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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter)

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Med-tech CEO, virologist, MBA. Classical violinist. Award-winning brewer. UW/FHCRC. An American expat in the Netherlands (from Kauai). Victim of the syntonic comma. Tu non sai chi cazzo sono io. Hawaii no ka oi.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · Apr 14

I woke with a tremendous feeling of longing and sadness.

I didn't know why, but I was missing my friend..more than friend. Moose.

It wasn't until later in the morning that the Mrs. let me know it was the anniversary of his passing. It was a date I never put in my calendar.

Man, I miss you.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 15m

a woman is laying in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on her face .

ALT: a woman is laying in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on her face .

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4h

#MicrobiologyHumor

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4h

Thiel thinks we want to take all his money away from him.

He thinks the way to keep us in line is by keeping us afraid so we don’t do anything; keep us in line through religious extremism and fear.

I’d like to make _his_ fears come true.

#EatTheRich

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 8h

Well shit. Mix ups all around. In my defense I’m jet lagged and it was the middle of the night.

However the offer stands, if you’re in the Netherlands. First round is on me.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 10h

We’ve settled in nicely, thank you. When I get back to the Netherlands we’ll have to meet up! Now that I have a bike, I’m unstoppable.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 17h

Brilliant.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 17h

There was a “silent, peaceful” protest in the small town where my parents live.

No.

Be like the French.

Burn it down.

Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pity nobody in this Orange Reich studied history. By starving the People, they're building their own guillotines.

Unaffordable:
Food
Housing
Healthcare

Let #history repeat.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes Catholics really do go hard, still

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 17h

A 24 hour travel day to find myself in the company of my parents. I am exhausted. And while I appreciate the gesture of the beer, dad, it is going to ruin me.