Hwa Shi-Hsia /xwa51 ʂɚ55 ɕja35/
@coolvirus.bsky.social
PhD in infectious diseases and immunology, not in impulse control or social skills.
Mpox, Yersinia pestis, avian influenza, dengue, EV-A71, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, cats and dogs, bikes, democracy, sewing. 🇲🇾🇿🇦🇸🇬🇺🇸
Mpox, Yersinia pestis, avian influenza, dengue, EV-A71, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, cats and dogs, bikes, democracy, sewing. 🇲🇾🇿🇦🇸🇬🇺🇸
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I have friends who are colleagues and friends who are laypersons, so if you think a post is too complicated, it's not for you, and if you think it's too simplistic, it's also not for you.
Lol this spider decided to abseil down from my ceiling at the same time as Alex Honnold
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Lol this spider decided to abseil down from my ceiling at the same time as Alex Honnold
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SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SOS!! Share far and wide! The US Patent Office is working to make bad patents untouchable and that’s a problem for open source hardware! Read through EFF statement and get your comments in ASAP to help prevent this www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I think the road to the current era of AI slop began when people started referring to any and all online media as "content"
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I think the road to the current era of AI slop began when people started referring to any and all online media as "content"
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China just reported a record annual trade surplus, of $1.2tn, despite President Donald Trump’s trade war.
www.ft.com/content/f686...
www.ft.com/content/f686...
FirstFT: Chinese exports soar despite Trump’s trade war
Also in today’s newsletter: McKinsey pilots AI in recruitment and Saks Global files for bankruptcy protection
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
China just reported a record annual trade surplus, of $1.2tn, despite President Donald Trump’s trade war.
www.ft.com/content/f686...
www.ft.com/content/f686...
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For a good cross reference, notice how raising tariffs on China didn't hurt China – it just reduced American influence and made the American people pay higher taxes for goods
bsky.app/profile/cram...
bsky.app/profile/cram...
China just reported a record annual trade surplus, of $1.2tn, despite President Donald Trump’s trade war.
www.ft.com/content/f686...
www.ft.com/content/f686...
FirstFT: Chinese exports soar despite Trump’s trade war
Also in today’s newsletter: McKinsey pilots AI in recruitment and Saks Global files for bankruptcy protection
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For a good cross reference, notice how raising tariffs on China didn't hurt China – it just reduced American influence and made the American people pay higher taxes for goods
bsky.app/profile/cram...
bsky.app/profile/cram...
What's tangentially interesting to me about this is that amongst men, it's _not_ the seed-sowing pronatalists who act like they actually like children.
Maybe it's got something to do with regarding women and children as fellow people, not incubators and clones.
Maybe it's got something to do with regarding women and children as fellow people, not incubators and clones.
January 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
What's tangentially interesting to me about this is that amongst men, it's _not_ the seed-sowing pronatalists who act like they actually like children.
Maybe it's got something to do with regarding women and children as fellow people, not incubators and clones.
Maybe it's got something to do with regarding women and children as fellow people, not incubators and clones.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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He's mad she won the Nobel Peace Prize and he didn't. That's it. That's what it's all about. Best part is she idiotically and sycophantically dedicated her prize to him and he still won't back her and prefers to publicly denigrate on a day like today.
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
He's mad she won the Nobel Peace Prize and he didn't. That's it. That's what it's all about. Best part is she idiotically and sycophantically dedicated her prize to him and he still won't back her and prefers to publicly denigrate on a day like today.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Russians won't represent their country at Winter Olympics even if Ukraine war ends, IOC chief says
Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Covent...
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Just yesterday, IOC president Kirsty Coventry said that Russian athletes can't compete under their flag in next month's Winter Olympics because their country invaded another country.
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
Sure will be interesting to see how these same guidelines will be applied in 2028
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There’s always a tweet.
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
There’s always a tweet.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
A friend is going overseas for grad school but unfortunately her mum only has capacity to care for 1 of her cats so she's looking to rehome the younger one. Anybody in KL interested in a young female cat? Great personality, very playful www.instagram.com/p/DS8zqM3ksu...
Alissa on Instagram: "Pulut is a sweet, outgoing 1.5yr old female tabby. She enjoys flopping over in front of you for pets and belly rubs. Still playful, but in quiet moments wants to snuggle close. N...
12 likes, 0 comments - alissao_o on December 31, 2025: "Pulut is a sweet, outgoing 1.5yr old female tabby. She enjoys flopping over in front of you for pets and belly rubs. Still playful, but in quiet...
www.instagram.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:19 AM
A friend is going overseas for grad school but unfortunately her mum only has capacity to care for 1 of her cats so she's looking to rehome the younger one. Anybody in KL interested in a young female cat? Great personality, very playful www.instagram.com/p/DS8zqM3ksu...
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I'm reviewing abstracts for an upcoming scientific conference, helping the planning team to select which attendees get a chance to present their work.
Some are amazingly good.
Some suggest that the applicant has not ever been taught how to write an abstract.
Here are some basic tips:
🧪
Some are amazingly good.
Some suggest that the applicant has not ever been taught how to write an abstract.
Here are some basic tips:
🧪
December 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm reviewing abstracts for an upcoming scientific conference, helping the planning team to select which attendees get a chance to present their work.
Some are amazingly good.
Some suggest that the applicant has not ever been taught how to write an abstract.
Here are some basic tips:
🧪
Some are amazingly good.
Some suggest that the applicant has not ever been taught how to write an abstract.
Here are some basic tips:
🧪
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And because St. Louis took strict, COVID-like measures, it weathered the 1918 epidemic amazingly well. medicine.washu.edu/news/your-co...
‘Your cold … is now a public menace’ | WashU Medicine
Historian details how St. Louis escaped the worst of the 1918 influenza pandemic
medicine.washu.edu
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And because St. Louis took strict, COVID-like measures, it weathered the 1918 epidemic amazingly well. medicine.washu.edu/news/your-co...
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Mayors in major cities here knew it existed before we sent troops abroad and we ended up having 1 in 5 households experiencing death or major illness in cities like Philadelphia bc of war bonds parades.
John Barry’s The Great Influenza goes into detail. Highly recommended read!
John Barry’s The Great Influenza goes into detail. Highly recommended read!
December 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mayors in major cities here knew it existed before we sent troops abroad and we ended up having 1 in 5 households experiencing death or major illness in cities like Philadelphia bc of war bonds parades.
John Barry’s The Great Influenza goes into detail. Highly recommended read!
John Barry’s The Great Influenza goes into detail. Highly recommended read!
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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I’m also concerned about crime among the wealthy. They’re doing an awful lot of crime, often quite openly, and getting away with it.
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I’m also concerned about crime among the wealthy. They’re doing an awful lot of crime, often quite openly, and getting away with it.
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How about they just try you know helping the less wealthy and maybe there would be less crime
December 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
How about they just try you know helping the less wealthy and maybe there would be less crime
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Tolkien is cooked. All new startups are Discworld, now.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Tolkien is cooked. All new startups are Discworld, now.
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Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
December 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.
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