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.
Tu non sai chi cazzo sono io.
Hawaii no ka oi.
Pinned
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.
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.
I just learned Rogue Brewery (OR) is no longer??
An OG in the crafts beer beer world. 40 plus years.
Sad.
An OG in the crafts beer beer world. 40 plus years.
Sad.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I just learned Rogue Brewery (OR) is no longer??
An OG in the crafts beer beer world. 40 plus years.
Sad.
An OG in the crafts beer beer world. 40 plus years.
Sad.
I’m on a quest to try every local brewery.
Shit pour, wrong glass. Still good.
Shit pour, wrong glass. Still good.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m on a quest to try every local brewery.
Shit pour, wrong glass. Still good.
Shit pour, wrong glass. Still good.
Geeking out right now
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
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Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Geeking out right now
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If you are very, very lucky…
You will have spent some of your life
Being owned by a cat.
You will have spent some of your life
Being owned by a cat.
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.
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.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you are very, very lucky…
You will have spent some of your life
Being owned by a cat.
You will have spent some of your life
Being owned by a cat.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had hopes for the UK/Scotland doing what I do (infectious disease diagnostics/ pandemic preparedness).
It was pretty obvious the whole ecosystem there was poisoned.
Best thing I ever did was to leave.
The Netherlands has been a breath of fresh air.
It was pretty obvious the whole ecosystem there was poisoned.
Best thing I ever did was to leave.
The Netherlands has been a breath of fresh air.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I had hopes for the UK/Scotland doing what I do (infectious disease diagnostics/ pandemic preparedness).
It was pretty obvious the whole ecosystem there was poisoned.
Best thing I ever did was to leave.
The Netherlands has been a breath of fresh air.
It was pretty obvious the whole ecosystem there was poisoned.
Best thing I ever did was to leave.
The Netherlands has been a breath of fresh air.
*sips coffee*
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
*sips coffee*
Sounds about right.
Sounds about right.
I always wanted to be a Gregorian monk.
I just never got the chants.
I just never got the chants.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I always wanted to be a Gregorian monk.
I just never got the chants.
I just never got the chants.
humped my camera to a convention in Dusseldorf, and only took three pictures.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
humped my camera to a convention in Dusseldorf, and only took three pictures.
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The older I get, the more tired I become of the uncurious.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The older I get, the more tired I become of the uncurious.
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My local wine and spirit shop did me a solid.
Procured from Denmark, a little taste of home. A couple of bottles of the coconut rum incoming and, well, you know what that means…
Procured from Denmark, a little taste of home. A couple of bottles of the coconut rum incoming and, well, you know what that means…
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My local wine and spirit shop did me a solid.
Procured from Denmark, a little taste of home. A couple of bottles of the coconut rum incoming and, well, you know what that means…
Procured from Denmark, a little taste of home. A couple of bottles of the coconut rum incoming and, well, you know what that means…
My pic of Sinterklaas's arrival in my town. Depicted as a bishop who arrives by steamboat from Spain to give gifts (with his helpers called "Pieten"). Children leave out their shoes to get presents and treats.
The arrival is a major event across NL.
The arrival is a major event across NL.
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My pic of Sinterklaas's arrival in my town. Depicted as a bishop who arrives by steamboat from Spain to give gifts (with his helpers called "Pieten"). Children leave out their shoes to get presents and treats.
The arrival is a major event across NL.
The arrival is a major event across NL.
I’ve never biked in sub-30°F weather with light rain before, yet here we are.
🥶❄️
🥶❄️
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I’ve never biked in sub-30°F weather with light rain before, yet here we are.
🥶❄️
🥶❄️
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A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
On the road again…🎶🎵
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On the road again…🎶🎵
👉QUIEY, PIGGY!
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
👉QUIEY, PIGGY!
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
👉QUIEY, PIGGY!
As an ID microbiologist, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be eating mettbrötchen, yet here we are.
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As an ID microbiologist, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be eating mettbrötchen, yet here we are.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
On the train to a conference in Germany.
Picked this up on my last trip to the States.
I’m not enjoying it at all. Non-relatable characters. Full of clichés & uninteresting writing. It is rare I don’t finish a book. This may be one of them.
Rating: 0.5 beers out of 5 🍺
Picked this up on my last trip to the States.
I’m not enjoying it at all. Non-relatable characters. Full of clichés & uninteresting writing. It is rare I don’t finish a book. This may be one of them.
Rating: 0.5 beers out of 5 🍺
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
On the train to a conference in Germany.
Picked this up on my last trip to the States.
I’m not enjoying it at all. Non-relatable characters. Full of clichés & uninteresting writing. It is rare I don’t finish a book. This may be one of them.
Rating: 0.5 beers out of 5 🍺
Picked this up on my last trip to the States.
I’m not enjoying it at all. Non-relatable characters. Full of clichés & uninteresting writing. It is rare I don’t finish a book. This may be one of them.
Rating: 0.5 beers out of 5 🍺
Reposted by The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter)
[United States] 1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before
ABC News
November 14, 2025
By Mary Kekatos
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/1st-...
#AvianFlu #H5N5 #UnitedStates #Washington
ABC News
November 14, 2025
By Mary Kekatos
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/1st-...
#AvianFlu #H5N5 #UnitedStates #Washington
1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before
stillcoviding.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
[United States] 1st US human bird flu case in 9 months confirmed with strain only seen in animals before
ABC News
November 14, 2025
By Mary Kekatos
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/1st-...
#AvianFlu #H5N5 #UnitedStates #Washington
ABC News
November 14, 2025
By Mary Kekatos
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/1st-...
#AvianFlu #H5N5 #UnitedStates #Washington
Have family friends in CH; can confirm.
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Have family friends in CH; can confirm.