Colin Carlson
@colincarlson.bsky.social
Planetary epidemiologist at Yale. Thinking about thinking about thinking about writing a book about viruses. Look, I made a hat: carlsonlab.bio • viralemergence.org • gbcc.study
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Viral diversity and zoonotic risk in endangered species
A growing body of evidence links zoonotic disease risk, including pandemic threats, to biodiversity loss and other upstream anthropogenic impacts on ecosystem health. However, there is little current...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
NEW! 🦠🦧 We revisited a perplexing paradox: do wildlife really pose less of a risk to human health as they become more endangered? Turns out, it's sampling bias all the way down: conservation risks correlate with disease surveillance blindspots. 🔓 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Literally the only poem I’ve thought about adding to this (because I know I’m a poetry normie and don’t have many interesting thoughts) is This Be The Verse. Larkin, man
I’m a sucker for any Philip Larkin, but the final stanzas of Aubade just totally fuck
December 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Literally the only poem I’ve thought about adding to this (because I know I’m a poetry normie and don’t have many interesting thoughts) is This Be The Verse. Larkin, man
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I’m a sucker for any Philip Larkin, but the final stanzas of Aubade just totally fuck
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I’m a sucker for any Philip Larkin, but the final stanzas of Aubade just totally fuck
You can say whatever you want about international law not being real but the U.S. government sure seems pretty scared of it right now
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You can say whatever you want about international law not being real but the U.S. government sure seems pretty scared of it right now
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I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
Opportunities
***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…
gavinmjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
gavinmjones.com/opportunities/
I’ve taken the first step towards organizing my life, which is to do a big sleep about it. I suspect there’s some sort of second step that needs to happen know. Very unclear on what it might be though
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ve taken the first step towards organizing my life, which is to do a big sleep about it. I suspect there’s some sort of second step that needs to happen know. Very unclear on what it might be though
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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Read this thread, especially the science and Hill and White House reporters who follow me, as well as the congressional staffers — and members.
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Read this thread, especially the science and Hill and White House reporters who follow me, as well as the congressional staffers — and members.
Folks: I feel very sad
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Folks: I feel very sad
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I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
Sometimes Yorkside hits better than Pepe’s. Sometimes it maybe hits better than Sally’s. But you’re not ready for that conversation. You’re all afraid of truth
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sometimes Yorkside hits better than Pepe’s. Sometimes it maybe hits better than Sally’s. But you’re not ready for that conversation. You’re all afraid of truth
Do you
- Twitch stream?
- watch a lot of streamers?
I want to ask you some questions
It is for my work, somehow
Ok thanks
- Twitch stream?
- watch a lot of streamers?
I want to ask you some questions
It is for my work, somehow
Ok thanks
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Do you
- Twitch stream?
- watch a lot of streamers?
I want to ask you some questions
It is for my work, somehow
Ok thanks
- Twitch stream?
- watch a lot of streamers?
I want to ask you some questions
It is for my work, somehow
Ok thanks
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DOJ argues that, if the National Guard is properly federalized at any point, any decision to extend it is unreviewable.
Breyer: “Like diamonds, it’s forever. That’s the position of the federal government.”
Although DOJ pushes back on that as a fact, they acknowledge that is their legal argument.
Breyer: “Like diamonds, it’s forever. That’s the position of the federal government.”
Although DOJ pushes back on that as a fact, they acknowledge that is their legal argument.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
DOJ argues that, if the National Guard is properly federalized at any point, any decision to extend it is unreviewable.
Breyer: “Like diamonds, it’s forever. That’s the position of the federal government.”
Although DOJ pushes back on that as a fact, they acknowledge that is their legal argument.
Breyer: “Like diamonds, it’s forever. That’s the position of the federal government.”
Although DOJ pushes back on that as a fact, they acknowledge that is their legal argument.
please don’t put in the papers that he’s mad
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
please don’t put in the papers that he’s mad
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
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I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
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Every elected need to be asked, "would you vote for impeachment? Why not?"
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Every elected need to be asked, "would you vote for impeachment? Why not?"
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Hegseth must resign or be impeached.
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hegseth must resign or be impeached.
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The clear belief of the US govt is that Latin Americans are not human and hold no rights that bind anyone
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The clear belief of the US govt is that Latin Americans are not human and hold no rights that bind anyone
Just realized I can Go To Merrily We Roll Along About It this weekend, which is extremely bad news of its own sort
Tomorrow I'll say more about what we accomplished, and what we lost, but tonight I think I'd like to just feel a little openly petty and bitter about the personal sacrifices that my friends and I made to get what could have been a 10-year, $25m project that ended 3 years in
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Just realized I can Go To Merrily We Roll Along About It this weekend, which is extremely bad news of its own sort
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Skeletons shouldn't play each other as instruments
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Skeletons shouldn't play each other as instruments
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sophia is right and i'd like to share some exciting news: starting tomorrow, @viralemergence.org will be manufacturing submarines
God, that's horrible. Massive loss for this area. Honestly, CTs entire economy is like two defense contractors and twenty colleges in a coat, and I feel like the latter is just suffering badly at this point.
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
sophia is right and i'd like to share some exciting news: starting tomorrow, @viralemergence.org will be manufacturing submarines
Gonna wallow for a second: I'll share more info tomorrow, but over the last couple weeks, we've finally put our NSF center on ice as we continue to just not get paid and run out of money. I'm just so sad and angry about it. No real "but" at the end of this
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Gonna wallow for a second: I'll share more info tomorrow, but over the last couple weeks, we've finally put our NSF center on ice as we continue to just not get paid and run out of money. I'm just so sad and angry about it. No real "but" at the end of this