Monthly Archives: February 2015

When Culture Becomes a Structural Force

Posted on February 25, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

When a certain vein of the culture wars opens up–the one where people discuss what is wrong with Black America (usually while excluding Black America from said discussion)–the discussion inevitably falls back to the battle between culturalist and structuralist positions. … Continue reading →

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Links 2/24/15

Posted on February 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Jerry Lawson, a self-taught engineer, gave us video game cartridges Countries Wary Of Drug-Resistant Staph Moving From Pigs To People Science is hard: culturing problems edition Why Do Luna Moths Have Such Absurdly Long Tails? A … Continue reading →

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Is Soon a Shill Or a Useful Idiot?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Admittedly, this is from someone who lies about climate change for a living, but, as I remarked yesterday, Dr. Willie Soon doesn’t seem to be getting rich from being a professional global warming denialist (boldface mine): But the maverick researcher … Continue reading →

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Misunderstanding Giuliani

Posted on February 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, former New York City Republican Mayor Rudy “Subject, Verb, 9/11” Giuliani uttered this at what was supposed to be a private meeting: “I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I … Continue reading →

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Links 2/23/15

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: NIH clumsily tries to .. [something] … for grant reviewers India’s toxic air is taking away three years from your life (probably affects cognitive development too) Major study led by autistic scientist challenges long-held preconceptions about … Continue reading →

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Two Things I Don’t Understand About the Soon Scandal

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

So the NY Times yesterday reported that a prominent climate change denialist, Dr. Willie Soon, who is associated with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has received $1.2 million from various climate change denial groups from 2003 to 2015. As best … Continue reading →

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Snow Shoveling and Governance in D.C.

Posted on February 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Having suffered through my fair share of Boston Snowmaggedons (thankfully, I’m missing this year’s), to complain about D.C.’s response (or lack thereof) to its recent snow event is almost ridiculous. We’re talking about three inches on Saturday, followed by above-freezing … Continue reading →

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Links 2/22/15

Posted on February 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A complete bacterial genome assembled de novo using only nanopore sequencing data Scott Walker Has No Backbone. Who Has The Courage To Accept Evolution? Dingoes could be the answer to Australia’s wildlife decline FDA permits marketing … Continue reading →

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In Recognition of His Distinguished Services

Posted on February 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Dupont Circle, D.C., in snow:

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The Limits of Green Lanternism As an Excuse

Posted on February 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

A popular theme among the technobratacy is ‘Green Lanternism’, the mocking of the argument that Obama could have done more on a variety of issues. That is, if Obama had only exerted more will (how the comic book hero the … Continue reading →

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