Dynomight blog
Shares rank 7 of 26 newsletters by recommenders
Readers recommend Dynomight for well-argued, carefully written posts on health and science, and a large backlog of posts to read. One critic says its arguments are more subtle than they were described.
Readers recommend Dynomight for well-argued, carefully written posts on health and science, and a large backlog of posts to read. One critic says its arguments are more subtle than they were described.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Excellent, on-target articles on health
“Dynomight has written an excellent article on seed oils.”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients” “His other blog about colonoscopies is even better”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?” “Agreed, the Dynomight article is on-the-mark.”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “Heritability of human life span is ~50% when heritability is redefined” Reliable writing worth reading
“I've read enough previous blog posts from there that I recognise the "dynomight" name as being worth a click and a read.”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “The seed oil panic is hurting my cardiac patients” “there is a great backlog of posts to read”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?”
Other newsletters people recommend
The four most recommended other newsletters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Ed Zitron newsletter | 46 | 42 | 52% | 12 | — | — |
| Simon Willison's blog | 21 | 2 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| SemiAnalysis | 20 | 12 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| acoup.blog | 19 | 0 | 100% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Dynomight blogThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the biggest barrier to starting exercise isn't improving too slowly, it's overtraining and giving up”
“His other blog about colonoscopies is even better”
“there is a great backlog of posts to read”
“I've read enough previous blog posts from there that I recognise the "dynomight" name as being worth a click and a read.”
“Dynomight has written an excellent article on seed oils.”
“It's a bit more subtle than you say.”
“Agreed, the Dynomight article is on-the-mark.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.