Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Thing I’ve Never Understood About the Adjunct Crisis

Posted on March 14, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Let me be clear: the absolute shit wages adjunct professors are paid is disgusting. That said, this seems relevant (boldface mine): The one thing I don’t understand about long-term adjuncts is why people do it. Why let yourself be exploited … Continue reading →

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Links 3/13/15

Posted on March 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Why China’s Pollution Could Be Behind Our Cold, Snowy Winters Mistrust and meddling unsettles US science agency: National Science Foundation under pressure from lawmakers to revise its agenda. ‘Sizeless science’ and the cult of significance testing … Continue reading →

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This Does Not Bode Well For U.S Technological Innovation

Posted on March 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Noted without further comment: Dominic Barton, a managing director at McKinsey & Co. and a fellow co-chair, said one CEO (names were carefully guarded) captivated the group’s imagination when he admitted his pay structure would actually allow him to make … Continue reading →

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Gov. Cuomo and the Glengarry Glen Ross-ification of Teaching

Posted on March 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

You should read the whole thing, but Lance Mannion kills it (boldface mine): People who love money don’t become teachers. People who do things because it will make them lots of money don’t become teachers. People who will become teachers … Continue reading →

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Links 3/12/15

Posted on March 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Sick? It might not be flu Elsevier illegally sold me a Creative Commons non-commercial licensed article Antibiotic Discovery: Two Steps Back? Why many U.S. biology teachers are ‘wishy-washy’ (“Teachers lack the necessary knowledge, conviction, and role … Continue reading →

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Happy Feet

Posted on March 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m not sure what this sculpture on Cambridge Pl., Georgetown, D.C. is supposed to be, but it sure looks happy:

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Public Services and the Gentry: The Rahm Emanuel Edition

Posted on March 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Maria Moser asks a good question: How on earth could something as silly as neighborhood public schools bedevil Rahm Emanuel right out of his incumbent throne as mayor of Chicago? The answer (boldface mine): Here’s what happened: Rahm systematically attacked … Continue reading →

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Links 3/11/15

Posted on March 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Can BGI Really Stir Up the Sequencing Instrument Market? After 400 Million Years, Coelacanth at Risk of Extinction Your McNuggets: Soon Without a Side of Antibiotics DNA Sequencing: Not Quite HPC Yet (not sure I agree; … Continue reading →

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Why Is Everyone Claiming Blogs Are Dying?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve encounter many posts recently claiming or rebutting the notion that ‘blogs are dying’ (here are two good posts). I don’t understand this claim: I get more readers now than I did when I was at ScienceBlogs–and ScienceBlogs had two … Continue reading →

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They Really Did Believe Their Own Bullsh-t

Posted on March 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

So this is depressing, if it’s true (boldface mine): The original premise of Obama’s first presidential campaign was that he could reason with Republicans—or else, by staking out obviously reasonable stances, force them to moderate or be exposed as extreme … Continue reading →

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