coffee and tried to get less groggy. It's completely absurd, but it got us out the door for SO MANY early morning workouts; it became like a ritual for us as we forced ourselves to leave the apartment while it was still dark outside. We are probably half of the views on this thing on YouTube. The neighbors had to absolutely hate us.

The funniest part, though, is that we will still randomly quote this to each other even though it's been years and years since it was part of the daily routine. Let's face it: it's quirky and catchy as hell, you can't go wrong with his advice, and you can't not laugh at the insane format it's delivered in.

You might wake up tired and grumpy, but you'll make yourself put the work in once you remember that Iron Mike says you have to make sacrifices today for the long-term good.

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RIP to Pittsburgh’s and Pitt’s own Iron Mike Ditka. What a legend.

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@CBravo412 @Kzovko Fair. My favorite new (to me) bourbon is this:

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@PittEngineering @PittMEMS Such a great asset to @PittEngineering !

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@TheLoyalSons That was the game that Hurricane Ian made a spectacle of the rivers, with many solo and dock-full groups of boats of all price points floating by while the game was going on.

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I’d never leave the house if I had this audience at home.

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This dude adopted a rescue hyena and named his Eddie. He videos jokes and Eddie howls with laughter.