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Here’s a game I’m playing with my internet friends in 2026. This is designed to be multiplayer and played across different regions. It will definitely work better if a bunch of people are playing in the same area based on the same list, but since we’re not, whatever, it’ll probably...

Right now I’m coaching for Inkhaven, a month-long marathon writing event where our brave residents are writing a blog post every single day for the entire month of November. And I’m pleased that some of them have seen success – relevant figures seeing the posts, shares on Hacker News and...

If you live in this one tiny county in California, you might be more likely to die from Sin Nombre Virus than in a car crash. In the same way that “why does the frozen spinach I want to buy cost much more than it used to?” engages with a...

Remember early 2020 and reading news articles and respected sources (the WHO, the CDC, the US surgeon general...) confidently asserting that covid wasn’t airborne and that wearing masks wouldn’t stop you from catching it? Man, it’s embarrassing to be part of a field of study (biosecurity, in this case) that...

I’ve spent the past 7 years living in the DC area. I moved out there from the Pacific Northwest to go to grad school – I got my masters in Biodefense from George Mason University, and then I stuck around, trying to move into the political/governance sphere. That sort of...

I’ve been reading a lot of trip reports lately. Trip reports are accounts people write about their experiences doing drugs, for the benefit of other people who might do those same drugs. I don’t take illegal drugs myself, but I like learning about other people’s intense experiences, and trip reports...

This summer, I participated in a human challenge trial at the University of Maryland. I spent the days just prior to my 30th birthday sick with shigellosis. What? Why? Dysentery is an acute disease in which pathogens attack the intestine. It is most often caused by the bacteria Shigella. It...