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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 · 4h

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

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 12h

Dutch courts fighting to make Facebook and Instagram useable again.

Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 11h

baller; love her

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 17h

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”).

shorturl.at/oyeWu

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 · 18h

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah. The camera is weird that way.

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

At least it wasn’t punctuated with puke

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

Fred Hampton.

That’s it. That’s the post.

America.

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

Money is the only thing the powers that be in America pay attention to, and we've seen the power money can have on outcomes (e.g. Disney). That being said, when there's a "deal" to be had, Americans are quick to move on.

www.jalopnik.com/1985671/tesl...

Tesla Had A Monstrous Sales Quarter Right As The $7,500 EV Tax Credit Died - Jalopnik

Tesla's deliveries surged to nearly 500,00 vehicles in the third quarter as buyers looked to get a deal before the $7,500 EV tax credit expired, and more.

www.jalopnik.com

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

like 2019 or something

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

Ty! More work than I anticipated.

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

Oh yes!

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

Better yet, we can break bread together someday!

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

It was fantastic. I’m hankering for some red chili, or green chili, for that matter, though.

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

Ty! Can confirm!

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

Made my own Dutch-inspired chowder today, along with making a whole wheat loaf to go with.

I used smoked mackerel and cod from my local fish monger, capped off with local mussels and shrimp.

I’m completely stuffed. That was a lot of work for a bowl.

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

Exactly right

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4d

the 1936 Cornet, despite being simple to operate, is a beast of camera to try and get decent pictures.

the minimalist sight never really points to where you want, the lens isn't super sharp, focus distance--what focus distance?, and shutter speeds that all sound the same to me.

Still love it.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4d

Developed a couple of pictures from Bruges, taken with my 1936 Coronet on 120mm film. I made my own negative mask for digitizing, and have some tweaks to get rid of light leaking around the edges. But I wanted to develop this roll myself and see what I got.

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4d

Hiiiiii!!

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5d

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time

More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

www.independent.co.uk

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4d

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that’s happening to you.