Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Plague #Misinformation 021
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Plague #Russia #USA Notes from the Field: Fatal Pneumonic Plague — Coconino County, Arizona, July 2025 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... Plague is also indigenous in parts of the USA. Last week, the US CDC published a report on a fatal case last year. While unrelated to the ...cdc.govFatal Pneumonic PlagueThis report describes a case of fatal pneumonic plague reported in Arizona during 2025. 221
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026... they do suggest that accidental releases are already a serious vulnerability at a time when both AI-enabled biological research capabilities and high-containment research capacity are expanding. As AI becomes more integrated into biological research, preventing ... 111
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This summary provides some excellent information, including uncertainty this LAI involves plague. beaconbio.org/en/report/?r...beaconbio.orgBEACONTrack biological threats, share vital information, and collaborate on solutions for community protection and preparedness. 110
Reposted by Arthur KroonDénis van Vliet @denisvanvliet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Beelden uit Sjelechov, Siberië. Inwoners melden mannen in witte pakken, een gesloten ziekenhuis en apotheken zonder antibiotica. Aanleiding zou een pestuitbraak na een labongeluk zijn. Het 'Russische RIVM' ontkent; tv-zender REN TV verwijderde berichten erover. 👉🏼 vk.ru/wall-2890587... 1258
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Plague #Biosecurity #Outbreak #Russia According to one of the versions, the deceased from the plague in Shelekhov worked as a laboratory assistant and smashed the test tube with the causative agent of infection baikal-journal.ru/2026/10/02/p... Note: The victim was ...baikal-journal.ruПо одной из версий, погибшая от чумы в Шелехове работала лаборанткой и разбила пробирку с возбудителем инфекцииВ Шелеховской больнице погибла девушка с подозрением на чуму 373
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026... involved modifying viruses (chikungunya, avian influenza, and some unspecified member of the orthopoxvirus family), but it’s hard to tell if the AI requests were directed at nefarious modifications or simply at the sorts of things you’d do normally in a research project. This uncertainty ... 111
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This good news for these patients and their families. Accelerating introduction of gene therapies. www.fda.gov/news-events/...fda.govFDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Pediatric Patients with Sanfilippo Syndrome Type AThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fayuvi (rebisufligene etisparvovec-hopf), the first treatment for pediatric patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA), also known as... 010
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Genetics #Russia #NationalSecurity They Came for the Geneticists? Why Scientists See the New Genetic Data Law as a Threat to Russian Science t-invariant.org/2026/07/they... On September 1, 2026, right after the summer vacation season, Federal Law No. 43-FZ and ...t-invariant.orgThey Came for the Geneticists? Why Scientists See the New Genetic Data Law as a Threat to Russian Science - Т-инвариант / T-invariantOn September 1, 2026, right after the summer vacation season, Federal Law No. 43-FZ and Government Decree No. 750 take effect, regulating the transfer of human genetic data outside Russia. Authorities... 121
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Russia #Armament Biologists in military uniform. Who studies viruses on a secret island www.svoboda.org/a/biologi-v-... Note: Last month, I posted an item based on Ukrainian intelligence reports alleging an illicit BW programme together with a warning that the allegation ...svoboda.orgБиологи в военной форме. Кто изучает вирусы на секретном островеРадио Свобода и расследовательский проект "Система" выяснили, что Центр экспериментальной физиологии, построенный в 2021-2025 годах на острове посреди Вышневолоцкого водохранилища и занимающийся, по д... 101
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#BiologicalWeapons #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance #Trump #USA #Regulation Trump aims to rebuild defenses against bioweapons as AI fears rise www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... [...] At the Pentagon, a former health official who led Operation Warp Speed — the effort during the first ...washingtonpost.comTrump races to prepare for new strains of deadly viruses after cutting biosecurity expertsThe administration’s biodefense team has dwindled, and its new safeguards have been delayed — all amid growing concern over AI-enabled pathogens. 121
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#BiologicalWeapons #ArtificialIntelligence #Threat #USA AI-Made Bioweapons Are Washington’s Latest Security Obsession www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... [...] The marriage of those innovations—synthetic biology and artificial intelligence — is where it can become a nightmare for ...bloomberg.comAI-Made Bioweapons Are Washington’s Latest Security ObsessionA stunt got White House officials to take technological advances in weaponizing disease seriously. 111
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Terrorism #Threat #ArtificialIntelligence #UK Plans Safeguards to Stop Terrorists Using AI For Bioweapons www.bloomberg.com/news/article... The UK government is planning to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in gene synthesis as officials become increasingly ...bloomberg.comUK Plans Safeguards to Stop Terrorists Using AI For BioweaponsThe UK government is planning to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in gene synthesis as officials become increasingly concerned that a lack of global guardrails could make it easier to use t... 111
Reposted by Arthur KroonJan Leune @janleune.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Zojuist was er weer een boer op tv (EenVandaag op NPO1) die onweersproken mocht zeggen dat "stikstof geen probleem is". Daarom hieronder elf glasheldere argumenten waarom het wel een probleem is, voor flora en fauna en daardoor voor alle mensen. 1/12 41957461
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Ohoh... hoofd groen stiekum is een 1e klas amateur... oei.static.klipy.comSaving Private Ryan: Matt Damon's Intense CryALT: Saving Private Ryan: Matt Damon's Intense Cry 010
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#BiologicalWeapons #GeneticEngineering #Threat The terrifying threat of a genetically engineered plague www.economist.com/culture/2026... [...] In this imagined scenario, there is an explosion at an infectious-disease research facility in Siberia, where scientists genetically alter bacteria ...economist.comThe terrifying threat of a genetically engineered plagueAnnie Jacobsen imagines the repercussions of a leak from a Russian laboratory 101
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#Biosecurity #PublicHealth #Europe #GlobalWarming Tropical Diseases Like #Dengue Fever and #Chikungunya Are on the Rise in Europe www.wired.com/story/tropic... [...] As climate change increases temperatures across Europe, invasive mosquitoes are spreading and introducing disease agents ...wired.comTropical Diseases Like Dengue Fever and Chikungunya Are on the Rise in EuropeClimate change is helping invasive species to not only establish themselves across the continent but to stay alive for longer. Scientists suggest we get used to it. 122
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Threat #Epidemic No One Makes Good Policy Based on Worst Case Scenarios almauroni.substack.com/p/no-one-mak... [...] Let’s look closer at her op-ed, which focuses on efforts to prepare the United States from a biological attack. One of the most significant problems with the ...almauroni.substack.comNo One Makes Good Policy Based on Worst Case ScenariosIt's way past time to stop admiring the advice of doom-sayers 101
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026#Biosecurity #USA #Smuggling Smuggling charges against NIH virologists trigger political uproar www.nature.com/articles/d41... [...] The case is the latest in a string of prosecutions of researchers for smuggling biological samples. It has brought further scrutiny to Munster and Kwe’s workplace,...nature.comSmuggling charges against NIH virologists trigger political uproarOther researchers say that non-infectious viral samples in luggage posed no risk, but might have violated import rules. 101
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026#Science #ArtificialIntelligence #Governance AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... [...] The creation of robust human-curated scientific literature has never been more crucial. The propagation of AI slop in the scientific record and ...science.orgAI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensiveThere’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt... 121
Reposted by Arthur KroonJoop.nl @joop.nl · 15/07/2026Eric van Kaathoven: Samenwerking van SP met PVV in Pekela is overschrijding van een rode lijn, daarom leg ik mijn functie neer www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...bnnvara.nlSamenwerking van SP met PVV in Pekela is overschrijding van een rode lijn, daarom leg ik mijn functie neer - Joop - BNNVARAMet hun besluit brengt de afdeling Pekela de hele SP ernstige schade toe. 1513627
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Oops wtf happened here ? www.google.com/amp/s/meduza...google.comRedirect Notice 000
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026#Biosecurity #PublicHealth #Hantavirus #Ebola #WHO Hantavirus and Ebolavirus outbreaks: When Deadly Pathogens Challenge Global Health Governance idsa.in/wp-content/u... [ #OpenSource - PDF file available] In the context of the recent Hantavirus and Ebolavirus outbreaks, this commentary ... 121
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Yup, idiocracy in real...good luck with this one, hope the next elections bring changes... 000
Reposted by Arthur KroonErnesto @ernest33141.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Is anyone really surprised that #Trump was outsmarted by a single-cell organism? #Algae #Resist 612117
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Developing incident www.defconalerts.com/p/pentagon-e...defconalerts.comPentagon Enacts Precautionary Shelter-in-Place and Lock-down After Internal Systems Detect Air Quality IssueThe incident triggered standard protection protocols that include a shelter-in-place order for the affected area along with hazmat team deployment. 110
Reposted by Arthur KroonGerda 🍀 @bluemini.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Ruben L Oppenheimer, NRC 2 juni 721039
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026#Ticks #ConspiracyTheory #Disinformation Climate change is driving a tick boom. MAHA is blaming Bill Gates. grist.org/health/as-ti... [...] While all these conspiracies involve different ticks, different diseases, and different alleged culprits, they are often treated as interchangeable ...grist.orgClimate change is driving a tick boom. MAHA is blaming Bill Gates.Where experts see climate change, others see the designs of a global cabal. 111
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Just found out that pigs are are susceptible for ebola virus. Getting more worried now. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... 000
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026#BiologicalWeapons #Threat #USA #Biosecurity Smuggling and Biolabs: The Growing Threat to America’s Biodefense From Within Our Borders www.hstoday.us/subject-matt... Throughout American history, the overwhelming majority of bioterrorism threats have been local, domestic threats from non-state ...hstoday.usSmuggling and Biolabs: The Growing Threat to America’s Biodefense From Within Our Borders - HSTodayThroughout American history, the overwhelming majority of bioterrorism threats have been local, domestic threats from non-state actors. 101
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 22/05/2026... Companies, professionals, experts, academics and citizens are invited to share the main challenges and bottlenecks they encounter and suggestions to address them. The feedback will support the preparation of the Commission’s proposal for Biotech Act II, an important element of the Commission ... 111
Reposted by Arthur KroonFred Sengers @blogaap.bsky.social · 20/05/2026In zo'n beetje iedere Europese hoofdstad is het besef ingedaald dat de transatlantische band kapot is, behalve in Den Haag. #droomland www.trouw.nl/politiek/kab...trouw.nlKabinet blijft erbij: relatie met ‘bondgenoot’ VS blijft goed, alleen de toon is veranderdKamerleden zijn verbaasd over de houding van het kabinet, namelijk dat de trans-Atlantische band ook in deze Trump-tijden fier overeind blijft. ‘Dit is een capitulatie in slow motion.’ 1104
Reposted by Arthur KroonIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Interesting clustering. Could the last 3 cases have caught their infection from a different case, not Case 1? 53714
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 12/05/2026#BiologicalWeapons #USA #Biosecurity #Ukraine #Laboratories #CIA DNI Tulsi Gabbard probes US funding to more than 120 biolabs abroad nypost.com/2026/05/11/u... Note: If correct, this would be a major #Disinformation coup for Russia in the #UkraineRussiaWar. Director of National Intelligence ...nypost.comExclusive | DNI Tulsi Gabbard probes US funding to more than 120 biolabs abroadWASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is investigating more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were funded by US taxpayer dollars for decades, as part of an effort … 101
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Any tracing of the 30 passengers ofboardied on 24 april on st Helena? The suspected case on Tristan da cunha makes it now likely one or more where infected and traveled to their residencies unaware of their exposure... 100
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Not sure how many of these are belonging to the Andes Clade... At least this spectacular airdrop of a med team on Tristan da cunha to support a (possible) hanta virus patient is a new one. www.bbc.com/news/article... 010
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Spectacular is the least, concerning that this passenger off boarded on tristan da Cunha on 20 april before 30 passengers offboarded on st Helena on 24 april. 000
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I agree with no evidence of deliberate intend but some root cause investigation is crucial to support evidence of zoonotic contacts as most likely infection event and a single patient zero casw. 200
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Transmission human to human now clearly observed for this Andes strain. And worrieying delay of track and trace. 30 passengers offboarded 24 april on st Helena and flew back to their home countries. Despite the low R naught this virus benefits from the global mobility rates. Developing outbreak... 000
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Cannot resist this image of airdropped medical team to support a hantavirus infexted patient on Tristan da cunha... 000
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 09/05/2026#Biosecurity #Outbreak #Hantavirus #Disinformation #USA #Trump Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare www.theguardian.com/science/2026... [...] In the absence of trusted information, misinformation about the outbreak is ...theguardian.comHantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scareBut the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response 221
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026@ban-cbw.bsky.social Interesting outbreak? www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comThree dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise shipThe World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed, with five more suspected cases under investigation. 100
Reposted by Arthur Kroonban-cbw.bsky.social @ban-cbw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026... pandemic, have been linked to traded wildlife, the long-term impact of the wildlife trade in shaping pathogen exchange between humans and wild animals remains unclear. 011
Reposted by Arthur KroonThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 11/04/2026AI can now autonomously design and run thousands of biological experiments, but the regulatory systems meant to oversee this capability have fallen dangerously behind. The gap between what’s possible (like making a dangerous virus spread more easily) and what’s regulated is growing, and that’s atheconversation.comAI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biologyResearchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen. 22314
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hmm interessant om te zien dat de bemanning die witte balakava's draagt, ziet eruit als dezelfde hoofdbescherming die formule 1 rijders gebruiken. Klaar voor impact? Of dragen ze ook nog een helm tijeen een vijandelijke aanval ? 100
Arthur Kroon @arthurkroon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Inkomens politiek is core business van de VVD. Met een voorkeur voor hervedeling van lasten, inkomen en vermogen. Ben het alleen niet eens met de balans die de regering kiest met de kamer. 100