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)
we all hate jay but you guys really have to stop posting "health economics isn't public health" or i'm gonna deck somebody
February 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
we all hate jay but you guys really have to stop posting "health economics isn't public health" or i'm gonna deck somebody
Extremely grim portent when a university denies tenure to a person who literally wrote the research methods handbook on decoloniality
Less than two years ago, Texas Tech University suspended me for speaking out against genocide. Today I found out I was denied tenure.
February 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Extremely grim portent when a university denies tenure to a person who literally wrote the research methods handbook on decoloniality
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Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
February 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Grad school is hard enough without a supremacist government kidnapping you for weeks & then trying to deport you for months. A heroic accomplishment!
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
Congratulations, Dr. Öztürk! 🥳
I’m looking for scholars / scholarship with a very specific expertise: what have been the most effective tactics in subverting the U.S. Department of State in UNFCCC? I’m looking very specifically for IR/IL researchers who have asked this question empirically. Please connect me if you know!
February 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I’m looking for scholars / scholarship with a very specific expertise: what have been the most effective tactics in subverting the U.S. Department of State in UNFCCC? I’m looking very specifically for IR/IL researchers who have asked this question empirically. Please connect me if you know!
Also: the headline “the U.S. wants to build its own WHO” is just wrong on the facts. That’s like saying we want to build our own UN. One: we already did. It’s called the WHO. Two: exploitive State Department aid programs have no homology to a multilateral forum for leadership and solidarity.
February 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Also: the headline “the U.S. wants to build its own WHO” is just wrong on the facts. That’s like saying we want to build our own UN. One: we already did. It’s called the WHO. Two: exploitive State Department aid programs have no homology to a multilateral forum for leadership and solidarity.
1. Many global health experts spent the last year subverting WHO by saying it needed reforms. Stupid games, stupid prize.
2. The defining question in global health is currently how to subvert U.S. influence. Do not let them build this system.
2. The defining question in global health is currently how to subvert U.S. influence. Do not let them build this system.
🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace."
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.
-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social
After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it
HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.
wapo.st
February 19, 2026 at 4:46 PM
1. Many global health experts spent the last year subverting WHO by saying it needed reforms. Stupid games, stupid prize.
2. The defining question in global health is currently how to subvert U.S. influence. Do not let them build this system.
2. The defining question in global health is currently how to subvert U.S. influence. Do not let them build this system.
rip to Tim Snyder but I just invented tyranny 2
February 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
rip to Tim Snyder but I just invented tyranny 2
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BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.
February 19, 2026 at 7:03 AM
BREAKING: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been convicted of insurrection for declaring martial law in December 2024, and has been sentenced to life in prison.
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🔥 ⚖️ #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in historic case against TotalEnergies, today & tomorrow, 🇫🇷 🧑⚖️ French court holds landmark hearing that could redefine corporate climate accountability.
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️
February 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
🔥 ⚖️ #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in historic case against TotalEnergies, today & tomorrow, 🇫🇷 🧑⚖️ French court holds landmark hearing that could redefine corporate climate accountability.
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️
there are no adults in the room societally
February 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
there are no adults in the room societally
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New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.”
Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.
Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.
February 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
New — This was projected on the US Institute of Peace building this evening ahead of the first meeting tomorrow of Trump’s farcically-named “Board of Peace.”
Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.
Photo taken by person who was over there tonight. Unclear who’s behind the projection.
The thing I haven’t posted here yet is I’ve been worried he would just end up acting director like this admin likes to do, which would fuck me (and everyone) up immediately. So it’s nice to imagine the opposite might happen and also be extremely funny
Some have speculated that Trump won’t be upset if the Senate votes down O’Neill as the agency’s 16th director. If that happens, the agency could be facing an extended period of interim leaders. 7/7
February 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
The thing I haven’t posted here yet is I’ve been worried he would just end up acting director like this admin likes to do, which would fuck me (and everyone) up immediately. So it’s nice to imagine the opposite might happen and also be extremely funny
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Tonight at Law Dork: A new DHS memo lays out an aggressive anti-refugee policy. www.lawdork.com/p/exclusive-...
February 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Tonight at Law Dork: A new DHS memo lays out an aggressive anti-refugee policy. www.lawdork.com/p/exclusive-...
first date question: what's your favorite part to sing in into the woods
February 19, 2026 at 1:19 AM
first date question: what's your favorite part to sing in into the woods
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If you block Claude AI on Github, it will tell you at the top of any repository if Claude has contributed to it
February 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If you block Claude AI on Github, it will tell you at the top of any repository if Claude has contributed to it
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are you forgetting that you are dust and to dust you shall return, playboy?
March 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
are you forgetting that you are dust and to dust you shall return, playboy?
one thing i think most productions of into the woods do wrong is rush through Maybe They're Magic because you're trying to get out of the long exposition. huge mistake. put some long silences in this thing. i want to see some crazy facial expressions
No what matters is that
Everyone tells tiny lies
What's important really is the size!
Only three more tries
And we'll have our prize
When the end's in sight, you'll realize
If the end is right, it justifies the beans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAA...
Everyone tells tiny lies
What's important really is the size!
Only three more tries
And we'll have our prize
When the end's in sight, you'll realize
If the end is right, it justifies the beans!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajAA...
February 19, 2026 at 12:56 AM
one thing i think most productions of into the woods do wrong is rush through Maybe They're Magic because you're trying to get out of the long exposition. huge mistake. put some long silences in this thing. i want to see some crazy facial expressions
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Precisely.
FDA's "expert panels" are "engineered to give the appearance of a true advisory committee...without requiring the FDA to actually have to face an independent advisory committee making clear recommendations it cannot predict."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
FDA's "expert panels" are "engineered to give the appearance of a true advisory committee...without requiring the FDA to actually have to face an independent advisory committee making clear recommendations it cannot predict."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Law, Politics, and Expert Panels at the US Food and Drug Administration
This Viewpoint discusses the lawfulness and credibility of the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent move to using expert panels rather than advisory committees for decision-making.
jamanetwork.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Precisely.
FDA's "expert panels" are "engineered to give the appearance of a true advisory committee...without requiring the FDA to actually have to face an independent advisory committee making clear recommendations it cannot predict."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
FDA's "expert panels" are "engineered to give the appearance of a true advisory committee...without requiring the FDA to actually have to face an independent advisory committee making clear recommendations it cannot predict."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
one thing that's incredibly frustrating about All This is i really do think i'm just finally getting Very Good at my craft
February 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
one thing that's incredibly frustrating about All This is i really do think i'm just finally getting Very Good at my craft
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there are so many people who could fix this if they just wanted to
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
there are so many people who could fix this if they just wanted to
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There’s a lot to investigate and report on from today’s stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But here’s something I can’t get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
February 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
There’s a lot to investigate and report on from today’s stunning deposition of Les Wexner. But here’s something I can’t get over.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
I asked Mr. Wexner if the DOJ or FBI ever contacted him to ask him about Epstein and his crimes. He said NO. That’s outrageous and unforgivable.
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DC Statehood yesterday
Today President Trump signed the resolution approved by Congress that repeals a D.C. bill that decoupled the local tax code from some provisions of the federal tax code.
It's only the fifth time in the last 50 years that a D.C. bill has been repealed by Congress.
It's only the fifth time in the last 50 years that a D.C. bill has been repealed by Congress.
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
DC Statehood yesterday