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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 · 3h

Liberation.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 3h

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 16h

A so on the nose!

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 16h

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

crazy, ins't it??

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

I will whole-heartedly support this by drinking more Belgian beer.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 22h

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

sadly, yes

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

Sen. Hirono.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

100%

After many decades as a road cyclist, I’m a pretty conscientious one.

It does feel a little like driving in Paris, though, when in the city.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

By the numbers, milder.

We shall see.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

I’m am now one of those cyclists! 😂 no mercy

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

I should have come here first, rather than dicking around with the UK.

The Netherlands ranks: #1 overall in child well-being. High in life satisfaction: 87% of 15-y/os say they're happy with their lives (highest in the world). Ranks the best, globally for kids mental health.

I see it. I feel it.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

www.techpolicy.press/what-a-dutch...

What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

www.techpolicy.press

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

baller; love her

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

The Gaza and the I–P discourse functions as a live experiment, controlling info asymmetry under conditions of total visibility. If state actors can keep narrative control even when everyone can see what’s happening, it becomes the template for every future conflict, crackdown, or scandal.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 2d

I case you feel like being nauseated today, the Oversight Committee released some Epstein documents. You can find the birthday book in the embedded link (the first “here”).

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Oversight Committee Releases Records Provided by the Epstein Estate, Chairman Comer Provides Statement - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 2d

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Yeah. The camera is weird that way.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 3d

At least it wasn’t punctuated with puke

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 3d

Fred Hampton.

That’s it. That’s the post.

America.

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