Monthly Archives: July 2015

Trauma and Our Law Enforcement System

Posted on July 15, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

In reading this article about a district attorney who is personally responsible for the U.S.’s highest per capita death penalty rate, it pretty clear he has seen some horrible stuff (boldface mine): And he has been willing to recount his … Continue reading →

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Links 7/14/15

Posted on July 14, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The risk of getting attacked by a shark off California has plummeted sharply since 1950, study says Sequencing the genome creates so much data we don’t know what to do with it Smithsonian sets up frozen-plant … Continue reading →

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Arne Duncan: Education Reform For Thee, But Not For Me

Posted on July 14, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve noted before how the Chicago-based school reformers that are a key component of the Obama Administration send their kids, not to schools full of reformy goodness, but to schools that have policies which are the exact opposite of said … Continue reading →

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Remembering History Versus Honoring It

Posted on July 14, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

As Neo-Confederates continue to defend the American Swastika, they keep talking about ‘remembering history.’ But there’s a difference between remembering what happened versus celebrating it. Listening to them, one would think a statue of Robert E. Lee or a high-flying … Continue reading →

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Links 7/13/15

Posted on July 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A ‘hidden epidemic’ in the US has ballooned into a public-health fiasco — and no solutions are in sight On justification of postdoctoral salary (my thoughts here) When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day … Continue reading →

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Yes, This Is a Coup

Posted on July 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

From Politico EU (boldface mine; screenshot below the fold): THE FUND THAT COULD MANAGE GREEK ASSETS: Germany has suggested one particular institution – KFW – could manage Greece’s assets and some of their reform efforts. But who’s behind this little-known … Continue reading →

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Death By Edge Case

Posted on July 13, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

The FBI explains how terrorist Dylann Roof was able to get a firearm despite his record (boldface mine): South Carolina is one of the states for whom our West Virginia operation does background checks. South Carolina is where Dylann Roof … Continue reading →

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Links 7/12/15

Posted on July 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Knockout Blow for American Fish Stocks Flawed evidence for convergent evolution of the circadian CLOCK gene in mole-rats (bizarre) “The internet was built to share scientific data” Change the World and Get to Bed by … Continue reading →

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Teal and Mustard

Posted on July 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on T Street, between 9th and Vermont, Shaw, D.C.:

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Downplaying the Effects of Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Posted on July 12, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s one of the more odious anti-vaccine tactics: arguing that diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, or diphtheria have minor health consequences. We learned last week that a man who was immunocompromised was killed by measles virus, which he likely … Continue reading →

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