Editor-in-Chief of a very good microbial journal. (Illustration by David S. Goodsell, RCSB Protein Data Bank. doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-028)https://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmcspz5ozc2nThe “hot” weather is coming and I’m so excited! It's at times like these that I give thanks to western nations who generously engineered their climate to be more welcoming to immigrants such as myself. 😁20 May 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcspz5ozc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbux2w4f22r"When a reporter asked about the statement, four different WHO officials, including the director-general, took turns chiming in." I too have some choice words for him... https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/20/who-ebola-response-outbreak-investigation-drc-marco-rubio/20 May 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbux2w4f22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbrr7togs2r"With no animal model, he drank a pooled stool extract from infected soldiers." I did not know this. https://infectiousdiseasehub.com/historid/how-hepatitis-got-its-letters20 May 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbrr7togs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbjxoiv3k2rThe end of this article is pretty striking. https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/us-aid-cuts-hamper-drc-ebola-response/20 May 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbjxoiv3k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbizizkp22rThe brass neck of this guy is quite something. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/19/marco-rubio-who-ebola20 May 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbizizkp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbif5xhc22r"No one is safe until Africa is safe. And Africa is safer when the world invests in African health security, trusts African institutions, and works with Africa as a full partner." https://africacdc.org/news-item/u-s-travel-restrictions-related-to-the-bundibugyo-ebola-outbreak/20 May 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbif5xhc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mmbhvted7s2r"This is the first time a Director-General has declared a PHEIC before convening an Emergency Committee." What I find particularly remarkable about this, is that, in the past, there has seemed to be resistance to declaring a PHEIC in Africa. https://www.who.int/news-room/speeches/item/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-emergency-committee-on-ebola-epidemic-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda---19-may-202620 May 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbhvted7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7qmdffss2fThis is all so odd. https://novaramedia.com/2026/05/19/what-do-people-attending-a-tommy-robinson-march-really-believe/19 May 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qmdffss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7kn3b66s2f"In the past, research was often carried out by people working alone or in groups of two or three. In these circumstances, it seems reasonable to expect each author to take responsibility for the whole." I still expect every author to take responsibility. https://theconversation.com/a-key-science-publishing-platform-is-cracking-down-on-ai-slop-28313619 May 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7kn3b66s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7ir3t3e22f"We have significant uncertainty about the number of infections and how far the virus has spread" https://www.unognewsroom.org/story/en/3126/ebola-update-who19 May 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7ir3t3e22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7bhpiyo22fI hadn't thought about this, but it's an excellent point. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01605-619 May 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7bhpiyo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7baa62q22fSubmitted expenses related to travel from over a month ago. Please clap.19 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7baa62q22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm7a4meamk2fThis is surprisingly good to listen to while working 😁 https://youtu.be/8zWSrT2TfBc?si=92Opm16P7wlG58vm19 May 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7a4meamk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm6ywutats2fI'm getting tired of having AI pushed on me. Yes, it might have some uses. But, these uses are largely busywork. A glorified Clippy isn't capable of helping me with the creative and intellectual labour that makes up my job.19 May 2026 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6ywutats2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3mm6yjzvdxs2f"Sport should be a test of human rather than pharmacological excellence." Not directly relevant to this issue, but I'd add that it should also be a test of human rather than technological excellence. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01574-w19 May 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:a4mdbabyn4u3yxzh5o7hzlxl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6yjzvdxs2f