Colin Carlson
@colincarlson.bsky.social
Climate change, global health security, science diplomacy, and good futures • Yale and elsewhere • carlsonlab.bio • viralemergence.org • he/they
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NEW‼️ For the forthcoming Pandemic Agreement travaux préparatoires edited by @alexandraphelan.bsky.social, we did a deep dive on how experts and evidence shaped the negotiations. What we found is a microcosm of global health: limited time, high stakes, and familiar shady actors like Big Pharma. (1/3)
the purpose of this post it note is to focus me on beating these bastards but currently it does mostly feel like it’s taunting me
February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
the purpose of this post it note is to focus me on beating these bastards but currently it does mostly feel like it’s taunting me
among other things it is important to remember that the last NSF director who Trump nominated stayed in that position through the entire Biden administration, because we get lazy about NSF compared to NIH, and so there is a very good chance we have Permanent Wet Director. nsf funding over now
February 18, 2026 at 8:39 PM
among other things it is important to remember that the last NSF director who Trump nominated stayed in that position through the entire Biden administration, because we get lazy about NSF compared to NIH, and so there is a very good chance we have Permanent Wet Director. nsf funding over now
it's cool that my career is over
February 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
it's cool that my career is over
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A 2023 law change made the CDC director position subject to Senate confirmation starting January 20, 2025.
If the administration just keeps cycling through temporary leaders, they don't need Senate confirmation and can keep pushing through their vaccine agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
If the administration just keeps cycling through temporary leaders, they don't need Senate confirmation and can keep pushing through their vaccine agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
A 2023 law change made the CDC director position subject to Senate confirmation starting January 20, 2025.
If the administration just keeps cycling through temporary leaders, they don't need Senate confirmation and can keep pushing through their vaccine agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
If the administration just keeps cycling through temporary leaders, they don't need Senate confirmation and can keep pushing through their vaccine agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
okay, you've all gotten used to hearing jay bhattacharya's name in the last year, and it's very bad he's running cdc, but no joke if jim o'neill is confirmed as nsf director, my lab's financial model is over
February 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
okay, you've all gotten used to hearing jay bhattacharya's name in the last year, and it's very bad he's running cdc, but no joke if jim o'neill is confirmed as nsf director, my lab's financial model is over
going long on measles
February 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
going long on measles
don't love "CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya" as a phrase
February 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
don't love "CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya" as a phrase
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Glad that @WHO has prequalified new polio vaccine
But WISH they would prequalify the Global South-innovated and manufactured low-cost oral cholera vaccine, which would help alleviate the global stockpile crisis. That OCV is called Cholvax and the trial is:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But WISH they would prequalify the Global South-innovated and manufactured low-cost oral cholera vaccine, which would help alleviate the global stockpile crisis. That OCV is called Cholvax and the trial is:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
WHO prequalifies new polio vaccine to boost global outbreak response
The World Health Organization said on Friday it had prequalified another novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), a step it said would speed efforts to eradicate the disease.
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Glad that @WHO has prequalified new polio vaccine
But WISH they would prequalify the Global South-innovated and manufactured low-cost oral cholera vaccine, which would help alleviate the global stockpile crisis. That OCV is called Cholvax and the trial is:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
But WISH they would prequalify the Global South-innovated and manufactured low-cost oral cholera vaccine, which would help alleviate the global stockpile crisis. That OCV is called Cholvax and the trial is:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Truly obsessed, pick-me gay who can't believe people didn't properly appreciate his "work," so he went all in on winning over the crazies and his big success these days is apparently writing for The Free Press.
Utterly embarrassing situation leading to truly contemptible behavior.
Utterly embarrassing situation leading to truly contemptible behavior.
Jesus Christ. I thought I'd blocked him and all of his burner accounts on here, but apparently Ben Ryan is still evading blocks in order to read my posts on here and talk about them on Twitter.
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Truly obsessed, pick-me gay who can't believe people didn't properly appreciate his "work," so he went all in on winning over the crazies and his big success these days is apparently writing for The Free Press.
Utterly embarrassing situation leading to truly contemptible behavior.
Utterly embarrassing situation leading to truly contemptible behavior.
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Quick reminder that 3 °C of warming would set Europe up for heat domes that kill 30,000 people in a single week. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Quick reminder that 3 °C of warming would set Europe up for heat domes that kill 30,000 people in a single week. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.”
YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”
YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.”
YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”
YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”
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TRUE LOVE IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN THE NEXT WORLD -- FOR NEW PEOPLE. IT IS TOO LATE FOR US.
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
TRUE LOVE IS POSSIBLE ONLY IN THE NEXT WORLD -- FOR NEW PEOPLE. IT IS TOO LATE FOR US.
I got put on Nazi blocklists for this joke apparently bsky.app/profile/coli...
I understand Jodie Whittaker died under mysterious circumstances and we want to honor her legacy but it's crazy we haven't had a new episode of Doctor Who for like five years
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I got put on Nazi blocklists for this joke apparently bsky.app/profile/coli...
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Cederhusen, Stockholm.
245 apartments in 10-13 storey cedar-clad buildings, with a cross laminated timber structure.
Designed by General Architecture.
A thread 🧵
245 apartments in 10-13 storey cedar-clad buildings, with a cross laminated timber structure.
Designed by General Architecture.
A thread 🧵
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Cederhusen, Stockholm.
245 apartments in 10-13 storey cedar-clad buildings, with a cross laminated timber structure.
Designed by General Architecture.
A thread 🧵
245 apartments in 10-13 storey cedar-clad buildings, with a cross laminated timber structure.
Designed by General Architecture.
A thread 🧵
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Tomorrow you may see James David Vance or some other purported Catholic from this administration with ashes on their forehead, it’s important to remember that it’s all just for show.
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Tomorrow you may see James David Vance or some other purported Catholic from this administration with ashes on their forehead, it’s important to remember that it’s all just for show.
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#AcademicSky
Next time you curse the desk rejection decision you receive, ask yourself:
"But am I doing enough peer review, myself?"
My point: Editors are increasingly "forced" to desk reject bc they can't find reviewers, making them overly selective.
You don't want that. For yourself or field
Next time you curse the desk rejection decision you receive, ask yourself:
"But am I doing enough peer review, myself?"
My point: Editors are increasingly "forced" to desk reject bc they can't find reviewers, making them overly selective.
You don't want that. For yourself or field
February 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
#AcademicSky
Next time you curse the desk rejection decision you receive, ask yourself:
"But am I doing enough peer review, myself?"
My point: Editors are increasingly "forced" to desk reject bc they can't find reviewers, making them overly selective.
You don't want that. For yourself or field
Next time you curse the desk rejection decision you receive, ask yourself:
"But am I doing enough peer review, myself?"
My point: Editors are increasingly "forced" to desk reject bc they can't find reviewers, making them overly selective.
You don't want that. For yourself or field
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I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times
Writers if you could drop your novel or short story into an AI and have it make a great and watchable movie out of your story, and you could sell that movie, would you do it? #writers #WritingCommunity
February 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
This is petty even for me but it's very funny to me that the GISAID front end is at a URL that includes "frontend"
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This is petty even for me but it's very funny to me that the GISAID front end is at a URL that includes "frontend"
It's so fucking crazy Clarence Thomas wrote the majority in Myriad
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It's so fucking crazy Clarence Thomas wrote the majority in Myriad
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RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-cars-helps-babies-to-sweat-out-toxins/
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-cars-helps-babies-to-sweat-out-toxins/
jay bhattacharya seen drinking from puddle. jay bhattacharya seen throwing a rock at a pigeon. jay bhattacharya seen texting his mom he's sad. who fucking cares. i want to stop seeing him 24/7
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
jay bhattacharya seen drinking from puddle. jay bhattacharya seen throwing a rock at a pigeon. jay bhattacharya seen texting his mom he's sad. who fucking cares. i want to stop seeing him 24/7
In this thread you may discuss the new storefront next to my office, and even vote on whether it is a coffee shop, weed shop, or mummy shop. However, a firm warning: look it up and I will block you. It’s about the spirit of mystery
February 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
In this thread you may discuss the new storefront next to my office, and even vote on whether it is a coffee shop, weed shop, or mummy shop. However, a firm warning: look it up and I will block you. It’s about the spirit of mystery