Brian Vastag

🔒 Manual approval

@brianvastag@mas.to · Joined ⁨Jun⁩ ⁨2025⁩

Sometimes science reporter. Occasional SCUBA diver. Disabled by complex chronic illness.

Remembering Beth Mazur (1976-2023): https://virology.ws/2024/01/12/trial-by-error-obituary-for-beth-mazur/
May 2020: Coronavirus may cause post-viral syndrome: https://wapo.st/48pPWGK
She wrote to a scientist about her fatigue. It inspired a breakthrough: https://wapo.st/4l8I0Rx

2026-07-29T19:32:03Z

Brian Vastag@brianvastag@mas.to

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I remember in 1999 I installed SETI@home on my work computer and the IT guy was like WHAT ARE YOU DOING and I'm like, Findin' aliens ya loser, and then he uninstalled it and we never found aliens.