Monthly Archives: November 2014

Compulsive Centrist Disorder at Its Worst: The Ron Fournier Edition

Posted on November 14, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

So Politico editor and Douchebag of Centrism Ron Fournier put this on the Twittarz: Needless to say, this is very stupid. First, conservatives should be happy they won the election; that’s a reasonable reaction–if you think elections matter, a desired … Continue reading →

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Links 11/13/14

Posted on November 13, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Brace Yourself for Large-Scale Whole Genome Sequencing Car Emissions vs. Car Crashes: Which One’s Deadlier? The extant World War 1 dysentery bacillus NCTC1: a genomic analysis Ebola Quarantines: Can we stop the charade now? (must-read; accessible … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: MAD BIOLOGIST TO SIGN BOOK DEAL

Posted on November 13, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

MAD BIOLOGIST NEWS–Publishing industry sources today revealed that Mike the Mad Biologist has signed a deal to publish Kierkegaard Was a Neurobiologist. Despite certain misgivings, such as the Mad Biologist’s inability to write a paragraph without using the word fuck, … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Really Believe ‘Being a Mom’ Is the Most Important Job

Posted on November 13, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the constant tropes we hear, especially in election years, is how important “being a mom” is (oddly, paeans to the importance of being a dad aren’t offered nearly as much….). Well, if we really believed that then we … Continue reading →

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Links 11/12/14

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A sports-analogy for ASBMB President McKnight Mobility of Disparate Scores in NIH Grant Review Google Wants to Store Your Genome: For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud. (remember: … Continue reading →

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Romo

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on Calvert Street, Northwest D.C.:

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The Insanity of Our Teacher Evaluation Regime

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

As I’ve mentioned many times, most professionals wouldn’t tolerate the inanity of teacher evaluation regimes. Consider this from a Minnesota kindergarten teacher (boldface mine): Let’s start with what it means to be a “good teacher.” As the article says: “The … Continue reading →

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Links 11/11/14

Posted on November 11, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Kentucky’s Whiskey Fungus Problem Is Out of Control Brilliant impersonators: We prize originality, yet humans are natural-born copycats and only good imitators survive. Is it time to celebrate the rip-off? The Most Heritable Gut Bacterium is… … Continue reading →

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Your Daily Dose of DOOM! The Polio Vaccine Edition

Posted on November 11, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, this isn’t good news: In 2010, a large outbreak of poliomyelitis with unusual 47% lethality occurred in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo. Vaccine-mediated immunity against the outbreak virus was never investigated. A wild poliovirus 1 (WPV1) isolated from a … Continue reading →

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Too Much Testing In Schools: This Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Posted on November 11, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

If education ‘reform’ collapses, the greatest mistake reformers will have made was to inflict their ideas on children who are not poor minorities (boldface mine): ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida embraced the school accountability movement early and enthusiastically, but … Continue reading →

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