Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Difference Between Middlemen and A Real New Economy

Posted on November 24, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

One thing about the new economy is that many of these supposedly new jobs are pretty much the same old ones: When I look at the jobs most of the people who left [Amazon] had, these don’t appear to be … Continue reading →

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Links 11/23/15

Posted on November 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The five habits of bad bioinformaticians Getting a flu shot every year? More may not be better The NIH Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Advance Women’s Health 40 Years Ago, Earth Beamed Its First Postcard to … Continue reading →

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Your Regular Reminder That Reformers Didn’t Suffer Through Education Reform Themselves

Posted on November 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

A former classmate of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, reminds him of what their educations were like (boldface mine): Yesterday, I was alarmed when a friend of mine sent me a post from your own Facebook page endorsing “personalized” learning, … Continue reading →

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Self-Induced Abortions In Texas: No One Could Have Predicted…

Posted on November 23, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

And this in part can be laid at the feet of triangulation (boldface mine): Overall, 1.7% of women aged 18-49 [in Texas] reported that they had ever tried to end a pregnancy on their own. As noted above, since women … Continue reading →

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Links 11/22/15

Posted on November 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: A Dead Disease Still Lives in Lab Freezers. What Else Does? Important paper: Intrinsic challenges in ancient microbiome reconstruction using 16S rRNA gene amplification Drug Resistance: Worse, And Still A Lot To Learn Health Experts Are … Continue reading →

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Squiggle

Posted on November 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the Studio Theater, corner of 14th and P Streets NW, Logan Circle, D.C.:

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Plasmid-Borne Colistin Resistance Has Jumped Species and Maybe Hemispheres

Posted on November 22, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Friday, I described the discovery of the gene mcr-1, which is a transmissible colistin resistance gene found on a bacterial plasmid (a plasmid is a mini-chromosome that can move from bacterium to bacterium). This is really bad news, since colistin … Continue reading →

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Links 11/21/15

Posted on November 21, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: When scientists get a little too honest Can Miami Beach Survive Global Warming? Born to Be Mild: Are human beings evolution’s most successful story of self-domestication? Good Talks Needed to Combat HPV Vaccine Myth 16S Amplicon … Continue reading →

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End of Fall

Posted on November 21, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at Tudor House, Georgetown, D.C.:

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Il Trumpismo and the Politics of the Blood

Posted on November 21, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Republican presidential candiate Donald Trump has become a fascist–and as a result he has increased in the polls (boldface mine): Donald Trump “would certainly implement” a database system tracking Muslims in the United States, the Republican front-runner told NBC News … Continue reading →

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