The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter)
@thevirologist.bsky.social
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.
I would think—after enduring monthly tsunami sirens testing for years on Kauai—that this would be easier.
Always a shock to the system. Air raid sirens plus phones exploding…no mistaking it’s the first of the month
Always a shock to the system. Air raid sirens plus phones exploding…no mistaking it’s the first of the month
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I would think—after enduring monthly tsunami sirens testing for years on Kauai—that this would be easier.
Always a shock to the system. Air raid sirens plus phones exploding…no mistaking it’s the first of the month
Always a shock to the system. Air raid sirens plus phones exploding…no mistaking it’s the first of the month
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Not quite the Kauai sunrises that I love, but pretty nonetheless.
Netherlands.
Netherlands.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Not quite the Kauai sunrises that I love, but pretty nonetheless.
Netherlands.
Netherlands.
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My little Sunday sourdough loaf. Resting.
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My little Sunday sourdough loaf. Resting.
For no rational reason, this is me.
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
For no rational reason, this is me.
The irony is that if those fucking religious lunatics wouldn’t have come here, who now’s how much better the US would be?
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The irony is that if those fucking religious lunatics wouldn’t have come here, who now’s how much better the US would be?
I love it when the vision you have in the morning comes to fruition
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I love it when the vision you have in the morning comes to fruition
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.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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.
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.
On the road again…🎶🎵
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On the road again…🎶🎵
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 🍺
Have family friends in CH; can confirm.
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Have family friends in CH; can confirm.
In the recent House Epste1n data dump, this is a tally of the number of documents the each of these people were mentioned (top 24 out of 515 unique occurrences).
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In the recent House Epste1n data dump, this is a tally of the number of documents the each of these people were mentioned (top 24 out of 515 unique occurrences).
Better, thanks!
This kind of point?
This kind of point?
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Better, thanks!
This kind of point?
This kind of point?
My version.
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My version.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
soon...
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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