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Colin Carlson
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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
It’s not in the document so how would I-
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
COQUETTISH FURSUIT: listen cunno im not saying im voting labor im just saying im not certain im voting greens

ME: i will banish you to hell. i will banish you to hell's eternal fire
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You shouldn't be on the internet you should be throwing up your boost juice on the sand at Bondi
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'll DM thanks!
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ask broad questions, get broad answers. That's my answer! Not a write-off or a "bad question"; the answer is, Ask A More Specific Question
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The work is slow and hard. An Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics, for example, mustn't have an answer that boils down to "panic! but: science!" The problems are complex, and like with climate change, we're past the era of silver bullets and into Forever Solving Tiny Consequential Problems
December 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I still haven't seen LOST and I feel like it's too late, particularly since I know about the ending 🫥
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
i think that's the generous read; i think where i'm at is "they find their own premise cringe"
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
not just considered - made it to reconciliation!
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Now we just have... all the other problems we already had, like shutting down the pandemic prevention institute I run. bsky.app/profile/coli...
I'm devastated by what the field has lost in terms of pandemic prevention research and infrastructure, but even more for the (to date, 60+) PhD students and postdocs on the project, many of whom face an immediate funding cliff at the end of the year. NSF had the funds for them and just didn't pay /3
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
By the sheer percent of scientists whose careers this would have outright ended, this would have been essentially the end of science in America, in a literal rather than figurative sense. You can read the original amendment that passed the House here: amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/M....
amendments-rules.house.gov
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is exactly right. Spotify Wrapped should be like “hey man, you listened to Between the Bars this year. Like one time. What the fuck happened? Are you okay? Who died?”
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Also the first season the cast figured out a bit that was too annoying even for them, which was really special. That’s not the last we’ve seen of Wisconsin P Toad
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
There is so sincerely no feeling to Pluribus to a degree that is staggering (also, oh to watch Severance for the first time!!!)
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM